Personal Development Report for Academic Skills and PDP Assessment 2

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 3
3. Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 3
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 6
7. Conclusion 7
Reference List 8
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1. Introduction
It is important for students to develop their academic skills and build goals for
their academic and professional future. This is because it helps attain career
goals and succeed in academic and professional life (Farrell, 2020). The present
report defines the concept of personal and professional development. Discussion
on short-term medium-term and long term goals is provided in this report along
with suitable personal examples. The significance of personal development plan
is included in this report.
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional
development
The concept of personal development is defined as the ongoing process of
evaluating personal skills and attributes by considering their personal life-goals.
Defining purpose of the life of an individual is an important part of personal
development as it helps individuals take proactive measures to achieve this specific
purpose. Persona; development is different for each individual as the aspirations of
each individual are different. The main aim of personal development is to create
progress opportunities for an individual in academic, personal and professional area
so through improvement in various personal aspects. This can include building better
personality, improving skill level and credibility developing mental fortitude and
resistance. The aim of personal development is to achieve life purpose which
increases personal satisfaction and contributes to making the life of an individual
more fulfilling.
Professional development is specifically aimed at improving professional life
of an individual. The concept of professional development involves specialized
training, formal education, or advanced professional knowledge, competence, skill
and effectiveness which helps in career development of individuals. Another
definition of professional development states that it is the process of identification of
career goals and learning new skills for attaining those goals. Professional
development usually refers to formal processes such as conference, seminars,
workshop, collaborative learning and other formal activities which help individuals
secure professional development. However, professional development can also
occur in informal contexts such as discussion with co-workers, independent reading,
research observing the daily work of the colleague and learning from a peer
(Holzweiss and Parrott, 2017). The important steps of professional development
include creating future vision for career, identification of professional competencies
and weaknesses, evaluating professional strengths and weaknesses in relation to
the career goals, constructing professional development plan to achieve various
career goals and finally implementation of the plan to move ahead in path of
professional development.
3. Description and discussion of the value of short term
goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Short-term goals are defined as the goals which need to achieved soon. The
time period for achieving short-term goals is to achieve in 12 months or less. Short-
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