■ adopting a role model (mentor);
■ involvement in other work areas;
■ planned use of internal training media, including e-learning
(use of electronic learning materials) and learning libraries;
■ input to policy formulation;
■ increased professionalism on the job;
■ involvement in the community;
■ coaching others;
■ training courses;
■ guided reading;
■ special assignments;
■ distance learning – learning in your own time from material
prepared elsewhere, such as correspondence courses.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
A personal development plan sets out the actions you propose to
take to learn and to develop yourself. You take responsibility for
formulating and implementing the plan, but you may receive
support from the organization and your manager in doing so.
Personal development planning aims to promote learning and to
provide you with knowledge and a portfolio of transferable
skills which will help to progress your career.
A personal development action plan sets out what needs to be
done and how it will be done under headings such as:
■ development needs;
■ outcomes expected (learning objectives);
■ development activities to meet the needs;
■ responsibility for development – what individuals will do
and what support they will require from their manager, the
HR department or other people;
■ timing – when the learning activity is expected to start and
be completed;
■ outcome – what development activities have taken place and
how effective they were.
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