Six Month Personal Development Plan

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

I acknowledge my sincere thanks to those who have contributed significantly to this Assignment/Project. It is a pleasure to extend the deep gratitude to my internal guide Mr.Dhurba Joshi, ISMT COLLEGE for his valuable guidance and support to continuously promote me for the progress of my Assignment/project. I heartily thank him for his valuable suggestion towards my project, which helped me to do this assignment effectively.

-Denish Maharjan

Table of Content

Topics

Page no

Introduction………………………………………………………………

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Objective…………………………………………………………………

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Company Overview………………………………………………………

3

Roles and responsibility………………………………………………….

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TASK 1…………………………………………………………………..

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Strength and weakness for job…………………………………………...

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TASK 2 Personality Development Plan…………………………………

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Bibliography……………………………………………………………..

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Introduction

This is the assignment/project related to the F@K technology. In this assignment I am going to assist my skills and competence against given context as an IT officer of F@K technology. Also I am going to evaluate the skills required for the job, and develop appropriate personality development plan.

Objective

The objective of this assignment is to evaluate my skills that I pose and become a person that I must develop in my personal and professional life. I will focus on my strength and weakness and design an appropriate personality development plan and strategies to meet and assist the gaps and drawback present on me. In order to evaluate myself I will use various indicators to make sure that I have learned and develop those different skills needed in my professional life.

Company overview

F@K technology is the diversified global manufacturing and technology company. It offer a wide range of products and services in the industrial, commercial and consumer markets through Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions businesses. Recognized widely for its engineering capabilities and management excellence, F@K technology has approximately 135,000 employees and 235 manufacturing locations worldwide.

Roles and responsibility

IT officer is responsible for assisting the IT manager and developing the organization’s entire infrastructure across sites.

IT officer is responsible for maintaining computer network, upgrading IT hardware and software, provision of a computer focused support service and liaison with technical support services.

Task 1.

Today’s world is a competitive world. In recent year’s personality development have attracted the attention of many people. Personality development plan is a process and activities designed to developed the professional knowledge, skills and attitude. According to Armstrong (2008), "A personal development plan sets out the actions you propose to take to learn and to develop yourself. You take the responsibility for formulating and implementing the plan, but you may receive support from the organization and your manager in doing so." Skills are important for a job. According to the Craft(2000), due to the rapid modernization and competition, demand of high value standards and call for improving quality, officer have a need, as prior to renew and develop their current skills through professional development.

As an IT officer, primary responsibility is to handle various technical problems and give appropriate solution. Technical skills refers to the acquisition of technique of doing or performing any job(MME,2012). A person should have a technical skills specific to his particular career area and can include anything from using piece of equipment to managing and scheduling a complicated project(Llewellyn & Holt,nd). Officer should handle and identify various technical problems and meet the requirement set by the organization.

The most difficult task of office is to understand the user’s requirement (Rajaraman, 2004, p.28). In order to know the user requirement, effective communication skill is required. It is important for IT officer to have good communication skills. Communication skills can be said as ability to convey information and ideas effectively (Llewellyn & Holt,nd). According to skillyouneed(nd) there are three different types of communication skills such as spoken or verbal (within a meeting or a one-to-one discussion) communication, non-verbal communication(body language, gesture etc) and written communication skills(an emailed memo or the minutes of a meeting).It is essential for every individual to nurture their communication skills. In fact nowadays, technical communication skills are important to professional because, achievement of success for communicating in technical environment will not just depend on effective style but on the technique and capability to evaluate, organise, and explain complex technical information in a simple and familiar way (Rizvi, 2005).

It is essential to maintain good attitude and relationship within the organization and with customers. "A good attitude at work will do more than just earn you respect: setting standards for your work and your behavior means that you're taking responsibility for yourself" (mindtools, n.d.). As an IT officer, it is important to inspire confidence, win support and guide workers. Officer can be a role model in an organization. The coordination between workers helps to create an environment of mutual understanding within the organization (Rizvi, 2005).

Office can also be an effective team player. Team work is widely used in organization. It is one of the crucial skill for individual searching for employment. Basically team should have the characters like cooperation, relationships, learning and leadership(Lewis,np). According to job interview site(nd), teamwork can be defined as "intent and endeavor of a group of individuals for resolving/carrying out a task while synergizing their individual skills and expertise to do so". It is crucial skill for IT officer, as most of the task assign to him should conducted in a team(mostly IT related task).

