Example Of Essay On And Professional Development Plan

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING

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SUMMARY
This document presents my Individual Learning and Professional Development Plan for the nearest future. Firstly, I placed Self Introduction. It contains career and educational information about me.Secondly, there is a Big Picture of the IT Industry, which develops rapidly due to new technologies for communication. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of them and we can use it to make any system in the state efficient. The Megatrends of the IoT in Australia are relatedto the transformation of the society with the usage of IT technologies. Nevertheless, the Internet of Things has got Challenges in system of privacy, security and price. The Goals are formed according to the Mater’s Graduate Program and personal plans. I present Short, Medium and Long Term Goals. My personal points of Professional Ethics and Values are based on my work experience and personal opinion. The last part of L&D plan is the Competency Assessment, which includes my cultural and social along with managerial and technical competences, based on my education and work experience.

SELF-INTRODUCTION

My education started from the High School of Engineering in CeskaLipa (Czech Republic) from 1991 to 1995. The following steps of education I got in Sydney (Australia). From 2007 to 2009, I studied in the Central College and graduated with Advanced Diploma of Accounting. Considering that fact, I am planning to work in IT Industry I studied and received a Diploma of IT (Networking) in ACCIT. Immediately I went to study at the CSU to gain a Bachelor of IT (Network Engineering, System Administration) in 2012. I decided to have a Master’s diploma for the further career, so in February 2015 I entered the APIC in Sydney to study the Masters of Business and Project Management program.
I started my career from several projects. In 1996, I got a post of Junior Purchasing Officer in the Kovos Teplice (Czech Republic). I was responsible for all purchasing activities; maintaining the relationships between internal and external stakeholders and negotiations. In 1999, I grew to the Senior Purchasing Officer. From 2002, I worked as a Quality Assurance Officer. The main responsibilities were: to establish and manage quality control policies and standards; to manage and train staff; to take part in the certification process of ISO 9001. My career in Kovos Teplice had been continued up to 2005. In 2004, I coordinated the design, hardware purchasing and configuration of APs of the Municipal wireless network. Currently I have been working in Australian College of Commerce and Information Technology as Network/System Administrator Assistant since 2011. I have duties in network, applications/systems management and administration. In particular, I control the internal network of the College and maintain its’ efficiency; the Distance and Online Learning Education System and the software throughout the College; and run the Help Desk to help students or staff.
On the side I participated in several individual courses in Sydney: “First Aid” (Just Careers Training), “Optical Fibre Cabling External”, “Windows Server 2008 Administration” etc.

THE BIG PICTURE

This part of the L&D plan represents the Big Picture of the IT Industry, particularly, the Things of Internet (IoT). The Big Picture contains the information about what place sits the IoT in the development of infrastructure and communications in Australia, what we should expect from the IoT and what challenges the business projects face now and will face in future.
IoTis an ecosystem, which connects the physical objects all over the world (Heusser L., 2014). Objects in the system can communicate, perceive and transmit the data to each other. They are connected with internet and work with information without involvement of people (Farooq S., 2014).
The IoTis really a phenomenon of globalization processes. Moreover, Australian businesses take many benefits from using IoT. 41% of businesses in Australia use the IoT, according to the Microsoft research (2015). The explosion of devices creating IoT in Australia started in 2013 and the number of them was 1,276. Today this number is 1,907 and Microsoft predicts that in 2017 the number of devices on the M2M (machine-to-machine) market in Australia will be more than 3,000. 65% of businesses, which use IoT, have got cost saving in the operation of company (65%), efficiency (53%), the increase of revenue (38%) and customer satisfaction (23%). To conclude this statistics Microsoft says that organizations in Australia get three main benefits from using IoT: improvement of product/service quality (37%); improvement in business decision making (37%) and 31% in operational intelligence (2015). This research shows that businesses in Australia are on the verge of a great opportunity to transform their structures and be more successful.
The real examples of success with using IoT already exist in Australia. There are 10 modern companies that form new business market in Australia. According to the Deloitte research (White K., 2014) this list consists from: LIFX, Smash Wearables, Moore’s Cloud, Wearable Experiments, Ninja Blocks, WattCost, Catapult Sports; LEAPIN Digital Keys, Homeboy and GoFar.

MEGATRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS

The megatrend is to transform all systems (business, social, health care, economy, transport, administrative etc.) of the state and improve the national competitiveness of Australiausing the benefits of the Internet of Things.
It is expected that the IoT market will increase world widely at an early date. Gartner predicts that Internet of Things will make 300 billion dollars of income by 2020 for businesses (2014). That means all devices will range from 25 billion to more than 250 billion dollars.
Furthermore, not only business can enjoy the benefits of IoT. Ordinary people and even government of whole state can use this new concept in IT Industry. Australia Business Insider claims that number of connected-home devices will increase annually up to 65%. People will buy smart appliances for house (particularly, kitchen and laundry),install security systems and smart energy equipment (Davona T., 2015). Great Britain is the first state, which implemented the transport technology based on the IoT. It allows reducing traffic jams and accidents in the country with the help of internet devices.This megatrend will spread to the Australia in coming years (Barrie J., 2015). Government can use the Internet of Things in administration and resource management. With the help of project management and IT devices government can transform the system of transport and delivery, economy and health care system (Vega E., 2014).

