Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Plans

This report plan discusses the concept of personal and professional development, short term, medium term, and long term goals, and the value of a personal development plan. It also evaluates various sources used in the report plan and explains how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect the use of a source.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents

Task One
Concept of personal and professional development
The person as well as the professional development concept are mainly related with the
process used by an individual or organisation to effectively encourage, engage and ensure
learning process through meeting all the challenges for better accomplishment of desire goals
(Tagarev, 2021). The main aim and benefit of having personal and professional development for
an individual so to have better skill, knowledge along with enhancing experience level and
strength current competency level.
Short term goals
It mainly consists of the targets and aim that an individual want to accomplish and fulfil
in near future in a small period of time i.e. in a week, month or day (Li and Li, 2021). The short
term gaols are vital and valuable for an individual as it helps in clearly defining the path for
efficient success and allows improved focus and keep motivated to have better efficiency in
achieving tasks and goals. My three short terms goals are:
 working on my health and having a proper daily routine which comprises of good eating,
living and sleeping habits.
 Making improved and better relationship with my mentor and colleagues is also my short
term goals which supports effective communication.
 Improved management of time and having a disciplined life is also my short term goal.
Medium term goals
These task and goals are mainly longer than short term goals and tend to achieve within
2-3 weeks or some couples of months (Brock, 2021). A key role is played by medium term goals
in success and better development of an individuals as it supports and fill the gap between the
short and long term goals and also ensures and set out an improved coordination between the
long and short term goals through leading regularity in work and taking resilient for achievement
of goal. The medium term goals set out by me are listed as below:
 Getting out of my comfort zone and reaming focused towards my goals is my priority to
have improved personal and professional development through regularity in my work.
 Having improved time management through proper keeping a proper balance between
my study and other activities is also meet medium term goal.
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 Staying positive and relax for effectively completing my graduation is also a medium
term goal which comprises of securing good mars and better quality result.
Value of long term goals
These comprises of the long term targets and lifelong achievement of an individual for
which deep planning and sufficient time is required which are usually accomplishment and
achieved in 6 months to 1 or more years (Partridge, 2021). Long term goals are important and
valuable as they ensure self-improvement and enhancement in skill through long term
enthusiasm and motivation to effectively achieve and strive with set objectives. The list of my
long term goals are provided as below:
 Having development and improvement in my leadership skill
 Development of effective communication and intellectual skill
 More effective time management and disciple to enhance my employability level.
Value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan is highly important and valuable as it motivates and ensures
effective planning and skill development for an individual through focusing on areas of
improvement along with determining strategy for better improvement in skill and knowledge
level to have improved carer and employability (Mantzourani and et. al., 2021).
Objective Success criteria Time Period Strategy formed
Better communication
skills
Improved connection
and coordination with
mentor and colleagues
along with better
networking
6 weeks Engage in discussion
with mentor and
colleagues along with
getting guidance and
direction from seniors
to have improved
interaction and
communication.
Effective time
management
Have better daily
routine and discipline
in undertaking various
activity
2 months Use of proper time
table and other time
management tools like
Gantt chart would be
made to ensure better
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division and
bifurcation of time
among various
activities.
Higher leadership
skill
Become able to
effectively guide and
motivate others along
with handing
responsibility of team
management and
effective decision
making
8 months Use of proper
coaching and online
training programmes
would be made along
with learning of
effective leadership
theory and skills.
Task Two
How ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source
It has been observed that a relevant level of impact is lead out by the presence of author
name and information along with clear purpose, reliability and relevance which effects the
authenticity of data and facts provided by a source. A clear name of author mentioned on the site
which is also stating its purpose of writing would enhance the authenticity and reliability of facts.
Along with this, Clear presence of timeline and relevance ensures that no outdated information is
provided by the sources and also ensures better comparability, and understand ability along with
encourage the Verifiability and credibility of data presented by the source.
Task Three
Evaluation of sources that have used in the report plan
Source Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
https://
theinvestorsbook.com/
effective-
communication.html
Prachi M To evaluate
about definition
and
characteristics of
Reliable as
complete
information
about author
This source is
relevant as
timeline is
clearly
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Effective
Communication
and
copyright is
present
mentioned i.e.
November 7,
2018.
https://
www.helpguide.org/
articles/relationships-
communication/effective-
communication.htm
Lawrence
Robinson, Jeanne
Segal, Ph. D., and
Melinda Smith,
M.A.
To evaluate
about skills of
Effective
Communication
and Developing
assertive
communication
techniques.
Reliable as
complete
information
about author
and
copyright is
present
This source is
relevant as
timeline is
clearly
mentioned and
posted in
October 2020.
https://
www.highspeedtraining.co
.uk/hub/personal-
development-plan-
template/
Hannah Spruce Main purpose is
to provide
definition of
PDP along with
sample template
Reliable as
complete
information
about author
and
copyright is
present
Written and
posted on
January 6, 2020
so this source is
relevant as
timeline is
clearly
mentioned
Frunză, S., 2017. Ethical
leadership, religion and
personal development in
the context of global
crisis. Journal for the
Study of Religions and
Ideologies. 16(46). pp.3-
16.
Frunză, S., 2017 Providing
information
about Ethical
form of
leadership,
religion as well
as the personal
development in
relation with the
context to the
global crisis
Reliable as
complete
information
about author
and
copyright is
present
Written in 2017
thus,
information is
not outdated
and relevant.
https:// J Oncol Pract. For Developing Reliable Not relevant us
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
pmc/articles/
PMC2793758/
Effective
Communication
Skills
information
is provided
written in year
2007 thus old
article
https://
www.mindtools.com/
courses/lnV924x0/
PersonalDevelopmentPlan
ning.pdf
Writers of
MindTools.com
Purpose is to
provide
information
about PDP and
career objective
Not reliable
as clear name
of author is
not present.
relevant as
timeline is
clearly
mentioned i.e.
written in 2014.
REFERENCES
Books and journal
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Mantzourani, E and et. al., 2021. Reflections of mentors and mentees on a national mentoring
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Li, S.P. and Li, Y.H., 2021. Exploration and research on multiple ways of PE Teaching in
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O'Brien, B. and Graham, M.M., 2020. BSc nursing & midwifery students experiences of guided
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Partridge, E., 2021. Getting On in the Creative Arts Therapies: A Hands-On Guide to Personal
and Professional Development. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Tagarev, T., 2021. Academic ICT Research for Defence and Security. In Research in Computer
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