Academic Skills: Personal & Professional Development Analysis

This report examines the importance of academic skills in an individual's life and how a personal development plan (PDP) can aid in personal and professional growth. It discusses short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing examples for each category and highlighting their interconnectedness. The report emphasizes the role of short-term goals in building confidence and productivity, medium-term goals in fostering motivation and job security, and long-term goals in shaping a career and achieving financial stability. Furthermore, the report underscores the value of a personal development plan in career planning and achieving a work-life balance, acting as a roadmap for individuals to develop their skills and identity. The conclusion reiterates the significance of personal and professional development in managing career growth and maintaining financial stability, ultimately advocating for the use of PDPs to navigate and enhance one's career and personal life.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and Professional development......................................................................................3
Short term Goals and its 3 main examples..................................................................................4
Evaluate Medium term goals with some examples.....................................................................5
Explain long-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.......................................6
Value of personal development plan with table..........................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
For very aspect in the individuals life academic skills is an important element it involves
all the habits and the effective methods of communication which are being used by any person in
order to manage the growth in the life of person and their general adherence. In order to manage
the personal growth in behaviour and working there is been seen that cooperation, time
management, research are some of the aspects which are being used by them so as to manage the
future preparation for growth and development. For managing the academic kills personal
development plan creates a major role as this provides all the skills that are being needed by the
individual for their future growth and career (Dawson, 2018). In this report their will be a
discussion about the personal development plan with all the long term, medium term and short
term goals. Further it also discuss the value of personal development plan.
TASK
Personal and Professional development
This is the individuals own growth and the methods through which they manage to
develop all the skills in their behaviour. This is mainly an innate through which the growth in
human can be managed with potential. Personal development is basically the qualities that are
being generated in the persons own personality this implies all the self actualisation by the
person about their needs in the life and all their phase regarding to the personal development
through which all the inherent needs and security can be build. This is mainly the method
through which person can gain their individuality and generate confidence through all this. The
personal development can also be managed through self analysis by focusing all the nature and
the methods in which work can be idealised and also the personality can be developed(Tannehill,
2021).
Professional development indulges all the innate and the behaviour which the person
needs to gain in order to make the work and their future growth to be settled. This involves all
the vary nature and the ways in which the person can idealise vary element which will help in
career growth, the major indicator and the methods through which such growth can be practised
and implemented in the behaviour is through regular courses and training s and also by adapting
the schedules through which they can gain the target. The personal and professional development

implies to provide the ways in which all the growth and the management of person fro future can
be seen and analysed and this also reflect the skills and tactics that are needed in future growth.
Here the person takes control on all the aspects and the engagement in actions and reflection
regarding their growth and management. This PDP frames and help in gaining the future targets
and goals. This merely improve the standard and the quality of life and also adapts the
development and the methods in which the opportunities can be raised(Zimmer, and Matthews,
2022).
Short term Goals and its 3 main examples.
These are all such goals which can be covered in the short span of time, this involves
merely the desires in the employees to manage and do the work in shorter time period. This
usually takes the time for less then 12 months. The main motive of all these goals is to gain and
achieve the future long term managed goals. It makes the individual to gain certain position in
which they can implement and manage future growth and programs. It helps and make the
person to gain confidence in their behaviour, enhancing productivity and also in managing and
making themselves satisfied for future. Some of the methods in which the short term goals can
be improvised are like: Clarity in Directions- When there is given the proper direction to the person regarding
the work as which they want to achieve that will make them to adapt and provide all
action plan on that focused area. This mainly saves the time f the person and also
eliminates their efforts to go on waste. In order to achieve these objectives it is been seen
that when short term targets are analysed then the only focus is mainly on their work. Motivation- This helps in enhancing the personality of the person and also make them
confident for the future programs. As there is idealised that in all the areas where
employees generate and focus on their goals it will make them confident(Ermasova,
Wagner, 2017). Overcoming all Procrastination- As when the person is more focused on their work this
will make them to develop and do a particular task and save their time. It make the
individuals motivated towards there goals and also helps them to focus on the prioritise
work.
 Management of time- This is the activity through which all the targets and the goals are
achieved an this provides that the person can manage their time by eliminating other

