Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Plans

This article discusses the meaning and significance of personal and professional development in life, the importance of short, medium, and long-term goals, and the value of a personal development plan with identified goals. It also explains how reliability, purpose, and author affect the use of sources and evaluates eight sources including author, purpose, and reliability.

Personal and professional
development

Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
The meaning of personal and professional development in life..................................................3
The significance of short term goals with identification of 3 personal goals example................3
The importance of medium term goals with the help of 3 personal examples............................3
Value of long term goals with the help of 3 personal examples..................................................4
The value and significance of personal development plan with identified goals........................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
The way Reliability, purpose and author affect the use of source...............................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
The evaluation of eight sources including evaluation of author, purpose and reliability............5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
.........................................................................................................................................................8

MAIN BODY
TASK 1
The meaning of personal and professional development in life
In the academic life personal development plan play a key role in development of overall
personality of a candidate by developing major skills (Ahmed, 2018) . It is the major duty of an
institute to focus on developing personal and professional skills in the students for facilitating
their carer growth. Professional development is related to career opportunities related
development which is helpful in professional life. In the academic and career related life both
personal and professional development play a major role which is essential to be considered by a
candidate.
The significance of short term goals with identification of 3 personal goals example
In the overall development of an individual, the short term goals play a key role in
nurturing the talent of individuals. The short term goals are designed for the time period for 3 to
6 months. The short term goals are designed and formulated by different students to achieve life-
long objectives. The examples of short term goals are mentioned below:
 Development of problem solving skills
 Increasing leadership qualities
 Learning managerial skills
The importance of medium term goals with the help of 3 personal examples
In the development of an individual, there is a crucial role played by medium term goals.
The medium term goals are formulated for the time period of 6 to 12 months in order to achieve
them with perfection (Bond and Blevins, 2020). In developing major skills related to personal
development, there is a major role played by medium term goals. The examples of three personal
medium term goals are following:
 Increase savings
 Learning social behaviour
 Development of professional behaviour

Value of long term goals with the help of 3 personal examples
The long term goals are lengthy and their scope is wide in the academic life so it is
essential to formulate various long term goals (Lim, 2018). Long term goals are helpful in
development of professional and dynamic quality in an individual. The long term goals are also
effective in developing systematic approach to fulfil lifelong objectives related to academics and
career. Three examples of personal goals are mentioned below:
 Development of professional skills in order to face career opportunities.
 Learning relationship management
 Development of coordination skills
The value and significance of personal development plan with identified goals
The personal development plays a crucial role in enhancing the practical and theoretical
knowledge of a candidate. In the academic life it is essential for a candidate to focus on
development of a personal plan for achievement of future endeavours in a systematic manner.
Personal development plan also plays a main role in completing day to day tasks by the
candidate in a professional manner (Makovec, 2018). The identified goals in personal
development plan are:
Skills Ways to improve Time duration
Learning scientific
management theory with
application
Taking guidance of my seniors 4 Months
Developing career path by
analysing opportunities and
threats
Reading online journal articles
and books
9 Months
Gaining competency edge in
academics by developing
learning skills
Taking support of professors
and teachers
1 Year

TASK 2
The way Reliability, purpose and author affect the use of source
Author- The author mainly impacts the literature part in use of a source in the academic and
professional life (Pedersen, 2017). The theoretical information related to a subject matter is
influenced by the presence of an author’s ideas.
Purpose- The collection of knowledge related to subject matter is depend upon the purpose
of research.
Reliability- It is referred to the reliability or flexibility of the information that is derived by
source which helps in increasing knowledge.
TASK 3
The evaluation of eight sources including evaluation of author, purpose and reliability
Author Purpose Reliability
(Pochtaryova and Vasyagina,
2020)
The main purpose of this
author is to develop
communication skills in
students.
The author is reliable in
developing hard
communication skills.
(Yu, 2018) This author aims to develop
problem solving skills.
Author is reliable in
understanding practical aspect
of problem solving skills
(Chaykina, 2021) The main purpose of this
author is to develop
coordination skills.
This author is reliable for
students to learn coordination
skills in a short span of time.
(Shankar, 2021) This author focuses more on
increasing managerial skills
Reliability of this author
mainly develops precise
approach in understanding
managerial skills.
(Chen, 2021) The author describes personal
development plan in detail
The author is reliable for
understanding professional
development.
(Zimmer, 2022) This author focuses on The author is reliable for

developing time management
skills.
developing time management
skills with practical approach.
(Kawczak, 2021) This author focus on
developing knowledge skills
in the individual
This author is reliable for
increasing knowledge with
sustainability.

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