Personal Development Plan (PDP) for Professional Success

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LCBS5028
KNOWING & DEVELOPING YOURSELF FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)
This PDP contains exercises that we will complete during the module. These exercises are designed
to help you think about your skills and how to make the most of your time at Leicester Castle
Business School.
This module is accredited and this PDP forms a major piece of your
module. Submission Dat

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What is a personal development plan?
The aim of creating a personal development plan is to document a process of self-analysis,
personal reflection and honest appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses. This should enable you
to evaluate your current position and where you are right now and consider your future
development.
The purpose of the Personal Development Plan (PDP) is to encourage you to learn and plan by
becoming more aware of your capabilities and the opportunities around you at the Leicester Castle
Business School. The PDP can be applied in a range of contexts, changing the way you approach
your studies, make choices in both your academic and personal life and prioritise your actions.
You should consider this as a live document that captures your current situation at DMU, your
goals and aspirations both whilst at studying at the Leicester Castle Business School and longer
term.
What do I need to do?
This PDP is divided into three parts. In each area we expect specific examples to illustrate your
point.
1. Knowing Yourself: What did I learn about myself?
2. Developing Yourself: How does what I learned about myself help me to shape my goals?
3. Promoting Yourself: How do I use the knowledge from parts 1 and 2 to develop
strategies for promoting myself for my future career?
You are required to complete the PDP workbook. You should carefully review what you have
learned during the Knowing and Developing Yourself module (including the prescribed readings,
theories and conceptual frameworks) and apply this in the PDP document.
How do I submit my assignment?
Submit on Turnitin a zip file containing the following separate documents:

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● The PDP workbook
● Your Strengthsfinder/MBTI results report
● Your completed Career Values Inventory
● Completed feedback forms
Please use only a zip file to upload these separate documents. Do not use a file of the .rar type, as
they require special software to open.
How will my assignment be graded?
The submitted plan will be marked using the following grading criteria:
Coherence (30%)
Are there clear and logical links between the 3 different sections of the report:
1. Knowing Yourself: What did I learn about myself?
2. Developing Yourself: How does what I learned to help me to shape my goals?
3. Promoting Yourself: How can I use this knowledge to develop strategies for promoting
myself?
4. Do the goals formulated in Developing Yourself clearly build on the learning discussed in
Knowing
Yourself?
5. Do the promotion strategies in Promoting Yourself clearly build on both sections 1 and 2?
Engage with course materials (30%)
● Has the student effectively used the content of the module to construct the plan?
● Does it show how core theories, models and frameworks introduced in the module have
impacted on learning and informed plans?
● Is there clear evidence of engagement with classroom experiential activities?

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Wider Reading and Reflection (30%)
● Does the plan show evidence of wide and relevant reading?
● Are the prescribed module readings used to support the plan?
● Is there evidence of independent research, using additional written or audio-visual sources
beyond what was provided in the module?
● Is there evidence that the student has not only understood the readings but also evaluated
and applied what has been read to learning and goal setting?
Quality of writing and referencing (10%)
● Is the student able to communicate effectively his/her plan and the rationale for this?
● Is there a structure to the plan?
● Does it have a conclusion?
● Are external sources acknowledged and correctly cited in the text?
● Is there a reference list?
● Is the writing style professional and clear, with accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation?