Personal and Professional Development
“Self-managed Learning is something that managers should do and there are many resources available to help them with this.” Give reasons why you agree or disagree with this statement.
I am personally in agreement with the statement above.
Self-managed learning refers to individuals managing their learning by themselves aiming at personal and professional development. This includes people taking actions and decisions about what they should learn, why they should learn, how they should learn, when they should learn and what resources should be used to learn.
The need for learning usually comes up from work-related needs, but it cannot be met without the individual’s acknowledgement and commitment and they should be the most involved ones in this process as they know themselves better than anyone else and know what really needs to be improved.
The main reasons why self managed learning is done include:
- To build self confidence: individuals tend to increase their assertiveness through learning and practice;
- To be updated: over time, changes have become more and more frequent, mainly in the technological industry, hence the need to be always aware of new technologies;
- To become more trustworthy: people tend to trust individuals with confidence and knowledge skills in what they do;
- To become more valuable: individuals who have gone through this process will probably perform their job better and will have certain competitive advantage, becoming more valuable in the workplace;
- To reduce stress: stress can be responsible for many complications to the individual including health issues and demotivation. With a development plan in action, people will feel more relaxed, focused and stronger for day-to-day tasks and challenges.
Self-managed learning can be successfully achieved by following some steps. The first of them is to complete a questionnaire such as a skills audit, which is a list of different skills so the person can select any skills that they
I am personally in agreement with the statement above.
Self-managed learning refers to individuals managing their learning by themselves aiming at personal and professional development. This includes people taking actions and decisions about what they should learn, why they should learn, how they should learn, when they should learn and what resources should be used to learn.
The need for learning usually comes up from work-related needs, but it cannot be met without the individual’s acknowledgement and commitment and they should be the most involved ones in this process as they know themselves better than anyone else and know what really needs to be improved.
The main reasons why self managed learning is done include:
- To build self confidence: individuals tend to increase their assertiveness through learning and practice;
- To be updated: over time, changes have become more and more frequent, mainly in the technological industry, hence the need to be always aware of new technologies;
- To become more trustworthy: people tend to trust individuals with confidence and knowledge skills in what they do;
- To become more valuable: individuals who have gone through this process will probably perform their job better and will have certain competitive advantage, becoming more valuable in the workplace;
- To reduce stress: stress can be responsible for many complications to the individual including health issues and demotivation. With a development plan in action, people will feel more relaxed, focused and stronger for day-to-day tasks and challenges.
Self-managed learning can be successfully achieved by following some steps. The first of them is to complete a questionnaire such as a skills audit, which is a list of different skills so the person can select any skills that they