Report on Personal Development for Academic Skills and PDP Assessment 2

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 2
Report on Personal Development
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Contents
1. Introduction 3
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
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3. Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 4
4. Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 4
5. Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying
at least 3 personal examples 5
6. Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan 5
7. Conclusion 6
Reference List 7
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1. Introduction
The present report aims at discussing the aspect of personal development plan, short
term, medium term as well as long term goals which are essential to be developed for a bright
future as well as comfortable personal life. The personal development targets with an up-
gradation of perception or attitude that an individual carries in his or her life. Personal
development enhances the inner capability or potential which are necessary for the attainment
of planned goals (Ashar, Kamdi and Kurniawan, 2021). The growth of an individual needs an
adequate balance among his personal and professional life within an economy so to become a
successful person and attain huge appreciation within life at professional workplace. For this
an individual develops some short term, medium term and even long term goals. Short term
goals are those which are set to attain within very small period of time and medium term
depicts the plans which are needed to be attained for some time that is longer than one year
whereas, the long term plan are for huge time period that is more than 3 years which could
even lasts for decades. A person also develops his or her skills through focusing upon
personal development plan and by creating it he or she gets a proper idea as how to achieve
and what time period it would take to attain such goal.
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional
development
The planning for personal development depicts to a specific system which a person
utilizes during developing some plan dependent upon the reflection, being conscious related
to the modification that is needed to happen, fixing attainable targets and making plans for
the individual development within the career, the education for self development. The
element of reflection is extremely significant for the development in professional context as
well as in personal life which means of providing focus to the sensible points where there is a
need of any sort of enhancement. Reflection is categorized as one of the essential tool that is
utilized for fortifying the learning concept as well as for developing a long term practice.
The plan for personal development includes development, analysis as well as
directing which could be useful in assisting individual at various positions say fro instance at
workplace which can be done by attending a course form a college or either by getting few
sessions for training and development or either through acquiring knowledge from some
professional or expert personnel. The development is categorized within academic skills as
this is a process of learning and assists an individual in his or her coming professional life. He
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