Academic Skills and PDP: Goals, Resources, and Evaluation Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP). It begins by defining academic and professional development, emphasizing the significance of setting short, medium, and long-term goals. The report details the value of a PDP in clarifying goals and outlining actionable steps. It then examines the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on resource utilization. The report includes a detailed evaluation of the sources used, assessing their credibility and relevance. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, reinforcing the importance of goal setting and resource evaluation in achieving academic and professional success. The report aims to provide insights on how to develop effective plans.

Academic Skills and PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development.......................................................................................3
Value of short-term goals............................................................................................................3
Value of medium-term goals.......................................................................................................3
Value of long-term goals.............................................................................................................4
Value of a Personal Development Plan.......................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
Effect on use of resources through Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance........................6
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of sources used in this report plan.............................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refer to those skills that help individuals in succeeding in their academic
life. This report aims at discussing academic skills and personal development plan can help
individuals in developing academic skills. With help of personal development plan individuals
can also develop professional skills. This report will later also discuss about effective referencing
techniques.
Task 1
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development refers to a process through which individuals get
involved in a process that involve learning and through which individuals can meet desired goals
and objectives. This means that through personal and professional development individuals
develop skills and knowledge that is aimed at contributing in their desired goal achievements
(WHY IS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT?, 2020).
Value of short-term goals
Short term goals are those that are developed to be achieved within a short time span.
This time is maximum of 1 year and short-term goals play a very important role in attainment of
long term and ultimate professional goals of individuals. Other than this, short-term goals are
also important as they contribute in avoiding procrastination, and individuals become more clear
and concise towards attainment of their goals in long terms. Achieving short-term goals also
become basis for attainment of long term goals (Short, Medium and Long-Term Goals: Making
Business Planning Effective, 2020).
Short-term goals for career in Business Management are as follows-
 Developing effective oral and written communication skills
 Developing team-working skills
 Developing decision-making skills

Value of medium-term goals
Medium-term goals are those that individuals develop to achieve within a time of 3-5
years. Mid-term goals are those that link short-term goals and long-term goals. This means that
through medium-term goals individual can achieve significant success and what they want to
become. Value of the medium term goals is that individuals find enough time to work on their
long term goals and to achieve medium-term goals (Greco and Kraimer, 2020).
Medium-term goals for career in Business Management are as follows-
 Completing graduation
 Getting professional degree in Business Management
 Getting internship at renowned organisation in Business Management profession
Value of long-term goals
Long-term goals are those goals that take more than 5 years to achieve and are for 5-10
years. It is very important to develop long-term goals because long-term goals help in ensuring
what individual seeks to achieve in their professional life. This makes it easier for individual to
decide what actions they should take in order to achieve their ultimate goals. Long-term goals
also give enough time to individuals to think about validity and suitability of their goals as it
involves long time and individuals become more aware of what their long-term goals would
require them to do (Alkan, O and et.al., 2019).
Long-term goals for career in Business Management are as follows-
 Getting hired in a top company
 Becoming executive manager of the company
 Becoming general manager in the company
Value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan can be defined as a detailed plan that involves goals of
individuals and what they will do in order to achieve their goals. This plan is very valuable as it
clarifies what individuals will do and what action they need to take in order to achieve their
personal as well as professional goals (Bintani, 2020).
On the basis of above objectives personal development plan is as follows-

Short-term Goals
Plan Development plan Time Involved
Communication skills Participating in workshops and
programs aimed at developing
communication skills
6-8 Months
Team working skills Participating in workshops and
programs aimed at developing
team-working skills
6-8 Months
Decision-making skills Gaining theoretical knowledge
and practicing along with taking
help from professionals and
experts with this skill
10-12 Months
Medium-term Goals
Plan Development Plan Time Involved
Completing graduation Getting admission in college for
Business Management
3 years
Getting professional degree in
Business Management
Getting admission in university
for professional degree in
Business Management
1-2 Years
Getting internship at renowned
organisation in Business
Management profession
Qualifying exams for getting
internships and ensuring effective
academic performance
Identifying opportunity for
internships
1-2 Years
Long-term Goals
Plan Development Plan Time Involved
Getting hired in a top company Identifying opportunities and
preparation for selection
practices in big organisations
1-6 Months
Becoming executive manager of
the company
Developing skills and effective
learning while working to
perform efficiently
3-5 Years
Becoming general manager in the
company
Getting promotion through
effective and efficient
5-10 Years

