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The purpose of this unit is to develop knowledge and skill in identifying and development needs and planning for their achievement.

This task requires you to analyse your own and one other member of your team’s development needs and learning styles. You should decide how you will plan to meet these development needs, what support mechanisms are available and how the development can be monitored.

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You may want to relate your answers to an organisation that you work in. If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacity.

You should plan to spend approximately 7hours researching your workplace context, preparing for and writing or presenting the outcomes of this assignment for assessment. The `nominal` word count for this assignment is 1500 words: the suggested range is between 1000 and 2000 words.

Check your assignment carefully prior to submission using the assessment criteria.

Please use the sub-headings shown below when structuring your Assignment

Assessment Criteria

Know how to identify development needs

Record the outcomes of the following and briefly explain how the techniques were used

·       Use a recognised technique to identify the learning style (s) of yourself and another member of the team.

·       Use a simple technique to carry out a development needs analysis on yourself and one member of your team.

·       Identify any barriers to your learning that might occur and explain how these can be overcome.

·      Identify own learning style(s) and the learning style(s) of another member of the team (12 marks)

·      Use a simple technique for identifying own development needs and the development needs of another member of the team (12 marks)

·      Identify potential barriers to learning (12 marks)

·      Explain how barriers to learning can be overcome (12 marks)

Know how to develop self and others to achieve organisational objectives

Based upon the information gathered in section 1:

·       Briefly analyse learning/development options for yourself and the other member of your team (it is suggested that two options each would be sufficient).

·       Identify support mechanisms, such as training resources, job rotation or coaching, for the development of yourself and the other team member.

·      Briefly analyse learning/development options to meet need(s) of self and another member of the team (12 marks)

·      Identify support mechanisms for the development of self and another member of the team (12 marks)

·      Prepare a development plan to achieve a learning objective for self or another team member (16 marks)

·      Describe a method that could be used to monitor the development of self and another member of the team (12 marks)