27th June 2010, 08:55 PM
Persoannly I don't think there is any difference, but I have a theory that the IfA came across a slight problem when designing this programme.
How do you ask a membership to define 'work objectives' when for a large number of members their sole obective is actually finding work. Furthermore what is the point of anyone who is outside of a permanent contract defining 2 years in advance their work or professional objectives. I like to do a bit of survey, a bit of illustrating and a bit of research - so all of those activities might feature in my PDP, but if I can only get work as a digger on development projects my chances of acheiving any part of my PDP is pretty much scuppered. So thats why I think some clever sod came up with the idea of 'work objectives' and 'professional obectives'. If you happen to be out of work you can concentrate on the bigger picture, if you happen to be working (but not necessarily what you want to be doing) you can concentrate on the day to day routine....
How do you ask a membership to define 'work objectives' when for a large number of members their sole obective is actually finding work. Furthermore what is the point of anyone who is outside of a permanent contract defining 2 years in advance their work or professional objectives. I like to do a bit of survey, a bit of illustrating and a bit of research - so all of those activities might feature in my PDP, but if I can only get work as a digger on development projects my chances of acheiving any part of my PDP is pretty much scuppered. So thats why I think some clever sod came up with the idea of 'work objectives' and 'professional obectives'. If you happen to be out of work you can concentrate on the bigger picture, if you happen to be working (but not necessarily what you want to be doing) you can concentrate on the day to day routine....
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