Assessment 1: Written Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources

This assessment focuses on the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short term, medium term, and long term goals, and the evaluation of sources used in a report plan.

Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and
Evaluation of Sources

Contents
Task 1...................................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development.........................................................................3
Value of short term goals with 3 personal examples........................................................................3
Value of long term goals with 3 personal examples.........................................................................3
Value of Personal Development Plan with example........................................................................4
Task 2:..................................................................................................................................................4
Effect of ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ on use of a source.....................................4
Task 3...................................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of eight sources used in report plan:..............................................................................5

Task 1
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development means gaining new skills and experience along with
professional growth. Effective personal and professional development ensures the understanding the
area of one' s expertise for the career and enhancement of knowledge within a course of time
period.
Value of short term goals with 3 personal examples
Short term goals are the things which can be accomplish in near future. They are important for one'
s career as well as personal development and boosts professional life. In other words short term
goals must be achieved within 12 months or less.
Examples of short term goals include:
 Get up early to work
 Reduce your monthly expenses
 Spend free time in library to gain extra knowledge
Value of medium term goals with 3 personal examples
Medium-term goals are set to be achieved somewhere between long term and short term goals. It
helps a person to stay motivated. These goals are supposed to be accomplished within a span of 1 to
3 years.
Some examples of medium-term goals are:
 Start a business
 Buy a house
 Improve network opportunities
Value of long term goals with 3 personal examples
Long term goals are the things which a person wants to achieve in future. They are the goals refers
to accomplishments which take significant time and efforts to achieve. These goals are achieved
within a time period of 3 to 10 years.
Some examples of long-term goals are:

 Get a degree
 Learn a new software program
 Generate passive source of income
Value of Personal Development Plan with example
Personal development is a process of improving and developing oneself through changing bad
habits and developing good habits to achieve one's dream and aspirations. In other words a person
need to improve to achieve their ambition and work on them. It is a written document which
contains actions and measures that a individual carry out for improving its personality. The reason
for planning
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Improve public
speaking skills
3 5 Join an organization or
take classes to advance
public speaking skills.
45 days
Develop a reading
habit
2 5 Read at least 1500 words
and topics from
newspaper and books.
30 days
Learn new things 3 5 Many platforms offers a
certified courses one can
learn them.
35 days
Task 2:
Effect of ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ on use of a source
These are 4 aspects which are used to assess the credibility of the information provided in study
and research. Amount of data make it harder to determine that which information can be trusted.
high quality resources supports the argument and are likely to give better results. Whereas non
reliable sources should not be used as it may not give better results and may not hold the meaning
within the context.

Task 3
Evaluation of eight sources used in report plan:
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Personality and
positional
ity-
evidence
from
survey
experime
nts with
alternativ
e
goods. E
urasian
Business
Review, 1
0(1),
pp.123-
156.
Akay, A. and
Karabulu
t, G
To carry out
personality
development
Being a recent
article this source
can be trusted as
reliable.
This is relevant as
it is based on
personality
development and
an important
report plan.
Personality-and
Value-
aware
Scheduli
ng of
User
Requests
in Cloud
for Profit
Maximiz
ation. IE
EE
Transacti
Cong, P., Xu, G.,
Zhou, J.,
Chen,
M., Wei,
T. and
Qiu, M
To study the ways
of learning in
classrooms
It is reliable as it
tells about
learnings and
developing the
skills.
It is relevant as it
discuss about
ways of learning
and teaching for
developing skills.

ons on
Cloud
Computin
g.
Effects of
Corporat
e Image,
Brand
Personali
ty and
Consume
r
Perceived
Value on
Consume
r Attitude
and
Intention
to Use
DU
Battery
Saver
Product.
Pertanika
Journal
of Social
Sciences
&
Humaniti
es.
Muqarrabin, A.M.
and
Ifdhola,
R.Y
To recognise how
learning is
effective and
facilitate.
It is reliable and
justified.
This source is
relevant as it lays
down foundation
about
effectiveness and
learners can
develop the skills
easily.
Value-meaning
sphere of
personalit
y:
Pochtareva, E.Y To elevate writing
and learning skills
and recognise how
learning is
The source is
reliable as it
contains value
able and academic
This source is
relevant.

essence,
determin
ants,
mechanis
ms of
developm
ent. Vestn
ik
Permsko
go
universite
ta.
Filosofiy
a.
Psikholo
giya.
Sotsiolog
iya–Perm
Universit
y Herald.
Series
“Philoso
phy.
Psycholo
gy. Soci
facilitated. skills which are
required for
developing the
skills.
Role of event
personalit
y and
exhibitor
s’
eudaimon
ic and
hedonic
happiness
Rai, S. and Nayak,
J.K
To study the ways
of learnings and
teachings at event.
Belonging to role
and personality
which is needed to
be for professional
development of
personality makes
it realiable.
This is relevant as
it contains the
learning and
teaching about the
personality
development of a
person.

in
predictin
g event
advocacy
intentions
. Internat
ional
Journal
of Event
and
Festival
Manage
ment.
Extending the use
of the
SCORS–
G
composit
e ratings
in
assessing
level of
personalit
y
organizat
ion. Jour
nal of
personali
ty
assessme
nt, 100(2)
, pp.166-
175.
Stein, M.B.,
Slavin-
Mulford,
J.,
Sinclair,
S.J.,
Chung,
W.J.,
Roche,
M.,
Denckla,
C. and
Blais,
M.A
To extend and
organise how
personality is
developed.
Being in current
article this source
is reliable.
It is relevant as it
contains
information about
the education life
which leads to
develop academic
skills in a
individual.
The development Tyrer, P., Mulder, To elevate and It is reliable as it This is relevant

of the
ICD-11
classifica
tion of
personalit
y
disorders:
An
amalgam
of
science,
pragmatis
m, and
politics.
Annual
review of
clinical
psycholo
gy, 15,
pp.481-
502.
R., Kim,
Y.R. and
Crawford
, M.J.,
2019
review about
social skills.
includes
information about
academic and
personal skills.
because it is from
an authentic
source.
To Fully Integrate
Personali
ty
Structure,
Process,
and
Develop
ment be
Sure to
Include
Personali
ty
Patholog
students. Int. J.
Indian
Psychol,
4, pp.5-
16.
Wright, A.G.,
Edershile
, E.A.
and
Woods,
W.C
To integrate and
developing soft
skills in personal
and professional
personality.
This source is
reliable as it
contains
information about
structure and
process needed to
learn new skills.
This is relevant.

y. Europe
an
Journal
of
Personali
ty, 31(5).