ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Personal effectiveness
An employee compares her current skills with those required for a senior role, identifies a shortfall in presentation skills, and then agrees a course of action with her manager. Which step in personal development has she just completed by comparing skills against the role requirements?
She has carried out a skills gap analysis. This compares existing skills with those required for a target role, highlighting shortfalls such as presentation skills, which then feed into a personal development plan agreed with her manager.
- AConducting a skills gap analysisCorrect
- BSetting up a disciplinary hearing
- CPreparing a budget variance report
- DCarrying out an exit interview
Explanation
Comparing current skills with the skills needed for a target role to identify shortfalls is a skills gap analysis, which then informs a development plan. The other options are unrelated to identifying development needs.
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