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

This report plan discusses the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short, medium, and long-term goals, and the importance of a Personal Development Plan. It also evaluates eight sources used in the report plan.

BSc (Hons) 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:
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
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Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples 3
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3
personal examples 3
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples 4
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan and
construction of an example using my goals 4
Task Two:
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect
the use of a source 4
Task Three:
Ann evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan
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References 7
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Task 1
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
It is the aspects which is undertaken by the person so that they effectively meet their
goals by learning new set of skills. It is considered as the life time learning for the individual
where individual can assess their qualities and skills so that they can analyses the potential
for attaining the st goal of them(Artyukhina and et.al 2018). On other hand, professional
development is the aspects of attaining conferences, academic degree of the individual etc.
Personal and professional development helps the individual to get boost their current strength
in order to develop overall efficiency.
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.
The short term goals is defined as targets which is meant for the short period of time
so that the individual can achieve them in an prefix time to retain their effectiveness. They
generally work for the period of less than 1 year and helps in getting quick feedback so tat
they can improve their performance. Some example of short term goal in order to acquire
skills and abilities are:
 Active listening skills
 Interpersonal skills
 Communications skills
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
These are the goals which take a bit time more than short-term goals. It is majorly set
the bridge between the short-term & long term goals. It generally takes 1 year to 3 year to
achieve medium term goals. This also helps the individual to plan their future that what they
want to do in their near future. Examples of medium term goals which can enhance the
personal and professional development are:
 Problem Solving Skills.
 Information And Technology Skills.
 Decision Making Skills.
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Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.
These are the goals which take time duration in order to complete them as they are
planned to achieve the future goal of the individual. They usually take up to 5 years to reach
to the long term goals. In order to have direct emphasis in these goals, the goal must be
divided in to sort-term and medium term goals so that individual can effectively achieve their
long term goal(.Tasker,2019). Examples of skills that can boast the personal & professional
development are given:
 Management Skills.
 Conflict Management Skills.
 Leadership Skills.
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan and construction of
an example using my goals.
Personal development plan required the integrated set of skills, set objectives and
targets so that they can effectively make the best use of their qualification in order to get
advancement in their personal and professional life. It is created by the manager who closely
overseeing all the aspect of the business so that they can get career goals and having certain
business needs(Ahmed, 2018). It important to analyses the strength and weakness of the
individual so that they can work upon them in order to get overall development.
Task 2
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the
use of a source.
In order to take reference form the different sources, It is necessary to measure the
relevancy and reliability so the they can make authentic work. When an individual is doing
some assessment, they take those sources which are worth for them. A relevant and reliable
helps the individual in making more trustworthy and questionable. Hence, sources from good
author must always considered for the purpose of research.
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TASK 3
Write an evaluation of eight sources you have used in the report plan.
Number
of
sources
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
1 Eisele, L., Grohnert,
T., Beausaert, S. and
Segers, M.
The main purpose
of this evaluation to
understand the
implementations an
considerations of
the personal
development plan.
This is from
reliable &
copyrighted author.
The present
content is
relevant as it
emphasis on
Personal
development
plan and its
implementati
on.
2 Beausaert, S., Segers,
M. and Gijselaers,
W.,
It access the
perception of the
workforce related
the use of PDP in
their organsiation
for professional
development as
well.
An expert has
written this article
who is having
integrated set of
knowledge on the
given matter.
It gives the
practical
implementati
on PDP to
understand it
in a better
way.
3 Lejeune, C.,
Beausaert, S. and
Raemdonck, I.
Its purpose is to
give the practical
implementation of
PDP for the benefit
of workforce's job
performance.
It is the practical
and real example to
understand this
interpretations.
It is related
to the topic
and having
the brief
explanation
of PDP and
their values.
4 Tasker, F. It gives the draft as
to how to prepare
PDP.
copyrighted author
has written this so it
is reliable.
It gives the
understanding
of how to
develop an
implementati
ons of PDP so
it is relevant.
5 Katz, N.H., Lawyer,
J.W., Sweedler, M.,
Tokar, P. and Sossa,
K.J.,
It shows the
betterment of PPD
in an appropriate
manner.
It is written by an
expert author with
less assumptions &
more real examples
in the given
contexts.
It gives set of
skills required
for personal
&
professional
development.
6 Kolotouchkina, O.,
Gonzálvez Vallés,
J.E. and Alonso
Mosquera, M.D.H.,
It shows the affect
of critical
professional skills.
It is stated by a
copyrighted author
so it is reliable.
It has
addressed
issues &
solutions to it
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Number
of
sources
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
for while
developing
professional
skills.
7 Ahmed, F. It aims to state good
communication and
leadership skills.
It is written by a
professional &
expert writer.
It highlights
the skills
required for
professional
& personal
development.
8 Artyukhina, A.I.,
Velikanov, V.V.,
Velikanova, O.F. and
Tretyak, S.V.,
It aims to give
effectiveness of
personal skills
development.
It is written by the
expert and
copyrighted author.
It is relevant
as it shows
exact
examples to
personal
skills.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Tasker, F., 2019. How to prepare a personal development plan. BMJ.351 .
Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018. The impact on employees’ job
performance of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan
practice. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, pp.1-27.
Kolotouchkina, O., Gonzálvez Vallés, J.E. and Alonso Mosquera, M.D.H., 2020. Fostering
Key Professional Skills and Social Activism Through Experiential Learning Projects
in Communication and Advertising Education. Journalism & Mass Communication
Educator, p.1077695820919633.
Katz and et. al., 2020. Communication and conflict resolution skills. Kendall Hunt
Publishing.
Eisele and et. al., 2018. Employee motivation for personal development plan
effectiveness. European Journal of Training and Development.
Beausaert, S., Segers, M. and Gijselaers, W., 2020. The Personal Development Plan Practice
Questionnaire: the development and validation of an instrument to assess the
employee's perception of personal development plan practice. International Journal
of Training and Development. 15(4). pp.249-270.
Artyukhina and et.al 2018. Event education in personal and professional development of
specialist of the future. In The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural
Sciences (pp. 160-169).
Ahmed, F., 2018. Leadership and management influences on personal and professional
development and group dynamics: a student’s experience. Nursing children and
young people. 30(2).
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