Personal Development Plan

This document presents a solved personal development plan assignment. It outlines the importance of personal development for individual growth and success. The plan focuses on maximizing productivity and performance through the acquisition of diverse skills and qualities. SMART objectives are utilized to ensure efficient task completion within designated timeframes.

Academic and Research
Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
(a) Personal SWOT Analysis .....................................................................................................1
(b) SMART Objectives ..............................................................................................................2
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................2
(a) Note Taking...........................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
(a) Carry out an academic research project.................................................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
(a) Personal development plan (PDP).........................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development refers to the increasing of skills and knowledge
for career growth and personal development (Personal Development, 2018). It covers entire
kinds of possible learning chances, informal learning and meeting opportunities situated in
practices (Borich, 2016). Managing our working and learning on developing ourselves
professionally and personally by enhancing or creating our competencies and skills in order to
deal with the situation in the marketplace is known self-managed learning. This report is based
on Academic and research skills which includes different tasks identifying personal skills,
academic skills, SMART Objectives. Academic research projects and not taking quality is also
important for the personal growth.
TASK 1
(a) Personal SWOT Analysis
There are different skills which are take by me including personal, academic and English
language quality. All theses are important and beneficial for me to deals with customers in an
easy manner. My personal skills is leadership & management which help me to control all
activities and functions of marketing (Calhoun, 2014). Another is academic skills which include
presentation quality, it support me to present entire information about products and services of
business. My academic English language skill is listening or speaking which assist to
communicate with customers and employees in easy manner. I want to prepare my personal audit
which help me to identify my strengths, weakness, threats and opportunities. All these are
important so in this my SWOT analysis is explained as below:
Strengths Weakness
Leadership and management skills is excellent
to manage and direct entire employees for its
personal and professional development. This
skill highly benefited me accomplish long term
gaols and objectives in easy manner. It is also
essential to manage customer needs and wants
about particular matter.
Communication power is not good which
reduce my performance and effectiveness in
marketplace.
Another is academic skills which is research is
not poor because in which I am not able to do
proper investigation about identifying
marketing tools and techniques.
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My presentation skill is also good which
support me to deal with customers in an
effective and efficient manner.
Listing or speaking power is also better which
support me to handle all customers. In this I
am capable to easily speak with clients.
English for conference is week that decrease
my performance in marketplace.
Threats Opportunities
In this I want to maximise my creativity and
innovation skills which help me to deal all
clients in an effective and efficient manner.
Another is to increase my communication
power which benefited me to develop my
personal and professional growth.
There are different opportunities for me is to
attend different seminar and conference
program. It help me to increase my all skills
and overcome my weakness.
I can take meeting with my senior manager
which also support me to easily sole all issues.
(b) SMART Objectives
It is important and beneficial in this I am set my personal, academic and many other skills
which support to increase my personal and professional plan. SMART Objective is based on my
communication skills which is identify as below:
Specific: Communication skill is specific for me to deal with clients in an easy and
attractive manner.
Measurable: Yes, it is measurable to improve my skills in specified time period. Thus, it
support me to accomplish my personal and professional growth.
Achievable: Communication skills is good for me to achieve all targets and objectives in
specified time period.
Realistic: Yes, communication ability is realistic in different situation to meeting with
clients and achieve long term goals and objectives.
Timed: In certain time period I will maximise of communication power by attending
conference and seminars.
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TASK 2
(a) Note Taking
Note taking is other skills which assist to gather all information regarding improving my
skills and overcoming weakness appropriately (Castelli and et. al., 2014). In order to enhance my
communication, research and many other skills I can join different kind of conference, seminars
and meeting. All these are highly help me to develop my career growth opportunities. There are
various variety of sources which are using by me in order to improve my listening skills
including:
 Grab the attentions of my clients with interactive learning activities.
 Including summary at the last of each and every learning unit.
 I can link subject matter to previously knowledge.
 I can assess learners recently acquired knowledge.
 Provide learners time to reflect.
 Giving feedbacks.
 Teach them not to criticize and interrupt. Respond appropriately.
Different variety of sources applying reading strategies: There are various sources of reading
strategies which is used by me in order to increase my skills and knowledge about specified
matter (Krueger, 2014). These are shown as below:
 Critical reading questionnaire.
 Pre-reading guides.
 Develop a vocabulary list
 Take breaks. Recognise and reread hard parts of the text.
Paraphrase: It is an effective technique which support to rephrase all matters systematically.
This will assist me to save my time and cost for accomplishing long term objectives and targets
in limited time duration. This tool provide new ides and tools about the specified topic which
support them to deals with conflict situation in an easy manner.
Summarised: In this all information are summarised in the form of necessary and relevant data.
Thus, it will help attract different clients on particular matter (McConville, 2017). It is a short
statement of entire information that provides only the core data. It is apart of skills and needs
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accurate guidelines, special efforts, constant practices and proper training. In this I will apply
different states of summarization including:
Applying perfect reading quality: In this different aspects are includes which are
beneficial for me to increase my note taking skills like facts and opinions, figures, tables,
supporting ideas and other.
Underline or note-down main idea: It support me to gather and resupply main idea while
writing summary. It needs perfect analytical and selection skills.
Check for appropriation: After gathering i.e., noting down summary writer, main points
directed in order to check for rightness of ideas or plans to be make in the summary.
Prepare the first draft: It is another stage of summary is the designing of primary stage.
In this I will try to design simple, short sentences, self-development and club points in order to
create logical link (Miller, 2014).
Tailor and limit summary: Under this phase it is suggested to see for logical
arrangements and finished package.
All these information are relevant for me in order to overcome my all weakness as well as
additionally improve my strengths. These are beneficial and effective for me to deals with
difficult situation easily. It is also support me to develop my career growth and development at
marketplace (Neuman, 2016). Different sources of improving listening skills and reading
strategies assist me to increase my personal growth and development in an accurate and
systematic manner. Thus, above all these information are valuable for me to improve my
productivity and effectiveness easily.
TASK 3
(a) Carry out an academic research project
Research project is important and beneficial part which help an individual or business to
determine basic needs and wants of the clients (Wilson, 2017). Further, it support me to
overcome my weakness by attending seminars and conference. Further is assist me in providing
different opportunities including; taking meeting with boss, attending seminars and conference,
receiving feedback from clients and many other.
Research Plan: This plan is mainly related with the marketing which help the business to
analysis basic wants and requirements of customer towards its products, services and process
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(O'Neil, 2014). This plan includes different sources considering executing summary, appropriate
resources of increasing knowledge many other relevant information. This are gathered by using
primary and secondary sources of research. This plan includes some parts which are shown as
below:
 Particular aims
 Research Strategy
 Resources
 Biographical Sketch
 Research support Preliminary studies in better manner.
Research from different sources of primary and secondary information: There are different
sources which are the part of primary research such as legal and historical documents, results of
experiments, eyewitness account, statistical data, video and audio recording, pieces of creative
writing and other (O'Sullivan and Dallas, 2017). Fieldwork, survey, interview and internet
communication through listservs, blogs, email and newsgroups also identify as a part of primary
research. On the other hand secondary research includes articles in newspapers, famous
magazines, movie reviews or books and many other. Both resources are valuable part of the
research process which are:
 Research plan and its overview
 Have a title
 Identify aims and explain those
 Strategy for research
 Advice for perfect research strategy
 Required to have graphics and videos
 Innovation and approach
 It is required to track for budget
 Have progress report
 Referencing is required
 Review the research work
 Have narrative
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TASK 4
(a) Personal development plan (PDP)
Personal development plan is more essential and appropriate part for individual to
improve their weakness in an effective and essential manner. There are three weakness of my
which effects on performance and productivity (Segal, Chipman and Glaser, 2014). This plan is
prepared by me with the motive to maximise my career growth and development. It also
benefited to me to accomplish my desired and long term targets within predetermined period of
time. These plan are explained as below:
My personal
development
targets
Long or
short
term
targets
How will I attain my
targets? What activities
do I applied to
undertake to
accomplish my
objectives? What
support do I need?
Date of
review
Progress
made
towards
target
Further action
needed
Actual
data of
accomplis
hing
targets
English for
conference
Long
term
In order to attain this
skills I will join
different classes which
help me to accomplish
my long term goals and
objectives. In this I am
required to meet with
my boss that they assist
me to complete all
targets in given time
period.
6
months
It increase
my English
learning
skills which
help to deal
with
internationa
l and
national
clients. In
this I will
achieved
30%
progress.
In this I needed
to attain
different kind
of program
which assist to
enhance my
basic skills and
knowledge
about specified
matter.
1 YEAR
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Research
skills
Short
term
It is another skill of me
which is not good. In
order to overcome this
weakness I can use
various kind of research
approach including
primary and secondary
approach. These are
important for me to
enhance my research
quality.
2
Months
Research
skill
support me
to easily
identify
basic needs
and
requiremen
t of clients
about
particular
matter.
40%
progress
are
attained.
In this further
action is also
needed to
effective
maximise my
research
knowledge.
Under this; ask
other writers,
seek out groups
and many other
ways.
6 Month
Communicat
ion skills
Short
term
Communication skills
is important for me in
order to maximise such
type of quality there are
different approaches
including body
language, proper
listening and many
other. In this I will
attend different
conference, meeting
and seminar. All these
are benefited for me to
enhance my
communication ability
4
Months
Communic
ation skill
help me to
increase my
progress
and success
at different
ways. It is
also
beneficial
for me to
communica
te all
information
or data
Further to take
an effective
plan which is
important for
me to achieve
desired goals
and objectives
within
predetermined
period of time.
In which I will
also try to join
various
programs
including
7 Months
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which help to attain
long term goals and
targets in given time
period.
easily to
the clients
or
employees.
30%
progress
and success
are
attained.
seminars, group
discussion,
meeting with
managers,
applying
various tools
and techniques
and many other.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it can be concluded that personal development is more
essential part for an individual growth and success. This plan support them maximise their
productivity and performance by using different kind of skills or quality. There are different
types of skills which help an individual to deals with different situation in an effective and
efficient manner. SMART objective is also identify main and essential element that assist to
complete their tasks in allotted time period.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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research: informing the future. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child
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Krueger, R. A., 2014. Focus groups: A practical guide for applied research. Sage publications.
McConville, M. ed., 2017. Research methods for law. Edinburgh University Press.
Miller, J., 2014. Building academic literacy and research skills by contributing to Wikipedia: A
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Neuman, W. L., 2016. Understanding research. Pearson.
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Wilson, E. ed., 2017. School-based research: a guide for education students. Sage.
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