Academic Skills and PDP

Skills and PDP
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Task..................................................................................................................................................3
Define personal and professional development......................................................................3
Explain the values of short-term goals, with personal examples...........................................4
Explain the value of medium-term goals, with personal example.........................................5
Discuss the value of long-term goals, with the help of example............................................6
Discuss the value of a personal development plan.................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
This report will assist in better analysis g the importance of skills & personal development
plan. Skills will play a crucial role in the growth and development of an individual. As it will
assist in build a strong attitude and personality in a person. Skills refers to the ability or talent
that help a person to successfully complete a task. While on the other hand personal development
plan refers to a process which will assist an individual to create an action plan which is based on
the skills that is required to develop (Patrão and et. al. 2020). It will assist an individual to
become aware of skills that they have and help them to achieve further skills. This report will
include the concept of personal and professional development. Other than this it will include the
values of short, medium & long-term goals. This report will include the values of a personal
development plan and include a PDP plan.
Main body
Task
Define personal and professional development
For achieving higher growth and success of an individual both the personal and
professional development are very important. It is analysis that for effectively developing the
learning and develop himself with the help of career planning both personal & professional
development is important (Abuzaid and et. al. 2021). Here professional development refers to the
process of instructor developing and effectively improving their skills for effectively meet the
needs for a particular role. Professional development will play an essential role in the life of an
individual as it will expand their knowledge base and also it will boosts confidence and
credibility. It is analysis that through professional development an individual will able to achieve
higher confidence in their work. This concept will define that it will include all those skills
which are required by an individual for developing a bright future. While on the other hand
personal development will only focus on developing the own skills and knowledge. Personal
development will play an essential role for an individual self-development and self-
improvement. Personal development will define an individual what skills they need to develop
for building their own growth and success. It is analysis that both the personal skills and
professional skills development is very important for the overall growth of an individual. It is
analysis that by developing both the skills an individual is able to achieve competitive advantage
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