further activities and task. This also help them out to gain the adaptive nature and
categorised work and save their time for other functions(Blum, 2018).
Some of the example of short term goals are like: Communication skill Timely reaching office. Work life balance. Exercising daily.
Evaluate Medium term goals with some examples.
It is being achieved after gaining the short term goals as all of these are inter linked with
each other and there is been seen that it manages a bridge between the short term and long term
plans and goals. It helps the individual to adapt and focus on all the work which are given and
managed accordingly so as to create an effective balance. This time for about 18 months to 2
years. Mainly individuals tries to manage this goals so as to maintain the motivation and the job
security in their work (Hinojosa-Pareja, and García-Cano, 2020). Their involves so many skills
and the work in the company. It helps out in some of the important manner which are like: Promotes motivation for long term plan- This boost the confidence and the morale of the
individual and there is been seen that employees can manage all their goals and targets in
proper time and their should be framed that when such goals are achieved it will create a
motivation in the employees that they are close to their future plan as it helps in
managing and generating progress for all the future work and nature. When the person
want to achieve the target then they can effectively manage the growth through certain
strategies that all the work will help them in future and this motivates them at full
force(Schwartz, 2019). Balance between long term and short term goals- It provides a major connectivity
between the different goals as their van be seen that all the implementation and the
working are made for the aspirants and future growth. The short term helps in providing
the base in between them and their involves all the accomplishments through which the
goals can be targeted and provided. Here the lessons and the teachings which are adapted
by them creates a effectiveness and habits to gain the desired goals.

 Build an idea for long terms- This gives a complete idea and direction about the
objectives and the targets for the future programs. It also set the path goals through which
all the work balance for future can be made.
Some of the example are like, Job security in firm, expansion of needed skills and
managing and generating work experience.
Explain long-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples
It involves all such work that needs more time and patience in order to manage it in
proper manner. This takes a long time to complete the target for about 3 to 5 years. It complies
with all the medium and the short term objectives and methods. This also focus on managing the
effectiveness through which career can be gained at peak and this makes the person to gain the
satisfactory feeling as through this all the longer time span are being created and this also
manage the promotion and the advancement(Xerri, 2017). As this take longer time so the person
usually have the higher targets and hopes for all such work they ate like the new job, promotion
and all other major concerned areas. Major values it give for future are like: Improvement in personality- This helps to manage and maintain all the growth and the
methods through which the person can develop their personality and there is been seen
that in all such goals the person as regularly focus on making their work and their
personality perceives achieves improvisation in their personal behaviour(Pochtaryova,
and Vasyagina, 2020). Shaping career- it is mainly an important method through which the career can be
effectively balanced and their idealised that all the work and the growth can be achieved
as the individual prepares themselves for all the future growth and the targets and also for
the further career development. Professional development- As when the person tries to manage the work there is been
seen that in all such cases they try to adapt all the short and medium term goals through
which the identity can be influenced and it also evaluate and effectively manage the
work. It is been seen that long term goals make the professionalism in the working nature
of the person and also uplift their general ideas.
 Financial stability- Through this goal the person can gain the financial balance in their
work life and will also provide the safeguarding methods through which all the stability is
managed. Their can be seen that all such areas and the nature creates a persons safe bank

balance and their also made a financial security in their all working nature and segments.
The employees considers to have the effective security for their money.
Some of the major example are like, Professional Job, Head position or setting their own
big expanded business, Getting promoted on the higher position.
Value of personal development plan with table.
Personal development plan helps out to manage the effective career plan as this develops
all the values and the working to be managed effectively. It helps the individuals to gain the
growth in their future work and programs and their also provides that in order to gain career
goals and also to manage effective work life balance on a satisfaction this personal development
plan is important. This work as road map to all the employees in their struggling stage as it help
out to develop the growth and the identity in future (Howard, and Eddy‐Imishue, 2020).
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that, personal and professional development is an
important part in the life of individuals as this generates the competence through which all the
nature and the working can be effectively managed. It involves all the career growth and also
growth of the individuals personality. The long term goals helps to maintain the financial balance
and also develops stability in life for instance prominent position in job. Furthermore it is also
analysed that PDP helps to manage the values through which the growth can be managed in life
of person and their career. As this make the effective
REFERENCES
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Appendix
Priority Skills Current
ability
Target
ability
Developme
nt
opportuniti
es
Judgement
criteria
Time frame
1 Communica
tion skill
Poor High This skill
can be
generated
through
reading
articles and
managing
effective
communicat
ion about
some topics
with seniors.
The
feedback
can be taken
from the
seniors and
the experts
and also
from family.
3 months
2 Decision
making skill
Average High This skill
can be
managed by
joining
some
sessions in
which all
the expert
advises are
being given
and also by
The
improvemen
t can be
analysed
through
superior
authorities
and by the
application
of trying to
take
12 months

treading
articles of
the authors
by analysing
their method
of decision
making.
important
decisions.
3 Problem
solving skill
Poor High This can be
developed
by trying to
solve
hypothetical
issues and
problems.
Through
feedback of
judges and
heads.
6 months.