Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Sources

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
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Contents
Task One:
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
p
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples p
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples p
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples p
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan and construction of an example using my goals p
Task Two:
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability
and Relevance’ affect the use of a source p
Task Three:
Ann evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan
p
References p
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INTRODUCTION
Academic skill and personal development both are important concept in order to
perform various activities in organization so knowledge about that so task performed
in effective manner (Hart, 2017). The paper consists described concept of personal
and professional development as well as importance of short, medium and long term
goals. It also discussed various sources which helps in developing plan.
Task One:
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development is process in order to helps in development
of various skills, knowledge and capabilities and it is essential concept because with
help of that growth and success in future. For working professionals utilize various
kind of skills which helps in professional and personal life. It includes different kind
skills like decision making, presentation, communication and reasoning so all are
these skills matter lot for working professionals and school going students (Khine,
2016).
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples.
Short term goals play vital role in individual personal and professional life because
goals help to set a way how to be achieved things in life. It involves particular time
period on that time achieved specific goals. There are firstly specific way to attain
goals and their specific time period such as 1-2 months so conveniently achieved
goals. Individual plan such kind of goals in order to fulfilled requirements and
motivated towards the life and planned for career. Professionals goal mainly work for
progress in career and personal goal helps to improves personality or make as good
human being. There are ample no of skills which is learned by individual like
communication skills it included both oral and written.
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples.
Medium term goal refers to those which planned for specific time period but duration
is more than the short term goals. It is time period which individual attained for 6 to 8
months in order to putting efforts so easily achieved them. Personal and professional
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