Professional development planning Business & Marketing Coursework

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
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Professional Development Planning
Introduction
The professional document plan has become an essential component of any business or organization. The skill development of employees, overall organizational goals and required skill set is documented in a paper. The professional development plan starts as soon as the new employee joins the organization. The company's management assigns the responsibilities of developing a plan for the newly appointed graduate employee (Hammond and Churchill, 2018). The employee who has been designated the responsibility of professional development planning reports to the senior management team of the organization needs to coordinate with all the stakeholders. The assessment of employee's motivation, commitment and morale level is essential as numerous employees have left their jobs recently (Gary, 2017). The formation of a detailed proposal can help the organization's management in retaining the best talent and enhancing the motivation level of employees. The professional development plan is essential in providing support to the employees in the development of their attitudes, skills, professional knowledge and values.
Research Questions
The research focuses on acquiring the feedback of employees related to professional development. Furthermore, the emphasis is on proposing a professional development plan for employees based on their opinions. Following are the research questions:
1 What is the response of staff members related to professional development?
2 What is the response of the organization's senior management related to professional development?
3 What is the opinion of junior level employees about the parameters of a professional development plan?
4 What are the essential components of a professional development plan?
The responses provided by the research participants can be helpful for the organization's management in developing an effective professional development plan.
Primary Research Methods
The qualitative research technique and grounded theory have been used for collecting the information. The sampling method has been used for acquiring data and assessing the multiple components associated with the research. The emphasis is on achieving the organizational objectives and improving the commitment level of employees in performing their job responsibilities (Bell, Bryman and Harley, 2018). A total of 141 subjects were inducted in the study, which consists of 99 junior-level employees and 43 senior-level employees. There are a total of 11 participants that belong to the top management out of the 43 senior employees. Multiple interview sessions were conducted of selected participants to the point where repetition in the answers of the participants was observed.
Sampling Methods
The purposive sampling method has been used for ensuring that a diversified opinion can be acquired from all the participants. The maximum variation sampling or different sampling technique has been adopted for identifying the shared interests of the research participants (Hennink, Hutter and Bailey, 2020; Serra, Psarra and O'Brien, 2018). The multiple dimen...