Academic Skills and Personal Development Plan: A Comprehensive Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP). It discusses the significance of academic skills, including writing, presenting, and referencing, and explores the process of personal development, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and skill acquisition. The report outlines short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and presents a detailed personal development plan that includes activities, resources, and timeframes for skill development in areas such as communication, people management, and team working. Furthermore, the report analyzes the credibility, purpose, reliability, and relevance of various sources used. The report concludes that academic skills and PDP are essential for career development and achieving professional success.

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development.......................................................................................3
Short-term goal............................................................................................................................3
Medium-term goal.......................................................................................................................4
Long-term goal.............................................................................................................................4
Personal development plan..........................................................................................................4
TASK 2........................................................................................................................................5
Task3............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The Academic skills are those skills which essential for effectively learn all the
knowledge which is being explained in academics (Di Gregorio and et. al., 2019). These skills
include writing, presenting as well references are being included in Academic skill. Personal
development plan is refers to plan in which action for an individual are being created. This report
will evaluate the role personal planning, affecting factors of the source and evaluate of source are
discussed.
MAIN BODY
Personal and professional development
Personal development: this is a long-term process in which an individual is learning different
skills and knowledge, further develop a particular goal and try to maximize performance. With
the help of this development process one can easily improve the quality of the life. In this
individual become self-aware about the things and also grab the knowledge by-self (Abubakar
And et. al., 2019). With the help of this method one can also develop other people skill by
becoming tutor, coach or mentor and many more.
Professional development: this is a method for the professional person that can be an teacher,
educators who can improve their teaching habits and gain more knowledge of their own subjects.
In this the individual is going through different practises such as review of various case studies,
coaching, mentoring others and providing technical help (Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck,
2018). With the help of doing this the educator is more efficiently resolve the issue of their
students.
Short-term goal
This goal is very vital for any one success, and they are giving a way to individual and help to
focus on a particular thing. Without developing short-term goal the productivity and the
particular target can not be achieved.
 To develop the communication skill efficiently.
 To perform my marketing internship in multinational company.
 To join a Britain company as marketing senior associate.

Medium-term goal
This goal is the comparatively longer then short-term which are long so a particular task can
effectively complete (Changwong, Sukkamart and Sisan, 2018). This is the goals which are
helping to reach the long-term goal.
 To do a full time job in marketing department in a multinational company.
 To obtain professional course degree in the marketing field.
 To build reliable experience in the industry of marketing.
Long-term goal
These goals are being bigger achieve for anyone which is being more challenging and being
access the capabilities. This is basically ended goal any individual.
 To become the marketing department head in the multinational company where I had
work.
 To be Expert in the profession in the marketing.
 To develop the company by doing effective marketing and compete in the market.
Personal development plan
Skills Activities Resources Time frame
Communication
skills
I will involve in
speaking activities and
events (Hoffman and
Tadelis, 2021).
I will communicate to
different people at
various situations.
I will make use of
mail, email, and many
more to transfer the
information
efficiently.
5 months
People management I will learn within the
organization to deal
with people.
I will do recruitment
and selection
effectively, manage
the performance and
also make use of HR
4 months

systems (Ibrahim and
Ganeshbabu, 2018).
Team working I will work collectively
in different task and
activities.
I will engage in the
team work to know the
team-working skill
more effectively.
3 months
TASK 2
Author: The author is being important for a better source because a source which is being
written by the credible source is being more respected while studying (Deepak and Jeyakumar,
2019). This also show that the date is being accurate and more effective in comparison with the
source who have no author.
Purpose: The purpose of any source is very vital for using an effective source because if the
purpose is different from it make no sense of the source which has been used. This is the
evidence for the source which have been used as this ensure the quality of information used and
also help to know the topic (Vassileva, 2017).
Reliability: The reliable show how source is explaining about the topic on which the analysis
has been made. They are being verified by the reader and also available in the websites.
Relevance: this show the source is related to the needed data, and they also answer the question
of which is being asked. When source tell about the information which is being used in the
analysis the will be a relevant source.
Task3
Source Author Purpose Reliability Relevance

