Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Plans

This article discusses the concept of personal and professional development and the importance of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. It also explains the significance of a personal development plan with examples. Additionally, it explores the effect of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on the use of a source. The article includes references from various books and journals.

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Task One:.........................................................................................................................................3
Task Two:........................................................................................................................................5
TASK Three: ...................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9
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Task One:
Concept of personal and professional development
The Description of Personal or professional development is termed as an effective procedure
of learning program through which individuals can efficiently make them prepare for taking
advantage of greater growth opportunities (Alamettälä and Sormunen, 2021). Personal and
professional development allow individual to accomplish their aims and objectives while
enhancing their skills capabilities and knowledge. By taking advantage of personal and
professional development on continuous basis one can make significant improvement in their
learning ability and can maximize their independent form of learning. Furthermore, it has been
underlined that personal and professional development aid a person to enhance their personal
skills, knowledge, competencies and confidence through which they can have more growth an
employment opportunity in future.
Value of short-term goals with 3 personal examples
Short term goals are mainly defined as those goals objective through which individual can
make themselves stay motivated on a constant basis.. Furthermore, it has been identified that
short term goals maximize personal productivity and motivate individual on constant basis. Short
term goals facilitate person to fulfil their long-term commitment and also helps in increasing or
boosting their self-confidence some short-term goals are being given below:
 To attend seminar on personal development.
 To keep a daily journal as to manage activities according to time.
 Make develop with tutor.
Value of medium-term goals with 3 personal examples
On the basis of medium goals are counted on basis of career planning that can be fulfilled
by an individual in the time period of 1, 2 for more than a year. In addition to this it has been
underlined that with the help of medium-term goals individual can make themselves align with
objectives and allow them to fulfil longer prospectors. Mentioned below certain form of
medium-term goals is being stated:
 To presume with unique career of management.
 Save money to buy a new house.
 To start a new business in management sector.
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Value of long-term goals with 3 personal examples
Long term goals need individual to be competent and continuous to fulfil their objectives,
as these goals require more than 10 years to accomplish. With the help of long-term goals
individual can assure higher growth and development. By adding some specific point which
addressed on long-term goals allow a person to see positive impact on their professional or
personal development in a compelling manner. Mention below two significant examples of long-
term goals is being stated:
 Buy on property.
 Secure money for additional learning course to develop professional skills.
 Learn play a sport like an expert.
Value of Personal Development Plan with example
Personal and professional development plan is an important aspect in an individual life
that facilitate them to identify their strength and weaknesses. This plan assist individual to
evaluate their shortcomings and further undertake advantage of strategies to overcome them.
Personal and professional development plan and helps in enhancing individual personal and
professional growth in an effective manner. It also help individual to enhance their skills
competencies and knowledge through which they can gain more futuristic growth opportunities:
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Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Time management 8 10 To properly and
systematically manage
activities as per the time
schedule with the help of
taking online time
management courses.
30 days
Oral
Communication
7.5 10 Take advantage of
different types of online
lectures on
communication building.
35 days
Team Working 6 10 Perform work or task in a
team and take feedback
on guidance on regular
basis from team members
and tutors.
40 days
Task Two:
Effect of ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ on use of a source
As per the given three element authors, purpose, reliability and relevance significantly plays
essential which helps to justify on the basis of authenticity of source. In this, it has been
evaluated that by taking use of these three element sources, reliability and relevance and be duly
determined at a greater extent.
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TASK Three:
Evaluation of eight sources used in report plan
Sources Author(s) Purpose Reliability Relevance
The impact on
employees’ job
performance of
exercising self-directed
learning within personal
development plan
practice. The
International Journal of
Human Resource
Management, 32(5),
pp.1086-1112.
Lejeune, C.,
Beausaert, S.
and
Raemdonck, I.,
2021.
To analyse
personal
development
importance.
Present source
which is
authentic that
belongs from
current article.
It is relevant as
this is based
upon the report
plan discussion.
POTENTIAL
ANALYSIS AND
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
TOURIS OBJECT
BANYIS WATERFALL
IN THE VILLAGE OF
THE WORKS
COMPETITION OF
LEDO DISTRICT
BENGKAYAANG
DISTRICT. Cross-
Border Journal of
Business
Management, 1(2),
pp.189-203.
Wahab, W.,
2021
To
determine
long term
sustainable
development
effectiveness
in individual
life.
This is quite
reliable as per
the information
shared has
been
undertaken
from current
article.
Relevant, as
skills discussed
duly developed
in early age
that underpin
academic skills
development.
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Understanding and
Supporting Professional
Carers. Routledge.
Thomas, J.,
2021.
To analyse
growth and
development
importance
on
sustainable
manner.
Reliable, as the
data is from
current article.
Relevant as,
this is having
manner to
conduct
teaching and
learning in
higher
education
environment.
Self-regulation in open-
ended online assignment
tasks: the importance of
initial task interpretation
and goal setting. Studies
in Higher
Education, 46(4),
pp.821-835.
Beckman, K.,
Apps, T.,
Bennett, S.,
Dalgarno, B.,
Kennedy, G.
and Lockyer,
L., 2021.
To duly
acknowledge
higher
education
effectiveness
as to manage
uncertainty
as to duly
develop
personal
growth.
Reliable as it is
from current
source.
Relevant as this
is having
information
associated to
ensure
development of
skills for
learner in
timely manner.
The importance of
proactive and strategic
technology-enhanced
continuing professional
development.
Kitto, S., 2021. To
determine
professional
development
importance
in order to
maximise
motivation.
Reliable, as the
information is
from current
source.
This is
effectively
relevant as it
states
development of
soft skills
importance.
Learning goal orientation
in high-ability and
average-ability students:
Ramos, A., De
Fraine, B. and
Verschueren,
To
determine
challenges
Source is
reliable as this
is from current
This is relevant
as it include the
manner in
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Developmental
trajectories, contextual
predictors, and long-term
educational
outcomes. Journal of
Educational
Psychology, 113(2),
p.370.
K., 2021. that
individual
can face
while
making
implementati
on
sustainable
development
.
article. learning
conduct in a
classroom.
Learning goal orientation
in high-ability and
average-ability students:
Developmental
trajectories, contextual
predictors, and long-term
educational
outcomes. Journal of
Educational
Psychology, 113(2),
p.370.
Ramos, A., De
Fraine, B. and
Verschueren,
K., 2021.
To
determine
skills to
develop long
term goals.
Relevant, as
from current
article.
Relevant as it is
having data
associated to
ability to
develop long
term goals.
The use of modern
technologies by foreign
language teachers:
developing digital
skills. Linguistics and
Culture Review, 5(S2),
pp.16-27.
Biletska, I.O.,
Paladieva, A.F.,
Avchinnikova,
H.D. and
Kazak, Y.Y.,
2021.
To state
professional
growth plan
importance.
From current
article, so the
source is
reliable.
This is
relevant, as it
has information
related to
higher
education that
plays major
role in
academic skills.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Alamettälä, T. and Sormunen, E., 2021. Learning online research skills in lower secondary
school: long-term intervention effects, skill profiles and background
factors. Information and Learning Sciences.
Hofer, S.I., Nistor, N. and Scheibenzuber, C., 2021. Online teaching and learning in higher
education: Lessons learned in crisis situations. Computers in Human Behavior, 121,
p.106789.
Shamir‐Inbal, T. and Blau, I., 2021. Characteristics of pedagogical change in integrating digital
collaborative learning and their sustainability in a school culture: e‐CSAMR
framework. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(3), pp.825-838.
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