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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN - THE PLAN FOR FUTURE.

ABSTRACT:
Personal development plan perhaps the most important output of the performance management processes. A personal developmental plan mainly concentrates on the development requires to improve employee`s performance in the current job. It helps an employee to ensure success in his career, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. The research done only through the conceptual research based on the secondary data. In this study we will get to know the various areas in which an employee need some development like communicating skills, motivating, leadership skills, analyzing, valuing & supporting others. In this developing doesn`t mean that an employee haven`t done well before but mean to be very well successful in these areas. It describes the way in which employees can reach the objectives in the plan. This study shows an insight how to create a great personal development plan and even personal developmental template i.e., How can you get a good overview of the direction you want your life to head? Once youve settled on your life purpose and your big dreams, you should sketch out some goals in the most important areas in your life, at regular intervals of time. The most important part is implementing the developmental plan which shows the standard forms that help the learners/

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employees to follow a systematic process and lastly is to review the employees performance and developmental plan.

INTRODUCTION: A personal development plan provides a framework that will make individuals to identify the areas of their strengths and weaknesses and to come up with a guide that will optimize and capitalize on their existing skills and the capabilities. Development is a progressive process in ones life time. It should not stop as long as there is a desire for it, and the need for it. Personal development may include procurement of new skills and knowledge depending on your goals. Personal developmental plan helps in enhancing the individuals performance and there is an increasing need for individuals to take charge of the development of their own learning and careers for a variety of reasons: There is increasing rate of change of our organizations and in the knowledge and skills we need to perform our jobs. This helps in improving awareness and develops talents even potentials to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. Personal Development plans basically specify the courses of action to be taken to improve performance of an individual. Development plan can be created for each and every job, ranging from entry level to that of the executive level. A personal development plan provides a process to incorporate your needs with the needs of your organization. A personal plan which represents explicit learning goals it focuses on improving learning as the overall goal & even provides the structure for professional growth and personal growth. The concept is not limited to self help but includes formal and informal activities for developing others, in roles such as teacher, guide, counselor, manager, coach, or mentor.
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The developmental plan should contain a sequence of steps to be taken and specific objectives to reach like what is the new skill or the knowledge that has to be acquired and how this will be reached? The plan`s objectives should not only include the end product to be reached but also include the time limit. The overall objectives in the developmental plan should be more of practical, specific, timeoriented. The important feature of this is that both the individual & organizational needs to be considered. Developmental activities are the ways the employee carry out to reach their specific objectives like on-job training, different courses, even getting a degree, attending some conference and enhancing their knowledge, job rotation and also self guided reading. This study depicts how to create a good plan for the growth of the individual. This basically sets the direction in which they want to develop and also decides the course of action to be taken place. The role of manager is to provide guidance in preparing plan and supporting them during the implementation. Then is the performance and development review, whether it is conducted formally or informally they are considered as the learning events.

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LITERATURE REVIEW: According to Sid Savara, he says that if you know where youre going? Where do you see yourself in a year or five years down the line and perhaps ten years down the road? When you don`t know where you want to be and where you want to see yourself then it doesn`t matter which way you go. He asks: - Do you have hopes and dreams that youre chasing? If you do, but arent sure which way to go perhaps a personal development plan will help you figure that out, and help you get there.

According to John & Patrice robson, he says personal development helps us to know, heal and expand oneself. Once you really know who you are, you can heal yourself so the authentic you can naturally expand using our programs, worksheets and resources. Putting together your very own personal development plan that fits who you really are can be a difficult, and in some cases impossible feat if you dont have the right resources and tools. Your own Personal Development Plan can clarify what and when to change

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According to Charles Godbout, A personal development plan provides a framework that will make individuals identify the areas of their strengths and weaknesses and to strengthen their weakness. Personal development may include procurement of new skills and knowledge depending on your goals. When you make your own personal development plan, it can provide you with a self-reflection. This self-evaluation gives you a clear awareness about your being. It can set your path straight in terms of career. When you know which areas you would like to develop and have taken steps to enhance your assets or increase them, you may have clearer picture of where you are heading in the next 5 to 15 years. You will know which decision is the best for you and your future.

METHODOLOGY: This research basically describes that personal development plan helps in improving and developing the potentials, achieving the aspirations, and pull off a sort of self transformation. It is nothing but a step towards realizing your dreams and even it can be applied to the workplace by working age people, by young adults, and by everyone for the betterment of ones personal life. These are the data which basically collected from the secondary data and the paper is based on the conceptual research. These are a type of intermediate theory that attempt to connect to all aspects of inquiry for e.g., defining the problem& the purpose, literature reviews & the methodology, data collection and analysis. These Conceptual frameworks can act like maps that give coherence to empirical inquiry.
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DISCUSSIONS: This is the main part of the paper which describes the development plan objectives, it also specifies the areas that need to development like the communication skill, leadership skills, decision making, motivating etc., and the developmental activities like on job training, courses, mentoring, job rotation etc., How to Write a Great Individual Development Plan this helps in self growth. Its a two-way commitment between an employee and their manager on what they are going to do to grow. IDPs are often used as a way to drive leadership development. Personal Development Plan Template for Goals it specifies how you get a good overview of the direction you want your life to head? The importance of developmental plan & the main part is to implement also review and evaluate the performance all this method is explained below in detail.

DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN OBJECTIVES: This part mainly concentrates on the development that is required to improve the performance in the current job. It may also extend to the development required for the future career moves thus it is the part of a career development program. The first thing it shows how to improve the performance in the current job, it helps the employee to meet the performance standards. It includes the sequence of courses of action to address each of the performance dimensions. The second objective is to sustain performance in the current job, it provides the tools so that employee can continue to meet and exceed expectations regarding the current job. It basically includes suggestions about how to continue to meet and exceed

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Expectations for each dimensions of performance. The third objective is to prepare the employee for the advancement, it has a good plan indicates which new competencies and behaviors should be learned to help with career development. The fourth objective is to enrich employee`s work experience, career opportunities within the firm is not readily available, a good plan provides the employees with growth opportunities & even opportunities to learn new skills. Such an opportunity can make the jobs more attractive & serve as a powerful employee retention tool. It even facilitates the organizational success through the strategic and combination of employee efforts, and with utilization on resources.

AREAS THAT NEED DEVELOPMENT ARE:

This includes the areas where development is needed to be more effective in his performance like communicating it is the main important part to interact with other person so this communicating so important to improve . Leadership skill has to be improved in an employee to guiding people, motivate the people to do the work and listen to people. An employee should improve in his decision making skill to decide on the problem. An employee should first value and support others in all the aspects.

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DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: Personal development includes activities that improve awareness and identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitates employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. The activities like on-job training, in which an employee is placed in a new job & is told how it is to be performed it mainly aims at developing the skills and habits consistent with the existing practices of an organization. A variety a technique and training aids are used and it is mostly used in majority of the organization. The second one is like self-guided reading; this session is by employee himself can lead to the development. But, employee should know the main objective of reading and along with time frame and even feedback will be taken from him. The third one is attending an conference, they take up a research topic which is related to the problems or even conceptual research, it is ideally suited for analyzing the problem and examine them from different point of view. It helps in developing the conceptual knowledge. The fourth one is getting a degree, many organizations are sending their employees to different universities to study the job related degree programs such as mba, mphil etc. the fifth one is the job rotation refers to the movement of an employee from one job to another job. Not jobs are changed, only the employees are rotated among various jobs. This improves the worker`s self image and provides personal growth.

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HOW TO CREATE A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN: The first thing is to develop to start with a goal; have a reason to develop, there should be specific reason for the development the reasons may be like * Youre new in a job, and want to get up to speed as fast as possible *Youre struggling in your job, and want to improve *Youre good at what you do, and have no immediate aspirations to move, but just want to get even better. The second thing is to identify what you want to learn, or get better at Identify the three most important competencies (skills, knowledge, attributes) that an employee wants to work on in order to achieve his goal. If he is new in a role, these will most likely be the unfamiliar functional areas that he had little prior experience with a 360 leadership assessment, or feedback from his manager or a coach. The third thing is identify development actions to address the needs, if an employee aspire to a larger role, the most important step in his development plan is to identify the roles to take in order to get ready, a challenging assignment is usually the best way to develop a competency or competencies The fourth one is to assign the dates, costs, and who is responsible for what; this date helps you get specific and keep your commitment & any costs need to be approved by your manager. The last one is to Implement the plan, follow-up often, and reflect on what youve learned Keep your plan in front of you at all times. Check off those items you complete, youll feel a sense of accomplishment. Think about what you did, what you read, what you learned.

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Personal Development Plan Template:

One of the areas in which many people struggle is setting the goal and it describes how to effectively set goals, but specifically in the context of a personal development plan. It directs an employee to get a good overview of the direction where he as to reach? Once he has settled on life purpose and his big dreams, he need to sketch out some goals that is the most important areas of life, at regular intervals of time. A very simple personal development plan template for goals might look like this:
Goal Area Career Finances Physical/Body Social Personal

One Year

Three Year

Five Year

Ten Year

For each box, he should need to answer these questions:

What specifically do I want to accomplish? Why? Who can help me? How do I get there? (What actions do I need to take?)

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IMPLEMENTATION & REVIEW:

Implementing is the main part of personal development plan and there are various standard forms to help the learners follow a systematic process to prepare their learning contracts, individual development plans, to improve their performance and also their career development. This describes an importance of encouraging or even expected to monitor their own progress but their managers should review how things are going from time-to-time. Reviewing the performance and development, whether they are conducted formally or informally, can be regarded as the learning events. It means evaluating the performance in accordance with the specified objectives whether or not the performance in related to the specified goals. If there is any gap in between the performance and specified goals the corrective measures needed to be taken to reach those objectives.

CONCLUSION:
It helps an individuals to identify the various areas of their strengths and weaknesses and come up with a guide that will optimize and capitalize on their existing skills and capabilities. When people make their own personal development plan, it can provide you with a self-reflection. That may touch the areas of strengths, weaknesses, and new sets of strengths. It is intended towards the progress in your personality and career. It will enhance your self-esteem and add up to your qualifications . By the time you have completed the course and

succeeded, your ability to make wise decisions is enhanced as well.

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As you gain more skills and knowledge, your decision-making ability becomes quicker and sharper. Regardless of their goals, they learned to appreciate more their life and have put more value to it than before. Having a personal development plan is a wise investment in terms of money and time & self-growth does not have any liabilities, they are mainly compared to the benefits that one will gain from it. In todays critical time, having a development plan is a step recommended to everyone. It makes you gain an edge in life.

REFRENCES:
My Personal Development Plan- Business link December 5th 2005. Personal development From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An article on the Personal development plan by sid savara. www.google.com www.Aspira.com an education blog. www.leopard-learning.com 7 simple steps- A life transformational guide. Bob Aubrey, Managing Your Aspirations: Developing Personal Enterprise in Global Workplace McGraw-Hill 2010 ISBN 978-007-131178-6, page9 career development -personal career management and planning by Robert H. Rouda & Mitchell E. Kusy, Jr. High Performance Training

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