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2. OCR Level 3
Cambridge Technicals
in Business
Unit 5: Human resources management in
business
Personal Development Plan
3. What is a Personal
Development Plan?
Organisations are increasingly
using Personal Development
Plans as a way to form the basis of
training and career development of
individuals.
Learners hoping to continue studies
into higher education are likely to
be expected to complete a Personal
Development Plan.
5. Where am I now?
Identifying strengths
Identifying weaknesses
Identifying existing skills/qualifications
What are the features of a
Personal Development Plan
6. What are the features of a
Personal Development Plan
Where do I want to go?
Identifying future required
skills/qualifications
Identifying long term aims
7. What are the features of a
Personal Development Plan
How am I going to get there?
Setting short-term goals
Setting timeline Start/now
Attend all lessons
Work hard
Pass exams /
coursework
Start University /
Work
8. Benefits and risks
What are the benefits of completing a Personal
Development Plan?
What are the risks of
completing a Personal
Development Plan?
9. The benefits
There are both benefits for the
individual and employer:
• Individual: The plan can be
a motivating factor
• Become focused on self-
improvement and understand the
long-term implications of efforts
• Employer’s point of view:
The plans encourage
employees to be proactive
about their career planning
10. The risks
• Businesses will be constantly
assessing whether raising
expectations of the opportunities
that may be presented to
employees could cause more
damage than not offering a
PDP programme at all.
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