BMP3001 Academic Skills and PDP Report: Personal Development

This report delves into the multifaceted concept of personal and professional development, emphasizing its significance in both individual and organizational contexts. It begins by defining personal and professional development and then explores the value of setting and achieving goals across different timeframes. The report analyzes the importance of short-term goals, providing examples of how they contribute to immediate progress and motivation. It then examines medium-term goals, illustrating their role in developing skills and experiences crucial for long-term success. Furthermore, the report discusses long-term goals, highlighting their importance in shaping career paths and overall life objectives. The report concludes by emphasizing the value of a well-structured Personal Development Plan (PDP) and includes an example PDP outlining aims and objectives for professional development, including a university career. This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding and implementing effective personal and professional development strategies.

Academic skills and PDP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
1 Concept of personal and professional development.................................................................3
2. The value of short term goals...................................................................................................4
3. The value of medium-term goals.............................................................................................5
4. The value of long-term goals...................................................................................................6
5. The value of personal development plan.................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is the process where rte organizations or individual drive
to learn new skills to meet their end goal. This help them to work effectively and develop
managerial and leadership skills toward the organizational and personal life (Hochanadel,
Finamore, 2015). In this report, it shows the personal and professional development, evaluating
short term goals with examples, medium term goals with examples and value of long term goals
for personal and professional life. While, is also shows the personal development plan with goals
that help to achieve the main target in long term.
MAIN BODY
1 Concept of personal and professional development.
Personal and professional development is the process of improving individual and
organizational strength and weakness. Personal development improves oneself by improving the
employment skills, wealth to obtain bigger qualifications and skills. Professional development
increase the capability of employees by proving education and training opportunities which
increase the efficiency and high quality staff in organization. The training are done through
outside organization or workplace conducted by company to improve the employee skills and
performance. Both two development increase the person morale and drive towards the
improvement, better effectiveness of individual, greater understanding of work. Professional
skills are connected to counselling and teaching staff and support them to learn and development
of employees in organization (VonCulin, Tsukayama, Duckworth, 2014). Professional skills
required leadership and managerial skills which can engage with other employee and trained
them for their better performance. Personal development in the life long process where the
quality and skills are considered to achieve the aim of life by their potential. Through proper
training of employees, they strengthen their talents and come with new, innovative ideas in the
organization, increase the equality work of the staff and other aspect of business that can be
added in their skills. Whereas, they overcome the weakness which are lack of expertise their
field, poor quality of work and their overall reputation in the organization. While employee get
the opportunities of learning the new technology, work, and skills that developed themselves for
the work and gain experience from all the field. Personal development include the process of
Maslow's theory where they are five stages to fulfil their basic need to personal development.

However, professional development develop yourself in the role you are performing in the
organization and that improve the performance. Involves the necessary skills to performance
effectively in field that help throughout the working life of person(Rahmatillah, Desiana, 2019).
To develop the skill set of employee to perform effectively in organization advance technology
practise in hand in the training program like It training, health and safety, legal work and
expertise and accountancy are developed in the employees for the working. Personal
development plays the role in general life by improving potentials and talent. Some personal
development plans are leadership training, time management of work, communication skills,
management training. The two development process are ongoing process which help the
organization and individual to achieve the desire goal or objective set by both.
2. The value of short term goals.
Short term goals are those goal person want to do in near future and to accomplice goal.
They help to manage the time and completing short term goals lead to accomplishment of long
term goals. It helps to set the focus and follow on aim by identifying the next steps to be taken by
person. Short term goals help the person to maintain balance work life in organization and
individual personal life. Short term goals create the effective strategies which can be achieved in
short term much easier and drive towards the bigger goals for organization. Through short term
goals people can know the feedback of set goals is positive or negative towards the achievement
of long term goals. While these goals keep the focus on target and on long term goals can be
achieved by organization( Lejeune, Beausaert, Raemdonck, 2018). While short term personal
goals helps the person to maintain the daily routine of work and other personal activity. This also
help person to increase their productivity in life which boost up them to achieve the target and
work as motivated. The short terms goals are focuses people explore new things while achieving
the short target that can help them to achieve in their long run. The Three example of short term
goals are.
 Short term goal can prove the performance of employee within six months while they are
working for the same project in a company because it increases the speed and efficiency
of employee which are working for six months. While this increase the productivity of
the employee in organization due to professional training gained by employer and person
and development of individual working by setting the short-term goals to achieve the

