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Professional development
Professional development refers to any training aimed at improving and enhancing knowledge, skills, and abilities related to a specific type of activity. The need for professional development is determined by the constant changes in tasks and working conditions faced by employees, which are linked both to improvements in production methods and to career advancement.
Source: "Typical Regulation on Continuous Professional and Economic Training of Personnel in the People's Economy" (approved by the Decree of the State Committee for Labour of the USSR, State Committee for Education of the USSR, Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee dated June 15, 1988 No. 369/92-14-147/20/18-22)