Problem solving and decision making are crucial functions of IT officer. Problem solving is the process of solving the problem by using appropriate methods to reach the ultimate goal. According to the cherry(n.d) problem solving is" a mental process that involves discovering, analyzing and solving problem". The main purpose of problems solving is to overcome obstacles and find an appropriate solution to solve problems. To solve the problem IT officer should have open mind and an optimistic attitude, which would be helpful to solve the problem. As a problem solver IT officer should get a correct information to solve a problem. Another important skill for Officer is Decision making skill. "It is key skill in the workplace, and is particularly important if you want to be an effective leader"(MindTools,nd). It is essential for IT officer, to have an effective decision are the critical moments. For example: If the server of the organization crashes, IT Officer should take a decision such as Restore Data Using tools or buy new server. Decisions are based on estimation and are made without access to all appropriate information which may turn out to be impractical and unsafe (Chaturvedi, 2012). So, While making correct decision, office need to receive correct and up-to-date information to be able to take fair judgment and act realistically and to meet satisfactions of all concerned.

Self realization is important to enhance skills and performance (Farooqi,2012). Without self realization, it is impossible to enhance the skills. So, if we have realized our self and is willing to learn and develop, with the help of tools and technique. Then we can be an effective IT officer.

Strength and Weakness for a job

As an IT office my greatest strength is time management skill. It is one of the qualities that separate me from others. While doing any task, I arrange a proper schedule and pay maximum attention to do it carefully. This helps me to finish my task in given time. It has made me a reliable person. Moreover, I also posses the quality of good attitude. I can attract any kind of people. I have more numbers of friend than any other people. I can co-operate with any kind of people. Thirdly, I have the quality of problem solving and decision making. I can solve any kind of organizational problem, and make effective decisions.

However with strength comes weakness. By, reviewing my past job experience I found communication skills, technical skills, and team skills as major areas to improve for the current job.

Personality Development Plan

Personality development plan is a process and activities designed to developed the professional knowledge, skills and attitude. According to Armstrong (2008), "A personal development plan sets out the actions you propose to take to learn and to develop yourself. You take the responsibility for formulating and implementing the plan, but you may receive support from the organization and your manager in doing so." It is not just a paper which means nothing to us. With effective planning and hard work, goals can be accomplished.

Personality development plan is required for every individual in a workplace. It helps to enhance the personal and professional life. As an IT officer of reputed company like F@K Technology, it is important to do the given task effectively. Creating plans like personality development plan helps to know my current state. It can be an effective tool to accomplish the goal. It gives a clear idea about what I am doing and can accomplish in the future.

The company reviews the job in every three months. So, I have to develop short term Personality development plan.

Six month personal Development plan

S.N

Priority

Skills Required

Focus Area

Strategies

1.

1

Communication

Maintaining relationship

Handle clients

Verbal and non-verbal

Attain communication classes

Try to communicate with large number of people.

Improve different aspects of communication skills(verbal, non-verbal, presentation)

Study various books and articles.

2.

2

Technical Skill

Handling network

Maintaining computer system

3.Server Maintained

1. Attain classes of Technical classes like CCNA, CCNP, A+ etc.

2. Study various technical books.

3. joining online IT related forum

4.

3

3

Team Skill

Co-operate with team

Time management

Team management

Attain team skills development classes

Join the team(Sports, social).

Study various books.

Outcome from six months

1.

Able to configure and maintain computer system

2.

Able to optimize the network and troubleshoot it

3.

Maintain the relationship with co-workers

4.

Handle the client

5.

Able to co-operate in Team

6.

Motivate team members

7.

Able to be an effective team player

8.

Handle the Team problem

To be able to enhance my skills, I have to follow the Professional development plan effectively. Mainly I have focused the plan on communication, technical and team skills.

Communication skills:

To enhance my communication skills, I will attain communication classes. I will try my best to speak proper English. It will be beneficial if I would be able to communicate with native English speaking people. Also I have to improve the grammar, vocabulary and fluency in language. In order to communicate effectively, we should have qualities like Listening, Speaking and writing. Various English enhancing books can be helpful for my communication skills. However joining programs like English speaking test like ILTS, Communication skill development training, professional development training would be helpful for the long term benefit.

Technical skills

To enhance my technical skills I will study various books. Also I will do the courses like CCNA,CCNP,MCSE, A+ etc. usually these courses takes the time of 3-7 months. Since, these courses are internationally recognized it will be beneficial for me. I will give more focus on practical knowledge that is essential for my current job then theoretical knowledge. Currently I am studying BscIT first semester. After completing my academic courses, I may retain or upgrade my job in a company. This will enhance my technical skills in workplace.

Team skills

To enhance my Team skill, I will attain Team skills development classes. This helps me to acquire the knowledge of Team Management and Team Dynamics. To apply the knowledge in the real world, I will join various groups like social group, sports group, technical group etc. Also I will study various books, that can enhance my Team management skills.

At the end of six months I will be able to enhance my skills for the job. I will have better communication, Technical and Team skills. It will help me to enhance my personal and professional life and continue my career in the field of IT.