Personal Development Plan for Business Management

BSc Business Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Self-appraisal...................................................................................................................................3
Skill audit.....................................................................................................................................3
Learning style analysis................................................................................................................4
SWOT Analysis...........................................................................................................................4
Pest Analysis................................................................................................................................4
Motivation....................................................................................................................................5
Professional and Academic skills relevant to my goals...................................................................5
How I will develop my skills...........................................................................................................6
Strategies I will use......................................................................................................................6
Resources I will access................................................................................................................7
Actions I will take........................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Appendix 1.....................................................................................................................................10
Appendix 3.....................................................................................................................................11
Appendix 2.....................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan (PDP) refers to an action plan individual creates in order to
effectively undertake their personal and professional development. PDP is a very valuable tool
for academic and professional purposes. This is because individual can identify and plan what
skills and knowledge individuals require to develop in order to achieve their academic and
professional goals and objectives. My Smart Goals includes-
 Developing oral communication skills within 3 months
 Developing effective research skills within 5 months
 Developing time management skills within 8 months
These are certain goals that I have developed and these goals will help in both academic as well
as in professional life.
MAIN BODY
Self-appraisal
Skill audit
Skills Personal audit Measure 1-5
Communication skills Effectively communicating and presenting
thoughts and opinion
2
Leadership skills Leading other and influencing their
thoughts and actions
2
Time management
skills
Ability to plan time and complete tasks and
activities within given time
4
Team-working skills Working with other team members to
achieve team objectives effectively
4
Networking skills Connecting with people in order to have a
large network of professional connections
4

Learning style analysis
Learning style analysis refers to identifying and analysing which is the style that individual can
learn with best (Cueva and et.al., 2018). There are mainly styles of learning that are auditory,
visual and kinaesthetic learning style. On the basis of different experiences and observation it
can be said that my learning style is kinaesthetic learning style. In this learning style individuals
learn by doing.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
 Effective knowledge of different types
of technology and information
technology
 Listening skills
 Quick-learning skills
 Team-working skills
 Stress-management skills
Weaknesses
 Oral communication skills
 Research skills
 Time management skills
 Networking skills
Opportunities
 Business management
 Management profession
 Graduation
 Team-based organisations
Threats
 Increasing competition in both
academic and professional area
 Increasing importance and demand of
communication skills
Pest Analysis
Political- Political factors refer to government policies and regulations that affect opportunities.
In opportunities for employment in business management, regulations that are likely to affect is
employment policies and regulations. These policies are favourable for employees and this is
why political environment has positive impact. In addition to this because of political instability
economic environment has affected which is likely to affect job availability in country.