...1. What is professional competence? Professional competence is one’s ability to perform duties of one’s profession or job and to perform a certain task related to one’s job, with the skill of good quality. 2. What relationship exists between professional competence and earning your degree? I believe the relationship between professional competences and earning your degree is parallel. Professional competence is based on how well of professional quality job one performs their duties. There are several facets that can detour a person from earning their degree such as immaturity, lack of focus, children, and lack of family support. But how well you are able to prioritize and manage in a competent, professional, confident, and successful outlook, affects how soon you can earn your degree and be prepared to attack the professional world with confidence. 3. What strategies might you follow to develop professional competence? I would try to learn as much as possible about my profession that I can, ask questions when I do not understand something, be assertive and eager to learn more. Take the initiative to do the hard tasks that others are not willing to do. Never let anyone tell you that you cannot do your job because you perform it differently than your counterpart. Everyone brings a different aspect to the job and for that you are a valuable asset to that company. Be a team player understand that there is not an “I” in team. Understand that constructive criticism...
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...University of Westminster Westminster Business School Module code and title: BKEY401 Professional Competences Formative Essay on Student Transition to University Student Name: Khairul Islam Student ID number: 155176981 Word Count: 722 Student Transition to University This essay is about the experience of students during their transition from school to university. This is a big jump for most of the students which have to use determinate strategies and actions in order to make the most of this new experience and do not get lost or give up at the first difficulties they will face. Because of this known difficulties that first year students met, University of Westminister offers support to them in different ways. For students, the move to university is a personal investment of the cultural capital gained through school and college education (Briggs p.1). This is one of the reason that make them more motivate having expectations about their grades in different modules and also about their university life. Some students aspirations might change when they face the reality at the start of their first year and it might results to withdrawal from the course. University assemble students with different background together. Some students might not get along with this diversity of students for different reasons, for example students from different cities or countries could be a problem to socialize with others students and this might be intimidating for them...
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...1. Explain how acquiring these skills will provide a competitive edge. a. Completing Diploma of Management – In the retail travel industry there is no formal qualifications or training required to conduct business. By completing this course I will gain a competitive edge by being able to implement structures to our business to ensure it can grow efficiently, effectively and ethically. This will result in higher profitability while recruiting, training and retaining the right staff. b. Chinese Cultural Awareness Webinar for Australian Inbound Tourism Operators – As China is the biggest emerging inbound market in Australian Tourism, completing this webinar will give me a competitive edge by being able to meet the needs and wants of Chinese Travellers with cultural awareness. This will provide a greater level of customer service and fulfilment when they are visiting our country. c. Complete Bachelor of Information Technology majoring in Web Design and Development – As more and more consumers are planning holidays online completing this course will give me the competitive edge by being able to build and maintain my own online booking platforms. This will add more avenues of income to the business while lowering costs of having to outsource this work. It will also give me a qualification that is in high demand with most businesses looking to have a strong online presence now and in the future. 2. Examples of networking you have undertaken or are currently undertaking...
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...questions Overview competences Personal development plan Introduction Here is the rapport of the Personal Effectiveness i360. In this report your data and the data of other the respondents is processed. Strength/weakness analysis First you find a strength/weaknesses analysis. In this part is indicated which competences are rated relatively high and low by you and your respondents. You can also see whether you and your respondents agree or differ on the ratings of the various competences. You can use this information for your personal development plan. Results The results section starts with the answers to the open questions. After that you will find the graphical presentation of the results. This presentation starts with a summary of all the competences and is followed by a detail view per competence in which all results of the individual behavioral indicators per are shown. Personal development plan Eventually you can create a personal development plan by indicating the competences or aspects from competences you want to improve. Using this you can direct your own personal growth. Page 2 of 20 Respondents The following persons are registered as respondents for this 360 degree feedback survey. The status of each respondents is shown as well : Self Others Test Candidate Test Respondent1 Test Respondent2 Completed Completed Completed Explanation of the used numbers In this report, numbers are used to indicate the degree of presence for a competence. The numbers...
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...Personal Responsibility and Educational Success xxxxxxx GEN/200 2/20/2012 xxxxxxxxxxx Personal responsibility builds strong character and promotes self-efficacy, because Structure and priority development create opportunities of advancement. Everyone has their individual, uniquely defined definition of personal responsibility. Any definition of personal responsibility encompasses various components. In this essay I will be discussing the components that suit my definition of personal responsibility, and how they relate to each other. These components are personal freedom, empowerment, trust, opportunity, and self-determination. I will also be discussing the correlation between personal responsibility and educational success, as well as, sharing my preliminary plan for practicing personal responsibility in my educational goals. When you accept personal responsibility you are utilizing your personal freedom in a positive manner. You are making a conscious choice to move yourself into a level of maturity. You are able to acknowledge your actions and decisions, and readily accept the consequences of your actions and decisions. Appropriate use of personal freedom will produce appropriate outcomes. When you receive appropriate outcomes, you experience empowerment vs. reaping an outcome that becomes a consequence; in which case you experience discouragement and self-doubt. As you can see, personal freedom directly correlates...
