Task 1:

APPROACHES TO SELF- MANAGED LEARNING

Self-managed learning can be described as taking responsibility for your own
learning and to pursue your learning goals. There are many approaches to
self-managed learning one being where the learner can attend conferences or
seminars to share ideas and experiences to help the learner to develop skills
and improve their personality development. The other approach to selfmanaged learning is social networking where a learner talks with other people
on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and yahoo where they share their
ideas and chat to colleagues about developing or learning new skills and as a
part of developing their personality. A final approach is the internet where the
learner can browse and learn many things; the learner can read journal,
articles or e-books and share the knowledge with their mates in the class and
work field. Other approaches to self-managed learning include interviews,
newsgroups, and learning from others. (BPP Learning Media,2013)
I never attended seminars or conferences out of my city, because this all
takes a lot of time while traveling and attending those. And I feel kind of
boring while in seminars and conferences. I am suitable with social
networking where I can chat and talk on different matters with my colleagues
and I get new information which entertains me a lot. Actually I am interested
in experiencing new, when I get a new knowledge I tell my other colleagues
about it and I love sharing it. Basically I learn many new things and get a lot
of knowledge from Facebook, twitter, and different blogs on internet. Different
types of people around the world post their status on these blogs and I feel
interesting reading those. While discussing about a team work, group work
with my mates I use Facebook and Whatsapp which actually costs me no
money and I get instant reply from my mates. For example: - in class we were
divided into teams by our tutor and I contacted and discussed about the team
work and presentation in Facebook with my colleagues and explained each
other to fulfill our teams aim. I learn fast seeing. I actually use YouTube to see
videos on the things I cant do perfectly. For example:- There was a task in
Research project assignment to make a Gantt chart and I was at first

worried to do it as I was not done it before. I watched two videos on YouTube

and I learned to make my own Gantt chart. I often read newspaper and
journals to improve my reading skills. I myself prefer books and journals while
doing research on assignments. I like to work in groups because it gives me a
way to learn something extra. Google has all the information, so I search
Google if anything is new to me. Once I attended a seminar in Aurak, and I
realized seminars and conferences develop the presentation skills.

Task 2
a) The skills Advansoft requires as a HR officer: Previous Administration or HR experience

 Bachelor degree.
Very good written and communicational skills
Organization and planning skills
Conceptual and analytical thinking
Fluency in English and Arabic
Good team player with a high degree of flexibility
b) Skills I have: Typing skill 50 word per minute.
Adobe Photoshop.
Emails and internet browsing.
I can communicate in different languages such as Bengali, Hindi,
Arabic and English.
I have completed my higher secondary education.
c) My SWOT analysis
Strengths:a) I am confident to the matter what I know
b) I can speak in different languages fluently (Arabic, Hindi, English, and
Bengali)
c) I can understand demand of the people I am interacting to.
d) I can convince the customer to my target.
e) I have previous working experience.
Weakness:a)
b)
c)
d)

I
I
I
I

am shy at the first place.

feel hesitate in front of my leader/boss.
avoid the long task which require more time.
am poor at handling stress.

Opportunities:a) Ras Al Khaimah is the place where I live, and its developing too fast. It
will create job opportunities for me.
b) I handle a family business and in future it can help me for the
experiences I need in my life.
c) Gitex- the largest electronic fair in the world. It can create job
opportunities for me.
d) Expo 2020 is happening in Dubai and I am planning to extend my family
business and it will create many opportunities for me.
Threats:a) While running my family business there is 20 competitors around me.
b) Because of shyness I face many problems.

c) I get angry fast seeing something that bothers me.

d) Lack of carrying out something difficult.

