Continuous Professional Development through Reflective Practice

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Table of Contents

Reflective Portfolio.....................................................................................................................................3
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................3
Difference between Expert Skills and Actions Based on Skills Audit.........................................................3
Studying and Going Through My on Line Attendance and My Accelerating Pitch.....................................5
Assessing my Personal Career Action Plan.................................................................................................8
Personal Development Plan (PDP)..............................................................................................................8
Part 1: Personal SWOT Analysis.............................................................................................................9
Part 2: My Goals...................................................................................................................................10
Professional Development Plan.................................................................................................................11
Professional Networking.......................................................................................................................13
Licenses and Certificates.......................................................................................................................14
Learning Continuity...............................................................................................................................15
Professional Development table............................................................................................................16
My Educational Journey for Achievement................................................................................................18
My Work Profile and Progress made as a Leader (Professional Experience)............................................19
Ongoing projects for Al Ali Construction and Development.....................................................................23
Table of the ongoing projects................................................................................................................24
Curriculum Vitae.......................................................................................................................................26
My Elevator Pitch......................................................................................................................................36
My Skills Audit.........................................................................................................................................37
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................39
References.................................................................................................................................................41

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 Reflective Portfolio

Introduction

With the reflective portfolio, I will make use of the Gibbs model to explain, critique,

exhibit my state of mind and evaluate my work. Gibbs model will help me go deep into the

activities, assignments and tasks we have done so far and also study my wired appearance,

talents and Career Development Plan (CPD) (Gibbs 1988). On addition to that, I will further

discuss how I dealt with various issues with my solutions or any sort of assistance attained.

Based on the journal that I will use, it will comprise of key areas learnt according to my

understanding in various ways. My major study of the portfolio is to reflectively show me an

alternative and evaluation on what I have basically planned for my future.

Difference between Expert Skills and Actions Based on Skills Audit

For one to reflect on their skills and actions, one has to discover new things. Firstly, you

should know the most important ethics and capabilities on how to be a human resource expert.

According to the CIPD’s (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) map (Parkes, and

Davis, 2013), a few ethics need to be worked on in order to implement the assigned task. To

maintain a great position at work, one has to be inquisitive about what they do hence making it a

major key to their career through being updated with any sort of occasions within the workplace

with the guide of General Information Protection Regulation (GIPR) and Equality Act that help

all through pitches and events that improve the business and workers acts.

For better work experience, an employee has to make sure of proper and stable

communication within the work place. In addition to that, being open-minded is also a key factor

thus pointing out views without being criticized provides a cool working environment.

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Regarding Lonkar (2017), workers are obliged to make decisions and also required to study and

understand data within the firm at the quickest pace possible. It is also vital to know the

behaviours and skills of the human resource within the workplace. As everyday workers, a

human resource is required to have a great approach towards customers, so for the case of

dealing with various employees and different organizations, these required skills that need

exceptional attention must be observed. As mentioned above, a stable communication is greatly

required in a workplace just as one is to make interviews among candidates in the day to day

activities of the firm and paying attention to people’s issues. Being a human resource also

requires authorities to supervise all tasks and be attentive with whatever is taking place in the

workplace such as developments, interviews being carried out, training sessions, and appraisals,

thus all this requires a very skilful organization. Nevertheless, human resource managers are

required to have decision making skills. According to CIPD (Parkes, and Davis, 2013), it is very

vital for human resource managers to think outside the box and have unique ideas, however, this

should be done in an informed manner with great experience and adequate time.

With all the observations done on the skills and actions required of a human resource

manager, I recognise that however much I obtained all the necessities of professionals, I still

have to adjust on some of my skills to become way better. I have been able to notice I need

improvement with the help of a skills audit in which I have provided remarks of my skills and

how I was able to improve my skills. Not only did I range my skills from a scale of one to ten but

also the steps I could take to attain a greater position. With the help of the skills audit, I am able

to know where improvement is need on my skills and how far with my improvement process.

Using the skills audit is very helpful to me because it pushes me to be competitive, complete my

tasks in a quickest way possible and also co-operate with managers, fellow employees, students

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and also get comments from lecturers. Making use of the skills audit has been of great

importance in a way that I was able to know where my weaknesses are such as I was able to

notice that I need to improve on my time management and leadership actions. I am okay with

working as a team but it becomes a problem when am chosen as a group leader because I am

quite demanding and putting pressure on the team members to complete a certain task which on

the other hand of the team members, they tend to see me as a bad leader and one who hurts their

feelings which puts me in a situation of only working as a team but not as a leader for the team.

However, I prefer working with members that am certain of and used to in that we work

pleasantly without any sort of disputes or disagreements. Fortunately, to improve on my

leadership skills, I am doing so by working on different assignments with people that am not

certain of and used to and also taking on the role of being a leader in case of team work in order

to achieve my goal of being a human resource manager. Like I had said, I have an issue on time

management, so I have also been working on that issue because time is very crucial to an

organized human resource manager. In my skills audit I have mentioned the improvements that I

have done such as balancing my work, social life and university life since am a university

student and also got a part time job. This pushes me to know my university task deadlines, work

assignments hence guiding me on where to focus mainly in order to become a better human

resource manager.

