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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Personal and Professional Development Planning

AB406 · Leading and Managing Teams — Week 11 of 16

CourseAB406
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Personal and Professional Development Planning

  1. Skills gap analysis against professional benchmarks
  2. Creating a structured Personal Development Plan (PDP)
  3. Applying reflective practice models
  4. Strategies for continuous learning and leadership growth
  5. Lecture 50: Development Planning: GAPS Analysis
  6. Theories on Reflection: Gibbs Cycle of Reflection
  7. The Principles of Leadership Development

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Assess own ability to improve knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and manager.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess own ability to improve knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and manager.

Study materials

Videos

  • Theories on Reflection: Gibbs Cycle of Reflection · YouTube · Galton College · 18 min · for registered students
  • The Principles of Leadership Development · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 10 min · for registered students
  • Gibbs' Reflective Cycle Explained · YouTube · EPM · 9 min · for registered students
  • Gibbs Reflective Cycle - Definition, Pros & Cons (4 Minute Explainer) · YouTube · Helpful Professor Explains! · 4 min · for registered students
  • What is GIBBS REFLECTIVE CYCLE and How to Use It (with an Example) · YouTube · Productive Fish · 7 min · for registered students
  • Gibbs' Cycle of Reflection · YouTube · James Igoe · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • College Success, 4.1: Defining Values and Setting Goals · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 104–109 · for registered students
  • Writing Guide, 20.5: Looking Back, Looking Forward · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 673–678 · for registered students
  • Educational Psychology (Seifert & Sutton), Appendix C: The reflective practitioner · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 351–376 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Distinguishing Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Key Management Theories
  • Week 3: Key Leadership Theories
  • Week 4: Foundations of Team Development
  • Week 5: High-Performance Teams and Models
  • Week 6: Motivation Theories in Team Performance
  • Week 7: Techniques for Improving Individual and Business Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Contemporary Challenges in Leading and Managing
  • Week 10: Assessing Own Leadership and Management Capacity
  • Week 11: Personal and Professional Development Planning
  • Week 12: Applying Leading and Managing Teams in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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