Academic Skills and PDP: Personal Development Report and Planning

This report, submitted for the BMP3001 Academic Skills and PDP module, delves into the multifaceted concept of personal and professional development. It begins by defining these key terms and then explores the significance of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples to illustrate their practical application. The report emphasizes the value of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) as a tool for self-assessment and skill enhancement, covering aspects such as personal skills, personal growth, personal power, and personal improvement. Furthermore, the report discusses the importance of time management, decision-making skills, and career advancement, highlighting the connection between personal aspirations and professional growth. The document provides a comprehensive overview of how individuals can develop strategies to improve their skills, knowledge, and overall well-being.

BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 2
Report on Personal Development
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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................3
1. Definition of the concept of personal and professional development .................3
2. Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples...................................................................................................3
3. Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at
least 3 personal examples .......................................................................................4
4. Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples...................................................................................................5
5. Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan .........5
Conclusion....................................................................................................................6
Reference.....................................................................................................................7
Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan.....................................................................8
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Introduction
Personal development is a self assessment plan which is defined with a set of
activities carried on for a better future vision of an individual. Personal targets and a clear
destination to reach that goal makes it suitable for any person to build up an effective and
detailed plan of how to bring a boost in self personal (Little, Salmela-Aro and Phillips, 2017).
Developing ones personality traits by engaging in learning of new skills and knowledge as
per organization perspective can be defined as professional development of working
individuals at firm. The following assessment therefore covers various aspects of personal
and professional development categorized broadly into short term, medium and long term
goals of an individual. Also there are some examples demonstrating how one can enhance
their personal skills while professionally working at an organization adding on to the
company's worth as well.
1. Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development plan is refers to the process by which an
individual or a company engage themselves in the process of learning and enhancing the
skills and knowledge of the individual. Which are helpful in meeting the goals and at the
same time provide the solutions to overcome the challenges in the work culture of the any
organization. Personal development is the plan which work in the whole life and take long
time. This type of plan are not bounded with itself, it is work for the formal and informal
organization structure. Personal development plan help the individual to develop their
personal skills and knowledge (Fforde, 2019). Whereas the professional development is the
plan which is done by the organization as the variety of the training and development which
are provided by the organization. It is the type of learning which earn the behavior of the
professional area. In the professional development, the tool, resources and training are the
essential tools which increase the effectiveness and quality of the individual. All these
professional and personal development plan are used to enhance the skills and knowledge
related to qualitative, technical and analytical skills. of the individual which help them to
work in any type of organization.
2. Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Short term goals are the important factors which are use to make the career in the
short run and earn the benefit of that particular objective. Also these are essential for the
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business activities which are helpful for performing quick feedback in order to achieve the
special targets at the specified time. These goals are considered as small and specified which
are useful for the both individual employee and the company as well. Here are various type of
short term plan are considered in the organization to achieve the objective of the
organization. In a simple way maintaining a daily routine is also considered as the short term
goal (Qaderi and et.al., 2020). It is important to maintain the journals for the company and for
the employees to work in the routine and strategies to overcome with the difficult situation
within the organization. These objective are achieved in between 3 to 6 months. In addition to
that, the achievement of the long term and medium term goals are become easier for the
employee.
Short term goals are:
 Improve my fitness level by loosing 5kg weight in 2 months.
 Improve my work-life balance within 6 months.
 Make an interaction with colleagues in the organization in 3 weeks with ethical
behavior.
 Improvement in the body language.
 Reduce the stress level and manage the health issues in 1-2 months.
3. Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples
In the medium term plan, the plans and objective are designed to work according to
keep the time span in the mind i.e. 6 to 12 months. It is aid that the short term goals are not
that sufficient as that plans are not provide the time to progress the goals. Medium term goals
are the thoroughly lies in between the short term and medium term goals. In the medium term
goals, there values are so important as they are made after done the studies, secured a job and
starting a career in the professional life (Smith, 2016). To set the medium term goals, it is
considered that it must not be so short or so long to achieve. It is suggested that to keep
thousand-day rule so that the failure of the individual or for the company doesn't feel
demotivated while completing the goals. It is useful for the companies to check the progress
report with the previous efforts so that the idea are beneficial for the work culture and can
easily identified.
The medium term goals are:
 Improve the decision making skills to enhance my abilities and improve my
apprentice knowledge within 12 months.
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 Going for a long trip which help me in knowing the world more effectively and
helpful in collecting the information.
 Start a second career option by using the different sites and online courses which
elaborate my areas and develop that in effective manner.
 Reinforcing the contact list by making the contact with my office colleagues and learn
different things from them in between 6 to 12 months.
 Increasing my management career, with the help of seniors in 12 months.
4. Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Long term goals are the used and achieved by using several years say 2 to 5 years.
Here different milestones are used and achieved in the process of achieving the long term
goals. Long term planning are used in the organization or the individual to determine the
requirement to construct the objective while using the proper timetable to achieve the goals.
The valuing of the long term goals are define as; for accomplishing the long term goals it is
important to determine the companies goals and objective before start practicing the long
term goals (Terrell and et.al., 2018). It is important to check the financial applicability to
achieve the long term objective as these goals are work for the long period of time and
financial support and backup is very important before starting up the long term objective.
These goals further needed to be complete training and education in the context of personal
and professional development of the plan. As these training and development are useful and
needed to accomplish the task of the individual.
The Long term objectives are;
 Gaining the experience in order to achieve the leadership quality within next 2 years.
 Buying a house for family in the next 5 years.
 Learn a new foreign language for enhancing my skills and knowledge in order to open
the new market scope in the companies.
 Pursue the higher education degree for fulfilling the career ambitions in 3 to 4 years.
5. Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan is refers to the process of the making an improvement by
strategies the skills and knowledge. An individual apply to oneself through habits and
activities by means of personal growth of the individual. It is the plan which make the plan
and strategies that help the individual to increase the area of the personal skills and
knowledge. With the help of this an individual can easily manage and compete their dreams
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by using an aspiration in the reality of the life. It provide a guidelines to the individual for in
the context of securing the goal and managing the time, develop the internal aspects and
emotions of the life and encourage to the growth of the mindset (Young, 2017). There are
mainly seven main category for the personal development plan that are focus on the
development of the skills. They are included as: personal skills; those skills are necessary to
develop the individual level which are needed for the organization. Personal growth; it means
bettering yourself, each and every individual must to be step out from there comfort zone and
work under the different circumstances. Next category is personal power; means what are the
contacts which are known by an individual in respect of contacts and money. Developing an
ever increasing circle which help in increasing the contacts for the person. Another one is
personal improvement; it is used by developing the good work habits and having a positive
mental attitude (Yu and et.al., 2016). Set the priorities on the list and use the effects of that
list in the life of the employee. Fifth point is personal empowerment; which means making an
positive image and a creative mind for the development of their own sake. In last personal
analysis and objectives are used to conscious of areas and define the goals which are needed
to be work in the developing short, medium and long term goals.
Conclusion
From the above assignment it is concluded that personal development is the part of
the individual life where a person analyses their skills and development. In order to achieve
the success in the future. The three type of objectives are defined where short-term, medium-
term, and long term goals are considered. There valuation is evaluated and some of the
specified examples are used to make the smart personal development goals to enhance the
skills and knowledge. And in last to develop the personal development plan it is important to
manage the time span. Personal development plan is always organized the objective in a right
manner and execute according to that plans.
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Reference
Books and Journals
Fforde, A., 2019. From plan to market: The economic transition in Vietnam. Routledge.
Little, B.R., Salmela-Aro, K. and Phillips, S.D. eds., 2017. Personal project pursuit: Goals,
action, and human flourishing. Psychology Press.
Qaderi, S.M. And et.al., 2020. Development and implementation of a remote follow-up plan
for colorectal cancer patients. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 46(3),
pp.429-432.
Smith, A., 2016. Experiential learning. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Terrell, R.D. And et.al., 2018. Culturally proficient leadership: The personal journey begins
within. Corwin Press.
Young, R., 2017. Personal autonomy: Beyond negative and positive liberty (Vol. 9). Taylor
& Francis.
Yu, P. and et.al., 2016, September. Towards personal assistants that can help users plan.
In International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp. 424-428). Springer,
Cham.
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Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
Developed
Development Plan Resources Target Date
Improve the
personal health
The level of competency area is a short-term
plan and I try to improve my personal health
and fitness.
I used the advise which is provided by the gym
instructor and apart from this the proper
improvement, motivational talk, and a proper
communication process is needed to complete
this objective.
10 Simple Ways to Improve Your
Health. 2021. [Online]. Available
through:<https://www.rush.edu/ne
ws/10-simple-ways-improve-
your-health>
Within 3 to 5 months.
Improvement in
work-life balance
This is the area of improvement which is
mandatory for the individual purpose. To make
a balance in the work and personal life it is
important to manage the time. I used the
personal motivation plan which are helpful in
making the improvement in the life cycle.
Hughes, R., 2020. Get a Life!:
Creating a Successful Work-life
Balance. Kogan Page Publishers.
Within 3 to 4 months.
Improve the
decision making
skills
It is important to make the decision while
considering all the factors which can affect the
business.
With the help of line manager of the company
and completing and analysis the proper research
regarding the decision. I will make the
improvement in the decision making.
I use the training course and workshop for
completing this skill.
Weygandt, J.J. et.al.,
2020. Managerial Accounting:
Tools for Business Decision-
Making. John Wiley & Sons.
Within 6 to 12 months.
Start a second
career
In order to make the smart decision it is
important to keep calm and choose the right
decision for the career path.
I make the various objectives and option by
Online data and various sites
which provide the options for
second career option.
Within 12 months.
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completing the online research in order to start
the various online crash courses to start
something new and enhance my career path.
Gaining the
experience in order
to use the leadership
role in the
organization
This is the goal which is based on the long term
mission. This type of goal is dependent on the
senior colleagues of the organization. With the
help of organization's manager I can use and
improve my skills. I can deeply observing the
skills of the managers and try to make the bound
with them.
https://
www.resourcefulmanager.com/
leadership-videos/
Within 18 months
Learning foreign
languages
This can be done by using different online or
offline courses for the different foreign
language. Which help my career and boost up
my skills and development. And I try to consult
with some of my seniors who can help me in
providing the right guidance.
Online courses and books. Within 12 months.
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