Personal and Professional Development: Goals, Sources, and Evaluation

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK ONE......................................................................................................................................1
Concept defining personal and professional development..........................................................1
Short Term goals with examples.................................................................................................1
Medium term goals with three examples.....................................................................................1
Long term goals with three personal examples...........................................................................2
Discussing personal development plan........................................................................................2
TASK TWO.....................................................................................................................................2
How aspects such as Author, Relevance, Purpose as well as Reliability affect use of source....2
TASK THREE.................................................................................................................................3
Evaluating sources.......................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Planning a report explains things required to done in certain manner, with some techniques
and time for carrying out practices. Sources or references are footnoted information piece that
provides acknowledge to a student for using ideas of others (Grigal and Bass, 2018). Present plan
includes concept related to personal development, short term goals, long term goals and values
concerned with personal development plan. It also defines how different aspects impact using a
source and evaluates sources used in report.
TASK ONE
Concept defining personal and professional development
Thought behind personal and professional development revolves to assist management of
self-learning and development in whole career (Freeman, 2016).
Personal development refers to lifelong process for assessing skills for maximising
potentials. Similarly, professional development entails approaches connected with instructor
developing along with expand knowledge about skills that aids to meet needs of learners
(Hulsman, Harmsen and Fabriek, 2009).
Short Term goals with examples
Short goals are described to those goals that are to be attained in shorter time duration. For
a student, short term goals are more valued as they improve focus, provides clarity for future and
combat procrastination.
Examples of personal short goals:
 To improve performance number in university courses.
 To make changes in work life balance (Cooke, 2017).
 To develop communication skill.
Medium term goals with three examples
There are kinds of goals that takes bit longer duration in attainment and these are named as
medium-term goals (Hill, 2009). It offers best to worlds that are long enough for achieving
significant progress and short enough for becoming completely distinct person.
Examples stating personal medium-term goals:
 To complete course in university.
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