Task 3
a) To apply in Advansoft as a HR officer I need some more qualifications and
professional skills. I should obtain at least 2 years of work experience as
HR or administrator in any company or as intern. I should learn employee
conflict solving ability. I should also obtain skills as motivating the
employee to work hard to achieve the organizations objective. I should be
able to be confident and self-driven to work under pressure, master strong
leadership, become competent adapt to technology along with the latest
update of Microsoft software programs. I should complete my bachelors
degree. To complete bachelors degree at first I need to complete my
diploma. I must be able to have strong presentation skills as well as be
creative and be able to get along with other colleagues to build strong
teamwork skills and be able to motivate myself throughout my career. I
need

presentation

skills

and

must

have

strong

written

and

oral

communication skills. Be able to motivate and work under pressure. Learn

to have strong leadership skills. Learn to be flexible, creative and goal &
success oriented. I would learn more about human resource management

and development. This will give me a vast knowledge on how to deal with
employee conflicts, how to manage employees, how to motivate them and
reach to the aim of the organization. In a word employees are the blood for
a firm. HR department has the whole authority to manage employees. I
would like to take short term courses such as conferences and online
training if possible to develop skills and to get a qualification based on
these certain skills.
b) Other development opportunities will be being mentored or coached,
learning from others who have a specialist knowledge, job rotation, work
shadowing (inside the company), internal knowledge sharing events,
advice from others and reading books, journals, articles and watching
DVDs.
Opportunities: - I would like to take some internship in HR because
Advansoft requires experienced HR officer. This will make me learn new skills
professionally and give a vast knowledge about the duties as a HR. I will like
to do the internship that is provided from the university. I have to learn how to
plan and how to make decisions while recruiting employees. I have to learn
how to take interview from applicants. For learning this all skills I will take any
short term courses beside my education. Long term course will much time
and it will affect my studies. I will research on internet and learn more about
the duties of a HR. While doing task in the assignments I played a role as a
team member. But I am not flexible with strange members. For this I will do
more team activities to be a flexible team member. I will chat with unknown
friends and other class mates which will make me friendly with everyone.

Task 4
Personal development plan (PDP)
Skills

How

require

achieve

to Time
frame

Dependenci

Other

es

considerati
ons

Go to

1 Years

---------

IT institute

Help
Family

Typing

friends

Arabic

(money).

To

from
and
Time

a Go to England 3 years

ILETS,

to practice
Place to live,

masters

in at Heriot watt

Bachelors

Money

Business

University.

have

Degree

Managemen
t

ILETS

Go to English 6 months

Time to adjust

World

beside

institute

university.

Punctual
Bachelors

at 2 years

Diploma

Money

university

Degree
Do
Diploma

4 months

Help

assignments

tutors

in

and

regarding

the

tasks.

time

mark

from

grading
matrix before
semester
ends.

Task 5
I can speak Arabic fluently and I can write it. But I dont know typing in Arabic.
In U.A.E all government works and letters are done in Arabic. I need to learn
typing Arabic as soon as possible. To complete my Masters in 3 years at first I
need to get my bachelors degree from University of Bolton and go to England
and get admission in Heriot Watt University. To complete my bachelors at first
I need to complete my Higher national diploma in business management from
Western International College. To apply in Advansoft as a HR officer I need
some more qualifications and professional skills. I should obtain at least 2
years of work experience as HR or administrator in any company or as intern.
I should learn employee conflict solving ability. I should also obtain skills as
motivating the employee to work hard to achieve the organizations objective.
I should be able to be confident and self-driven to work under pressure,
master strong leadership, become competent adapt to technology along with
the latest update of Microsoft software programs. I would like to take some
internship in HR because Advansoft requires experienced HR officer. This will
make me learn new skills professionally and give a vast knowledge about the
duties as a HR. I have to learn how to plan and how to make decisions while

recruiting employees. I will research on internet and learn more about the
duties of a HR.
Learning from others:This is something like coaching or having a teacher from whom job aspects
can be learned. As one of my brothers is in the HR field so I am able to take
necessary coaching in HR basics.
Learning through research:Doing research in HR and administration will give me some more idea about
the particular field.

