Unit 2: Managing Self Development
Unit code: R/602/1285
QCF level 3: BTEC Professional
Credit value: 4
Guided learning hours: 20
Unit aim
The aim of the unit is to give learners an understanding of how to manage self- development so that it contributes to their achievement of career and personal goals in respect of their work role and professional development.
Unit introduction
This unit gives learners the knowledge on how to manage self-development so that it contributes to the achievement of career and personal goals and learn how it links to the work role and professional development. Learners will consider how to identify own development needs by understanding how to carry out a skills audit and how to evaluate the current and evolving requirements of the work role in order to inform self-development.
Learners will understand how to identify the gaps between current knowledge and skills and those required for achieving personal and professional objectives before using this as a basis for producing an effective self- development plan that relates to job role and professional development. Learners will be able to set objectives which are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-based) and recognise how different types of learning style contribute to own learning and development. Consideration will be given as to how to monitor and evaluate performance in achieving development targets and matching them against the requirements of the work role. Understanding how to use different sources of feedback to review performance will help inform modifications to their self-development plan.
Self-development allows individuals not just to achieve their career and personal goals, but also helps to support the achievement of business objectives since skilled, fulfilled employees make effective contributions to the activities of businesses.
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
In order to pass this unit, the evidence that the learner presents for assessment needs to demonstrate that they can meet all the learning outcomes for the unit. The assessment criteria determine the standard required to achieve the unit.
On completion of this unit a learner should:
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Learning outcomes
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Assessment criteria
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1 Understand own values, career and personal goals in relation to a work role and professional development
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·describe why it is important to consider own values, career and personal goals and how these relate to your job role and professional development
·describe how to evaluate the current requirements of a work role and how the requirements may evolve in the future
·describe how to identify gaps between current knowledge and skills required for achieving objectives
·explain how to set objectives which are SMART
·explain how to identify your own development needs
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2 Understand how to plan development effectively
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·describe how to develop an effective development plan
·identify the different types of learning styles and how these contribute to own performance systems
·describe a range of development activities and how these contribute to performance
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3 Understand how to monitor and evaluate development activities
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·identify how to monitor the quality of own work and progression against plans
·identify how to evaluate your performance against the requirements of your work role
· explain how to use feedback on your own performance
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Programme of suggested assignments
The table below shows a programme of suggested assignments that cover the criteria in the assessment grid. This is for guidance only and it is recommended that centres either write their own assignments or adapt assignments to meet local needs and resources.
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Criteria covered
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Assignment title
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Scenario
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Assessment method
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1.1, 1.2,1.3, 1.4,
1.5
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Personal and Professional Development
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You have been asked by your line manager to produce plans for your professional development to bring to an appraisal and review of your performance at work. You should identify:
your goa ls
the
requirements of your work
a skills gap analysis on which to base a self- development plan
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A document setting out your values, career and
personal goals in
relation to your work role and professional development
The assignments in the unit can be combined and carried out in stages
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2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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Planning Professional Development
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You have been asked by your line manager to produce plans for your professional development and to discuss how
these can be put in to action
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Notes for the discussion
Discussion on planning professional development
Learning styles inventory
This could be stage two of a three-part assignment
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Criteria covered
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Assignment title
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Scenario
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Assessment method
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3.1, 3.2, 3.3
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Evaluating Development
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You have been asked by your line manager to produce plans for your professional development and to discuss how to monitor and evaluate development activities
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Notes for the discussion
Discussion on how to monitor and evaluate development
activities
This could be stage three of a three- part assignment
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