International Foundation Programme (Business)
Professional Development Practice (PDP) Assignment
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Introduction
Analysing oneself allows the individuals to develop an enhanced understanding and formulate strategies that can help them to ensure growth and development (Sørensen et al., 2018). The aim of this essay is to understand my strengths, weaknesses and the opportunities and threats that I might encounter in my path of carer development. Based on the analysis, certain recommendations are also provided to help me develop myself.
Main Body
Personal Analysis using the SWOT framework
Strengths of any person are the ones that they are good at, have some experience in the regions and can have possible ideas that can be creative and innovative in nature (Schwingeret al., 2021). In my opinion, these are the abilities and competencies that distinguish a person from others. In my case, I believe I am a person who has communication as well as interpersonal skills. I am also an excellent team player and I have worked in dynamic teams. Additionally, I also have some supplier experience and am capable of handling certain operations related to supply. I have also attended staff motivation sessions and have experience in training provided to me. I also have good engagement with my peers and I am able to easily develop my speaking skills. Other than this I also have good computing skills and I am good with software tools such as Microsoft Office.
Weakness is the area in any individual that lacks attention and require improvement. There are several weak areas in an individual’s life and identification of the weaknesses allow them to create strategies that will boost the chances of success (Vignaet al., 2018). In my opinion, I find it difficult to identify and clearly visualise my potential. In addition to this, I also face difficulties in managing time and I have the habit of procrastinating. I also face the major problem of making wrong decisions. The decisions made by me are often based on my gut feeling and I do not research anything before making a decision. I feel there is a lack of clarity and I cannot think critically before making a decision. In addition to this, I also lack much work experience and I have therefore faced difficulties performing well in the interviews.
I believe there is a wide range of opportunities that I can receive based on the potential and skills I possess. I can meet several people from several countries once I join a degree course and this will also allow me to create a professional network once I start my job. Moreover, with my communication and presentation ability, I can easily make a mark on the recruiters and I can get jobs easily. In my professional life, it will allow me to maintain relationships and easily become an influential member of my team. Since I am a good team player, I can easily fit into the teams and become a valuable member. This will allow me to ensure growth and development in a smart and effective manner. I can also use my computing skills and easily perform in a dynamic office or an academic institution. I can also gain essential knowledge and expertise from my group members and my tutors and ensure success and personal growth.
The uncertainties and the problems that can hinder the growth and development of a career can be understood as threats. There are several threats that can lead to failure and I need to identify these threats and create strategies that can prevent these threats from making any severe impact (Eksiet al., 2020). The threats involve a major area of critical thinking and decision making. Without critical thinking and proper decision-making abilities. Improper decision making can lead to reduced growth and development and it can also lead to poor chances of success. Moreover, with poor time management abilities, I can easily miss deadlines and this can be detrimental for the growth and development of success. Furthermore. My inability to visualise my potential and my lack of clarity can reduce my performance in future endeavours. These can highly affect growth and development and ensure failure in my future.
Recommendations
From the personal analysis, it can be suggested that I need to improve my critical thinking and decision making abilities. In order to enhance my skills of decision making, I need to solve puzzles, take seminars and depend on the available data before making any major decision. In addition to this, I also need to enhance my capability to manage time and therefore I can create and follow a daily routine. This will direct me to effectively make use of the available time.
Conclusion
From the above analysis, it can be understood that I have several strengths as well as weaknesses. In the course, my strengths will help me to perform well and I need to develop myself in order to ensure better possibilities. This analysis has helped me to assess myself and bring out ideas that will allow me to reduce my weaknesses. This will be helpful in boosting my potential and gaining clarity to ensure success in my future endeavours.
References
Eksi, H., Özgenel, M. and Metlilo, E., 2020. The Effect of Motivation of Success of University Students on Personal-Professional Competence: Mediation Role of Lifelong Learning Tendency. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 9(3), pp.583-593.
Schwinger, M., Trautner, M., Pütz, N., Fabianek, S., Lemmer, G., Lauermann, F. and Wirthwein, L., 2021. Why do students use strategies that hurt their chances of academic success? A meta-analysis of antecedents of academic self-handicapping. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Sørensen, A., Møller, M.K., Andreassen, P. and Malling, B.A., 2018. SWOT analysis of how the youngest doctors perceive the formal Danish educational advisory programme. Dan Med J.
Vigna, I., Bianco, L., Goia, F. and Serra, V., 2018. Phase change materials in transparent building envelopes: a strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. Energies, 11(1), p.111.
