Personal Development Plan Via Skill Audit

1. Introduction:
Employers always looking for unique Employees who take the responsibility for
their learning and development needs to gain the personal and professional skills
needed to support the strategic direction of an organization. Learners can achieve
this through analyzing their current skills and preparing and implementing a
personal development plan.

Orascom Construction Limited is a leading global engineering and construction

contractor primarily focused on infrastructure, industrial and high-end commercial
projects in the Middle East, North Africa, the United States, and the Pacific Rim for
public and private clients. The Group also develops and invests in infrastructure
opportunities.

Orascom Construction has grown from a small family-run construction business

into a global engineering and construction contractor with projects and
investments around the world.

2. Task 1 (Skills review)

To produce evidence for AC. 1.1 and AC. 1.2.

2.1 Ac 1.1 Use appropriate methods to evaluate personal skills

required to achieve strategic goals.
The purpose of this Assignment is to assess and figure out my personal and
professional skills by using the methods and techniques to assess the
development of my own skills to support the achievement of strategic direction,
which shall allow appropriate opportunities for carrying out my responsibilities
simultaneously and in-line with the achieving of my Companys strategic goals.

Im currently working as Tendering Contracts Engineer in Orascom Construction

Limited Company in the Tendering Department, one of my major tasks is handling
Commercial, Technical and Financial proposals for the project which the company
is involved in, conducting reviews and considering legal and technical aspects of
contract award & administration. Im also responsible for preparing and drafting
the commercial bids and tenders, estimating the costs of the projects and
ensuring that the costs are controlled. From the typical days duties are reviews
the bids, conduct negotiations with the clients or the customers, build and
maintain relationships with suppliers in order to secure positive, constructive and
cost effective commercial agreements for the Company, monitor the performance
of service providers on a regular basis.

Moreover, from the big parcels of my job responsibilities are the time management
and the communication skills, as the Tender or Bids submissions are always
related to due dates and how we deal with the clients or the customers, which

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 reflect my companys reputation in the market, whereas, Orascom as mentioned
hereinabove is a leading Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contractor,
which target large, complex and demanding projects in the region.

MY COMPANYS VISION:
Our vision is to be the preferred construction and facilities partner for our clients
and to be recognized as the contractor of choice for large, complex and
demanding construction projects in North Africa and the Middle East. We are
committed to delivering quality work and products, safely and on schedule. A
company that our clients want work with, our customers can rely on and our
employees are proud to work for. A company with an open mind ready to embrace
new opportunities and driven to deliver exceptional value.

MY COMPANYS STRATEGY:
Our strategy is guided by keys pillars with the aim of maintaining our market
leadership, expanding our geographic footprint and delivering top and bottom line
growth to maximize shareholder value.

1) Strategic Market and Geographic Expansion as an EPC Contractor

Our aims to expand our market presence as an EPC contractor in our core
markets in MENA and the US through several avenues, namely strengthening
activities in our key infrastructure and industrial sectors, selective pursuit of
well-funded projects where we hold a competitive edge and capitalizing on our
proven financing track record across various sectors.

2) Establish and Leverage Strategic Partnerships and JVS

The Group has maintained an active strategy of working in partnership with
industry leaders to complement and expand its capabilities. Historically, these
relationships have enabled us to participate in some of MENAs largest
construction projects and maintain a strong market position. OCLs 50%
investment in the BESIX Group is a clear example of this strategy being put to
action, where both companies have pursued opportunities and participated in
projects beyond each others core competencies. The Group will further deploy
this strategy and leverage its MENA relationships in its effort to expand its US
foothold. Additionally, we always consider strategic tuck-in acquisitions that
enhance our core competencies and add valuable human resources to our
construction team as was the case with our acquisition of The Weitz Company
in 2012.

3) Commitment to Excellence
It is our firm belief that behind every successful company is a continued
commitment to quality, safety, the environment and ethical business practices.
At OCL, maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for all our employees and

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 putting our expertise to work for the benefit of our clients, our partners and the
communities in which we operate is at the heart of how we do business. That is
why at OCL we choose to implement global best practice when it comes to
safety standards, training and development.

4) Delivering Shareholder Value

Since its establishment in the 1950s, the Group has remained committed to
creating shareholder value at every stage of its ambitious journey of becoming
a leading private sector contractor and an incubator of high-value industrial
businesses. This unwavering commitment is at the core of our strategy and is
instilled in our management and founding shareholders who continue to propel
the Group into the next phase of its sustainable growth trajectory.

My career goal is to become the Contracts Manager in my company, hence, my

plan is to develop my personal and professional skills to allow me to be a
candidate for the promotion of a strategic managerial vacancy which is Contracts
Manager.
Currently I am studying MBA in order to acquire the necessary tools and
experience required to manage a large-scale business, starting as Contracts
Manager and working my way up. I am working on developing some skills which
could allow me to be upgraded to the managerial level and also to be inline and
fulfill the purpose of my company mission and vision which will reflect on the
corporate development in return.

Contracts Manager is one of the crucial strategic managerial positions in my

company, who supports the companys strategic goals by oversee projects from
the start through to completion, ensuring that work is completed on time and
within its budget. The major required personal skills to be incorporated in the
Contracts Manager are negotiations skills, time management, communication
skills, problem solving, flexibility and customer satisfaction.

Skills required to achieve my companys strategic goals:

Personal Leadership and Management skills:

Negotiations skills.
Time Management.
Business Knowledge.
Communication Skills.
Problem-solving.
Multi-tasking.
Customer satisfaction.
Respect work ethics.
Business Management.
Delegation.

Professional Skills:
Good knowledge of Construction Business.
Business Management.

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 Contracts Management awareness.
FIDIC Contracts knowledge.
Risk Management.
Job Target achievement.
Computer skills.
Legal awareness.
Technical writing skills.
Legal writing skills.
Reading comprehension skills.
Verbal and written language skills.

2.2 Ac.2. Use appropriate methods (e.g. SWOT) to evaluate personal

skills and assess professional skills required to support the strategic
direction of your organization:
Using SWOT analysis as incorporated in Appendix (1) to this Assignment,
helped me to analyze my strengths and weakness as well as my opportunities
and threats that I can have or face in my career path, this analysis led me to
focus on my strengths and how to develop them and on the other hand to
minimize my weakness and threats in achieving my goals and finding other
opportunities.

3. Task 2 (Skills Audits)

3.1 To produce evidence for A.C.2.1: Arrange to complete the skill

audit form attached using the instruction in the first page.

Skills audit form as incorporated in Appendix 2 is built in accordance to my

experience as Contracts Manager in Orascom Construction, to assess the
required currently and long term strategic skills, in order to review my own
skills against current and future requirements by my company to identifying
the appropriate way for carrying out my development plan to fulfill effectively
all skills required now and in future. The following skill audit is based on my
experience as an Office Manager in Orascom Construction.

Skills needed to be developed as per the result of the Skill Audit form as per
Appendix 2:
Recruit, select and keep colleagues
Build and manage team.
Help team members address problems affecting their performance
Reduce and manage conflict

3.2 To produce evidence for A.C.2.1: Apply appropriate techniques

to identify your preferred learning style.

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 After going through the different learning styles for identifying the preferred
one for developing skills, the appropriate learning style for me is the VAK/VARK
model.

After taking out the exercise, the flowing scores show me the weights:
Kinesthetic: 41%
Visual: 31%
Auditory: 28%

According to the above mentioned learning style, my best learning style shall
be with descending order of Kinesthetic, Visual then Auditory.

Whereas, Kinesthetic is the learning style, in which the learning shall be

carried out by practicing rather than by reading or using materials or watching
videos. This type of learning used by people who are more practical, this
people can be called Doers.

Whereas, Visual is for the people with a strong visual preference for learning
like using or seeing charts, graphs, diagrams or videos and implement their
comments or notes on it.

Whereas, the last leaning style is the Auditory, this way of learning is carried
out by hearing, discussions and explanations, and the use of questioning is an
important part of a such learning style.

4. Task 3: Professional Development Plan

4.1 To produce evidence for A.C.3.1: prepare and implement a

personal development plan that meets leadership development Skills
identified in the skills audit conducted.

As per Appendix (3) Professional Development Plan.

4.2 To produce evidence for 3.2: Use suitable methods to assess the
outcomes of a personal development plan against personal work
objectives.

By applying the methods of SMART analysis and Professional Development Plan

as incorporated in Appendix (3), my personal and professional skills shall be
assessed.

Being involved in direct discussions with colleagues, team mates, clients or

managers, and also by carrying out surveys or giving feedback forms to the
internal/external clients, it helped me in being more confident in well-knowing
of my capabilities and skills, feeling more productive in my team and helpful to
my colleagues, and also gaining new skills.

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 4.3 To produce evidence for 3.3: evaluate the impact of own
learning against the achievement of strategic goals.

The Evaluation of my developed skills whether personal or professional, has

been carried out through 180 or 360-degree analysis, to measure the impact of
it on the achievement of the strategic goals. The appropriate evaluation
method helped in attaching action taken to the final outcome and expected
success.

After carrying out the evaluation and figuring out the productive outcomes, and
how much my personal and professional skills have been developed, and by
adjusting or upgrading the developing plan according the environment or the
new situations, the support or productivity which I have given to my company
and Tendering Department as Contract Manager, was realized well by my direct
managers and my company, on the other hand my companys strategic goals
became pretty-close to be achieved as well my personal and professional
goals.

5. References:
www.orascom.com
http://vark-learn.com/
en.wikipedia.org
www.idea.gov.uk
https://empxtrack.com/blog/how-to-easily-conduct-180-or-360-degree-
performance-appraisals-use-hr-tools/

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 6. Appendices:
Appendix (1) SWOT Analysis.
Appendix (2) Skill Audit form.
Appendix (3) Professional Development Plan.

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 Appendix (1) - SWOT Analysis

Strength Weaknesses
Contracts Knowledge Human Recourses
Construction Knowledge
Management
Negotiations skills
Constructing Project Budget
Communication Skills
Provide Training to others
Time Management
Promotion Procedures
Problem Solving Skills
Leadership
Stress Management
Business Management

Opportunities Threats
Getting Promotion Environmental issues.
Getting new vacancy Region or culture crisis
Preparing MBA Personal life conflicting
Developing my personal skills
professional life
Company expansion
Industry fluctuating
Slower market growth

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 Appendix (2) Skill Audit form
As per Attachment (1)

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 Appendix (3) Professional Development Plan
Name Mina Antoine Latest February 23, Review date Every 30 days
Adieb update 2017
Date plan April 01, 2016 Time span of 360 Days Area of Each
created plan practice Development
section

Identified Preferred
Measures and
developme Learning Styles Actions Required Time Frame
indicators
nt area and Weight
Recruit, select Visual: 31% Studying MBA HR module. May 01, 2016 Attending
and keep Theoretical Attending courses relevant to HR To interviews with
colleagues recruiting. July 01, 2016 HR recruiters
Reading textbooks with
diagrams and pictures.

Build and Kinesthetic 41% Attend courses and session in During the Create surveys
manage team. Mentoring Leadership. full duration with my
Attend meeting with my direct of the CPD subordinates
manager to monitor the way he Plan
manages the team.
Study and take PMP exam

Help team Kinesthetic 41% Attend courses and session in June 01, 2016 A 360 analysis
members Practicing and Leadership. To was applied and
address Mentoring Study and take PMP exam. September a good feedback
problems 01, 2016 was received
affecting their from my
performance manager and
Reduce and Visual: 31% Self-study. During the Using 180-
manage conflict. Theoretical Attend sessions for full duration degree analysis
management. of the CPD to get the
Starting in preparing case Plan feedback after
studies to improve the skills. implementing
the actions.

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