Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources

This study material provides information about report planning and evaluation of sources. It covers the concept of personal and professional development, the value of different types of goals, the importance of a personal development plan, and the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source selection. It also includes an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan. The material is relevant for students studying various subjects and courses in colleges and universities.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task One..........................................................................................................................................1
Concept of personal and professional development...............................................................1
Value of short-term goals.......................................................................................................1
Value of medium-term goals..................................................................................................1
Value of long-term goals identifying.....................................................................................2
Value of a Personal Development Plan..................................................................................2
Task Two.........................................................................................................................................2
Describe how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect use of a source..............2
Task Three.......................................................................................................................................3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................8
Personal development plan.....................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Report planning and evaluation of sources assist to achieve profitable ending as with this
possibility to make better learning from the different sources is processed in systematic manner.
The planning of report requires clear concept and sustained learning about various factors
through which possibility to achieve clarity among thoughts is processed with perfection and it is
supported with the current evaluation of sources (Molope and Oduaran, 2020). The report below
provides adequate resemblance of different concepts related to personal and professional
development along with its value.
MAIN BODY
Task One
Concept of personal and professional development.
It is related to the acknowledgement of learning and development as by inducing certain
control over daily working standards through which possibility to perceive long terms success
and development in future period of instance is developed in progressive manner. It induce
positive over the social learning as with this sustained focus is maintained towards advancement
of skills and its development over regular period of instance.
Value of short-term goals
It is a goal that reflects certain focus about to achieve short term goals as with this a
stronger base is developed about to attain success over future period of time (Ateş, 2020). These
goals is essential within procrastination through which continuous level of motivation and
confidence is processed which is regulated in about 12 month of time period and few of goals are
as explained below as:
 Taking regular session in class or of other activity
 Maintenance of daily routine
 Be attentive towards advancement of continuous learning such as comprehensive skills
etc.
Value of medium-term goals
It is a goal that is processed as per based on suitable success with this certain benchmark
is standards to attain progressive success and development over regularity. In support of medium
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term goal suitable pathway is perceived that provide direction to attain strong working position
in future period of time and few of as explained below as:
 To get graduate from recognized university
 To take particular coaching about particular subject
 To advance management skills
Value of long-term goals identifying
It is a goal that is developed as per consideration of future aspect and gets processed with
support of both short and medium term goals (Daoudagh, Lonetti and Marchetti, 2020). It assist
to summarized higher sustainability through which direct concern is maintained to achieve strong
vision and mission as per respect of profound objectives and some are as describe below as:
 To get leading position in recognized company
 To attain better recognition from society
 To become specialist in specific area
Value of a Personal Development Plan
The personal development and its planning have direct and positive impact over the
advancement of skills, learning, education, experience, knowledge, values, attribute and belief.
In this it is easy for the workers to get achieve suitable pathway through which possibility to
perceive higher attentiveness and long term progress in career is processed with adequateness.
The self development is always being necessary as with this individual make itself different from
the other people so that rate of acceptance and credibility of increases in sustained mode.
Task Two
Describe how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect use of a source.
The utility of source is dependent over the requirement and demand of information that is
required to make clear concept about certain topic. In order to make clarity about anything it is
essential to have better knowledge and that is provided with support of any source in which
author prospect get created along with its purpose so that possibility to perceived higher
competitive advancement is processed in beneficial mode (Jin and et. al., 2021). The source
selection assist to processed authentic role play with this probability to process higher working
standards and clarity among any prospect is processed with perfection.
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Task Three
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
Source Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
PDP implementation
at English
universities: what are
the issues?. Journal of
Further and Higher
Education, 32(2),
pp.99-109.
Quinton, S.
and
Smallbone, T.,
It provide basic
knowledge about
implementation of
development plan in
university
It is reliable as
related to
current year
It is
relevance as
related to the
impact of
development
at higher
education
An institutional
approach to
developing
students''transferable's
kills. Innovations in
Education and
Training international,
37(1), pp.76-84.
