Report on Personal Development for Academic Skills and PDP Assessment 2

This report discusses personal and professional development, short term, medium term, and long term goals, and personal development plan for academic skills and PDP assessment 2. It emphasizes the importance of developing skills and achieving goals through a personal development plan. The report provides examples of short term, medium term, and long term goals and how to achieve them. It also highlights the value of a personal development plan in enhancing skills and achieving goals.

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 3
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
Appendices 8
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1. Introduction
The notion for personal development refers to a process or a plan which is
being developed in order to enhance the personal skills of an individual as well as
some professional skills. These skills or development is necessary in each person
with an aim of achieving growth or higher success in their future life. The growth of a
person requires a proper balance within his or her personal as well as professional
life so to live as a successful person in a society & achieve sound appreciation in life
at workplace (Bager-Charleson, S., 2020). For this a person targets few short term,
medium term & the long term objective. Short term goals refers to those that are set
to achieve in a very small time period whereas, medium term mentions the plans that
are required to achieve for some time that is larger than 1 year. On the other hand,
long term plans are for longer time period which is larger than 3 years that can even
stay for decades. A person also generates skills by focusing on their personal
development plan & by developing the same, he or she attains a proper view as how
to attain & what time it will consume to accomplish such goals. The present report
mentions a discussion upon personal as well as professional development along with
various short term, long term and medium term goals through their examples.
Further, in continuation to this values and formulation of personal development plan
are done in the report.
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional
development
The concept of personal development refers to a plan or a conduct of actions
that are indulged in the enhancement of one's personal skills or capabilities. On the
other hand, the concept of professional development talks about the enhancement or
up-gradation in such skills that are needed in a professional life or at work place.
Both the areas are highly essential towards the achievement of success or better life
and can only be done through developing the present or newest skills within self
(Andersen, 2021).
The personal development plan comprises of enhancement, determination
and proper direction that can be beneficial in helping person at different positions.
For example at office that could be done by enrolling into a course from a reputed
college or even by attending few sessions for training & development or also by
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grasping knowledge from few expert or professional personalities. The development
is denoted as academic skills which involves a procedure of learning & assists a
person in their coming life. The concept can assist individual in having development
with context to their colorful career & also within formal learning like through certain
apprenticeships, courses, internships or also by informal way. The informal covers
various tasks like attending conferences, seminars or developing networks (Gray,
2019).
3. Description and discussion of the value of short term
goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
The short term goals are those which can be achieved within a very short time
period such as within a day, week, month or lastly within a year. Short term goals are
easy to achieve and are suitable for setting small targets that can be completed
within a year. Such type of goals does not demands for higher resources or time to
spend within it. The value that short term goal carries is that it develops a milestone
towards the attainment of long term goal in life. Also, this provides motivation to set
long term goals and achieve them in effective manner. These goals are hands free to
achieve & do not demands a continuous review or large patience, as this can be
decided for hours or on short term foundation. These forms of goals concentrates on
overcoming hesitation, self improvement, failure to achieve other objectives, anxiety
or various others (Meerkerk, Neele and Korven, 2021). The three personal short
term goals are mentioned below:
 Enhancing communication & networking skills in order to have a better
professional life.
 Learning conflict management techniques which can be helpful in workplace.
 Having a sound grasp over listening skills so that can acquire complete
information and make analysis out of it.
4. Description and discussion of the value of medium
term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
The medium term goals denotes to such which can be achieved within a
specific time period of one to three years. Such type of goals are developed with an
aim of serving short term and long term goals. These goals can only be attained after
short term objectives or which is build to develop a long term related goal. The main
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value of medium term goal is that this measures the progress which is heading
towards the long term objectives or evaluates the need of change if any required.
The medium term targets are beneficial in developing significant progress time to
time in self & bridges a gape of failure in achievement of long term targets properly
(Faldutoi and RochaiiOECD, 2020). The three medium term personal goals are
mentioned below:
 Developing technological skills with the time.
 Enhancing decision taking techniques so that can have appropriate decisions
in personal as well as professional life.
 Generating corporate leadership skills which can help me in professional
development.
5. Description and discussion of the value of long term
goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
The long term goals are mentioned as those which consumes huge time of an
individual to accomplish. Such types of goals usually starts from three years to ten
years or could be more depending upon the nature of objective. These goals
demands for huge resources or patience within an individual who can stay stick upon
such set goals and does not gets diverted from it. A continuous analysis or planning
is highly essential for a long term goal. This commonly represents those targets such
as which a person wishes to spend or live into their life. Long term goals shows a
thought in that direction he or she plans to go whether it is personal life or a
professional one. This permits a person to generate thinking related to the education
they wishes to acquire in their life or the form of profession a person would choose
for their livelihood or comfort career (Kaur, 2018). The three long term personal
goals are mentioned below:
 Developing problem solving skills at workplace.
