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7001- Personal Development as a Strategic Manager
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Acknowledgement
First of all I would like to express my gratitude to my college, Manchester City College of Technology which provided me the opportunity to undertake this assignment and implement my theoretical knowledge by completing this assignment.
I am deeply indebted to my teacher’s whose help, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in the research and completion of this assignment work.
I have furthermore to thank my friends who supported me in my research work. I want to thank them for all their help, support, interest, guidance and valuable hints.
Especially I would like to give my special thanks to my family members whose love and consistent encouragement enabled me to complete this work.
Introduction
The aim of this assignment is to illustrate some of the aspects of “personal development”.
According to Cambridge dictionary, “Personal development is the process of improving your skills and increasing the amount of experience that you have in your job”
This assignment will start with “Personal Development Planning Process”, its benefits and the processes involved in personal development planning process. Organisational purpose and direction will be briefly looked at in this assignment.
The assignment has been structured into four areas. Each of the area will look to answer four different questions related to the case study provided about the organisation named “Curzon Cinema”. After the completion of the four tasks, the assignment will look at what has been achieved by undertaking this assignment in the form of “Reflective Account”.
Personal Development Planning Process
Personal Development Planning (PDP) is “A structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and/or achievement and to
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
First of all I would like to express my gratitude to my college, Manchester City College of Technology which provided me the opportunity to undertake this assignment and implement my theoretical knowledge by completing this assignment.
I am deeply indebted to my teacher’s whose help, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in the research and completion of this assignment work.
I have furthermore to thank my friends who supported me in my research work. I want to thank them for all their help, support, interest, guidance and valuable hints.
Especially I would like to give my special thanks to my family members whose love and consistent encouragement enabled me to complete this work.
Introduction
The aim of this assignment is to illustrate some of the aspects of “personal development”.
According to Cambridge dictionary, “Personal development is the process of improving your skills and increasing the amount of experience that you have in your job”
This assignment will start with “Personal Development Planning Process”, its benefits and the processes involved in personal development planning process. Organisational purpose and direction will be briefly looked at in this assignment.
The assignment has been structured into four areas. Each of the area will look to answer four different questions related to the case study provided about the organisation named “Curzon Cinema”. After the completion of the four tasks, the assignment will look at what has been achieved by undertaking this assignment in the form of “Reflective Account”.
Personal Development Planning Process
Personal Development Planning (PDP) is “A structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and/or achievement and to
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