Individual Report: Personal & Professional Development Goals

This report analyzes the crucial roles of personal and professional development in an individual's growth within society, emphasizing the development of new skills and habits for achieving knowledge. It examines factors affecting personal and professional growth, highlighting the differentiation between personal and professional objectives and how these contribute to individual development. The report discusses the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short, medium, and long-term goals with personal examples, and the significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) in enhancing personal and professional life. It concludes that a well-structured PDP boosts an individual's quality of life, facilitates cost-cutting techniques in organizations, and improves employee efficiency, ultimately enabling the achievement of organizational objectives. Desklib provides access to this report and other resources for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
The concept of personal and professional development ........................................................1
The value of short term goals identifying at least three personal examples...........................2
The value of medium term goals identifying at least three personal examples .....................3
The value of long term goals identifying at least three personal examples............................4
The value of a Personal Development Plan............................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The personal and professional is very major role for a person to survive society. It help to
develop new learning skill and habit to achieving new path of knowledge. This help to develop
attribute and skills which is useful in context with human being. There are various factor which
affect development of personal and professional and also number of merit and demerit are
observed. In this report total scenario of personal and professional view is analysed. This reports
also stated that every single step which differentiate personal and professional objectives and the
utilisation of this help to built people. As per all, this report is significant and identify truth of
new look which is driven inside people and this will be happen through their growth by
personally as well as professionally.
MAIN BODY
The concept of personal and professional development
The total concept of personal and professional development is depend on proper learning.
This development helps to built new skill and knowledge in such a way which effective and
persist for long time. The building of new approaches towards the skill and knowledge based on
enhancement which eradicate disappointment and develop personal and professional adequate
towards life. This development theory help to formulate many new approaches which is based on
knowledge and knowledge to skill and this introduction help the people to develop
communications skill which help people to interacting. The interaction with other built self
confidence and provide appropriative language. Moreover, in approach of learning various
personal and professional development makes the people task oriented and improve the skill of
professional as well as personal (Markussen-Brown and et. al., 2017). Increasing personality and
professional manner inside a individual help to develop various factor which show the growth of
knowledge and skill. The person and professional development help to people develop new core
of learning. In this the approaches basically create a process and operation that lead a person to
formulate and develop new method that connect people or individual ability within an
organization and help to reach in given goals. This term and goal were achieved by personal and
planning and development which provide and manner of context and new strategies to which
related with value and moral which also contribute in professional development.
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As per this, personal and professional development is a operation which provide the
excess knowledge and information (Berry 2019). This help to polish skill and other to make
contribution in their own growth. While, on the above if competition is arises then this
personality and other skill help to retaliate the issue in short period of time. Personal
development is distributed knowledge which is confirm by gaining, this is correlated learn factor
which initiate to contribution towards human life.
The value of short term goals identifying at least three personal examples
The short term goals defined as any strategies or plan is executed for some limited period
of time. This time is very less in manner and create new adaptability and flexibility because short
term approached are quick and instant. This framework establish the short purpose of something.
The gap are initiated in such a way which provide instant action requirement to achieve the
goals.
Explore something new day to day: This is an personal experience which is essential to
in person. This approach are old but it help to determine short term goals. This habit of exploring
something is also assemble a short objective. This is about a person or group of people want
explore any new place or want to gain any new experience, then they must create plan and
strategies and this plan and strategies is prepared in short time and the objective is achieved by
that person or group of people (pperman and et. al., 2016). Then, it is called short term goals
which predominately formulated in short time and seek in few duration. This provide a good
knowledge and skill which is based on exploration and new tend that help people to develop
personality. This is about a curiosity of a person which is being a mindset that is creative,
innovative and learning.
Improve communication skills: Good communication skills is very major factor of a
person by which a identification is generally created in other side by way to deal or speak. This
communication skill help to development new way and provide better outcome to achieve the
path of success. They also help in various workplace conflict, team or individual presentation
and to help to communicate with customer or any client. An example is placed if a person is in
customer care department or in sales position then communication is essential for building
relationship and formulate saturated behaviour in front of client for proper conversation. Better
communication helps to deal with customer queries and provide right path to solving issue
related with particular matter. This is short term goals which implies for learning new skills.
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Built a morning routine: This is common approach which is usually taken by number of
people to create healthy and positive vibes inside the body. The morning routine also take of
lesson of short term goals (Jung and Brady 2016). Which reassemble in such a way where they
provide the short information of every work which is achieved in mentioned time. The daily
routine consist of wake up, bath, breakfast, and many more habit which is take in fixed duration
of time. This small goals is seeking in mentioned time to make a flow of work without any
disturbance. This fixed routine have their own deadline which is achieved is short period of time.
Learn about ethical leadership: Ethical leadership is defined as a quality or trait of
person which have power to influence other by their personality. In which ethic is defined as the
norms and value of a person which have quality to being honest and have their positive attitude.
So, on this, the development of this type of attitude is useful for the formulate of ethical personal
and profession development. This ethical leadership play vital role in contribution to their society
as well as any organisation.
The value of medium term goals identifying at least three personal examples
The medium goals are defined as goal bridge between the gap of daily basis which
connected with life and sometime with an organisation. This is defined as any start-up or new
business have medium plan to fulfil demand and expectation of customer which is attainable
after taking new strategies and plan. The new plan is significant which do not have longer plan or
short but a middle plan which have fixed value and norms regarding their strategies.
Start to do correct job: There are number of candidate even after completing they do not
know the exact job that they want to do (Pelletreau and et. al., 2018). Their skill and knowledge
are resist in a part of decision where they could not identify appropriate job that they want to
choose for to start their career. As a result of this, they are not using their knowledge and skill in
such a proper way which help them to choose career. This factor has been considered which
inhibit the development and growth of person.