Studying and Going Through My on Line Attendance and My Accelerating Pitch

On my search for a human resource job and other types of jobs, many of the job

vacancies were found online and the submission of the CVs was to be done through a

recruitment process on the firm’s website concerning the company I was applying in. Finding

most of the job vacancies online is due to the latest technology changes in which companies find

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it easier to recruit, select, manage workers and work regularly (Collamer, 2013). For a company

to rise worker maintenance, productivity, and create crucial measures that will be of support to

the growth of the company, the firm should start to control most functions of human resource

through the use of software and digital materials. Selection and recruitment approaches in

different business and administration management hiring companies vary, key steps the company

should follow include marketing an available position, choosing and also carryout interviews.

According to Kersley (2004), some companies just take a glance on the applier’s online

attendance and others can search for the major requirements or the data provided. In cases for

people like us in such on how to improve my professional skills as a chief executive officer, I

should have a good, professional online attendance like job security. Having professional online

attendance is vital because lately companies require more from employees in that the lucky

workers with the needed skills can end up becoming brand ambassador of the business. Being the

company’s brand ambassador means you are the representative of the firm’s needs and values

hence having a professional online attendance guarantees the company that it will not have a

negative effect on its brand and image (Saros-Rogobete and Sav, 2016). Professional online

presence requires a lot of networking, thus your social media appearance must not affect your

presence hence it must be professional in any way possible. However it does not mean that one is

not supposed to feel free while posting on their social media but whatever is posted must be put

in mind that its seen by everyone and it can reflect on your professionalism hence everything

must be maintained professional for proper online appearance. On addition to that, the

succession of the company is reflected with job security, as the company succeeds, there are

changes made with in the firm hence less chances of bankruptcy. Being an employee, I should

ensure business succession and to achieve that I should maintain a professional online

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attendance, hence, showing enthusiasm, scholastic and professional online attendance attracts

clients as they will notice the professional online presence is as serious as the company’s

workers which makes the firm develop and succeed. (Rokka, Karlsson and Tienari, 2013).

Regarding the module career development and employability, personal content shared on social

media such as Instagram, Facebook and twitter is considered to be private hence it cannot be

used to measure one’s professional online appearance. Nevertheless, social media is used to

study employees and make sure that the content they post does not damage the image of the

company and also provides a summarised character of the employee whether they are fit for the

staged vacancy (Van Dijck, 2013). In my concern I do have social media accounts, but I make

sure I do not post any sort of pictures that will create a bad image to my employers. However,

there are employees who at a point want to post some funny images not knowing they might

create a bad image of them thinking they posted something private but on the current technology

level, nothing is private anymore (Zorbach Peffer and Carley, 2013) so one just needs to be

careful regarding what they post on their social media for it might affect their professional online

appearance.

Various companies are now making use of social media to recruit employees, information

from my study states that eighty-six percent companies trying to recruit employees make use of

the LinkedIn social network to recruit workers. (Jobvite, 2016). LinkedIn is very beneficial to

companies as it is the most used for professional networking and helps companies to quickly

recruit and shortlist employees. I do possess a LinkedIn profile but I have little knowledge on

how to use though am still teaching myself on how to operate with it and slightly noticed its

importance, one can also use LinkedIn to ask professionals for guidance. My goal is to complete

my studies fully and am in a stage of pursuing a masters so I make use of LinkedIn to search for

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the best universities possible, however, I am not using LinkedIn to apply for a job because I do

already have one. During the module study, I did not only get knowledge on how to make use of

the LinkedIn resource but on my next session, I also learnt about an elevator pitch (a thirty

second verbal personal statement) which will be helpful to me on my future. I organized a draft

on what I could take into consideration concerning situations that will need attention for

improvement on my skills. During the session, I took notes and wrote my pitch, but was too shy

to present it to the whole class, later on at home I realised the chance I lost to present my pitch

than feeling shy not to. It made become strong and control my feelings in that next time I gather

my courage and present my thinking to the crowd no matter the tension.

Assessing my Personal Career Action Plan

When career development plan clicks your mind, personally I get to think that one has to

have their life scheduled out and the schedule should not change but in chartered management

institute, career plans should comprise assessing, developing and improving one’s skills and

character in order to spice up the goals to be achieved. Having great career plans involving one

to continuously improve themselves provides positive career prospects and quality life, with

development, it should be attained from all perspectives like work, studies, sports, and social life.

For as long one is acquiring knowledge and also developing themselves, a career development

plan is maintained. Many companies need great academic achievements but at some point this

might not help out as a different employee with less academic achievements but has theoretical

knowledge and creative thinking is focussed on by the company since such employees tend to

have professional experience and know more better about working experience which is the main

objective companies are in such for.

