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2. OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in Business Unit 5: Human resources management in business Personal Development Plan

3. 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.

4. Personal Development Plan – Key questions Where am I now? Where do I want to go? How am I going to get there?

5. Where am I now? Identifying strengths Identifying weaknesses Identifying existing skills/qualifications What are the features of a Personal Development Plan

6. Where do I want to go? Identifying future required skills/qualifications Identifying long term aims

7. 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

8. Benefits and risks What are the benefits of completing a Personal Development Plan? What are the risks of completing a Personal Development Plan?

9. The benefits There 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

10. 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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