Task 6
Skills

How

to Time frame Dependenci Other

require

achieve

es

considerati
ons

Internship

Search

45 days

Have to adjust with

company

class

those will give

work.

time

and

experience
certificate
Work

load

2 years time

management

Do a work load

Time

Cost

1 week

course

management

might be expensive

course at Zabeel

Working

International

pressure may be

under

Institute

of

hard

Management

&

once done with the

Technology, Dubai

course Travelling to
Dubai

Leadership

of

to

handle

is

time

Do a leadership

Complete

the

consuming
Cost of leadership

course

qualification

on

course

Abdulaziz
Humaid

at
bin

leadership

may

be

expensive to take
and the duration of

Leadership

the course is short

Program (ALP)

Leading group at

Lead

group

at

college may be a

college

in

waste of time

University

of

Bolton

Task 7
a) Self-managed learning is a way in which individuals can manage their own
learning. This means organizations can have self-managed learning
programmers that fit within their structure and ensure staffs is developing
in a certain direction; or individuals can take responsibility for decisions
about what and how they learn, and when and where they learn. Selfmanaged learning programs can be designed and developed, allowing
individuals to lead and manage themselves through learning, so that can
continue to extend their repertoire of capabilities without the need to
necessarily be reliant on another human resource to teach or manage
their learning. It is a form of development where we take the initiative in
learning new skills, knowledge and attitudes with the support of the
organization.
Methods of lifelong learning
Social Networks: - There are, as Bourner (2011) notes, a range of
different social networks including Facebook, Twitter, My Space, and so on,
where people spend a part of their time. By logging into such sites, people
can be chatting with friends or learning new things. This is particularly the
case if people share information and knowledge through bulletin boards
and forums. People can also learn how social network owners such as
Mark Zuckerberg he became successful and using the information that

they obtain, people can apply this knowledge to their own lives thereby
find the means of succeeding in their own careers. I learn myself many
new things from social networks.
Internet:- Today the internet is the main source of all data. Specialist
search sites such as Google Scholar are particularly useful for accessing
academic journals and articles which are written by experts on a diverse
range of subjects (Saba, 2012). Today Google has all the information; I
collect all information through Google.
Conferences:- People can learn through Seminars and conferences, as
noted by Collin and Hammond (2013). Conferences are an effective tool
as they give people the opportunity to present their knowledge about
something to other people who end up learning new things; thus,
seminars and conferences. Conferences help people to become more
confident in speaking in public and may also develop their presentation
skills, transferrable skills.
Books:- Nowadays people get bored of sitting with books. Where
nowadays people can read online books. But books give us the true fact
and good knowledge. I myself prefer books and journal while doing
research on assignments.
Group discussions:- In a group different people will be having different
opinions, different skills and knowledge so everyone can learn from each
other. So I always like to do works in groups because I get something
extra to learn.
Presentations and lectures:- This is something like spoon feeding the
knowledge and skills. Universities and colleges use this method because
this is the best method through which a student can learn so fast. So
according to me it has a great learning influence on me.
Lifelong learning can be encouraged by doing these methods mentioned
above such as seminars social media online portals and secondary
sources.
b) Benefits of self-managed learning on individual and organization:Self-managed learning is an easy way to learn things first and develop
ones self-confidence. Organization try to make sure their objectives are
met and such objectives need to be SMART (specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic and time bound), this is by evaluating the qualities
and expectations they need from the staff to those whom they have
contracted with in achieving such objectives. They need staffs that have