Atlay, M. and
Harris, R.,
It offer suitable
approacj about
transferable skills in
education
It is not reliable
as related to
more than 10
year back
Relevance as
developing of
transferable
also act as
training and
assist in
personal
development
April. Engineering
soft skills
development to avoid
hard knocks. In 2011
IEEE Global
Engineering
Education Conference
(EDUCON) (pp. 354-
357). IEEE.
Dravid, R. and
Duncan, A.,
It informed about the
soft skills and its
development
Yes, as not
more than 10
years back
Relevance as
soft skills are
required to
attain
adequate
development
Teaching and
assessing
Lawrence, T., Provide certain
knowledge about
Yes as belong to
10 year back
Yes as
quality and
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employability skills
through SkillsUSA. In
ASQ World
Conference on
Quality and
Improvement
Proceedings (p. 285).
American Society for
Quality.
assessing of
employability skills
that is used to improve
quality working
improvement
both is basis
of continuous
and personal
development
To evaluate the
impact of introducing
a credit bearing PDP
and Skills
Development module
on students ability to
reflect on and plan for
their progress in
academic and other
key skills.
Savory, J., Provide adequate
knowledge about
impact of PDP over
student development
Yes as related to
recent year
Yes as
development
of planning
and academic
progress
bring suitable
development
of student
Adapting to higher
education: Academic
skills. The Work-
Based Learning
Student Handbook,
p.13.
Helyer, R., The academic learning
and education has
positive impact over
working
Reliable as
related to recent
year
Yes as work
based
learning
advance
personal
development
Integrating personal
development planning
into the curriculum. In
Enhancing Student
Employability:
Davis, M. and
Mannion, M.,
It provide certain
information about
development planning
that is required as by
employability
Yes as related to
recent year
Yes as
employabilit
y is a basis of
workforce
development
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Higher Education and
Workforce
Development (pp. 1-
8).
Professional
development,
performance
expectations and
academic advisors’
perceptions of
relational skills: a
sequential
explanatory mixed
methods study. New
Horizons in Adult
Education and Human
Resource
Development, 32(4),
pp.50-69.
McGill, C.M.,
Heikkila, M.
and
Lazarowicz,
T.,
Provide adequate
knowledge about
personal and academic
perception with this
skills get advanced
Yes as related to
current year
Yes as
performance
and
professional
development
has positive
impact over
skill
development
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that evaluation of resource induces better
and sustained impact over the generation of suitable knowledge and information through which
possibility to process higher competitive advantage is processed in systematic manner. In
addition the personal and professional development is the required aspect with this probability to
achieve long term sustainability in future period of instance is developed in successful manner.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ateş, H., 2020. Merging theory of planned behavior and value identity personal norm model to
explain pro-environmental behaviors. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 24,
pp.169-180.
Daoudagh, S., Lonetti, F. and Marchetti, E., 2020. An automated framework for continuous
development and testing of access control systems. Journal of Software: Evolution and
Process, p.e2306.
Jin, W. and et. al., 2021. Evaluation of Project Development Process at State Transportation
Agencies. Transportation Research Record, 2675(3), pp.326-337.
Molope, M. and Oduaran, A., 2020. Evaluation of the community development practitioners’
professional development programme: CIPP model application. Development in
Practice, 30(2), pp.194-206.
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APPENDICES
Personal development plan
Development
goal
Objectives Strategy for development Time
Academic skill To enhanced learning
capability as by advancing
professional development.
In this I have worked to improvise
learning proficiency by reading more
books so that concept gets more
cleared.
4 Months
Capable
comprehension
skills
To emphasis both reading
and writing skills that has
positive impact over
presentation.
In this I have tries to connect more
of teachers and elders and get learn
their working aspects.
10 Months
Critical
thinking skills
To perceived higher
brainstorming by solving
complex problems
For this I have worked with others
and try to grab attention about the
working skills that is used by others
and implies it as my sort of
involvement.
6 Months
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