Personal and Professional Development: Goals, Skills, and PDP

This report explores the concept of personal and professional development, including short, medium, and long term goals. It discusses the value of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) and evaluates eight sources used in the report. The report emphasizes the importance of setting goals and developing skills for overall growth and success.

ASSESSMENT

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Personal & professional development refers to a process by which an individual and a
company is engaged to learn something in order to meet the challenges and the desired goals.
This helps an individual to develop many skills which lack in the personality of a person and also
works towards strengthening the current skills (Ahmed, 2018). This report shall cover the
concept of personal and professional development, short, medium and long term goals together
with importance of personal development plan. Further it will include affect and evaluations of 8
sources which are to be referred in the report.
TASK 1
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
It refers to a process which an organisation and an individual undertakes to meet their
challenges and goals by engaging in the learning of new skills. The personal development has
been considered as a life long process where people can examine their own qualities or skills to
consider in their targets and aims in life in order to increase their potential. On the other hand
professional development is a process which a person undertakes to maintain its professional
credentials like attending conferences, academic degrees, etc. Personal and professional
development helps an individual to develop new knowledge and skills and also to strengthen its
current skill in order to develop its overall personality (Artyukhina and et. a.,l 2018).
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.
The short aims are generally for short period which bridges the gap between where you
are currently and where you want to reach. These are generally for the period of less than 1 year.
These help in taking quick feedbacks which work as motivation to improve in the performance
(Tasker, 2015). Examples for short term goals in context to acquire skills for personal and
professional development shall include-
 Communication Skills
 Active Listening Skills.
 Interpersonal Skills.

Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.
These targets are those that takes a bit longer time period to accomplish it. It is mainly set
to bridge the gap between the short and long term goals. These are usually achieved within 1
year to 3 years of time. These help in planning for individual as to what he wishes to do in the
future (Beausaert, Segers and Gijselaers, 2011). The examples of skills as follows-
 Decision Making Skills.
 Problem Solving Skills.
 Information And Technology Skills.
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
These targets are fixed after the detailed planning where a lot of time is given in order to
set them. They are planned to accomplish the goals in future. These are usually for the period
more than 5 years. In order to successfully achieve the long term goals, the goal must be broken
into smaller task which shall be for short term in order to achieve them effectively (Lejeune,
Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2018). The examples of skills which can help in personal and
professional development are as follows-
 Leadership Skills.
 Time management Skills.
 Conflict Management Skills.
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using
your identified goals
The PDP points a required skills, objectives and the competency development which is
needed to be accomplished for continuous career improvement and development. It is created by
a manager who works closely with its workforce in order to identify its necessary resources and
skills so that its career goals are achieved together with business needs (Eisele and et. al., 2013).
It is important to identify an individual's weakness and strengths together with a guidance to
improve its existing and current capabilities and skills.

TASK 2
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source.
In order to take reference from a source, it is crucial to check its relevancy or reliability to
make the work authentic. An individual while doing any assessment, take those sources for its
consideration which it thinks has a common purpose with its assessment and is reliable enough
to make the work worthy. A reliable and relevant source will help the individual in making its
report more trustworthy and unquestionable (Katz and et. al., 2020). So a source from a good
author which clears the purpose of research should be always considered.
TASK 3
Write an evaluation of eight sources you have used in the report plan.
Numbe
r of
sources
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
1 Eisele, L., Grohnert,
T., Beausaert, S. and
Segers, M., 2013
Its purpose is to
understand the
conditions for
implementing
personal
development plan.
It is from a reliable
and copyrighted
author.
The content of the
source is relevant
as it focuses on
Personal
development plan
and its
implementation.
2 Beausaert, S., Segers,
M. and Gijselaers,
W.,
It gives the
perception of the
employees regarding
the use of PDP in
their workplace for
professional
development.
This article is written
by an expert writer
who have knowledge
of the subject matter.
It provides the
practical
implementation of
the PDP to
understand it
better.
3 Lejeune, C., Its purpose is to give It is reliable because It is relevant to

Numbe
r of
sources
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Beausaert, S. and
Raemdonck, I., 2018.
the practical
implementation of
PDP for the benefit
of workforce's job
performance.
it has used practical
and real examples to
demonstrate its
implementation.
the topic as it has
detailed
explanation of
PDP and its
value.
4 Tasker, F. It provides the draft
as to how to prepare
PDP.
It is written by a
copyrighted author
so it is reliable.
It gives the
insight of how to
develop an effect
PDP so it is
relevant.
5 Katz, N.H., Lawyer,
J.W., Sweedler, M.,
Tokar, P. and Sossa,
K.J.,
It states the
effectiveness of
personal and
professional
development.
It is written by an
expert writer with
less hypothetical and
more real examples.
It provides skills
needed for
personal and
professional
development.
6 Kolotouchkina, O.,
Gonzálvez Vallés,
J.E. and Alonso
Mosquera, M.D.H.,
It states the impact
of critical
professional skills.
It is written by a
copyrighted author
so it is reliable.
It has addressed
issues and
solutions to it for
while developing
professional
skills.
7 Ahmed, F., 2018 It aims to highlight
good
communication and
leadership skills.
It is written by a
professional and
expert writer.
It highlights the
skills required for
professional and
personal
development.

Numbe
r of
sources
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
8 Artyukhina, A.I.,
Velikanov, V.V.,
Velikanova, O.F. and
Tretyak, S.V.,
It aims to give
effectiveness of
personal skills
development.
It is written by the
expert and
copyrighted author.
It is relevant as it
shows real
examples to
inculcate personal
skills.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that personal and professional skills are important
for overall development of an individual. An effective PDP will works towards inculcating a
new skill and improve the existing skills for an individual (Kolotouchkina, Gonzálvez Vallés and
Alonso Mosquera, 2020). Further the author, purpose, relevance and reliability of a source will
help in making the report more authentic. At last evaluation of eight sources are given to en-light
the authenticity of this report.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ahmed, F., 2018. Leadership and management influences on personal and professional
development and group dynamics: a student’s experience. Nursing children and young
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Artyukhina and et.al 2018. Event education in personal and professional development of
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Sciences (pp. 160-169).
Beausaert, S., Segers, M. and Gijselaers, W., 2011. The Personal Development Plan Practice
Questionnaire: the development and validation of an instrument to assess the employee's
perception of personal development plan practice. International Journal of Training and
Development. 15(4). pp.249-270.
Eisele and et. al., 2013. Employee motivation for personal development plan
effectiveness. European Journal of Training and Development.
Katz and et. al., 2020. Communication and conflict resolution skills. Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Kolotouchkina, O., Gonzálvez Vallés, J.E. and Alonso Mosquera, M.D.H., 2020. Fostering Key
Professional Skills and Social Activism Through Experiential Learning Projects in
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Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018. The impact on employees’ job performance
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APPENDIX
PDP
PRIORITY SKILLS CURRENR
T
ABILITY
TARGET
ABILITY
DEVELOP
MNET
OPPORTU
NITIE
CRITERIA
TO JUDGE
TIME
FRAME
Priority 1 Communica
tion skills
Average High Through
communicat
ion practice
and reading
of effective
books and
articles.
By
feedbacks
from friend
and
colleagues
3- 6 months
Priority 2 Decision
making
Low High By
practising
on
hypothetical
situations
and taking
decisions in
real life.
Through
feedback
from
subordinate
and
superiors.
6-12 months
Priority 3 Leadership
skills
Low High By reading
theories of
experts and
articles of
good
authors..
Through
feedback
from
superiors
and
teammates.
12-15
months