Academic Skills and PDP Assessment 1: Written Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
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Contents
Part one:
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
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Describe the importance of short term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point. 3
Describe the importance of medium term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point. 3
Describe the importance of long term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point. 3-4
Describe the importance of Personal Development Plan and
construct an illustration with the help of my goals. 4
Part two:
Discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ impact
the use of a source 4
Part three:
Evaluation of at least 8 sources used by me in the report plan.
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References
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Part one:
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
Personal and Professional development is a process where individuals tend to
learn and enhance their knowledge (Di Paola and Wagner, 2018). This process is
very important for the bright future of the individuals as it help them to achieve the
aspired goals.
Describe the importance of short term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point.
The goals set by an individual for a short duration are termed as short-term
goals. These goals may be for a period of 6-18 months and are considered as the
first step to success. The achievement of these goals boost the morale and
confidence of individuals along with the development of an individual. My short-term
goals are:
 To socialize with more and more people.
 To focus more on my art skills.
 To enhance my general knowledge.
Describe the importance of medium term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point.
The goals that are neither long-term goals nor short-term goals are termed as
medium-term goals. These goals are usually the extension of short-term goals and
have a duration of about 2-3 years (Kumar and Meshram, 2021). My medium-term
goals are:
 To grow my professional network.
 To complete my degree.
 To save for my home down payment.
Describe the importance of long term goals and give at least 3
examples to support the point.
The goals which have to be achieved in the long run of life are termed as
long-term goals and may last for 3-5 years or even more. These are considered as
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BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
Contents
1

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................3
Task One: ...................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development ................................................................3
Discuss short term goals by using 3 personal examples........................................3
Statement of value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
................................................................................................................................ 4
Explanation of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.................................................................................................................4
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan and
construction of an example using my goals ...........................................................4
Task Two: ...................................................................................................................6
Explanation of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source..................................................................................................................... 6
Task Three:................................................................................................................. 6
An evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan.................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refers to talent and habits that highly beneficial for academic
pursuits like research, report writing, learning and presentation. It mainly involves
planning, studying, technical skills etc. as these are core of academic skills.
Therefore academic skills are useful for improvement of a person (Lejeune, Beausaert
and Raemdonck, 2021). This report involves concept of personal and professional
development, short-term, medium-term and long term goals with examples. Further it
discus the value of personal development plan using goals and at last it reflects
reliability, relevance, purpose, author that represent the affect of using different
source.
Task One:
Personal and professional development
Personal development defines as an accumulation of activities that helps in
developing potential and capability of employees which is useful to generate human
capital. It creates an opportunity and improve quality of individual person to attain life
of aspirations and dreams. Professional development involves mentoring that
develops employees at workplace by training sessions. This development is based
on academics because it helps in sustaining professional terms to develops skills
and knowledge. Reflection is more essential for personal and professional
development where an individual give attention to meaningful subjects where
individual needs improvements. It is effective for a person because it build long
lasting habit to learn and acquire knowledge and skills.
Discuss short term goals by using 3 personal examples
Short term goals are very prominent to develop success in personal and
professional development. Therefore short term goals refers to a planning that an
individual person do for attaining goals in near future. These goals are achieved
within a period of 3-6 months. It is crucial to attain short term goals because these
goals helps in attaining medium and long term goals (Pitan and Muller, 2020).
These goals are easily understand by using examples on personal basis that are
presented below:
 To improve writing and communication skills
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