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...Individuals with alternatives need not accept consequences, rather they create opportunities for themselves. Career Management Guide Section 1 Paaggee 11 SECTION 1: CAREERS TODAY Part 1 - The Environment, Career Issues and Trends The Importance of Education and Experience In the current economic environment, education is becoming increasingly critical to career success. While employment rose for Canadians with university and college educations, 651,000 fewer jobs existed for those people without high school qualifications. Unemployment rates in the U.S. exceed 10% for those with less than a high school diploma and approximately 2.5% for college graduates.1 When professional designations (i.e., accounting, engineering) are taken into account, the data on employability and income is skewed in favour of the professional, relative to those who possess only a post secondary educational background. However, in order to maintain a competitive edge, individuals must continue to invest in their development throughout their careers. Specifically, with respect to the future for business and accounting positions, “growth due to the increasing number and complexity of business operations will be offset somewhat by corporate restructuring and downsizing of management, resulting in average growth for executive, administrative and managerial occupations. Because these workers are employed throughout the economy, differences in rate of expansion for individual industries will produce varying...
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...USAWC course paper key competencies for 21st century strategic leaders by LTC JP Moore Strategic Leadership 24 October 2012 U.S. Army War College Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013 It became clear to me [as the Chief of Staff of the Army]…I would have to learn new tricks that were not taught in the military manuals or on the battlefield. In this position [as a strategic leader] I am a political soldier and will have to put my training in rapping-out orders and making snap decisions on the back burner; and have to learn the arts of persuasion and guile. I must become an expert in a whole new set of skills. George C. Marshall After a review of the aforementioned George C. Marshall quote and the research conducted for this piece, the author draws the conclusion that the success – or failure – of a strategic leader depends on his or her abilities as an intellectual, culturally aware team builder, influencer, and a communicator above the tactical and operational levels of leadership. With this judgment, the following piece will answer two questions. What key competencies should a strategic leader possess in order to align their organizations to a constantly changing and complex – VUCA and JIIM – environment? How do these competencies facilitate his or her strategic organization’s alignment to the constantly changing and complex – VUCA and JIIM – environment? Strategic leader competencies generally consist of the “knowledge, skills, attributes, and...
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...Talent Management Terry Meyer November 2005 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COPYRIGHT Disclaimer Publication or other use of this document by any unauthorised person is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this document are, unless otherwise stated, those of the author and not those of Fasset. THE CONTEXT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT As South Africa embarks on it’s journey into the second decade of democracy, few can argue that tremendous strides have been made on the political, economic, social and legislative fronts. Much of our legislation and policy directions are amongst the most progressive in the world. However, many challenges remain. One of these is the shortage of professional and managerial skills and the imbalances in terms of race and gender at these levels. Another, is the need to build a robust and entrepreneurial SMME sector which will create the jobs needed to absorb the unemployed in the economy. “Staffing is the new speed limit to growth. It is not the access to capital or technology that will constrain the growth of enterprises or the South African economy, but rather the lack of adequate skills to support organizational growth plans. The traditional channels of education and training are no longer providing skills in sufficient numbers nor are they necessarily aligned to organizational needs. Organizations must participate in the development of relevant skills if they are to survive.” (Italia Boninelli, HR Director: Netcare Group1) In a knowledge and service...
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...Training and Development Paper November 5, 2012 HCS/341 James Kinneer Training is a process that contain the possession of knowledge of the employees. Training and development is different, depending on the organization. Most organization think that when ever an employee has poor performance training is the answer to the solution. Training and development is effective when human resources helps the employees to accomplish the organization goals. In order for an organization to stay successful the organization has to make sure employees has the skills now and in the future. All employees want to be valuable and remain competitive in an organization because their are some demand for employees in the workforce. This can only be done through employee training and development. Employees have a chance to confer with others as well as employer has a good opportunity to select the most suitable person for their organization. “Employees will always want to develop career-enhancing skills, which will always lead to employee motivation. There is no doubt that a well trained and developed staff will be a valuable asset to the company and thereby increasing the chances...
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...CDA Competency Goals and Functional Areas Functional Area Definitions I. To establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment 1. Safe 2. Healthy Student provides a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. Student promotes good health and nutrition and provides an environment that contributes to the prevention of illness. 3. Learning Environment II. To advance physical and intellectual competence 4. Physical 5. Cognitive 6. Communication Student uses space, relationships, materials and routines as resources for constructing an interesting, secure, and enjoyable environment that encourages play, exploration, and learning. Student provides a variety of equipment, activities and opport unities to promote physical development of children. Student provides activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration and problem solving appropriate to the development levels and learning styles of children. Student actively communicates with children and provides opportunities and support for student to understand, acquire and use verbal and nonverbal means of communicating thoughts and feelings. 7. Creative III. To support social and emotional development and provide positive guidance 8. Self 9. Social Students provides opportunities that stimulate children to play with sound, rhythm, language, materials, space and ideas in individual ways and to express their creative abilities. Student provides physical and emotional security for each child and helps...
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...Individual Self-Development Plan Based on the Results of the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory-University Edition Self-Assessment Questionnaire This paper should be considered a Individual Self- Development plan based on personal results from the “Emotional and Social Competence Inventory-University Edition Self-Assessment Questionnaire.” Having completed the inventory very carefully, giving honest and thoughtful answers I believe that I have and will continue to greatly benefit from this exercise. This assignment has given me reason to look thoroughly at many of my personal challenges that if not improved upon could affect the level of my future successes personally, academically, and professionally. • Working with, understanding, and influencing others • Stress management and self control After completing the questionnaire and reviewing the workbook, I noted that in all except three of my competencies I scored higher than twenty. It is interesting that according to the self assessment profile it could be concluded that I overcompensate in some areas to offset the challenges I have in other competency areas. On the other hand these competencies may not be applicable for the role that I currently hold as an independent Branch Manager. I have considered that with regard to Relationship Management: Inspirational Leadership I scored 24. Yet Influence and Teamwork were two of my lowest scores. I know that it good leaders...
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...is where the educational institutes refine their curricula to reflect the changing needs for skills and competencies. Due to this gap in the classroom studies and the skillset required in the market, the students face challenges in their professional lives. The effect is that even though the students had very impressive grades, their performance on the job front is quite indifferent. The technology has completely changed the way things are done in the organization (Ahmet, 1999). Technological competence is required in the accounting professional of today. Even though the technical element has not changed much, the environment in which accounting is practiced has changed fundamentally, and so should the training methods of the education institutes preparing accountants. The thesis of this research paper is that the current professional accounting classes are not efficient for imparting the market relevant skills to the students. The realization that traditional teaching methods are ineffective in preparing accountants for the dynamic contemporary world has not started today. As early as the 1990s, institutions of higher learning around the world were reforming their course materials and learning methods in order to prepare their professionals adequately. Jayaprakash (2005) reported a study carried out in the 1980s by the American Accounting Association. The results indicated that the profession not at pace with the skills demanded the curricula used in accounting courses. Since...
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...Healthcare, one of the largest European pharmaceuticals based in Germany in charge of global compensations and tasked with reviewing existing policies and practices, and making recommendations for a global pay system. Wolfgang was provided six folders that contained the following: • Healthcare Group • Personnel Structure • Leadership Competence • Corporate Human Resource • Global Performance • Overview of Corporate and HRM Strategy Using current knowledge and best practices from other companies each of these folders can be resolved and still maintain the upward profit margin for the company. It would require some compromising from employees to move forward. Questions or challenges that Wolfgang is facing are communication to other executives on maintaining management competencies set by headquarters? Is a competency-based pay system more flexible or standardization already established? Healthcare’s goal was to have the same compensation system globally, however compensation is extremely complex. Pay systems must conform to local laws for employee compensation while also fitting into global Healthcare’s policies. Leadership Competence of the Healthcare Group Competency has been defined demonstrable characteristics of the employee including knowledge, skills, and behaviors (Jahja & Kleiner, 1997). Competencies outlined for Healthcare are as follows: • Business related competencies include achievement orientation, innovation, and change, and decision making. • People-related...
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...8 3 5 7 1 3 3 5 5 E m a i l : a . g r e y s 2 0 2 3 @ n o m a i l . c o m 23 School Lane Higher Somerville Shropshire SP3 5TY A concise, relevant profile can be included. Make sure this is tailored to the job you are applying for. Highly numerate finance and accounting student with experience working in an international finance company. I am seeking a career in financial advice and planning. Education 2010 – present University of Ville BSc in Finance and Accounting (predicted grade 2:1) Highly numerate course, accredited by the Association of Financiers that has enabled me to develop: • Competence to professional body standards in financial planning and budget control techniques. • Excellent working knowledge of financial and statistical packages, including SPSS and Stata. • Ability to communicate researched findings in writing and to groups of students. • Competence in all Microsoft Office packages. In addition I have achieved: List relevant aspects of your course and how they relate to the skills you’ve gained that are appropriate to the job profile. Use positive language such as ‘successful’ ‘excellent’ and ‘achieved’. Use bold or italics to emphasise headings. Be specific about relevant skills and competencies acquired on your course including general skills such as communicating with individuals and groups. • Nomination for best finalist dissertation on Financial Planning in SMEs. • Undertaken optional modules in International Banking and Investing in...
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