Academic Skills and PDP

Academic Skills and PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
TASK ONE................................................................................................................................................3
1).............................................................................................................................................................3
2).............................................................................................................................................................3
3).............................................................................................................................................................3
4).............................................................................................................................................................4
5).............................................................................................................................................................4
TASK TWO...............................................................................................................................................4
1).............................................................................................................................................................4
TASK THREE...........................................................................................................................................5
1).............................................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIX..............................................................................................................................................10
Personal development plan....................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are learning, expertise and knowledge that assist a person (student) in
gaining information and achieving positive outcomes. The idea of personal and professional
growth, as well as the values of various goals will be discussed in this report (Diale, Pillay and
Fritz, 2014). A Personal Development Plan's reliability, author, relevance and purpose will all be
discussed. Finally, personal development plan will be produced, that will assist in analyzing
various talents and making appropriate decisions to enhance them.
TASK ONE
1)
Professional and personal development may be viewed as an ongoing process by which
person or an organization effectively deals with problems and achieves its goals. Personal
development is defined as when a person understands what kind of growth he or she need to
make room for new chances and to seize them effectively in order to achieve a favorable
outcome in their professional development planning. Reflection is focusing on a relevant issue is
highly necessary for personal and professional growth in order to create improvements.
2)
Short term goal is one which can be attained in 3-5 months so an individual want to
accomplish in that time frame (Hashemi, 2015). This is well recognized that accomplishing
short-term objectives provides motivation and the capability to keep on going so that the long-
term objectives may be achieved just as efficiently as short-term ones. Examples of short term
goals are mention below:
 Improve interpersonal skills
 Improving communication skills
 Improving listening skills
3)
Medium-term objectives are those that a person can and wants to achive in a period of 6
to 12 months. This is critical for an individual to have medium-term goals and objectives in order
to appropriately progress toward long-term objectives. Three personal examples of medium term
goals are given below: