Academic Skills and PDP

The report discusses personal and professional development plan, short term, medium term and long term goals, and the value of PDP. It also evaluates eight sources related to academic skills and PDP. The article provides reliable and relevant information for students and professionals.

Skills and PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and Professional Development................................................................................3
Short term goals......................................................................................................................4
Medium term goals.................................................................................................................4
Long term goals......................................................................................................................4
Discussion of Value of Personal Development Plan..............................................................5
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................8
Description and discussion of how Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance affects the use
of Source.................................................................................................................................8
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................9
An Evaluation of Eight Sources.............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal development includes the activities through which an individual can develop their
skills, capabilities, competencies and quality of life in order to achieve the career goals and
objectives whereas professional development includes the skill and knowledge which is
improved by professionals to enhance their career (Anders, 2018). The report is based on skills
and PDP Plan in which the role of personal development planning is discussed. Personal
development plan is also constructed in order to outline the aims and objectives for professional
development. The project also covers the short terms, medium term and long term goals of
person.
TASK 1
Personal and Professional Development
Personal development is a process of focusing and improving the personal capabilities and
skills in order to maximise the potential. There are five aspects of personal development they are
physical, social, intellectual, emotional and spiritual. The examples of personal development
skills are communication, organisation, problem solving, integrity, interpersonal and adaptability
(Atlı, and O’Dwyer, 2021). The aims and objectives of personal development is to improve the
time management, develop emotional intelligence, develop growth mindset, learning new things
and improving public speaking skills. Professional development means improving and
developing the skills and knowledge in order to grow and succeed at work. Through professional
development the individual can expand their knowledge base and increase their professional
expertise. The few examples of professional development skills are analytical thinking,
innovation, critical thinking, complex problem solving, technology design and programming.
The aims and objectives of professional development are to accomplish the goals within
particular time period and also participate in professional Organisation in order to contribute
their best in every process of business (Borg, 2018). The main purpose of professional
development is to grab the opportunity where an individual can learn and adapt new things
through which they can uplift their career and build skills and knowledge according to the field.
Short term goals
Short term goals means when an individual has to achieve the target in near future which
includes week, month and particular year. The Short term goals are of less period of time which

a person has to accomplish soon or within 12 months. Through short term goals I prefer to
improve my personal skills as well as professional skills which help in achieving the goals (Day
and Hadfield, 2020). The Short term goals which I have to achieve are:
 To increase my productivity level
 To explore something new
 To enhance communication skills
These are the goals which I have to accomplish in order to develop my personal and
professional career.
Medium term goals
It is the goals which take longer time in order to accomplish the particular goals. The
objectives and goals can be achieved within weeks, months, years or perhaps 5, 15 or 20 years.
The individual can achieve its goals and objectives in months or years as it is a longer process
(Felstead and Springett, 2016). The medium term goals help in improving the professional
development and also help in getting succeed in professional career. The medium term goals on
which I have to focus are:
 To Work in Dream Company
 To enhance my work experience in Business Management Field
 To develop leadership skill
Long term goals
Long term goals are the aims which must be completed in Future, for accomplishing the long
term goals an individual must require proper planning and time through which they can achieve
the future goals (Osman and Warner, 2020). It took several years and plenty of time to achieve
the particular goals. The long term goals helps in giving value to personal as well as professional
skills through which I can fulfil my dreams.
 To Learn a Foreign Language
 To become the head of department
 To develop as a professional within Business management field
Discussion of Value of Personal Development Plan
Goals Duration to
achieve goals
What action have
been planned to
How to measure
performance
How to get to
know that the

achieve the goals goal is achieved
To increase my
productivity
level
5 months In order to enhance
my productivity
level I will set self
imposed deadlines
in order to improve
productivity so that
I can perform well
and achieve the
goals within time
period. I will focus
on quitting
multitasking work
as it affects my
particular work and
also reduce takes
time to accomplish
the task.
The ways
through which I
will measure my
productivity
level is by taking
survey from
different people
and clients.
The goals will be
achieved when
people will give
positive reviews
and appreciate
my performance
and work.
To enhance
communication
skills
3 months To improve my
communication
skills I have to start
talking to different
people and become
extrovert in order to
communicate
effectively and able
to explain my
thoughts and
opinions to other
people.
The performance
can be measure
by interacting
with new people
and
communicating
with them
effectively. To
increase the
communication
skills I have to
become good
listener than only
The goal can be
achieved when I
get positive
feedback and
responses.
Through
communication
skills I become
more confident
and increase my
professional
speaking
abilities.

I can be able to
understand and
explain my
viewpoint.
To enhance my
work experience
in Business
Management
Field
1 year The work
experience in
business
management can be
increased when I
focused more on
business field and
improve my
business abilities
and capabilities.
The work
experience in
business
management
field can be
increased by
learning business
concepts and
conducting
performance
reviews.
The goals can be
achieved by
working in
business
management
field and at better
job position.
To develop
leadership skill
1 year The leadership skills
can be achieved by
inspiring others,
keep learning new
things, resolving
conflicts and learn
to follow the right
path.
It can be
measured by
solving the
critical problems
of people and
also helping
other person to
make achieve
their vision and
goals.
It can be
achieved when I
will be able to
become good
leader and focus
on increasing the
performance and
productivity of
people.
To Learn a
Foreign
Language
2 year The action which is
planned in order to
learn new language
is to start classes of
learning new
language and watch
The target can be
measured by
recording while
speaking target
language and
maintain a list of
When I will be
able to speak in
different
language and
easily
communicate

movies of particular
language.
words with
different
language in order
to learn new
language.
with other people
in other
language.
To become the
head of
department
3 year To achieve the goals
I have to focus more
on improving my
skills and
knowledge in order
to become head of
department. I have
to work hard and
solve the issues of
people so that I can
become head.
The performance
can be measured
when other
people give
reviews. I will
evaluate the
performance and
efficiency as a
head of
department and
take necessary
action in order to
improve my
skills and
knowledge.
The goal can be
achieved when I
become head of
department of
business field.
Task 2
Description and discussion of how Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance affects the use of
Source
Effectiveness of Source
It is necessary to identify the source that gives relevant information and provide accurate
knowledge to individual. The people must collect the information from different source such as
journals, research paper and books in order to avail genuine and true information (Lotter and et.
al., 2018). The factors which must be considered while getting the effectiveness of source are as
follows:

Authors:
The Author is someone who is an originator of any written work such as article, book and
document. They are also considered as a writer as they evaluate and source some form of
creative work. It is necessary to select the source which is written by famous and experienced
person.
Purpose:
It is important to have a clear purpose behind the study as it is readed by many people. So
the purpose of the books, article and journals can help in increasing the number of readers. The
main purpose of author is to amuse the reader, inform the reader, persuade the reader or satirize
the reader (Sobkin and Adamchuk, 2015).
Relevance:
The author must write relevant information in order to grab the attention of readers. It is
necessary to have authentication of information and ensure that the content must be true and
genuine.
Reliability:
Reliability means to earn the trust of people and perform well consistently by offering
accurate information to people. The reliability can be measured when the information must
contain discussion and arguments.
Task 3
An Evaluation of Eight Sources
Name Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Changes in
teachers’
instructional
skills during an
intensive data-
based decision
making
intervention
van der Scheer,
E.A., Glas, C.A.
and Visscher, A.J
The purpose of
choosing this
article is to know
the impact of
professional
development
model on
teachers.
The information
which is
provided in this
journal is clearly
stated and
understandable at
bets level.
The article of this
journal is
relevant and the
information is
true.
Making a logical Chambers, R The purpose of The reliability of The journal is

plan to develop
your career
choosing this
article is to
provide
information
related to the
logical plan to
develop the
career.
this journal
provides
evidence and
name of source
due to which the
journal is
considered as
reliable.
true and provides
accurate
information to
readers.
Personal
development
plan
Stewart, J The purpose of
this article is to
help students to
understand how
to improve their
professional
development and
also collects
information
related to
personal
development
plan. .
The research has
valid information
for the students
that can help in
improving the
professional
development.
The Journal is
used by various
students in order
to understand the
professional
development.
The relationship
between
metacognitive
skills and
motivation of
university
students
Oguz, A. and
Ataseven, N
The main
purpose of this
article is to
provide
information
related to the
relationship
between
metacognitive
skills and
The research is
reliable which
contains genuine
and accurate
information.
The article has
information of
personal
epistemology and
professional
development
which helps
students to learn
more about
personal as well

motivation of
university
students.
as professional
development.
Assessing
students’
entrepreneurial
skills needed in
the knowledge
economy
Bejinaru, R The purpose of
this journal is to
assess the
students
entrepreneurial
skills needed in
knowledge
economy.
The reliability of
the article
contains practical
strategy through
which individual
can learn
something new
and different that
helps in their job
and career.
The article is
famous for
providing exact
knowledge that
helps in stating
the impact of
professional
development.
Transition-
focused
professional
development: An
annotated
bibliography of
essential
elements and
features of
professional
development
Holzberg, D.G.,
Clark, K.A. and
Morningstar,
M.E
The main motive
of this article is
to understand the
accounts of
professional
development.
The article is
reliable as it
includes different
professional
examples which
helps individual.
The article is
available on
website in which
there are various
authors who has
written famous
articles and
journals.
Educational
technologies for
physician
continuous
professional
development: a
national survey
Cook, D.A.,
Blachman, M.J.,
Price, D.W.,
West, C.P.,
Baasch Thomas,
B.L., Berger,
R.A. and
The purpose is to
provide valid
information
related to
improving
professional
qualification.
The information
is reliable as it
includes true
information.
The article is
famous and also
gain the trust of
people.

Wittich, C.M
Professional
development
Whitaker, M.C.
and Valtierra,
K.M
The purpose is to
provide detailed
information to
professional
development so
that readers can
learn something
new.
The data is
reliable as it
contains true
information.
The Journal is
written by
famous author
which includes
valid
information.
CONCLUSION
From the above information it is being concluded that there are different skills and abilities
which must be improved by individual in order to enhance the personal as well as professional
development. Through the PDP plan the individual can understand the skills which they need to
improve and the skills which are already good.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bejinaru, R., 2018. Assessing students’ entrepreneurial skills needed in the knowledge
economy. Management & Marketing. 13(3). pp.1119-1132.
Chambers, R., 2018. Making a logical plan to develop your career. In Career Planning for
Everyone in the NHS (pp. 95-116). CRC Press.
Cook, D.A and et. al., 2018. Educational technologies for physician continuous professional
development: a national survey. Academic Medicine. 93(1). pp.104-112.
Holzberg, D. G., Clark, K. A. and Morningstar, M. E., 2018. Transition-focused professional
development: An annotated bibliography of essential elements and features of
professional development. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional
Individuals. 41(1). pp.50-55.
Oguz, A. and Ataseven, N., 2016. The relationship between metacognitive skills and motivation
of university students. Educational Process: International Journal. 5(1). p.54.
Stewart, J., 2016. Personal development plan. In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management.
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
van der Scheer, E. A., Glas, C. A. and Visscher, A. J., 2017. Changes in teachers’ instructional
skills during an intensive data-based decision making intervention. Teaching and teacher
education, 65, pp.171-182.
Whitaker, M. C. and Valtierra, K. M., 2019. Professional development. In Schooling
Multicultural Teachers. Emerald Publishing Limited.