performance
Task 2
Effect on use of resources through Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance
This has significant effect on use of a resource because as author should be relevant to the
field of what is being written and purpose should also be related to what is being written,
reliability is concerned with whether resource is original or not and relevance is concerned with
whether resource is related to where it is being applied (Lewis, 2018).
Task 3
Evaluation of sources used in this report plan
Greco, L.M. and Kraimer, M.L., 2020. Goal-setting in the career management process: An
identity theory perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(1). p.40.
 Author - Greco, Lindsey M. and Kraimer, Maria L. Are authors for this article
 Purpose - propose a model wherein mentoring experiences of early career professionals
relate to short- and long-term career goals
 Reliability – Information and article has been published in Journal of Applied
Psychology
 Relevance – is relevant to career management and short and long term goals
Greenhaus, J.H., Callanan, G.A. and Godshalk, V.M., 2018. Career management for life.
Routledge.
 Author – written by Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Gerard A. Callanan, Veronica M. Godshalk
 Purpose – Purpose is to provide insights and knowledge regarding career development
and management
 Reliability – has been published by Routledge in 2018
 Relevance – is relevant because report discuses career and PDP

Alkan, O and et.al., 2019, March. Where can my career take me? harnessing dialogue for
interactive career goal recommendations. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on
Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 603-613).
 Author – Onzur Alkan, Elizabeth M. Daly, Adi Botea, Abel N. Valente and Pablo
Pedemonte
 Purpose – Is concerned with discussing relevance of recommended career goals with
achievability and aspirational goals
 Reliability – Was published in International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
 Relevance – highly relevant as report mainly discuses goal setting
Bintani, K., 2020, August. Personal Development Plan as a Guidance and Counseling Strategy in
Higher Education. In 2nd International Seminar on Guidance and Counseling 2019 (ISGC
2019) (pp. 18-22). Atlantis Press.
 Author – Khairi Bintani
 Purpose – discusses personal development plan and as a strategy
 Reliability – Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar on Guidance and Counseling
2019
 Relevance – highly relevant as report involves personal development plan
Lewis, A.B., 2018. What Does Bad Information Look Like? Using the CRAAP Test for
Evaluating Substandard Resources. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship.
 Author – Lewis, Abbey B.
 Purpose – To help in understanding reliability and relevance of resources
 Reliability – Journal Articles
 Relevance – Is relevant because report involves evaluation of resources
Short, Medium and Long-Term Goals: Making Business Planning Effective. 2020. [Online].
Available Through: < https://www.success-stream.co.uk/short-medium-long-term-goals-
effective-business-planning/ >.

 Author – information regarding author is not available but it has been published on
website Sucess Streams
 Purpose – to inform and give understanding of goals and
 Reliability – website is a valid with copyright content
 Relevance – Helped in understanding goals and different types and terms of goals
WHY IS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT? 2020.
[Online]. Available Through: <https://blog.rapportleadership.com/why-is-personal-and-
professional-development-important>.
 Author – Rapport Leadership
 Purpose – To provide knowledge of personal and professional development and its
importance
 Reliability – website is a valid with copyright content hence is reliable
 Relevance - report involves discussion of personal and professional plan
Website Research: CRAAP Test. 2020. [Online]. Available Through:
<https://libguides.cmich.edu/web_research/craap>.
 Author – Available on website of university library of Central Michigan University
 Purpose – provides knowledge regarding research of website research
 Reliability – highly reliable
 Relevance – Involves analysing sources through Craap test.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above discussion, it can be concluded that personal and professional
development plays key role in success of organisations. Individuals by planning goals of
different terms can effectively achieve their ultimate goals. Later this report involves evaluation
of different sources and Craap test can be used to evaluate sources.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Alkan, O and et.al., 2019, March. Where can my career take me? harnessing dialogue for
interactive career goal recommendations. In Proceedings of the 24th International
Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 603-613).
Bintani, K., 2020, August. Personal Development Plan as a Guidance and Counseling Strategy in
Higher Education. In 2nd International Seminar on Guidance and Counseling 2019
(ISGC 2019) (pp. 18-22). Atlantis Press.
Greco, L.M. and Kraimer, M.L., 2020. Goal-setting in the career management process: An
identity theory perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(1). p.40.
Greenhaus, J.H., Callanan, G.A. and Godshalk, V.M., 2018. Career management for life.
Routledge.
Lewis, A.B., 2018. What Does Bad Information Look Like? Using the CRAAP Test for
Evaluating Substandard Resources. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship.
Online
Short, Medium and Long-Term Goals: Making Business Planning Effective. 2020. [Online].
Available Through: < https://www.success-stream.co.uk/short-medium-long-term-
goals-effective-business-planning/ >.
WHY IS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT? 2020.
[Online]. Available Through: <https://blog.rapportleadership.com/why-is-personal-
and-professional-development-important>.
Website Research: CRAAP Test. 2020. [Online]. Available Through:
<https://libguides.cmich.edu/web_research/craap>.