Di Gregorio, A.,
Maggioni, I., Mauri,
C. and Mazzucchelli,
A., 2019.
Employability skills
for future marketing
professionals. Europe
an management
journal. 37(3).
pp.251-258.
Di Gregorio and et.
al., 2019
To understand the
skills for the
marketing
profession
This source is
reliable because
there are relevant
theories and
argument
discussion etc.
The data from
this source is
being relevant
with the most
specific
information that I
needed.
Abubakar, A.M.,
Elrehail, H.,
Alatailat, M.A. and
Elçi, A., 2019.
Knowledge
management,
decision-making style
and organizational
performance. Journal
of Innovation &
Knowledge. 4(2).
pp.104-114.
Abubakar, A.M. And
et. al., 2019
To know how
people manage
their knowledge,
take decision and
perform
efficiently in the
organization.
This source is
reliable because
this taken from an
reputed journal of
innovation which
provide an
effective evidence
. This is an
academic journal
so anyone can
take the
information from
this about the
marketing
performance
development.
As I want to
become an head
of marketing so
this source also
have information
which is related
to my career, so I
can take this
source.
Lejeune, C.,
Beausaert, S. and
Raemdonck, I., 2018.
The impact on
employees’ job
performance of
exercising self-
Lejeune, Beausaert
and Raemdonck,
2018
Source having
purpose to
explain the
impact of worker
performance by
learning by self to
As this source is
take from global
journal so this is a
reliable.
I also need to
develop the
personality so this
more relevant for
me.

directed learning
within personal
development plan
practice. The
International Journal
of Human Resource
Management. pp.1-
27.
develop its
personality.
Hoffman, M. and
Tadelis, S., 2021.
People management
skills, employee
attrition, and manager
rewards: An
empirical
analysis. Journal of
Political
Economy. 129(1).
pp.000-000.
Hoffman and Tadelis,
2021
To analysis the
people
management and
managers rewards
.
The political
economy sources
are one of the
reliable source
with proper
arguments.
In my module
also I have to
develop my skills
and know the
action of
managers as well.
Deepak, R.K.A. and
Jeyakumar, S.,
2019. Marketing
management.
Educreation
Publishing.
Deepak and
Jeyakumar, 2019
To evaluate
marketing
management.
This source has
lots of reviews
and many authors
have critical
analysis this.
As I want to
develop the career
in marketing and
this source
explaining the
same.
Vassileva, B.,
2017. Marketing
4.0: How
technologies
transform
marketing
organization. Óbu
da university e-
Vassileva, 2017 The main motive
of this source is
know the
technologies
change the style
of marketing.
This is an
academic source
for the marketing.
This is relevant
because I am
studying the
marketing subject
and I should
know how the
marketing is
transforming.

Bulletin. 7(1).
p.47.
Ibrahim, S.S. and
Ganeshbabu, P.,
2018. A Study on
the Impact of
Social Media
Marketing Trends
on Digital
Marketing. Shanl
ax International
Journal of
Management,
October. 6.
pp.120-125.
Ibrahim and
Ganeshbabu,
2018
Purpose is to
know the social
media and digital
marketing.
As this source is
having critical
discussion about
this topic.
This source assist
to explain me
about my doubt in
management.
Changwong, K.,
Sukkamart, A.
and Sisan, B.,
2018. Critical
thinking skill
development:
Analysis of a new
learning
management
model for Thai
high
schools. Journal
of International
Studies. 11(2).
Changwong,
Sukkamart and
Sisan, 2018
To learn critical
thinking skill and
learn the
management
knowledge.
This is academic
source which is
reliable for the
data.
The information
in this is accurate
and also
answering the
questions.

CONCLUSION
This report concludes that the academic skills are one of the most important in the career
of any student and with that skills they can grab better opportunities in the market. The PDP is
also useful to develop the skill efficiently and know more a skill. The short, medium and long
term goal are useful for develop the career and perform the task in right direction.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Di Gregorio, A. and et. al., 2019. Employability skills for future marketing
professionals. European management journal. 37(3). pp.251-258.
Abubakar, A.M. And et. al., 2019. Knowledge management, decision-making style and
organizational performance. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. 4(2). pp.104-114.
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.
Hoffman, M. and Tadelis, S., 2021. People management skills, employee attrition, and manager
rewards: An empirical analysis. Journal of Political Economy. 129(1). pp.000-000.
Deepak, R.K.A. and Jeyakumar, S., 2019. Marketing management. Educreation Publishing.
Vassileva, B., 2017. Marketing 4.0: How technologies transform marketing organization. Óbuda
university e-Bulletin. 7(1). p.47.
Ibrahim, S.S. and Ganeshbabu, P., 2018. A Study on the Impact of Social Media Marketing
Trends on Digital Marketing. Shanlax International Journal of Management, October. 6.
pp.120-125.
Changwong, K., Sukkamart, A. and Sisan, B., 2018. Critical thinking skill development:
Analysis of a new learning management model for Thai high schools. Journal of
International Studies. 11(2).
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