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 Personal Development Plan (PDP)

Name: Mohamed Hanafy Mahmoud

Department: Business Administration and Management

Organisation: York St. John University

Part 1: Personal SWOT Analysis

Strengths Weaknesses

 Strategically minded  Change my time management skills

 Good oral and written communication  Air out views without hesitation

skills  Improve on negotiation skills with

 Ability to meet deadlines customers and business partners

 Good experience in quantity survey

 Ability to work under pressure and

independently

 Ability to perform as a team member

in a large multidisciplinary group

Opportunities Threats

 A very fast learner at things  Trying to balance work life, university

 A lot of job opportunities in the life and social life

working field (especially on projects)  A lot of competition with people in

 Have profound listening skills my specialised field

 Able to analyse and solve problems at  Balancing my job positions in all

a quick stage sector I lead

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  Have project management skills

Part 2: My Goals

What I need to do Support and resources I Succession measure

will require

I should spice up my writing Concerning my work field I Having sufficient time to

skills more and more and also need to do a lot of research complete my assignments and

inquire from my lecturers for with the help of the library also prepare for my next day

any information I did not get and my supervisors to get lecture a day before

clear so that I know where to feedback on how I am

improve conducting my work and also

from tutors to know how my

studies are varying each and

every session taken

Always make sure my CV Get feedback from change Booking session with change

has great updates maker hub about the changes maker hub, lecturers and

in my CV and my lecturers organizations to get different

on where I need to improve feedback from the previous

and also the organizations am sessions

leading

However much I do have Have interviews on my CV Maintain my job positions

great job posts, I still need to with the help of change and also aim for appraisal

use LinkedIn and launch pad maker hub depending on how hard I am

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 network for more and more working

greater opportunities

Work in various departments For the trainings am taking, I Work on the feedback I get

to get experience and also make sure I do complete them from my various heads so that

accomplish my goal. and also the workshops I work on any flaws I got

assigned to in order I improve

my professional experience

Professional Development Plan

In the perspective of chief executive officers, professional development plan is a method

that CEOs need to use in order to keep both their responsibilities and their enduring personal and

professional development on the front burner. Not only did I have a personal development plan,

but also a professional development plan. With any other profession, a career with in the service

industry requires an organized professional development plan which is classified regarding the

person and their career goals. Many people express their professional achievements through

social word certificates and licenses. However, in my perspective I prefer to express my

profession goals regarding my personal thinking in order to follow a great career path.

Apparently, I am a chief executive office for a company known as Al Ali Construction

and Development in the United Arab Emirates. It is however a new position and it requires a lot

learning and trying and dealing with a lot of error. However challenging the position is, I am not

ready to give up because through trial and error I will improve my professional experience, so

me having long-term gaols will enable me change the situation of the job position currently.

Regarding my long-term goals and the career path am taking, I should enforce on quality

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productivity within the organization and maintain good communication and listening skills with

my employees to ensure a great working environment. With obtaining this, I will have to

research more about business and administration management and also know how successful

organization conduct their work for quality productivity. Being a chief executive officer for Al

Ali Construction and Development organization, I have a staged set of achievements to follow in

order to ensure quality productivity within the firm, such objectives are; leading construction

team and liaise as owner with operators and contractors, manage the assigned projects with

project time schedule and local cost budget, manage the assigned project teams and activities,

ensure timely and accurate internal project reporting and controlling. Identify and follow up on

new business opportunities with current business partners, perform Supervisory duties in

planning, designing, and overseeing construction, undertaking technical and feasibility studies

and site investigations, developing detailed shop drawings, assessing the potential risks of

specific projects, communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues, subcontractors,

consultants, and co-workers, thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and

development problems, managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design,

and identifying, formalizing and notifying relevant parties of changes in the project, coordinate

field activities with design changes and internal scheduling, reviewing and producing project

shop drawings, ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time

and within budget, correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety

requirements prior to final evaluation and project reviews, supervise hard landscape installations

which will include but not limited to reinforced concrete elements, masonry and timber, and also

identify, coordinate procurement of materials as per program requirements. Following the

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objectives will provide quality and productive work within the organization and also improve on

my skills as a chief executive officer (professional experience development).

Professional Networking

Professional networking can also be described as career networking, which means

including personal and professional academic knowledge to help with a job search and also

achieve career goals, learn more about the job field I am working in or any other field I would

like to work in probably in the future. Using networking to inquire about a job opportunity is

quite vital for one gets clear information about the field they are working, hence getting adequate

knowledge about my job position. With use of networking, I have been able to use LinkedIn to

guide me through my job position and always get more knowledge with the help of the

application. LinkedIn is very beneficial to companies as it is the most used for professional

networking and helps companies to quickly recruit and shortlist employees. I do possess a

LinkedIn profile but I have little knowledge on how to use though am still teaching myself on

how to operate with it and slightly noticed its importance, one can also use LinkedIn to ask

professionals for guidance. My goal is to complete my studies fully and am in a stage of pursuing

a masters so I make use of LinkedIn to search for the best universities possible, however, I am

not using LinkedIn to apply for a job because I do already have one, but am using it to get latest

information concerning my job position.