bigger one. However, it also increases the quality work of employee working in the same
project for long time and know the things to do the work efficiently and cost effectively.
 Short term goals achievement require connecting with new people in organization while
taking to formally and informal which build network in the organization. This help the
company to achieve the target goal as the employees are motivated and ready to help
each other. To survive in the organization networking and communication skills are
required for the smooth work and help both individual and organization to develop and
move towards the target goal (Beausaert, Segers, Grohnert, 2015).
 Short term goals help the organization employee and individual to build the critical
thinking skills in twelve months by having the team brainstorming session in the
organization which help to promote critical thinking which help to think different from
others. While it also help to find the possible solution of problem before assisting to them
, which create thinking skills in employee and help to solve from themselves. This help to
develop personal and professional skills in person and help in working life.
3. The value of medium-term goals.
Medium-term goal is one that takes a bit longer then small-term. It may take from two
months to three years to achieve the goal of the university. This kind of content are helpful
because they are adequate to make significant progress while short enough that the values and
priorities won't be dramatically assorted by the particular time in which the goal is to achieve.
The medium-term offers the individual to develop their course of lifetime experience that will
helpful for their future beginnings. It is important because the individual can develop their skills
while observing the surroundings.
As the medium-term goal occurs different range of values in an individual living and
occupational group. The individual life are depends upon the development of the changing
situation (Berkman and et.al., 2019). They might have developed their professional skills like
time management, effective communication which helps an individual to develop their
personality and make it more attractive. The individual learn the use of time management quality
which helps them to manage their proper time and reached on time and submit their work on
time and also develop the communication skills so that the personality of an individual will more
effective. It is beneficial for them cause it helps them to develop the responsibilities towards

work, good personality and attitude in different organizations (Klaasen, 2017). In the current
context, a range of medium-term goals evolve the skills of personal development of the
individual as-
For Instance-
 To develop the time management skills which is benefited for a person at the time when
the person working in any industry or company in 20 months
 To boost the personality by development of an effective communication in 15 months.
 To take extra challenging course to move out of the comfort zone and push themselves
towards the new findings of the career and keep them intellectually engaged focused on
the general education in 24 months.
4. The value of long-term goals.
Long-term goals refers to accomplish the objective on future and concern with particular skill or
more which are important for development aspects of professional and personal development
which might have reflected to increase the value of the person in context with future as the long-
term goal usually at least several years away. The long-term goals needed planning and time so
that the individual can develop their skills in various field. Its helps an individual to think about
career and focus towards the future (.Lichtenthaler, 2017). On the other hand, long-term goals
formed the futuristic approaches so that the person can focus on the development of their
personality. This also help an individual and show them the personality matches the company
culture as the long-term cannot accomplish right away but the individual efforts to achieve the
goal over a period. Long-term personal goals helps the person to maintain their future and other
personal activities. The long-term goal mainly focus towards the investment where the futuristic
approaches would be occurred. The three examples of long-term goals are-
 The long-term goals based on the performance of the employees. The effective
performance of the employee can help them to get promoted further as the superior
manager of the company observe the employee performance and on the basis of the
performance they will get promotion. However, the employee has an aim to get
promotion within three months in the company. They have to work hard and effectively
accomplish the goal and objective of the company and focus towards the development of

their skills so that they will promote in next 3years which is beneficial for them for their
future.
 The employee have to practice for 5 years to learn the management skills. They focus
towards the learning and training skills so that they can enhance the management skills
and develop their knowledge and move towards futuristic goal. The employee or a
individual will have to practice more and develop their management skills in five years.
With the long-term goal the employee or a individual have an opportunity to build their
personal skills and gain knowledge with adoption of more practices they can improve
their management skills which will helps them in the future.
 Long-term goals help the organization employees and individual to improve the ability of
problem-solving in next four years by observing the environment. They identify the
problems while performing their work and develop themselves to take the necessary
decision with respect to improvement of the work so that it will be beneficial for them in
the future (Jingshui, 2017). The employees and the individual develop their personal
abilities for solving the problems, grievances occurred in the organization. Sometimes the
employee and individual can participate in extra circular activities of the organization to
understand the cause of problem and make strategies or plan to solve long-term problems
and turn the problems into opportunities.
5. The value of personal development plan.
The personal development plan is important for the individuals to create an action plan based on
awareness, goal-setting, values, reflection and planning for developing personal skills for the
growth of future and self-improvement (Höchli, Brügger and Messner, 2018). It is important for
the individual to develop their personal skill for the betterment of the futuristic goals. +
Learnings Strategies to be
made for
achieving the
goal
Supportive tools
requirements
Feedback of
implementation
Target date
To enhance
communication
and networking
Interact with
many peoples
Internet, different
social media,
communicate
Feedback from
higher authorized
12 months

skills with staff
members
person.
To expand
problem-solving
skills
Practices,
observation,
brainstorming
Proper planning,
identify the
problem and take
action
accordingly
Feedback from
the teachers
18 months
To get promotion Effectively work
hard and
accomplish the
target
Task completion,
appreciation from
the superior
Receiving
feedback from
superior
3 years
CONCLUSION
This can be concluded from the above report that the person has to develop themselves while
adopting various strategies for the personal and professional development. This report studies the
different levels of the values as the short-team, medium-term and long-term goals by identifying
from various examples.

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