Academic Skills and PDP: Personal and Professional Development

This report discusses the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short, medium, and long term goals, and the creation of a personal development plan. It also explores the impact of author purpose, reliability, and relevance on source selection. The report concludes with an evaluation of different sources used.

Academic skills and
PDP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
TASK 1...............................................................................................................................3
Definition and concept of personal and professional development...............................3
Values of short term goals.............................................................................................3
Values of medium term goals........................................................................................4
Values of long term goals..............................................................................................4
Personal development plan...........................................................................................4
TASK 2...............................................................................................................................6
Description of Author purpose, reliability and relevance affect selection of sources....6
TASK 3...............................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of different sources.......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic and personal skills help an individual to perform various tasks and get
reputable job in organisation for future growth and success in both personal and
professional life. Person need to learn new skills and capabilities throughout life in order
to become special personality and achieved greater success than others. The report is
about development plan and evaluation of sources which have covered points such as
explanation of concept of personal and professional development. It has discussed
about importance and value of short, medium and long term goals and personal
development plan.
TASK 1
Definition and concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development refers to enhancement of various skills,
capabilities and knowledge of individual so that it can gain growth and success in both
personal and professional life. There are various skills that need to be presented in
person such as better communication, decision making, problem solving abilities and
effective management of time to get reputable position in huge organisation (Smith and
Firman, 2019). Person need to have both soft and hard skill in order to manage task
and work with other people in profession career and personal life.
Values of short term goals
Short term goals are most essential as individual in their personal and
professional life sets goals that can be attained in limited time period say 1-2 months so
that its requirements can be fulfilled. These are basic, important goals that can be
achieved by putting some of efforts such as communication skills or ITC skills. Personal
short term goals of my is to improve my both oral and written communication skill so
that I can easily share information to other people by use of gesture, body language and
other medium (Aziz and Pangil, 2017). At the same time improve my written
communication by learning various medium, language, image that need to be used
while communicate with different technology so that other person understand it in
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correct manner. I also want to enhance my knowledge about what are skills that are
required by HR manager of firm to perform its various duties.
Values of medium term goals
It can be stated that medium term goals are also set by individual so that they can
achieved their long term goals in future circumstance. Medium term goals can be
achieved within time period of 6-8 month by continuous practicing or putting efforts,
planning strategies to achieve them. Personal medium term goals of me are technical
knowledge, positive attitude, creative thinking so that I can get job as HR manager in
reputable organisation. I need to developed technical knowledge and the way recent
technologies can be used to recruit, hire and select appropriate individual within
organisation (Gamble, 2019). Positive attitude and ethical practice may helps me to face
different challenges and get select in interview by giving appropriate answer. Creative
and innovative skills are most important that need to be present so that I can find
innovative method to perform specific task and responsibilities.
Values of long term goals
Long term goals are also valuable for individual as it motivated and inspired it to
learn more and more things, skill and knowledge to get better success in personal and
professional future career. Long term goals required more time, energy and planning as
they are gained or achieved within time frame of 1-3 years approximately. My long term
goal is to have extreme knowledge and capabilities as HR manager so that I can get
one of the reputable status, recognition and numerous opportunities in future career
(Sutton, 2019). I want to developed specialised skills in leadership, management and
decision making skill so that I can continuously grow in professional career. At the same
time improve my time management skill so that maximum outcome can be gained from
specific task.
Personal development plan
Personal development plan is important because it helps in preparation of various
strategies that can be used by me to enhance my existing skills in order to become
successful HR manager in recognised firm. Therefore I have prepared my personal
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development plan to improve skill within specific time limited for getting number of
employment opportunities in future career.
Skills Strategies/ action
plan
Evaluation of skills Time frame
Communication I have planned to
read more book,
tries to
communicate with
other by use of
appropriate body
language and
gestures (Tangney,
2018).
Learn new word and
vocabulary so that I
can communicate or
share information
with different people
that work in
organisation.
Communication skill
is evaluated by
taking feedback or
review from people
to whom I have
shared certain
information.
1-2 month will be
time frame that is
need for
development of
communication
skills.
Technical
knowledge
I need to enhance
my technical skills
to communicate or
hired, manage
different individual
that work in
organisation. Use of
recent technology
can helps me to
It can be evaluated
the way I manage to
use new technology
to perform different
task within
organisation
(Sutton, 2019).
It can be stated that
I will required
approximately 6
month to learn
technical skills.