However much professional networking is of great help to professionalisms, it should be

put in mind that professionals in certain working departments are also just like any other human

being, thus they have private life to appeal to and so they are into the social media world. By this

I mean that they possess accounts such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, in which they post

their personal life. However to maintain a professional appearance, what is posted on those

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accounts should be monitored because it can unfortunately bury your career progress. In my case

am always inquisitive with whatever I post on my social media accounts because as a chief

executive officer for a very big organization, I must be an example to the employees and the

whole entire organization. Selection and recruitment approaches in different business and

administration management hiring companies vary, key steps the company should follow include

marketing an available position, choosing and also carryout interviews. Some companies just

take a glance on the applier’s online attendance and others can search for the major requirements

or the data provided. In cases for people like us in such on how to improve my professional skills

as a chief executive officer, I should have a good, professional online attendance like job

security. Having professional online attendance is vital because lately companies require more

from employees in that the lucky workers with the needed skills can end up becoming brand

ambassador of the business. Being the company’s brand ambassador means you are the

representative of the firm’s needs and values hence having a professional online attendance

guarantees the company that it will not have a negative effect on its brand and image (Saros-

Rogobete and Sav, 2016). Professional online presence requires a lot of networking, thus your

social media appearance must not affect your presence hence it must be professional in any way

possible. However it does not mean that one is not supposed to feel free while posting on their

social media but whatever is posted must be put in mind that its seen by everyone and it can

reflect on your professionalism hence everything must be maintained professional for proper

online appearance.

Licenses and Certificates

Al Ali Construction and Development is very wide organization and obtaining such a

position in the licensing and certificate authorities, it was awarded certificates for its great work.

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And due to obtaining such a position in the company I feel I am in a safe and well known

organization. However, the Professional Certification Program is only open to those that have

completed a baccalaureate degree in addition with a few years of professionalism in the business

and administration department. Al Ali Construction and Development has been awarded three

certificates from the Quality Registrar Systems, one is for Quality Management Systems,

Environmental Management Systems and Occupational Health Safety Management Systems. At

times, before attaining the baccalaureate degree one goes under training for the business and

administration management, thus when the training is successfully completed, and also having

networked with various national connections within that sector, one gains skills and techniques

on how to conduct work whilst in the staged position of being a chief executive officer of a given

organization. The training facility is always of great assistance in case of any referrals required

or questioning needed by the trainee.

Learning Continuity

With the use of continuous educational courses, including free programs on business and

administration management, I am able to attain knowledge and know more about my course

requirements and needs. There is also an opportunity with my course because most of the

research is online and during my free time I have plenty of space to access the researches and

improve my professional experience. With acquiring more knowledge through the use of

different researches online, I tend to improve on my profession experience and create myself an

opportunity of being awarded certificates due to the satisfaction of my provided work within the

organization I am working with and at the University (Certificates of Achievement). I have

acquire quit a lot of certificates from universities namely; a BS in Architecture Engineering at

the University of Alexandria from September 1999 to 2004, while at Cornell University

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Foundation I attained the following, Masters in Hotel Real Estate Investment & Assets

Management (2016-2017), Masters in Hospitality Management (2016-2017), Hotel Real Estate

Investments and Asset Management, Hotel Revenue Management, Leadership Essentials, Master

Certificate in Hospitality Management (focused on Hotel Revenue), Masters Certificate in

Revenue Management, (focused on Hospitality Marketing), Masters Certificate in Revenue

Management, ( Focused on Restaurant Revenue Management and New Media Marketing for the

Hospitality Professional). Not only did I achieve that but also attained a Master’s in Business and

Administration (MBA) at Swiss Business School (2018-2019) and Masters in Business

Administration and Management General at York St. John University (2019-2020).

With any professional, they must have in mind a strategy on how to improve, develop,

manage, and better themselves through their career. To gain improvement, development and

great management skills, a career guidance session can be conducted, hence with my case, I take

feedbacks from lecturers and also the organization I am working in, in order to know where

improvement is made or needed. With the use of such skills, I will be able to work on my

professional experience and also advance because I will be adding on more knowledge on what I

already have. On addition to that, with the use of professional networking, I will be able to work

on a specific section and also permit myself the freedom to a variety of ideas that will help me

conduct my work professionally and productively. No matter how difficulty my goals can be at

some point, I should take into consideration that my personal career is the path to my

professional experience succession and so I should permit myself that freedom to an open mind

with various ideas to work on my professional development plan in order to aim for succession

and achievement.

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Professional Development table

What am I required to do How to conduct myself

1. I have to share my goals with the With the goal I will be having to achieve,

senior heads I should share them with my senior heads

in order to maintain a stable standard

within the company and among my heads.

2. I should commit myself to the set I does no harm to me when I write down my

goals and also live by them (goals) goals, however I should stick to the

committed goals am to achieve within a short-

term and make them happen.

3. I should inquire from different On a regular or weekly basis (depending on

employees to rate my goal which is easier), I should ask my co-workers

achievement and seniors on how am doing in achieving my

goals. Nevertheless, I should ask for feedback

from anonymous people so I get reliable and

true response since some workers might end

up giving only positive feedback due to my

position hence not getting genuine responses.

4. I should lead my entire organization Everyone in the company is watching me,

by example even though it is intimidating, I should also

motivate myself to be the best possible

version of me. If I take my goals seriously,

those who report to me will do the same.

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 As a professional, I should clearly define mission, vision, and core values with each and

every employee, meet regularly with senior management to ensure goals are understood and are

being met, keep an open-door policy to address issues or concerns and provide further clarity,

and lastly be an example, daily within the organization.

My Educational Journey for Achievement

On my arrival in the United Kingdom, it was not a planned for thing and at some point it

was not that easy for me because I was in a foreign country where I knew no one and had no idea

on how activities are done in the new area. However, it was not easy start for me but as days

went by I noticed I had not made a bad decision for it were to create me an opportunity of

attaining a great job in the United Arab Emirates with the help of studies carried out in the

United Kingdom. I can say my first year was not that planned for because I was just trying out

new things, meeting new people and a new environment and since I lacked organization, I can

say it was a year of just learning from scratch.

I have attained various knowledge so that I achieve my goals and meet my expectations, I

attained a BS in Architecture Engineering at the University of Alexandria from September 1999

to 2004, while at Cornell University Foundation I attained the following, Masters in Hotel Real

Estate Investment & Assets Management (2016-2017), Masters in Hospitality Management

(2016-2017), Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management, Hotel Revenue

Management, Leadership Essentials, Master Certificate in Hospitality Management (focused on

Hotel Revenue), Masters Certificate in Revenue Management, (focused on Hospitality

Marketing), Masters Certificate in Revenue Management, ( Focused on Restaurant Revenue

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Management and New Media Marketing for the Hospitality Professional). Not only did I achieve

that but also attained a Masters in Business and Administration (MBA) at Swiss Business School

(2018-2019) and Masters in Business Administration and Management General at York St. John

University (2019-2020).

My Work Profile and Progress made as a Leader (Professional Experience)

I am skilled in different categories in which I still have to improve for better results and

also professional appearance, such skills include hospitality, hotels and resorts. I have worked in

several hotels and resorts and also working on projects that are based on the skills that I acquire.

For hospitality I am a CEO at an organization form December 2017 till to date, a representative

at Double Tree by Hilton Resort and Spa Marjan Island from February 2010 to present, I monitor

two properties that I possess, and a CEO for MR properties from December 2008 to present and

also a CEO of an ongoing project Al Ali Construction and Development. LLC from December

2008 till present. Being a CEO of numerous organizations gives me pressure in that am forced to

focus on the main strategy and also push more and more to achieve my goals and become an

experienced human resource manager and also improve my professional experience appearance.

As a chief executive officer for Al Ali construction and development I have objectives

and goals to achieve for better production and quality products such objectives include, leading

construction team and liaise as owner with operators and contractors, manage the assigned

projects with project time schedule and local cost budget, manage the assigned project teams and

activities, ensure timely and accurate internal project reporting and controlling. Identify and

follow up on new business opportunities with current business partners, perform Supervisory

duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction, undertaking technical and feasibility

studies and site investigations, developing detailed shop drawings, assessing the potential risks of

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specific projects, communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues, subcontractors,

consultants, and co-workers, thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and

development problems, managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design,

and identifying, formalizing and notifying relevant parties of changes in the project, coordinate

field activities with design changes and internal scheduling, reviewing and producing project

shop drawings, ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time

and within budget, correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety

requirements prior to final evaluation and project reviews, ssupervise hard landscape installations

which will include but not limited to reinforced concrete elements, masonry and timber, and also

identify, coordinate procurement of materials as per program requirements. Following the

objectives will provide quality and productive work within the organization and also improve on

my skills as a chief executive officer.

Before being the chief executive officer of Al Ali Construction and Development, I was

the project manager for the staged project for six years and eleven months. Being the project

manager also requires me as a leader to have aims and objectives to follow for better productivity

and succession of the project. Those objectives were to, manage the assigned projects with

project time schedule and local cost budget, manage the assigned project teams and activities,

ensure timely and accurate internal project reporting and controlling. Identify and follow up on

new business opportunities with current business partners, perform Supervisory duties in

planning, designing, and overseeing construction, undertaking technical and feasibility studies

and site investigations, developing detailed shop drawings, assessing the potential risks of

specific projects, communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues, subcontractors,

consultants, and co-workers, thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and

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development problems, managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design,

and identifying, formalizing and notifying relevant parties of changes in the project, coordinate

field activities with design changes and internal scheduling, reviewing and producing project

shop drawings, ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time

and within budget, correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety

requirements prior to final evaluation and project reviews, prepare daily construction logs for

ongoing projects, supervise hard landscape installations which will include but not limited to

reinforced concrete elements, masonry and timber, and identify coordinate procurement of

materials as per program requirements. Following the provided objectives was successful for

after the project the organization became a fully finished firm hence officially working obtaining

me an appraisal as a chief executive officer for the firm.

In July 2007, I was assigned to be a project engineer for Etic Link Middle East for a

period of one year and six months. It should be put into consideration that whenever one is

elected for a certain post, they should have goals, aims and objectives to achieve and improve

their post and also provide quality productivity. Being a project engineer too I had objectives

such as, developing the most appropriate method and sequence of construction operations in

conjunction with the project & site managers, plan and oversee the entire program of work and

must anticipate a contract's demands in terms of labor, materials, equipment and technical

challenges, monitor progress throughout the construction process and compare this with the

projected schedule of work, liaise with the site Project Manager throughout the process, making

adjustments to projects as necessary, evaluating the scope/contract of the CIVIL contractors,

reporting activities progress to Construction Manager Preparing cost control and following the

cost saving for project, preparing claims for delaying and estimate it, preparing cost for the

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project and evaluate the target for each process ( budget ), responsible for determining company's

requirements to achieve its target, materials, labors and equipment needed, preparing and check

subcontractors' payments, preparing weekly and monthly planning for production, preparing

repairing method statement with technical information support for any problems in the pier cap,

responsible for closing NCR and correspondence with main contractor, and also preparing cost

for the project.

