Personal Development Plan for Students: Short-term, Medium-term, and Long-term Goals

This article discusses the importance of personal development for students and provides a guide on how to create a personal development plan with short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. It covers various skills such as communication, analysis, interpretation, teamwork, interpersonal, management, problem-solving, co-operation, coordination, and leadership skills. The article also explains the value of setting goals and how they can help in identifying shortcomings, actions to be taken, and ensuring systematic management of work.

Academic Skills and PDP

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development refers to the way in which the individuals can make sure that they
can bring out the desired improvements in themselves which will help them a lot to be able to
attain the goals and objectives in the future quite effectively and efficiently (Alibekova and et.al.,
2020). It is therefore necessary that the individuals are able to make sure that they identify the
right way through which the Personal Development can be ensured by them which will help
them a lot to attain the goals and objectives quite effectively and efficiently.
MAIN BODY
Scenario- I am a student studying in a university. I have to make sure that I am able to
bring out the desired level of improvement in myself so that I am able to make sure that I can
attain the goals and objectives effectively and efficiently. This will be helpful for me in preparing
myself for the future for the attainment of success.
Short-term goals-
These are the goals which are set for a Short time-period and therefore it is quite crucial
and important that the right and proper approach can be adopted in order to make sure that the
individual can make the right progress in the future (Bihun and et.al., 2021). Therefore, for the
students it becomes crucial to pay the necessary attention towards them so that they are able to
makes sure that they can help in their attainment. Also, it can be stated that for the students it is
quite crucial and important that through these goals they are able to develop their personality
which will help them a lot in the future. The Short-term goals which I will set are as follows-
 Improving communication skills- As a student, I will be focusing on ensuring that I can
bring an improvement in my communication skills. This will be highly useful for me in
ensuring that I can communicate with the people in a proper and appropriate way which
will therefore be useful in ensuring that the goals and objectives can be attained.
 Improving Analysis and Interpretation skills- As a student, I can make sure that I
bring an improvement in these skills so that I am able to understand the needs and
requirements in a better way which will be quite helpful as well as useful for me in
attaining the goals and objectives.
 Improving teamwork skills- It is necessary that the improvement in the teamwork skills
can be made so that the teams are able to work in a proper and appropriate way for the
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particular purpose of ensuring that the attainment of the goals and objectives effectively
and efficiently.
Value of Short-term goals- Short-term goals are valuable because through setting them
the individuals are able to make sure that they are able to attain the desired level of success in the
future which will be highly helpful for them in ensuring that they can manage their own needs
and requirements (Cherry and et.al., 2020). Their importance can be explained as follows-
 Helpful in identifying shortcomings- Through the setting of Short-term goals the
identification of the shortcomings can be done and therefore the necessary and proper
actions can be taken to make sure that they can be removed (Gonot-Schoupinsky, Garip
and Sheffield, 2020). This will be useful in ensuring that the progress can be made in the
future which will be highly helpful in managing the needs and requirements quite
properly and appropriately.
 Identifying of the approach to be undertaken- Through setting the Short-term goals
the identification of the approach to be undertaken can be done so that the actions can be
taken accordingly. In this way, it will be quite important to make sure that the efficiency
and effectiveness level can be enhanced in a proper and appropriate manner.
Medium-term goals-
These goals can be set for a particular time-period i.e. 1-3 years and therefore it can be
stated that these goals are highly helpful in ensuring that the management of the work can be
done in a proper and appropriate manner (Hakala, 2020). It is necessary for the students to set
them because this will help them a lot in ensuring that they are able to make sure that they can
take the essential steps for the particular purpose of bringing the improvements which are
required. The students will be able to make sure that they are able to make sure that they can
effectively and efficiently manage their own needs and requirements quite properly and
appropriately. This will help them in making the relevant improvements as per the needs and
requirements which will be quite helpful for them. This will be quite crucial and important for
them in ensuring that they are able to identify the scope of making improvements quite
effectively and efficiently. The Medium-term goals which I will set are as follows-
 Improving interpersonal skills- It is crucial that a person is able to bring improvement
in interpersonal skills so that more interaction can be done and this will be helpful for the
person to be able to bring improvements which are necessary.
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 Improving management skills- It is necessary for a person to make sure that the
improvement in the management skills can be made so that it can help a lot in attaining