The Internet of Things in Australia itself faces with some barriers like:

Lack of common standards to run the devices and technologies (Greenough J., 2015);
Fear of customers and businesses to use IT technologies (Weissman C.G., 2015);

Concerns in security and privacy (Microsoft, 2015);

High price of some IT services (Microsoft, 2015).
GOALS
My general goal is to settle down and make a successful career in IT industry in Australia. In this paragraph, I will present the Short, Medium and Long Term goal.
Short term: to learn the features of the IT Industry in Australia; to study the program of the Masters of Business and Project Management at the APIC in Sydney; to work further in the Australian College of Commerce and Information Technology.
Medium term: to graduate from APIC with a Master degree in Business and Project Management; to start working as a project manager in the business that uses Internet of Things; to learn the inner system of Internet of Things.
Long term: to open the business with Internet of Things; to operate the business efficiently and profitably; to settle down in Sydney permanently and buy own apartment.

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL VALUES

Each professional should adhere to general Code of Ethics that has each sphere. The main idea of Code of Ethics for any worker is to be honest and to respect colleagues and customers. As for me this idea resonates with my personal attitude towards morality and people surrounding me. In my opinion, we should respect each other’s rights and duties, be honest and positive.As for professional values, I am sure that each specialist should be, first of all,competent in his working sphere, provide safe products or services for customers, be reasonable when deals with competitors, be tolerant and useful for customers and fair with employees (if he has them).

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT

Competency assessment includes the definitions of my social, cultural and personal characteristics.
Descriptions:
Generic: I am a newbie in Project Management and have little work experience in IT business projects. I have started to work in Project Management and I want to develop myself in this sphere up to the level of professional.
Leadership: I need to gain an experience of team leading and knowledge in Human Resources Management, because I have worked in small projects and the practice in leading is no enough for the specification.
Commitment: I am totally committed. I am ready to set the goals and make all necessary steps and spend as many time as I can to achieve them.
Attitude: I have good self-motivation throughout all own achievements and working experience. I noticed that my desire to work and create new ideas sometimes is transmitted to other members of team.
Self Direction: I have good self direction, but in order to achieve my goals I need more working experience together with it.
Learning: I need to learn business operations, ethics and vocabulary deeply. I have already gained the knowledge about IT industry and now I am going to add the skills in Business and Project Management.
Cultural Empathy: I want to study everything I can from people from other countries into to have an opportunity to use the knowledge about of cultural differences in future.
Creativity & Innovation: I am good at creating new tools for myself to help in studying and working. Moreover I can present some good ideas for any project.

MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE

SBM1101 PM Fundamentals 1: I have got knowledge about definitions of project, program, business unit and links between them; also the skills in the designing and implementation of projects.
SBM1102 PM Fundamentals 2: I have already learn the features of Human Resources department and its’ specialists, nevertheless I need to deal with its’ functions.
SBM1201 PM Fundamentals 3: I understand that project planning and budgeting is the main in the creating business project. I have not enough skills to do it all by myself.
SBM1103 Project and Program Information & Communication Systems: I have skills in a technical base of communication systems, but I need to learn how to use them effectively in management.

SBM1202 Project Management Fundamentals 4: I need to be aware about quality, risk and procurement project management.

SBM1203 Venture/Project Economics and Finance: I need to learn to model and control the finances in big projects, as for smaller I already have got a real experience.
SBM1104 Leadership and Change Management: I have less experience in leading the team, so I need to study how to motivate staff and achieve strategic goals.
SBM1204 Project and Program Delivery Systems: I need to gain knowledge in managing the delivery system of the project.

REFERENCES

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Chasing IoT in Australia, 2015,Microsoft. Retrieved from http://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2015/02/25/chasing-iot-in-australia.
Danova T., 2015, The connected-home report, Australia Business Insider. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com.au/connected-home-market-forecasts-2015-2.
Deloitte Maker Movement, 2014, Deloitte. Retrieved from http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/news-research/Deloitte_Maker_Movement_29May2014.
Farooq S., 2014, Investing in the “Internet of Things”, Fidelity World Investment. Retrieved from http://www.fidelity.com.au/insights-centre/investment-articles/investing-in-the-internet-of-things.
Greenough J., 2015, The “Internet of Things” will be the world’s most massive device market, Australia Business Insider. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-internet-of-things-market-growth-and-trends-2015-2.
Heusser L., 2014, Internet-based services and solutions in Europe (German), Australian Information Industry Association. Retrieved from http://www.aiia.com.au.
Vega E., 2014, Government’s Digital by Default and eCloud agendas, Australian Information Industry Association. Retrieved from http://www.aiia.com.au.
 Weissman C. G., 2015, We asked executives about Internet of Things, Australia Business Insider. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com.au/internet-of-things-survey-and-statistics-2015-1.
White K., 2014, Australia’s 10 Internet of Things companies to watch, Startup Smart. Retrieved from http://www.startupsmart.com.au/planning/business-ideas/australias-top-10-internet-of-things-companies-to-watch/2014061112482.html