 Generating administrative and management skills.
 To get recognition within the corporate world and in society.
6. Description and discussion of the value of a Personal
Development Plan
The personal development plan is a written document that is prepared for self
reflection as well as improvement which assists an individual in their personal, career
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or academic goals. The personal development plan is a long term process that
provides great satisfaction and achievement in personal as well as professional life
of an individual. Personal development is highly beneficial in the life as this provides
a clear picture to the individual vision for future. The plan allows a person to identify
their strengths or weaknesses along with the ways of improvement. While
developing a personal development plan it is necessary to list down the personal
objectives, their importance along with the plan through which such goals can be
achieved. Such process of development is generally a career-oriented that needs
some important resources as well as skills to help them in individual's career
success or development, with respect to their future endeavours.
With the development of plan a person becomes more dedicated as well as
honest for their goals or reflection with respect to strengths & weaknesses to have
better opportunities in future. Such personal development plan includes different
elements such as what type of objectives a person is aiming to carry in their life,
what is required to be developed in it, what is the current condition of such goals,
what may be the plan or option to achieve those goals, how the performance of such
skills can be determined & in what time period those would be successfully achieved.
All such elements are being written in a tabular form with exact information
mentioned within it. The development plan is created when a person is at his or her
learning phase or at their office & requires to enhance the present or develop some
latest skills with the time or also can be done with the need or demand for the
situations (Akhmedova, 2019).
7.0 Conclusion
From the above report, it can be concluded that it is very important to develop
personal or professional skills if they wish to make their future life secure. This
assists in furnishing existing skills as well as developing those which are not present
right now in such individual but is necessary to be there. A person can develop his or
her skills through by setting of short, medium or long term objectives that permits
them to accomplish their significant goals within a specific period of time. With the
help of written personal development plan a person can determine the different
essentials of their plan and could achieve them in effective manner through such
plan. Development is such a concept which is always fruitful in life and brings more
comfortable with change in time. Since, the situation or time is not always constant
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so demands for a development in a person which can be easily and flawlessly
achieved through development plan. It is easy to attain short term or medium term
goal but it is highly difficult to attain long term because the time period in it is huge
and also asks for huge patience.
Reference List:
Akhmedova, M.B., 2019. SPIRITUALITY, FAITH AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
DIFFERENT APPROACHES. Стратегии и тренды развития науки в
современных условиях. (1). pp.59-61.
Andersen, C.S., 2021. Personal Development as Research Managers-Module I.
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Bager-Charleson, S., 2020. Reflective Practice and Personal Development in
Counselling and Psychotherapy. SAGE.
Faldutoi, C. and RochaiiOECD, M., 2020. Aligning short-term climate action with
long-term climate goals.
Gray, R.P., 2019. Goals: Overcome obstacles. In Art Therapy and Psychology (pp.
56-66). Routledge.
Kaur, A., 2018. Academic and Functional Skills Development in Inclusive setting.
International Journal of Research in Social Sciences. 8(3). pp.694-699.
Meerkerk, E.V., Neele, A. and Korven, I.V., 2021. Inclusion, Life, and Innovation. The
Relative Uses of Arts Education in Relation to the Sustainable Development
Goals. In Arts, Sustainability and Education (pp. 239-262). Springer,
Singapore.
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Appendices 1: Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
Developed
Development Plan Resources Target Date
Listening Skills I can enhance this skill through attending
conferences, lectures or by hearing
speeches.
Attending Conferences,
Listening to speeches or
lectures.
1 month
Decision taking
skills
Participation in matters which needs some
decision to have.
Situations or different options
to one problem
6 months
Critical problem
solving skills
This can be done by developing imaginary
problems or also by solving various case
studies.
Case studies and real life
situations
1 year
Communication
and networking
skills
Developing communication within team or
having more and more discussion with
management team.
Team communication,
discussion with management
or interacting with eminent
personalities
25 days
Technological
Skills
This skill can be developed by acquiring
latest knowledge of computer and different
technology as well as having hands on
practice with them.
Computer and latest digital
devices
8 months
Conflict This skill can be developed by having Proposed situation or 1 month
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Management imaginary situations of conflicts or taking
participation to the management of conflict
if happens in company.
imaginary conflict
circumstance
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