Professional Development
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STRATEGIC MANAGERS
Introduction
According to Guskey (2001), Professional Development refers to the intentionally designed endeavours to bring about improvement and change in the professionals towards a planned goal and vision of achievement. These goals determine what to include in professional development, which processes and procedures to develop and follow and what criteria to use to assess and evaluate the process.
Guskey (2001) further outlines the following steps to be taken to ensure that professional development achieves what it intends to: 1. Professional development endeavours should have a clear vision and goals. 2. The goals should be meaningful. 3. The goal assessment criteria should be clear upfront.
Using these guidelines, the professional development skills will be planned and assessed so that achievement of strategic direction of the organisation is supported. This assignment criterion is dealt by assuming my own personal and professional development plans, and its assessment and evaluation.
P 1.1 Use of appropriate methods for the evaluation of personal skills required to achieve strategic goals.
Personal skills of organisational members are crucial in fulfilling the task requirements efficiently which will be the basis for the achievement of the strategic goals of the organisations.
The methods for evaluating what personal skills are necessary for the objective of supporting the strategic goals are discussed below:
SMART Objectives
SMART is the acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound (Worldwork.biz). The objectives I target for my professional development should meet these requirements that are discussed below: i. Objectives should be Specific
A well defined objective is the first necessity for the evaluation of the personal skills I develop for my professional development. If my objectives are vague, my efforts for professional development will be a waste of
Introduction
According to Guskey (2001), Professional Development refers to the intentionally designed endeavours to bring about improvement and change in the professionals towards a planned goal and vision of achievement. These goals determine what to include in professional development, which processes and procedures to develop and follow and what criteria to use to assess and evaluate the process.
Guskey (2001) further outlines the following steps to be taken to ensure that professional development achieves what it intends to: 1. Professional development endeavours should have a clear vision and goals. 2. The goals should be meaningful. 3. The goal assessment criteria should be clear upfront.
Using these guidelines, the professional development skills will be planned and assessed so that achievement of strategic direction of the organisation is supported. This assignment criterion is dealt by assuming my own personal and professional development plans, and its assessment and evaluation.
P 1.1 Use of appropriate methods for the evaluation of personal skills required to achieve strategic goals.
Personal skills of organisational members are crucial in fulfilling the task requirements efficiently which will be the basis for the achievement of the strategic goals of the organisations.
The methods for evaluating what personal skills are necessary for the objective of supporting the strategic goals are discussed below:
SMART Objectives
SMART is the acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound (Worldwork.biz). The objectives I target for my professional development should meet these requirements that are discussed below: i. Objectives should be Specific
A well defined objective is the first necessity for the evaluation of the personal skills I develop for my professional development. If my objectives are vague, my efforts for professional development will be a waste of
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