Better in my work: A particular work of an individual from the school to university
travelled long and they improve himself in their work. The graduation teaches many of various
factor which influence the student to change their behaviour and learn number new thing which
help him out in their respected future. Moreover in this the effective communication lead to
follow effective development and enhance the betterment in their given work.
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Making notes during lecture: This about when a student is in class and facing issue
regarding their lecture and forget the topic an details in short time. Then the formulation of notes
is compatible which collected all the data which is pronunciation by teacher and written by
student is in context with goals it is intermediate objective (Glackin 2019). They notes are useful
until the examination. After examination notes are not useful so per this context, the formulating
notes is an medium goals.
Create vision for an organisation: In the context with an organisation there is always a
vision which is virtual and must be followed by employee for the growth of organisation. This
vision is comes under medium term goal which is permanent and sometime due certain barrier
this will be changed. In additional to this, individual follow the vision of organisation in such a
way which help them develop some skill and attribute while following the vision. This approach
is useful in development of personal and professional development.
The value of long term goals identifying at least three personal examples
It refers to an aim which an individual want to achieve in future. It is generally used to
achieve success in near future (Brücknerová and Novotný 2017). They are the important goals
which plays vital role in once success. Examples of long term goals are:
Careless about other's opinions: It should be setted as priority as one should honestly
do their respective tasks and should not care about third person opinion. As keeping a belief in
ourselves will prove beneficiary in future.
Become all rounder: For being honestly no one is perfect in every field of work, but an
individual should try grabbing all segments in work.
Encourage others: If a person is on peak of it's career, they should encourage other
peoples. Being a teacher sometimes proves to be advantageous sometimes as they also get to
know something from that.
Funding for future: This an organized long term goal which is never ending process. In
this context a individual always fulfil their dream by money and this is helpful in accomplish
every need and wants. This money or say that fund is deposited by individual for longer period
of time for their family. This is an example of long term goal which is used by number of people.
This is effective and help to learn about various aspect of personal and professional attribute for
this goals.
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The value of a Personal Development Plan
It refers to improvement in once personality by following a pre decided development
plan. It helps in individual growth and boosts up quality of life with a motive to achieve success
in people lives. It plays an important role in lives of people as observed by many organisations
even people with good skills and profession knowledge have to face many difficulties due to lack
of personal development plan ( PDP). It's importance is not only limited in personal life but it is
also very helpful in professional life as well (Shea and et. al., 2016). Many organisation takes
initiatives for arranging this development program for it's employees to boost up their individual
personality that also influence the operational working of an organisation and also creates
healthy working environment in workplace. It also enhances living standard of employees
working in company and maintains their positive attitude towards organisation. As study
conducted in past it has been observed that personal development plan helps an organisation in
cost cutting techniques and also saves time as a resource in production activities of business firm.
As per previous researches, it is been observed that personal development plan helps an
employee working in a company to increase it's efficiency towards completion of their respective
works and enables an organisation to achieve it's respective objectives.
By providing proper development plans to it's employees company is able to maintain
quality of work being produced in workplace which enables the company to provide best quality
of product or services to it's customers which also helps an organisation to boosting up of there
sales which ultimately contributed towards objective of profit maximization of business firms.
Therefore, it is been correctly said that personal development plan adds up to professional
knowledge and skills of an individual. It provides a basic structure to personality for carrying
once professional attributes. It assist in efficient decision makings and avoids wastage of limited
resources (Zein 2016). Nowadays, management of various organisation is concentrating more
and more on development plans of it's employees as it helps in achieving goals of an
organisation effectively and also supports management of an organisation to establish
coordination between it's various departments. In current scenario personal development plan has
gain it's importance in cooperate world as it is helpful for management to overcome it's failures
and provided with growth opportunity to firm and also helped in building up of moral of an
individual working in an organisation.
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CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, personal and professional development is necessary for a
person to formulate and introduce new knowledge and skills which is important for future. The
personality development plan is very useful for every individual, which they associated with
school and university or they doing their graduation or completed that. This help people to
prepare effective plan and strategies which may or may not be short-term, medium and long term
help to achieve their task and goal of life.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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cultivating technical, pedagogical and content knowledge in a distance program. Journal
of Computing in Higher Education, 31(1), pp.121-136.
Brücknerová, K. and Novotný, P., 2017. Intergenerational learning among teachers: Overt and
covert forms of continuing professional development. Professional development in
education, 43(3), pp.397-415.
Glackin, M., 2019. ‘It’s more than a prop’: Professional development session strategies as
sources of teachers’ self-efficacy and motivation to teach outside the
classroom. Professional Development in Education, 45(3), pp.372-389.
Jung, H. and Brady, C., 2016. Roles of a teacher and researcher during in situ professional
development around the implementation of mathematical modeling tasks. Journal of
Mathematics Teacher Education, 19(2-3), pp.277-295.
Markussen-Brown and et. al., 2017. The effects of language-and literacy-focused professional
development on early educators and children: A best-evidence meta-analysis. Early
Childhood Research Quarterly, 38, pp.97-115.
Opperman and et. al., 2016. Measuring return on investment for professional development
activities: Implications for practice. Journal for nurses in professional
development, 32(4), pp.176-184.
Pelletreau and et. al., 2018. A faculty professional development model that improves student
learning, encourages active-learning instructional practices, and works for faculty at
multiple institutions. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 17(2), p.es5.
Shea and et. al., 2016. Climate change professional development: Design, implementation, and
initial outcomes on teacher learning, practice, and student beliefs. Journal of Science
Teacher Education, 27(3), pp.235-258.
Zein, S., 2016. Factors affecting the professional development of elementary English
teachers. Professional Development in Education, 42(3), pp.423-440.
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