Adeel Abdul Hameed SP14 BSE-004 Sulman Ahmed SP14 BSE-024 Tauqeer Taj SP14 BSE-014

Group Number: 4

Group Members:

Continuing professional Development Topic under discussion: Individual perspective Employer’s perspective Association professional perspective

Topic :

What is CPD?

Improvement and broadening of skills

Development of qualities is necessary

Improve performance

CPD is necessity in changing world

Continuing professional Development

Expect job for life but….. Develop a single specialist skill but… Skills become outdated soon “Innovative and take risks” Vertical promotion but…. Develop a skill during an initial training

period but….

Individual’s perspective

If undertake CPD:Commitment, time… If do not undertake CPD:Opportunity cost lostPotential loss of professional standing Inability to compete with fellow members of

professional body

Costs

Employer’s prospective

Development of CPD policy:-Employers should develop the policy for CPD

and try to make CPD according to the goals and objectives of the organization.

Assess your current skills Identify learning needs Define expected learning outcomes Identify appropriate learning activity (clarifying resources

required) Reflect on actual outcomes and apply to work practice Identify further needs

Policy depend on these factors

Make proper documentation as record of CPD activity this activity involves following steps.

Key dates What did you do? Why? What did you learn from this? How have/will you use this? Any further action?

Documentation

Employer should take step to evaluate CPD on the employees.

Evaluate CPD

Employer Pay attention to the effective management of the learning environment at work.

It includes some issues.

In which environment the CPD process is done??

Is employees are learning or not??

Is the attention of employees is there or not??

Environment

Costs of undertaking CPDTime – hours / days individual away from daily tasks and

cost of replacing individual.Costs of undertaking CPDCosts of NOT undertaking CPDPotential loss of staff as individual develops.Potential liability through employees’ lack of competence

It includes some questions How much money required? How much recourses required? How much employees are required?

cost

Who should pay for CPD

What is the role of CPD

How do you measure true cost

Professional association perspective

Undertaking CPD

Time

Commitment

Regulation

Evaluating

Professional association perspective

Not undertaking CPD

Opportunity lost

Potential lost

Standards consistency lost

Professional association perspective