potential skills such as leadership skills, time management, and team

player. Writing and communication skills, ambitious etc., such skills could
be linked with objectives of the organization.
The first benefit of lifelong learning is helping us to adapt to change. A
lifelong learner will keep up with society by staying current and aware of
changes in such areas as technology, news and political trends or finance
and money issues. We adapt and grow and seem to increase on staying
up on the latest technology. Lifelong learners look for opportunities to
embrace the new technologies.
The hugest benefit of lifelong learning is the enriching and fulfilling life it
provides for us. To people for whom continuing education, they can look
forward to active and meaningful lives. We all have subjects in which we
are interested in. A lifelong learner uses opportunities to explore these
topics which they find compelling. The end result can be less stress on the
body, in the home, or family issues. There are so many benefits and
positive impact of self-managed learning to the individual learner and
organization as well. It also help individual to acquiring decisional making
skills through their past personal and professional experiences. In general
individual learner can learn from their personal experience that could be
an advantage for organization in a professional manner.
While sharing with others within the organization some of the things like
problem solving, these types of skills an individual can learn through selfmanaged learning which are transferable skills and can be learn from their
co-workers at work place. Most of the organizations today prefer flexibility
to their workers like assigned to different tasks without any personal
commitments. With this self-managed learning individual may be able to
learn and build skills and talent as below:
Team Work Skills
As we already discussed above self-managed learning by attending the
seminars and group discussion this will help an individual to working in
teams. Researches shows that every successful company have reason
behind their success is good team work. So this not only help to gain
growth to an individual this will help an organization to be successful.
Presentation Skills
Doing their self-managed learning by attending the seminars and group
discussions with others, that will enhance their individual communication

and build good confidence as result learner learn how to make and
present the presentations which gives the chance to express the
knowledge and talk in front of others and which is an advantage for an
organization.
Communication Skills
Self-managed learning helps to develop communication and writing skills
which is very useful for an individual as well as for organization objectives.
It also help to work independent as result it comes up with their own and
new concept and that will be share with others to learn new things which
they don't know about it all. That will create a good working environment
which gives good impact on organizational development.

Task 8
For operational and tactical level half the staff goes to lunch at 12 to 1
and the other half from 1 to 2. At the strategic level monitor it and give
punishments if the employee comes late from lunch.
Honey and Mumford identified four separate learning styles:
1) Activist

2) Pragmatist
3) Reflector
4) Theorist
Activists learn by doing. They dont want to hear what they should be
doing, they want to dive in head-first and have a go.
Pragmatists care about what works in the real world. They arent
interested in abstract concepts; they just want to know if it works.
Reflectors like to think about what theyre learning. They want to
understand things thoroughly before they try them out.
Theorists like to understand how the new learning fits into their
framework and into previous theories. Theyre likely to be uncomfortable
with things that dont fit with what they already know.
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For example for strategic level most learners are reflectors as they look
for future prospects and makes long term decisions. For tactical level most
learners are theorist and pragmatist as they like to use concepts and
apply it in the real world and they use them in a logical manner. For
operational level learners are activist as they are doing learners and like
to get involved in demonstrations or participations.

Communication plan for strategic, tactical and operational levels

Strategic level is the top level managers of the organisation. If the learning
styles are communicated to top levels they can prepare themselves more
systemically, and flexible plan as well which will help the organisation to live
long. If they are more skilled the future of the company will be fruitful. So the
learning skills should be communicated to the strategic level.
Tactical level is the supervisor level. They are the supervisors, line manager,
branch manager they make day to day plan for an organisation. They always
look after the companys day to day work whether it is going smoothly or not.
So they are also the core aspect of an organisation therefore the learning
skills should be communicated to them as well.

Operational level is the daily workers, staffs or labours who does the works of
the organisation with their own hand. They have to operate lots of
machineries so the must has some skills.

So the employees must be well

trained as well as the learning skills should be communicated to them as well.

