Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Sources

This report explores the concept of personal and professional development, including the importance of setting short, medium, and long term goals. It also discusses the impact of sources on the development process and provides insights into various skills and strategies for success.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
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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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medium goals both are important for individual because it helps for career growth
and easily get job in future. It includes various kind of skills technical, creative
thinking and technical sound. All these kind of skill get a job in reputation
organization and HR manger must check skills, ability and capabilities of individual.
Creative and innovative skill help in personality development because task and
problem solve in effective way.
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples.
Long term goal and plans are made when achieved a most important thing in life and
it is plan in effective manner due to it's more valuable for individual in order to help in
better success in life. It is a long process so time duration 1 to 3 years and
accordingly putting energy and efforts so gained within time frame. It helps in
developed various kind of skills such as leadership, management and technical and
decision making skills (Lavrysh, 2017). Management skill is more valuable for
individual from the point of view professional and personal life because learns a task
accomplished in effective way.
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan and construction of an example using my goals.
Personal development play crucial role because learn various kind of skills and
strategies which helps enhancing skills in order to become successful future.
Individual planed properly because set goal like they are HR manager or may be
working in more reputation firm so accordingly work.
Basis Strategies Analysis of skills Time period
Presentation Individuals wants to
improve
presentation skill so
firstly joined basic
computer classes
so knowledge about
Microsoft office
(Lindsay, 2020).
These skill
evaluation on the
basis of that more
practices to prepare
presentation in
creative and
attractive way and
retain in the eyes of
These is basically 3
months course
structure so
individual make
presentation in
more attractive way.
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viewer.
Technical skills Firstly know about
recent technology
on that basis
prepare strategies
to learn those
person who are
working in IT
company because
capable to learn
skill in effective
manner.
It can be evaluated
in order to perform
a particular task in
different ways so it
is easy to analysis
these kind of skills.
Technical skill are
hard to earn so it is
long process and
appropriately 6
months time frame
to learn this skills.
Communication It is important skill
because learn in
both form written
and oral so read
books for different
authors and daily
learn new words so
it help to strong
vocabulary.
It is analysis on that
basis speak more
& more so taking
feedback from other
person (Mydin,
2017).
It comes under
short term goals so
required 1 to 2
months so
developed these
kind of sills in
effective manner.
Task Two:
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability
and Relevance’ affect the use of a source.
There are used such authors in order to stated purpose that affect source and about
the specific concept which explained by authors. In this report used such topics short
term, medium and long term goals (Palardy, 2019). Sources which are used in these
report need to be more reliable, authorized so it can be understand. It includes
provide various kind of information in accurate, correct, reliable and must be
relevance to the topic. There are used eight sources in these report which are
mentioned below.
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Task Three:
An evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan.
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Book Hart, S., 2017 It is main aim
to read such
book help in
developing
knowledge
about skills.
It is
authorized,
reliable and
useful book
and provide
information in
depth.
These report is
related to
various skills
which helps in
developing
personality.
Book Khine, M.S.,
2016
The purpose
of these books
to mention a
path how goal
is achieved.
This is best
source
because
discuss a topic
in very deeply
manner.
This is related
to strategies
which are
essential to
attained
specific goals.
Book Lavrysh, Y.,
2017.
It is book
includes
various aspect
which is
relevant to
personality
development.
This source is
one of the best
from others
due to briefly
describe.
It is relevant to
individual s how
developed
skills.
Book Lindsay, S.,
2020
There are
includes
various
approaches
and factors for
development
of various
skills.
This kind of
source taken
more
accurate.
It is book which
includes path in
order to
contribution
individual skills.
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Book Mydin, F.,
2017
The main
purpose of this
book which
includes
essentials to
achievement
of goals.
It is more
trustworthy
and sound.
It is directly
related to
importance of
achievement of
goals.
Book Palardy, G.J.,
2019
It shows the
various
outcomes
about
knowledge.
This is taken
from one of
the popular
journal.
It involves
positive and
negative
results.
Book Primus, M.A.,
2018
It includes a
short, medium
and long term
goals.
Source is
taken from
journal of
education.
It is specifically
analysis various
kind of goals.
Book Shem, M.,
2016
This is book
which help to
learning way.
It taken from
more reliable
and
understandabl
e source.
It includes
various
strategies to
learn concept.
Therefore, it can be analyzed various sources which are helpful for an individual in
personal and professional life (Primus, 2018). It includes various skill which provides
a deep knowledge about skills and also clear understand each concept.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that brief knowledge about the
personal and professional development which is essential concept from individuals.
It includes various kind of skills in order to learn them and attain short, medium and
long term goals. It is helpful for in future and career progress.
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References:
Book and journals
Hart, S., 2017. Empathy and compassion are acquired skills. Inclusion, play and
empathy: Neuroaffective development in children’s groups, pp.55-78.
Khine, M.S., 2016. Non-cognitive skills and factors in educational success and
academic achievement. In Non-cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational
Attainment (pp. 1-9). Brill Sense.
Lavrysh, Y., 2017. Soft skills acquisition through ESP classes at technical
university. Journal of teaching English for specific and academic
purposes, 4(3), pp.517-525.
Lindsay, S., 2020. Exploring skills gained through a robotics program for youth with
disabilities. OTJR: occupation, participation and health, 40(1), pp.57-63.
Mydin, F., 2017. Underpinning excellence in higher education: Exploring self-
regulatory skills of high performing academic students. Advances in Social
Sciences Research Journal, 4(15).
Palardy, G.J., 2019. School Peer Non-academic Skills and Academic Performance
in High School. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 4, p. 57). Frontiers.
Primus, M.A., 2018. Parental warmth and physical punishment and their
associations with children’s social and academic skills in Trinidad and
Tobago.
Shem, M., 2016. Bibliotherapy as a Problem-Solving Skill of Counsellors and
Teachers for Character and Skills Development in Ogun State,
Nigeria. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(20), pp.18-22.
Zárate, R.A., 2020. More than Friends: Beliefs and Peer Effects in the Formation of
Social and Academic Skills. Available at SSRN 3595812.
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