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The original context is in the last two line.

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How focused are you on developing career management skills in the planned, intentional, refective manner it proposes?

does it mean developing career management skills, a manner or one of career management skills?

My guess is developing career management skills.

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    I'm almost certain that "it" refers to something in a previous sentence, a course, committee, some form or education or standards setting. So we need more context. Please include a link to your source. Commented Apr 26, 2023 at 12:38
  • @PeterJennings I upload the full context. You may refer to more clearly hopefully. Appreciate your words. Commented Apr 26, 2023 at 13:44
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    "it" there refers to the antecedent: intentional management of work, learning and life.
    – Lambie
    Commented Apr 26, 2023 at 14:39
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    'This model' refers to the career development model described above. 'It' also means the model. Commented Apr 26, 2023 at 16:21

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The antecedent of the singular pronoun "it" is almost certainly not "developing career management skills" or "the planned, intentional, refective manner", since it is unclear how "developing" or a "manner" could "propose" anything. It is also almost certainly not a single "career management skill", since no such skill has been identified.

Because we can't find the antecedent in this sentence, we should look to the previous one, and we find a suitable antecedent in that sentence's subject: "this model". (Kate Bunting noted this in a comment above.) Therefore, the sentence means:

How focused are you on developing career management skills in the planned, intentional, refective manner [[that]] this model proposes?

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