Personal and Professional Development: Written Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources

This report discusses personal and professional development, including the value of short, medium, and long-term goals, and the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on sources. It also includes an assessment of eight sources used in the report plan. Course code BMP3001.

Business Management with Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
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Contents
Task One:
The concept of personal and professional development
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Statement and discussion of the value of short term goals with 3
personal examples 3
Statement and discussion of the value of medium term goals with 3
personal examples 3
Statement and discussion of the value of long term goals with 3
personal examples 4
Statement and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan with example using my goals 4
Task Two:
Statement and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and
Relevance’ impact the use of a source
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Task Three:
An assessment of eight sources I have used in the report plan
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References 11
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Task One:
The concept of personal and professional development
The professional development consist of improving own personality in order
facilitates own skill and knowledge towards job. It is the continuous process through
which individual necessary skill gets updated in more effective way so that they can
perform the job task in effective manner (Contreras and et.al., 2020). The
effectiveness towards the plan of personal and professional development assure
appropriate knowledge regarding expertise knowledge pf career development. The
personal professional development is crucial process that provide better career
opportunity which include hard and soft skill. This will design proper layout of
personal growth option in order to transform ability into working environment. The
effective plan of personal and professional development contribute proper balance of
life along with perfectionist tendencies. This improve proper structured of life with
proper focus and concentration to enhance professional skill which is necessary to
perform in job.
Statement and discussion of the value of short term goals with 3
personal examples
The short goals is consider as milestone of career journey so that individual
can easily serve the purpose of its long term aim of life. This provide proper solution
to the respective problem (King and et.al., 2020). Establishment of short term goals
push the limit of individual to fulfill long term success. These types of goal will be
complete within time OF 12 months. Developing short term goal will provide better
and useful achievement towards professional aspiration. Through this individual can
shift towards improvement and commitment towards advance level of skill and
knowledge.
 Certificate completion- The completion certification of 6 months will refer as
short term goals. This can be executed during the graduation programs. This
will help to update more professional skill that is needed by individual in
finding desirable job after completion of graduation.
 Communication- Skill of communication is useful in developing professional
career due to its numerous opportunity. Learning of communication skill can
be achieve within 12 months.
 Time management- The time management goal can be achieve by
scheduling appropriate work in urgent basis. These skill will increase ability of
person to manage all required task which is essential in job.
Statement and discussion of the value of medium term goals with 3
personal examples
The value of medium term goal can be succeed with proper sequence
regarding short term goal that is why it is refer as their extension. The main purpose
to build medium goals is to promote and support long tern goal. These type of goal
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will be fulfill within time of 2 years. These are more significant as compare to short
term goal. Example of medium goals-
 Accurate job- During graduation, each person plan goal to find suitable job in
desirable company.
 Managing skill- The management of working skill enhance ability of person
to build potential career advancement (Prodromou, 2018). This type of
planning is refers as medium goal which improve performance of individual.
 Growth of career- When person gets confused in planning of career then
they build this medium goal to identify better option of career development.
This will improve skill of personal and professional life.
Statement and discussion of the value of long term goals with 3
personal examples
The long term goals add valuable meaning of life in order to selecting
appropriate job option after completion degree programs. These goals are essential
to be achieved during the time between two to five years (McChesney, 2018). These
goals are more hard to accomplish as it consume lost of time and patience for
serving real purpose of long term goal. Example of long term goal are-
 Job position- This goal is refer as long term goal because it take lost of time
in finding accurate job position which match with skill and ability to improve
career development. Long term goal is associated with the interest of
individual. This will improve working skill so that individual can work in more
effective manner.
 Expertise knowledge-It will conclude expertise knowledge and skill related
with particular area of improvement in professional field. This will develop
potential opportunity and improve work performance of individual in job.
 Technical skill- Technical skill are very time taking, which provide proper
learning to develop career opportunity in technical area. This will reduce error
ration while performing any technical work.
Statement and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan with example using my goals
Planning of effective personal development conduct proper authenticated
career opportunity that is highly required by person for career advancement. This will
boost expertise knowledge and skill to enhance work quality of individual (Lim,
2020). This will improve scope to boost strength and remove weakness in personal
development plan.
 Communication-The personal development goal, to enhance
communication goal will construct better work performance by boosting
knowledge with aid of books and journal.
 Critical thinking- By improving critical thinking skill, individual are able to
perform in dynamic situation,. This can be done by acquiring perfect
knowledge in particular subject matter.
 Management- This skill is required to manage work in more effective and
authentic way so that all work will be done in suitable time. Management skill
is highly required in competitive world of working.
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Task Two:
Statement and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and
Relevance’ impact the use of a source
Author-The ultimate objective of author to recognize purpose of individual
short, medium and long term goal. These are beneficial for short, medium and long
term goal accomplishment.
Purpose- The purpose is to examine clear vision of required skill and
knowledge to build effective career options.
Reliability-It will regulate proper action plan and determine favorable
accuracy towards completion personal development plan (Reddy, 2020).
Relevance- The relevance is associated with obtaining knowledge in order to
improve understanding of skill enrichment as well as reduce the level of error.
