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 2
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional
development 2
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 6
6. Description and discussion of the value of a Personal
Development Plan 7
7. Conclusion 7
Reference List 8
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1. Introduction
In order to make their career brighter, it is mandatory for the individuals to pay
more attention on skills & competencies so that customers can appropriately
maintain their career development process. Students need to concentrate to
improve their academic skills so that they can shape their career & accomplish
their desire position. To obtain successfully career, it is necessary to set specific
goals like short term, medium term & long term goal (Álvarez-Bueno and et. al.,
2017). All these types of goals are essential to achieve appropriate objectives of
the individual. This assessment will discuss about the significance of academic
skills so that individual scan accomplish most appropriate outcomes. This report
also explains about various types of goals & prepares a personal development
plan so that individual can develop skill to achieve the goals effectively.
2. Definition of the concept of personal and professional
development
The concept of personal & professional development is prominent for the
individuals in order to improve the career development process. It is mandatory
for the students to adopt specific strategy so that they can effectively improve
their career & get their desirable job. Personal & professional development is
considered as the strategically & analytical framework which can useful to
improve the overall development of the individual (Grit and et. al., 2019). It is also
contain as the ongoing process which can provide adequate impact on the
personality of the individual. To improve the overall personality of the individual, it
is mandatory to develop appropriate skills so that they can effectively manage
their career path. In order to improve the personal and also professional
development, individuals can set appropriate goals so that individual can
accomplish their goal within specific time duration and improve the career
development process.
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3. Description and discussion of the value of short term
goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
To accomplish most effective outcomes, it is prominent for the individuals to
set appropriate goal so that they can improve their personal development. There are
various types of goals are considered by the individual in which short term goals are
one of them who can be a milestone to achieve the appropriate results. Short term
goals are play a prominent role in the overall growth of the individuals so that they
can effectively develop specific skills & competencies in order to seek the career
opportunities in an appropriate way. To have some effective academic skills is
necessary for the students so that they can improve their personality with the help of
of appropriate academic skills. The value of short term goals is more because it can
provide there effective contribution to open specific skills as per the need of the
students. Short term goals are very easy to achieve because it is not consuming
more time , only take one or two months to accomplish the goals (Khan and et. al.,
2017). Short term goals are also aid to achieve the medium & long term goals. If an
individual is successful to obtain short term goal successfully then his to her
confidence level will increase to set medium & long term goal. The examples of short
term goals are discussed below-
3 Examples of short term goals - Excellent communication skills - To maintain excellent communication skill
is the main requirement for the students. Communication skills are beneficial
to improve the academic performance so that individuals can effectively score
good marks and make their career bright. This scale is beneficial because it
can help full to establish strong relation with the other people so that students
can improve their performances and also share specific ideas and information
in an appropriate manner. This academic scale is beneficial for the personal
& professional development of the students so that it is necessary for them to
achieve this short term goal (Laakso, 2017). Maintain journal regularly - This is short term goal provide various
advantages to the individual and also provide positive effect on the overall
personality of them. To improve the academic performance & make their
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