the goals and objectives.
 Improving problem-solving skills- It is crucial for a person to make sure that the
improvement in the problem-solving skills can be made so that the problems of the
people can be solved.
Value of Medium-term goals-
 Improving personality- Through setting these goals the desired level of improvement
can be made in the personality (Kauppinen, 2020). Thus, it can be stated that in this way
the management of the needs and requirements can be done which will be quite useful for
the individuals in attaining the goals and objectives.
 Helps in identifying the actions to be taken- Through setting these goals, the
individuals can make sure that they are able to identify the actions to be taken. Therefore,
it can be stated that in this way the individuals will be able to properly and appropriately
take the best decisions which will help them a lot in the future quite effectively and
efficiently (Kurbatova and et.al., 2021). This will be useful in ensuring that the
management of the needs and requirements can be carried out in a proper and appropriate
way.
Long-term goals-
These are the goals which are set for a time-period of more than 3 years and therefore can
be helpful in ensuring that the students are able to make their use so that the improvements
which are necessary can be made by them (Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2021). These
goals will be crucial and important because by setting them a person can make sure that the
progress can be made according to the prevailing needs an requirements which are present in the
future and therefore it is quite important that these goals are set by a person properly which will
be helpful in bringing the necessary and proper improvements. The Long-term goals which I will
set are as follows-
 Improving administration skills- It is required that the desired level of improvement in
the administration skills can be made so that the appropriate management of needs and
requirements in the future can be made highly effectively and efficiently which will help
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in the attainment of the goals and objectives. I need to thus make sure that I can improve
these skills quite properly which will help me a lot.
 Improving co-operation and co-ordination skills- It is crucial that the desired level of
improvement in the co-operation and co-ordination skills can be made. This is quite
important so that the organisations are able to make sure that by using these skills they
are able to effectively and efficiently deal with the various types of needs and
requirements in a proper and appropriate way.
 Improving leadership skills- It is important for me that the improvement in the
leadership skills can be made by me which will help me a lot. It is crucial that the
identification of the way in which these leadership skills can be used should be done
which will lead towards the attainment of goals and objectives in a proper and
appropriate manner.
Value of Long-term goals-
 Helpful in identifying the essential steps to be taken- It is quite helpful so that the right
steps can be taken for the particular purpose of ensuring that best improvements can be
made (Pugh and Broome, 2020). Therefore, it can be stated that in this way this can be
useful so that the progress can be made in a right way.
 Ensures systematic management of work- It can be helpful in ensuring that the
systematic management of work can be carried out so that the proper and appropriate
actions can be taken accordingly (Smith and Burr, 2021). Thus, it can be stated that in
this way the work can be managed effectively and efficiently in a right way.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that Personal Development refers to the use of
ways through which a person can bring the essential improvement effectively and efficiently
which can be highly useful. Therefore, it can be stated that the students should make sure that
they can make its use so that they are able to attain their own goals and objectives in the future.
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Appendix-
Personal Development Plan-
Importance-
The Personal Development Plan is quite important for the individuals because through
setting it they can identify the scope of improvement in the future so that the desired
improvements can be made by them highly effectively and efficiently.
Personal Development Plan
Improvements to be
made
Technique to be used Monitoring method Time-period required
I will make sure that I
am able to identify the
way in which I can
improve the
Communication skills
so that they can be
used quite properly
and appropriately as
and when required.
I will ensure that
through obtaining a
feedback from my
teachers I am able to
make sure that I can
identify my
shortcomings and take
the appropriate
corrective actions
according to the needs
and requirements.
I will take the help of
my teachers to make
sure that they are able
to regularly monitor
my progress.
3 months
I will ensure that I can
identify the way in
which the necessary
level of improvement
in the Problem-solving
skills can be made
which will hep me a
lot.
I will assess the
problems which are
being faced by my
fellow classmates and
make sure that I can
solve them.
I will take the
feedback from my
classmates regarding
the approach which
has been adopted by
me.
6 months
I have to make sure
that I improve my
I will make sure that I
take the feedback of m
I will make sure that
the feedback provided
12 months
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leadership skills which
will be helpful for me
in ensuring that I can
lead the people
properly in the future.
y classmates to be able
to make sure that I can
make the proper and
appropriate
improvements as and
when required.
by my classmates
helps me to be able to
improve myself.
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