Task Three:
An assessment of eight sources I have used in the report plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Impact of
Prepar
atory
Leade
rship
Chang
e
Manag
ement
Skill
Devel
opmen
t in
Leadin
g
Sustai
nable
Lean
Chang
e
Proce
ss.
Oklah
oma
City
Univer
sity.
Clepper, J Purpose is to
build
management
skill (Sales,
2017).
It is more
reliable that
promote
sustainable
management
skill.
Highly relevant
that improve
performance
of personal
development
plan.
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The Impact of
Live
Cases
on
Stude
nt Skill
Devel
opmen
t in
Market
ing
Cours
es. Jo
urnal
of
Market
ing
Educa
tion,
p.0273
47532
11034
553.C
ummin
s, S.
and
Johns
on,
J.S.,
2021.
The
Impact
of Live
Cases
on
Stude
nt Skill
Devel
opmen
t in
Market
ing
Cours
es. Jo
urnal
of
Market
ing
Educa
tion,
Cummins, S.
and
Johns
on,
J.S.
To acquire
profession
skill and
knowledge
(Sheridan,
K.M and et.al.,
2020).
Highly
reliable that
develop skill
of personal
and
professional
developmen
t.
This will
mange skill
of overall
professional
skill
managemen
t
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p.0273
47532
11034
553.
MOOCs at
Work:
The
Driver
s of
Emplo
yer
Suppo
rt for
Skill
Devel
opmen
t
throug
h New
Model
s of
Learni
ng.
In Aca
demy
of
Manag
ement
Proce
edings
(Vol.
2017,
No. 1,
p.
11895
).
Briarcli
ff
Manor
, NY
10510:
Acade
my of
Manag
ement.
Hamori, M.D. Aim to
develop
employment
skill and
proper
managemen
t of skill
(Sharmahd,
2018).
More
reliable to
practice
learning
academic
skill.
More
relevant to
fulfill
personal
and
professional
developmen
t plan.
Challenges of
attracti
ng
constr
uction
Johari, S. and
Jha,
K.N.
Purpose is
to develop
skill
improvemen
Highly
reliable to
develop
training
Relevant to
improve
work
performance
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worker
s to
skill
develo
pment
and
trainin
g
progra
mmes.
Engin
eering,
Constr
uction
and
Archit
ectural
Manag
ement.
t to
overcome
challenges
in personal
developmen
t plan.
programs. of individual.
Impact of
Vocati
onal
Skill
Devel
opmen
t
Progra
mmes
of Jan
Shiksh
an
Sanst
han. N
OLEG
EIN-
Journa
l of
Busine
ss
Ethics,
Ethos
&
CSR,
pp.14-
24.
Reddy, P.S. Purpose to
enhance
skill
vocational
developmen
t.
Develop
deep
knowledge
in
programmin
g business
practices.
More
relevant
towards
improving
performance
and skill.
Establishing IR
in
emergi
ng
countri
Sharma, S.
and
Ganga
, K.
Aid in
fulfilling
short term
goal.
Deliver
appropriate
direction in
reliable
Improve
professional
skill
developmen
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es—a
skill
develo
pment
initiativ
e. Jour
nal of
Vascul
ar and
Interve
ntional
Radiol
ogy, 3
0(6),
pp.956
-960.
manner. t.
Professional
develo
pment
for
clinical
faculty
in
acade
mia:
focus
on
teachi
ng,
resear
ch,
and
leader
ship. P
sychia
tric
Clinics
, 42(3)
,
pp.389
-399.
Ziedonis, D.
and
Ahn,
M.S.
Improve
leadership
skill to
mange work
performance
.
Reliable to
improve
learning
skill.
It is
associated
with
preceding
year.
Influence of
support on
work
engagement
in nursing
staff: The
mediating role
of possibilities
for
Contreras, F Application
of
managemen
t skill.
Reliable
towards
educational
skill.
Relevant to
improve
performance
managemen
t.
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professional
development.
Academia
Revista
Latinoamerica
na de
Administración
.
References:
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Contreras, F and et.al., 2020. Influence of support on work engagement in nursing
staff: The mediating role of possibilities for professional
development. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración.
King, R and et.al., 2020. Factors that optimise the impact of continuing professional
development in nursing: A rapid evidence review. Nurse Education Today,
p.104652.
McChesney, K. and Aldridge, J.M., 2018. A new tool for practitioner-led evaluation of
teacher professional development. Teacher development, 22(3), pp.314-338.
Prodromou, T., Robutti, O. and Panero, M., 2018. Making sense out of the emerging
complexity inherent in professional development. Mathematics Education
Research Journal, 30(4), pp.445-473.
Reddy, P.S., 2020. Impact of Vocational Skill Development Programmes of Jan
Shikshan Sansthan. NOLEGEIN-Journal of Business Ethics, Ethos & CSR,
pp.14-24.
Sales, A., Moliner, L. and Francisco Amat, A., 2017. Collaborative professional
development for distributed teacher leadership towards school
change. School Leadership & Management, 37(3), pp.254-266.
Sharmahd, N., Peeters, J. and Bushati, M., 2018. Towards continuous professional
development: Experiencing group reflection to analyse practice. European
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Sheridan, K.M and et.al., 2020. Early math professional development: Meeting the
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pp.223-231.
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