October 2015 Report Structurefor Personal Development Plan 1. Introduction XXXXXXXXXXwords) Explain or define your goal(s) in respect of your personal and/or professional development in the context of...

October 2015 Report Structurefor Personal Development Plan 1. Introduction (100-150 words) Explain or define your goal(s) in respect of your personal and/or professional development in the context of this module. To achieve greater depth in planning your development, limit yourself to a maximum of 2 goals to accomplish. Provide the purpose of your report here. 2. “How do you fit the design” (250-300 words) Select 3 self-assessments on “How do you fit the design?” to complete, and drawing from your personal or professional experiences, provide abrief reflection of each assessment. Your choice of self-assessments should ideally be closely related to the scope of the project proposal. (Note: Place your self-assessment worksheets in the appendix ) 3. Topics of Interest (500 words) Provide a summary about how you might achieve or enhance your understanding or perspectives about organizational design that will help advance your personal or professional development. This summary should cover 3 topic areas about organizational design of your choice. Possible areas are ( but not limited to ): a) Aligning organizational structure and design with strategy b) Creating, structuring and leading teams within organisations c) Leveraging diversity and stakeholders approach for organizational effectiveness d) Shaping and reinforcing organizational culture on strategy and structure e) Fitting organizational designs to organizational life cycle and size f) Measuring success in organizational restructuring g) Communicating organizational restructuring to key stakeholders h) Coordinating restructuring programs in global organisations 4. Critical Reflection(500 - 600 words) Discuss your prior knowledge and experience with the module’s key concepts, including those that you have identified as particular areas of interest in section 3. Explain your personal perspectives and assumptions as well as your current practice around these concepts. Substantiate the discussion with specific examples that you have known about in your current organization or in organizations you have previously worked for. 5. Personal Action Plan (500 words) Present and discuss the courses of action that you will take to help you achieve your goals stated in section 1. The plan should include key indicators that will demonstrate your accomplishment of the specific goals in your personal action Reasonable and achievable timeline to accomplish the various goals should be included. Identify specific challenges that might hinder or impede your progress in achieving your goals and how will you overcome these challenges. You might, as part of the discussion, identify persons, tools or other resources that you help you to succeed. Tabulated details may be provided in the text to support your discussion. A sample of table format is given below. Discuss your confidence level in achieving your personal development plan. . 6 Conclusion(100 words) Clearly and logically summarize the key aspects you have articulated above. Conclude with key ‘take-aways’ of your personal reflection and learning. References Harvard Referencing System Appendices Provide additional information in support of your description and arguments, if relevant and appropriate.