Report on Personal Development

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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