Authentic professional development: Key to quality sevice delivery

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dc.contributor.authorLowther, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Wendy
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-30T15:04:35Z
dc.date.available2016-05-30T15:04:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe Actuarial Society of South Africa ('Actuarial Society') requires its members to honour their professional promise to deliver specialist and up-to-date actuarial expertise that is ethical and subject to professional oversight. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Actuarial Society can encourage its members to develop and maintain the capability to deliver this professional promise through continuing professional development ('CPD'). Current concepts of and approaches to professional development were identified from the literature and various professions' CPD requirements. Thereafter, the opinions of South African actuaries on the insights from the literature were sought by means of an online survey. Analysis of the literature indicates that CPD is most effective when it takes place through a development cycle of planning, action, results and reflection. Further, professional development is associated with competently completing tasks that are required in the workplace. Data from the survey supported these insights. It is concluded that the Actuarial Society's CPD requirements should be designed to encourage members to develop and maintain their capabilities, and it is therefore suggested that members be required to engage in work-based development cycles.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationLowther, M.W., McMillan, W. (2014). Authentic professional development: Key to quality sevice delivery. South African Actuarial Journal, 14: 1 - 18en_US
dc.identifier.issn1680-2179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2236
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherActuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA)en_US
dc.rights.uriThis article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Persons may freely circulate and copy this article so long as the it is properly acknowledged by way of citation.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/saaj.v14i1.1
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectContinuing professional development (CDP)en_US
dc.subjectActuarial educationen_US
dc.subjectProfessional educationen_US
dc.titleAuthentic professional development: Key to quality sevice deliveryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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