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OCR Level 3Cambridge Technicals

in Business

Unit 5: Human resources management in business

Personal Development Plan

What is a Personal Development Plan?Organisations are increasingly using Personal Development Plans as a way to form the basis of training and career development of individuals.

Learners hoping to continue studies into higher education are likely to be expected to complete a Personal Development Plan.

Personal Development Plan – Key questions

Where am I now?Where do I want to go?

How am I going to get there?

Where am I now?

Identifying strengthsIdentifying weaknesses

Identifying existing skills/qualifications

What are the features of a Personal Development Plan

What are the features of a Personal Development Plan

Where do I want to go?

Identifying future required skills/qualifications

Identifying long term aims

What are the features of a Personal Development Plan

How am I going to get there?

Setting short-term goals

Setting timeline Start/now

Attend all lessons

Work hard

Pass exams /coursework

Start University /

Work

Benefits and risks

What are the benefits of completing a Personal Development Plan?

What are the risks of completing a Personal Development Plan?

The benefitsThere are both benefits for the individual and employer:

• Individual: The plan can be a motivating factor

• Become focused on self-improvement and understand the long-term implications of efforts

• Employer’s point of view: The plans encourage employees to be proactive about their career planning

The risks

• Businesses will be constantly assessing whether raising expectations of the opportunities that may be presented to employees could cause more damage than not offering a PDP programme at all.

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