1. Personal Professional Development Plan
MGT/521 Management

2. What is the personal professional development plan?

3. What is the Personal Professional Development Plan?
The Personal Professional Development Plan is a series of assessments for students in the MGT/521 course of MBA program.
The Personal Professional Development Plan includes:
My Career Plan located in Phoenix Career Services
A series of associated activities designed to encourage self-assessment of interests, strengths, areas for improvement, and planning.
The Personal Professional Development Plan which includes laying out goals, steps to reach them, and identifying potential roadblocks.

4. My Career Plan

5. My Career Plan
My Career Plan includes a series of assessments that evaluate your career interests, competencies, and so forth. You complete these interactive activities to help you decide on career goals and to help create a step-by-step plan to reach them.
My Career Plan enables you to:
Learn about careers that interest you.
Select career goals.
Determine competencies that can help you to achieve your career goals.
Build a resume.
Find a mentor.
Identify other career related activities.

6. My Career Plan What if I’m not looking for a job?
My Career Plan can still help you even if you know what career you want or are already in your career of choice.
My Career Plan can help you to identify those competencies that can help improve your current job skills. If you are looking for a job in your chosen field, you can use My Career Plan to help create a network and research job opportunities.

7. My Career Plan
To complete your Personal Professional Development Plan, you must complete the first four assessments in My Career Plan.
Activity
Description
Estimated
Time
Career Interest Profiler
Helps define what you like to do and helps narrow down potential career choices.
15 min.
Competencies
You determine your unique set of behaviors, skills, knowledge, and attributes that predict your work performance.
25 min.
Reasoning Aptitude
You learn how your reasoning abilities may enable you to excel in a specific career.
19 min. with a time limit of 19 min.
Work Culture Preference
You learn what types of work environments may engage you most.

8. career goals

9. Career Goals
Look for opportunities to develop your competencies and build on those you already have. Faculty can help you learn how to connect your assignment to your career goals. Connecting education to career goals is a top priority at University of Phoenix. My Career Plan and the Personal Development Plan Activities in this course will help you better understand your career interests, competencies you will need, and the best career fit for you. Remember that you are still responsible for your own success at work—only you can maintain your attitude, work ethic, and dedication to personal growth.

10. Reference
University of Phoenix (2012). My career plan student guide. Phoenix, AZ: University of Phoenix.