Now we will talk how the learning methods can be communicated to
the management levels.
Topic
visual

Verbal

Social

Ways of communication
You prefer using images, pictures, colours,
and maps to organize information and
communicate with others. You can easily
visualize objects, plans and outcomes in
your mind's eye. You also have a good
spatial sense, which gives you a good sense
of direction. You can easily find your way
around using maps, and you rarely get lost.
The whiteboard is a best friend (or would be
if you had access to one). You love drawing,
scribbling and doodling, especially with
colours.
The verbal style involves both the written
and spoken word. You find it easy to express
yourself, both in writing and verbally. You
love reading and writing. You like playing on
the meaning or sound of words, such as in
tongue twisters, rhymes, limericks and the
like. You know the meaning of many words,
and regularly make an effort to find the
meaning of new words. You use these words,
as well as phrases you have picked up
recently, when talking to others.
You have a strong social style, you
communicate well with people, both verbally
and non-verbally. People listen to you or
come to you for advice, and you are
sensitive to their motivations, feelings or
moods. You listen well and understand
other's views. You may enjoy mentoring or
counselling others. You typically prefer
learning in groups or classes, or you like to
spend much one-on-one time with a teacher
or an instructor. You heighten your learning
by bouncing your thoughts off other people
and listening to how they respond. You
prefer to work through issues, ideas and

Tools

black and
white
boards
Eboard

Speaking
(PowerPoint
, Voice,
Podcaster.
Writing
(Word &
PowerPoint,
Blogs, Wikis
&
Discussion.
Social
medias
Games
Speech

problems with a group. You thoroughly enjoy

working with a 'clicking' or synergistic group
of people.

Task 9
Time management strategies
Time management strategies means to plan what to do within a limited
time. This helps to get things done more professionally to avoid work
overload

and

stress.

Time

management

is

great

professional

development skill to build ones own career.

There are many resources available that can be used to improve time
management skills.
a) Taking online help and reading different articles on time management
skills.
b) Taking training on time management from the current company.
c) Short courses or seminars
There 3 type of time management
The 3 time management strategies are:Strategy 1- Know How You Spend Your Time- Keeping a time log is a
helpful way to determine how you are using your time. Start by recording
what you are doing for 15-minute intervals for a week or two. Now take a
look at the results. Identify your most time-consuming tasks and
determine whether you are investing youre time in the most important
activities to help you.
Strategy 2- Set Priorities- Managing your time effectively requires a
distinction between what is important and what is urgent. One of the
easiest ways to prioritize is to make a to do list. Whether you need a
daily, weekly or monthly list depends on your lifestyle. Just be careful not

to allow the list-making to get out of control and do not keep multiple lists
at the same time. Rank the items on your to do list in order of priority.
Strategy 3- Stay Healthy- The care and attention you give yourself is
an important investment of time. Scheduling time to relax or do nothing
can help you rejuvenate both physically and mentally, enabling you to
accomplish tasks more quickly and easily. Poor time management can
result in fatigue, moodiness, and more frequent illness. Regardless of the
time management strategies you use, you should take time to evaluate
how they have worked for you. Ask yourself a few simple questions: Do
you have a healthy balance between work and home life? Are you
accomplishing the tasks that are most important in your life? If you
answer no to one of these questions you may need to rethink how you
manage your time. Take the time to make sure you feel great about you
and your accomplishments!
Above all strategy are so important strategies for time management. But
according to me strategy 3 is the main strategy I will focus on. Which is
staying healthy, health is the main wealth. If health is not good the
individual cant perform any other strategies. So I should focus in my
health so that I can cope up with strenuous work. So I must follow some
proper steps: Proper food intake
Proper exercise
Proper rest
Proper medicine if any sickness occurred
Body check up every month
So a healthy person can maintain the other strategies of time
management and can find success. I select this strategy because it has
much importance in an individual person.
We can see the importance of being healthy.
Controls weight: - this will avoid obesity. As a result a person will be

more active in the work and the work can be done faster and quickly.
Improves mind: - this helps so much while working. Good moods helps

to work more quickly with fill interest in it.

Boost energy: - this will make the persons energy to boost and keep the

person energetic while working.

Justification
Actually I am not familiar with the scheduling. I feel a bit tough for it. The
most suitable strategy for me is to prioritize the task. I will make a list of

works to be done for today and then I will take minimum time required to
finish the work, this is the way I can save my time and I can know which
work is more important for me and which is less important.

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