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become a great HR
manager.
Time management By setting priority
regarding activities
that need to be
performed first and
setting appropriate
time frame that will
be required for
completion of
specific task so that
no delay can be
caused (Fix,
Brooks and
Harrington, 2018).
Time management
by comparing and
contrasting between
time taken and set
objective regarding
time in which it have
to be completed.
It will require more
time to developed
that can be 1 year.
TASK 2
Description of Author purpose, reliability and relevance affect selection of sources
It can be stated that author purpose affect use of sources because it tell about
what author wants to explain in its book that I have used in report to decided short,
medium and long term plan (Poorgholamy and et.al., 2020). Source that are used to
make report need to be reliable and relevance so that it can be understand that
information provided in report is correct, accurate and reliable or in other word trustable.
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Book Aziz, A. and
Pangil, F., 2017
Its purpose is to
know about
impact of
emotional
intelligence on
Sources have
been taken
from reliable
and most useful
book.
It is related to
report because
it tell about
various skills
that can be
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skill and
employability.
developed.
Book Fix, P .J.,
Brooks, J. J.
and Harrington,
A. M., 2018
The purpose is
to understand
the way goals
can be
achieved.
Sources have
been taken
from one of the
best books.
It helps in
planning
strategies the
way goals can
be achieved.
Book Gamble, R.,
2019
Factors that
influence or
support
development of
growth of
individual.
It has been
taken from
renowned
author book.
It tells about
what can
contributed
individual to
develop skills.
Book Murnane, S.
and Thornley,
C., 2017
Approaches
that can be
used for
development of
individual skills.
Sources have
been taken
from reliable
and trustworthy
sources.
Approaches
that contributed
individual to
develop skills.
Book Poorgholamy,
F. and et.al.,
2020
It purpose to
know about self
regulation and
achievement of
goals.
Taken from
popular book
and journal.
It is related to
achievement of
goals and self
regulation.
Book Smith, A. P.
and Firman, K.,
2019
It purpose to
know about
various
outcome of
academic
Taken from
popular Journal
of Education,
Society and
Behavioral
It helps in
learning various
skill that i have
learned from
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knowledge. Science. academic.
Book Sutton, H.,
2019
To know about
long term
goals.
It has been
taken from
renowned
author book.
It is related to
setting of long
term goals that
I wants to
achieved in life.
Book Tangney, S.,
2018
It purposes was
to know about
active learning.
Sources have
been taken
from reliable
and trustworthy
sources.
Related to
Personal
development
plan for active
learning.
TASK 3
Evaluation of different sources
It can be evaluated that I have make use of various sources in order to know about
my academic and personal skills that can helps me to get employment opportunity in
future circumstance. For example: promoting engagement and active learning sources
have helped me to know about important of continuous personal and professional
development. I have learnt various factors that can helps in development of various
skills of individual from other sources.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from above report that Personal and professional development
is crucial for individual in order to get higher success in future career. At the same time
it can be stated that long and short or medium term goals have individual to stay
motivated and work hard for achievement of personal and professional goals.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Aziz, A. and Pangil, F., 2017. Moderating effect of and emotional intelligence on the
relationship between skills and employability. International Journal of Academic
Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7(3). pp.1-22.
Fix, P .J., Brooks, J. J. and Harrington, A. M., 2018. Achieving goals and making
meanings: Toward a unified model of recreational experience. Journal of Outdoor
Recreation and Tourism, 23. pp.16-25.
Gamble, R., 2019. Exploring the factors which influence and support the development of
academic growth in Higher Education (Doctoral dissertation, Ulster University).
Murnane, S. and Thornley, C., 2017. An Integrative Approach to Developing
Organisational Capabilities and Individual Skills. IVI White Paper Series.
Poorgholamy, F. and et.al., 2020. Predicting Academic Burnout Based on Achievement
Goals and Self-regulated Learning. Iranian Evolutionary and Educational
Psychology Journal, 2(1). pp.13-23.
Smith, A. P. and Firman, K., 2019. Associations between the wellbeing process and
academic outcomes. Journal of Education, Society and Behavioral Science, 32(4).
pp.1-10.
Sutton, H., 2019. Use data to break down siloes, increase commitment to long ‐term
goals. Enrollment Management Report, 22(11). pp.1-5.
Tangney, S., 2018. Promoting engagement, active learning and student
ownership. Transition in, through and out of higher education: International case
studies and best practice, pp.81-112.
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