For a period of one year and three months from May 2006 to July 2007, I was still elected

as a project engineer for Robust Contracting Company. Since I was providing the best of my

professional experience and achieving higher posts every time I was given a delicate post, I made

sure I always have a strategy in order I provide the best results of my production as a leader, so a

project engineer for Robust, I had objectives to follow, evaluating the scope/contract of the

CIVIL contractors, reporting activities progress to Construction Manager, leading the technical

section, responsible for checking the shop drawing and submit it, coordination between drawing

architectural & structural, coordinate between drawing and the activity on site, coordinate

between subcontractors on site, supervise the activity onsite & making inspection (QA&QC),

coordinating with consultant/client for work inspections, materials & drawings approval,

responsible for all the finishing work in the project, responsible for taking the handing over

certificate of the project, attend Project program meetings to make sure that project objectives

are being met, act as a liaison between the Company consultant offices & negotiate contracts for

services on behalf of the company. With following all the stated objectives, the project will

perfectly go on smoothly for great results.

For better presentation of my curriculum vitae, I booked a session with change maker hub

so that they can notice any changes made on my CV and this helps know how far I achieved my

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goals by seeing how my CV has changed and the progresses I have made from year to year.

Change maker hub helps me improve my Career Development Plan. Following my Career

Development Plan helps me know which steps I need take in order for me to improve my skills

and create a wonderful professional experience, hence this keeps me organized and know which

measure I have available to complete my staged tasks.

Ongoing projects for Al Ali Construction and Development

Before the construction of Al Ali Construction and Development, I was the project

manager and after the succession of the project I was elected chief executive officer. Becoming a

big organization, we engaged into creating more projects under the organization and in order to

achieve succession of the ongoing projects, we need to have a vision, mission and quality

management plan. The vision it to be the leading organization within the United Arab Emirates

through achieving outstanding results for our clients, creating an environment of well-being and

providing remarkable opportunities for the people. We have a mission of providing remarkable

construction services with the highest level of quality and facilitate a work environment that

encourages innovation and growth. The quality management plan provides guidelines as to how

quality can be measured and ensured for the duration of the project. This is done through

periodic progress reports, project reviews, on site documentation, and established sets of rules.

The plan gives stakeholders and the employer a clear understanding of how quality will be

maintained, monitored and measured during the course of the project. Al Ali Construction and

Development team is working to meet the company’s expectations by providing a consistent

quality of service in line with international best practices. Through this service, the company will

ensure that the quantity of construction meets the organization’s expectations together with a

timely, safe efficient and environment aware and project delivery along with working to gain the

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employer and stakeholders’ satisfaction based on the compliance with all standards of the

certificates awarded to Al Ali Construction and Development.

Table of the ongoing projects

Project Employer Engineer Project Commencement Completion

Value Date Date

Marbella RAK Dar Al AED 225 May 2019 May 2021

Villas, Hayat properties Omran million

Island, Mina

Al Arab, Ras

Al Khaimah

Movenpick ATKINS Consultancy AED 26105 April 2019 April 2021

Hotel and million

Resort, Al

Marjan

Island, Ras

Al Khaimah

Hampton by MR JT and AED 300 September 2018 September

Hilton, Al properties Partner million 2020

Marjan

Island, Ras

Al Khaimah

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Inter- RAK P and T Eng. AED 428 May 2018 August 2021

continetal Properties Consultants million

Resort

Hotel, Mina

Al Arab, Ras

Al Khaimah

Double Tree MR Designer AED 205.8 April 2018 April 2020

by Hilton properties Eng. million

Hotel Consultants

and Al

Boniyan

Consultants

Eng.

Saeed Mr. Saeed International AED 9.5 April 2019 May 2020

Ahmed Ahmed Eng. Centre million

Ghobash Ghobash

Grand

Mosque,

Mina Al

Arab, Ras Al

Khaimah

Ibrahim Bin Ministry of Ministry of AED 18 June 2019 July 2020

Hamad Infrastructur Infrastructure million

Obeidallah e

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Hospital, Al Development Development

Nakheel,

Ras Al

Khaimah

Wellspring Mr. Home of AED 37 February 2020 January 2021

School (G Wellspring Architecture million

+2 +R) School

As there are ongoing projects, we have a succession of completed projects and so we

have positivity on the ongoing ones that they will successfully be completed on the staged

period. My career has been of great help to me whilst I am still taking my studies too and I have

gained focus on achieving my goals, hence that is why I have very promising curriculum vitae as

it shows below.

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Name : Mohamed Hanafy Mahmoud

Date of Birth : August 6, 1982

Nationality : Egyptian

Religion : Muslim

Languages : Arabic (Mother Tongue), English

Visa Status : Employment Company Visa

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Education Background

BS in Architecture Engineering September 1999 – June 2004 (Alexandria University)

Cornell University Foundation

Master in Hotel Real Estate Investment & Assets Management

Master in Hospitality Management

Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management

Hotel Revenue Management

Leadership Essentials

Master Certificate in Hospitality Management: Focus on Hotel Revenue

Master Certificate in Revenue Management: Focus on Hospitality Marketing

Master Certificate in Revenue Management: (Focus on Restaurant Revenue Management New

Media Marketing for the Hospitality Professional)

Swiss Business School “SBS” al Tareeqa University

Master in business and administration “MBA”

American Institute for Development & Training January 2014 – May 2014

Arbitration Center Faculty of Law

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Arab Council for Higher Studies and Scientific Research

Hand on Experience in Celebration of Cities

United International Architects (UIA) in Paris

• Excellent degree from Mokawolon El-Arab Company

• Computation witness from UIA/Egyptian National Section

• Certification of Attendance from Talaat Mustafa Company

• Certification of courses completed from HWW University

• Advance to FM Global Fire Protection standard Online Series

• The basics of budgeting

• Introduction to Project Management using Project 2010

• Principles of Accounting and Finance for Non-financial Professionals

• Basic Accounting Principles and Framework

Special Skills

• Autocad, Golden Software Surfer • Microsoft Office

• Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw • Hardware & Network & Internet

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• MS Project & Primavera 3, 3D Max •Birch Street & Educoware

Professional Experience

Projects manager /Owner Representative November 2018 – to Date

Double Tree by Hilton Resort & Spa – Al Marjan Island

G+9 Hotel, 15 chalets, 725 rooms, 650 team member

Double tree by Hilton –Ras al Khaimah 156 rooms

G+15 building hotel – 80 team member

Reporting to the Chairman

• Evaluate the reasonableness of operator requests

• Evaluate the thoughtfulness of operator requests (in other words, evaluate the quality of the

analysis)

• Consider the importance of the anticipated holding period in determining the owner's objectives

• Consider how economic conditions affect the funds available for Cap Ex

• Consider how returns available from alternate investments might affect the funds available for

Cap Ex

• Assign the work to a team. Simple work is assigned to the operator's staff, whereas more

complex work should be assigned to an off-site team

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• Establish a time schedule. This includes both a design phase and a construction phase, and must

accurately estimate the loss of revenue-producing areas during construction.

• Secure funding.

• Execute the project.

• Monitor the project via a status report. A status report may look like the following

• Manage the revenue budgeted and RFC on monthly basis

• Identify and follow up on new business opportunities with current business partners

• Perform supervisory duties in operation, expenses, finance

• Approving and controlling all pos & ff&e

• Reviewing daily reports

Projects Manager March 2010 – Till Date

Al Ali Construction & Development

Hilton Double Tree project & Al Habtoor Showroom – RAK

Reporting to the Chairman & General Manager

• Manage the assigned projects with project time schedule and local cost budget

• Manage the assigned project teams and activities

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• Ensure timely and accurate internal project reporting and controlling

• Identify and follow up on new business opportunities with current business partners

• Perform supervisory duties in planning, designing and overseeing construction

• Undertaking technical and feasibility studies and site investigation

• Developing detail shop drawings

• Assessing the potential risk of specific project

• Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues, subcontractors, consultant and

coworkers

• Thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems

• Managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design, and identifying,

formalizing and notifying relevant parties of changes in the project

• Coordinate field activities with design changes and internal scheduling

• Reviewing and producing project shop drawings

• Ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time and within the

budget

• Correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety requirements prior

to final evaluation and project reviews

• Prepare daily construction log for ongoing projects

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• Supervise hard landscape installation which will include but not limited to reinforced concrete

elements, masonry and timber. To identify, coordinate procurement of materials as per program

requirements

Project Manager January 2009 – March 2010

Al Ali Construction & Development

Mina Al Arab, 213 Villa & Townhouses, 285 million dirham construction cost

Reporting to the Construction Manager

• Coordinate between drawing architectural and structural

• Coordinate between drawing and the activity on site

• Coordinate between subcontractors on site

• Supervise the activity on site and making inspection

• Coordinating with consultant/client for work inspection, material and drawing approval

• Responsible for all the finishing work in the project

• Responsible for taking the handing over certificate of the project

• Attend project program meeting to make sure that the project objectives are being met

Planning & Project Engineer December 2008 – March 2010

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ETIC Link Middle East

Dubai Metro Project – Red line and Green line, 125 million dirham project cost

Reporting to the Construction Manager

• Develop the most appropriate method and sequence of construction

• Plan and oversee the entire program of work and must anticipate a contracts demands in terms

of labor, materials, equipment and technical challenges

• Monitor progress throughout the construction process and compare this with the projected

schedule of work

• Liaise with the site project manager throughout the process, making adjustments to projects as

necessary

• Evaluating the scope / contract of the Civil contractors

• Preparing cost control and following the cost saving for project

• Preparing claims for delaying and estimate it

• Preparing cost for the project and evaluate the target for each process (budget)

• Responsible for determine company's requirements to achieve its target: Materials, labors and

Equipment

• Preparing and check subcontractors' payments

• Preparing weekly and monthly planning for production

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• Preparing repairing method statement with technical data support for any problems in the Pier

cap

• Responsible for closing NCR and correspondence with main contractor

• Preparing cost for the project and evaluate the target for each process

Procurement Architect May 2007 – July 2007

Robust Contracting Company Dubai LLC

• Responsible for all the finishing work in all projects.

• Invite subcontractor and suppliers to quote the items as per Specs.

• Finalizing all the quotation and preparing comparison sheet.

• Negotiation with subcontract and agree about terms of payment.

• Preparing the subcontract agreement.

Project Architect June 2006 – May 2007

Robust Contracting Company Dubai LLC

Beacon International School – Al Raha Gardens, Abu Dhabi

• Evaluating the scope/contract of the CIVIL contractors.

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• Reporting activities progress to Construction Manager

• Leading the technical section.

• Responsible for checking the shop drawing and submit it

• Coordination between drawing architectural & structural.

• Coordinate between drawing and the activity on site.

• Coordinate between subcontractors on site.

• Supervise the activity onsite & making inspection (QA&QC)

• Coordinating with consultant/client for work inspections, materials & drawings approval.

• Responsible for all the finishing work in the project.

• Responsible for taking the handing over certificate of the project.

• Attend Project program meetings to make sure that project objectives are being met.

• Acts as a liaison between the Company consultant offices & negotiates contracts for services on

behalf of the Company

Designer & Site Engineer April 2006 – June 2006

Total Consultant Office – Umm al Quwain, UAE

Utilities Technical Office January 2005 – April 2006

Alexandria Co. for Construction (Talaat Mustafa)

• Preparation of shop drawings for all the utilities of the project

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• Water and irrigation network

• Sewage network

• Electrical and Telephone cable route

• Main and secondary roads alignment

• Preparing & following of cost reports and time schedule for job progress

• Quantity surveying

• Calculate the earthworks quantity (cut-fill) by using computer

• Quantity of used pipes and fitting for all utilities network

PS: I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge

and belief.

With such a presentable CV, I have been able to get great job opportunities such as

project manager and supervisor for most architect schedules, and due to the succession of many

projects I have led, many projects have the trust in me to lead the ongoing projects for I have

objectives that lead to productivity. I have great professional experience just as seen in my

curriculum vitae and these keeps me keen to maintain a clean and clear professional appearance

be it on social media but in reality too.

My Elevator Pitch

An elevator pitch is generally a jargon term that defines a short-term dialogue which

sketches an idea of a project (based on what I specialize in). I go by the name Mohamed Hanafy

Mahmoud. I am a chief executive officer of Al Ali Construction and Development and a project

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manager of many projects going on in the United Arab Emirates. On addition to that, whenever I

am assigned to lead a certain project, I make use of my communication, management and

listening skills, in a way that if I have great communication skills I will provide great work and

the customers love vendors who provide them with clear information and open-minded

employees. I can run various organizations as a manager and due to the succession of completed

projects I have provided, I am so sure that if am elected as a manger for these ongoing projects I

can improve more on the already great work that is going on.

My Skills Audit

A skills audit is basically a procedure that is followed in a company in order to figure out

the skills gaps. Figuring the skills gaps will definitely require one to fill the space and more

training or improvement might be required. However there is also a personal skills audit, this one

an individual can be able to figure out there strengths and where they need to improve.

Nevertheless, a personal skills audit depends on the atmosphere one is working within. So below

is my personal skills audit.

Skills required for a Progress Rating of the Where

manager progress (on a scale improvement and

of 10) achievement is

needed

Communication skills Apparently, I am 9 I need to work on my

working as a chief sentence structure for

executive officer for it hinders my

Al Ali Construction communication skills

and Development and and by improving this

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 as well as a manager I will constantly ask

for some projects for help from my

going on lecturers and be keen

with my assignments

Management skills I have quite had a lot 7 I should work more

of lessons on how to in teams, hence

manage an cooperate with the

organization with the natural born leaders

help of the firms I am so as they show me

heading, however, I how they cope with

still need to improve working with various

my management people with different

skills so as I provide ideas and skills.

great work.

Policymaking skills Policymaking is very 8 Continuous inquiry

important in an from my lecturers is

organization, as required so as to

different ideas are improve on my

brought up to solve a policymaking skills

certain issue and the and a lot of research

best is sorted out , is required on how to

however I still have become better, thus,

to engage myself no time for relaxation

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 more into

policymaking skills

to become better each

and every brand new

day

Time management I have several 7 I will not stop

skills organizations I lead studying, working or

and with the pressure forgetting my social

behind me, I need to life because I need to

manage my time on work on one them to

how I will conduct all be perfect. What I

areas need to do is know

how to balance all

and meet my

expectations

Conclusion

With the help of this reflective portfolio, a lot is noticed as I had comparable appearances

and skills regarding to what I require on my profession, nevertheless, I was missing a bit in some

aspects. Using the career development plan was of great assistance with keeping me on track

with my future goals. Career development plan showed me how to keep working on my future

plans and pushed me to keep working on my goals in order to achieve the best out of me. As I

was working on this assignment, I noticed that my self-esteem and self-confidence was grown in

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that I am able to use my management skills wherever I need to. With the help of this module, I

got more knowledge on how to make use of research in case of plans staged to be completed.

With assistance from various researches I used such as change maker hub it helped know which

improvements I have done on my curriculum vitae and also the use of LinkedIn that helped me

know the competitors within the market I am working in and the resources available.

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