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KNOWING & DEVELOPING YOURSELF FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)
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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 Personal Development Plan
(PDP) is to encourage you to learn and plan by becoming more aware of your
capabilities and the opportunities around you .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.
What do I need to do?
As part of your assignment you are required to complete this workbook. You should
carefully review what you have learned during the Knowing and Developing Yourself
module (including assigned readings) and apply this in the PDP document.
The word count for the PDP should be 1,500 words.
You should include copies from your strengths reports and reference the resources that
are available to you through the Clifton Strengths for Students web site, these will be
highlighted and part of your homework during the module.
Assignment Marking
The submitted plan will be marked using the following grading criteria:
Coherence (30%) – Does the plan link with the goals and the student’s current
situation? Has the individual thought through what development needs to take place
and how this will be achieved?
Engage with course materials (30%) – Has the individual drawn on the content of the
module to construct the plan? Has the individual used core theories, models, or
frameworks to provide a structure to the plan? Has the individual used the analysis
techniques presented in class in the planning process? What other evidence is being
used to support the plan?
Wider Reading and Reflection (30%) – Has the student demonstrated wider reading and
reflection outside of the classroom? Are there new materials and reading being
introduced? Has the student continued the reflection process beyond the course? What
other evidence is being used to support the plan?
Communication (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?
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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KNOWING YOURSELF
MARSHALLOW TEAM CHALLENGE
Came across
Questions Responses
What did you learn from this
activity?
(Consider how the team collaborated
and worked as a team, and your role
within the team)
The marshmallow challenge is a prototype building challenge that includes
20 spaghetti, 1 marshmallow and 1 yard of tape as well as a yard of string
to build the tallest building with the marshmallow on the top. This challenge
makes sure to bring out innovation and create a better way of proceeding
with variety of ways to find the same result. The marshmallow challenge
gives in brainstorming ideas to create a better prototype that could balance
the weight of the marshmallow over the structure of spaghetti. There are
both chances of the success and failure at the same time.
The marshmallow challenge was conducted in our college as well. Our
team included four members. As the team, The marshmallow challenge
help me in learning the team spirit and innovation ideas within the team.
The challenge helped me learning the role of member teamwork, increased
my creativity and helped me in resource planning that is how I can bring
better results with limited resources. It helped in bringing out more and
better ideas to execute the task and evaluate the plans in a better manner.
It helped me to focus on the plan rather than goals.
As the team lead, I learnt to bring out the best in people and properly
entrust the role to all member, to know the potential of my team members
and lead them with motivation to achieve the best of their skills. As the
team leader, I learnt through this challenge to share the success and
appreciate the efforts of each and every team member of the organisation.
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How will this help you when working
in teams as part of your MSc?
Why do future employers look for
team working skills?
I was the team leader I was helped by the challenge to bring the best in me
to work with the people who have different personalities working over a
single plan; it helped me to experience to see the challenge from the
different perspective of every team member and chose the best-suited path
to proceed the project. The challenge displays the potential of all the team
members, the necessity of coordination and role-playing in the team.
Every employer looks for the teamwork skills since it helps them to know
the level of interaction and the coordination they would serve within the
organisation. This help them to know the potential of working with and
among the people. The employer of the organisation make sure that the
person that person could merge with the co-workers and could interact with
the client in an effective manner.
VALUES
Questions Responses
What are your top 3 values & why are
they important to you? 1. Innovation
Innovation help in bringing the better ideas to encounter with the
problems, it helps me in developing my knowledge that could help in my
self-development to learn more
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