development plan 5
For this assignment, you will complete an 750-word individual development plan (IDP) for either your current job or the job to which you aspire.
- Think about your current job, or the job to which you aspire.
- Consider the questions below as you prepare to complete an individual development plan (IDP) for yourself.
- Questions about your current or desired job:
- What aspects of your job are you best/worst at?
- Which job activities would you like to engage in more/less frequently?
- What types of knowledge, skills, and abilities are required by this job? What is your current degree of proficiency in these areas (e.g., high, adequate, poor)?
- Questions about your job satisfaction:
- What can you personally do to increase your level of satisfaction with your job?
- What performance improvements would increase your level of job satisfaction?
- Questions about your professional growth:
- Where do you see yourself professionally within the next 2 years?
- Where do you see yourself professionally beyond the next 2 years?
- What must you do in order to realize this vision?
- What new responsibilities or challenges would you have to undertake in order to achieve this vision?
- Questions about your skills and capabilities:
- In what new jobs or roles would you like to increase your proficiency?
- What new knowledge, skills, and/or abilities would you like to acquire?
- What types of training, qualifications, or certifications would you like to obtain?
- Questions about your potential:
- What could you do to make a greater contribution to your organization?
- What responsibilities or challenges could you undertake that would support your growth and development?
- What skills could you learn to ensure you are better equipped to do what you would like to do?
- How can you make better use of the knowledge, skills, and abilities you currently have?
- What would need to happen for you to reach your potential?
- Questions about your current or desired job:
- Include a minimum of one source, which may consist of readings from the University Library, your text, and other selections.