In the next five years I would like to see myself in an HR manager role for a well-known international corporate company. My current position is an administration manager for a private care home and involves using complex computerised systems to input residents and employee’s details to keep a record of everything and update information when needed as well as a logging in and logging out using a hand print scan system to generate the payroll system at the end of each month. I am still adapting to new rules of the game as I started at the end of January this year so the process of learning is crucial for me during this new period.
My role involves a variety of different tasks for instance making sure all policies and procedures are adhered to assisting the home manager maintain a good CQC (Care Quality Control) rating within the sector and ensuring requirements to health and safety, local authority, environmental and other regulatory bodies are adhered to as well as managing people and delegating tasks efficiently to other staff members. Communication is a huge factor in the role so I could say that is one of my strength’s when relating it to the SWOT analysis.
There are several skills I require to improve and develop throughout my educational and professional career timeline and this is one of my main reasons I have created a SWOT analysis to demonstrate clearly what my current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are (see appendix 2). MY CDP plan will help me eliminate my weaknesses and improve my abilities to succeed towards my SMART goals as well as achieve my long term goals of becoming an HR manager in addition to becoming an associate of the CIPD.
I have set ‘.. SMART goals to work towards improving myself and increase my HR knowledge making sure I apply Kolb’s theory of setting the task, doing it then reflecting back on the different tasks to see if I have improve or how I could improve next time I have to carry out the same procedure.
During one of the lectures I took part in a learning and styles Questionnaire taken from Honey & Mumford the results showed that I am a reflector learner highlighting that my most preferred learning style involves appreciating time to think about things, collecting data, thinking before giving a conclusion, keeping a low profile during meetings, reflecting back on real life work situations I can agree that it is accurate as this is why one of my smart goals is to improve my assertiveness when it comes to attending meetings as well as delegating tasks to others. My most preferred learning style could also be an addition to the strengths box in my personal SWOT analysis (appendix 2). The questionnaire also showed that my least preferred learning style is the activist learner who likes to try anything once, becomes bored easily is extrovert, not sceptical and useful to have in teams this is certainly an area I can improve in and apply during work practices for instance trying a different method of doing the end of week reports or being more extrovert during staff meetings.