Comprehensive Report on Academic Skills and PDP for Career Growth

This report provides a detailed analysis of a personal development plan (PDP) and its integration with academic skills. It begins by defining the concept of a PDP, emphasizing its role in career growth through action plans focused on awareness, values, reflection, goal setting, and planning. The report then explores the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals within a PDP framework, offering examples and strategies for achieving them. It also examines the factors that influence the use of sources in research, highlighting the importance of author credibility, purpose, reliability, and relevance. The report concludes with an evaluation of the sources used, including books and journals, assessing their purpose and reliability in supporting the development of academic skills and achieving personal development goals. The appendix includes a comprehensive personal development plan, outlining skills, strategies, and timeframes for improvement.

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
PDP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................3
TASK 1..............................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal development plan.........................................................................3
Value of short term goal.................................................................................................3
Value of medium term goal............................................................................................4
Value of long term goals................................................................................................4
TASK 2..............................................................................................................................5
Factors influence use of source.....................................................................................5
TASK 3..............................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of sources....................................................................................................5
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN..........................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan outline the tactics that can support advancing career
growth of an individual (Shephard, 2018). This report demonstrate about the precise
personal development plan of an individual. Henceforth, report will emphasis over
different areas associated with the personal development planning.
TASK 1
Concept of personal development plan
Personal development plan is more like a process contain action plan based on
awareness, values, reflection, goal setting and planning related to personal level growth
in context of career, education, relationship and self-improvement. The aim of the
personal development as a whole concept is to maximises the individual capability as to
perform any individual role and responsibility (Suskie, 2018). The term itself indicate
that it is about to maximise the individual potential and ability to reach the best level of
development possibility. Proper planning, strategies and tactics are followed under the
personal development practice so that proper strategic direction can be granted in
context to the individual development prospect. The entire concept of personal
development plan is segregated into different stages like clearing out the vision at a
primary level, outlining strength, weakness, opportunities and threat associated with the
personality is the second stage, building up personal development plan is the third
stage and to review the performance and adapting changes is the final stage involve
under the personal development plan (Sprenger, 2018). All the four areas will provide
the best level of individual development and growth under the personal development
campaign.
Value of short term goal
Personal development plan associated with different goals that are segregated
into short term, medium and long term goals. Short term goals set behind the personal
development planning play huge role in deciding operations and strategies to achieve
the best level of individual growth under the plan (McMillan and et.al., 2020). This
involves different goals like building up a proper routine, keeping daily basis journals,
doubling the productivity level, practising daily basis exercises, developing more good
habits and other such goals that can be accomplished in a shorter time spam. Short

term goals set the direction of the entire campaign of personal development plan.
Leaving bad habits also a part of short term goals formed as an individual (Wentzel,
2020). For example:
 To enhance my grade by devoting more time as well as efforts in study.
 To work on my academic skills so that I can learn and grasp information quickly
within the class.
 To learn new things that can contribute in improving my knowledge, skills and
capabilities to maximum extend.
Value of medium term goal
Medium term goals also create a huge value as an individual under the personal
development planning conducted at an individual level. They are the goals that are set
to expand the outcomes addressed through short term goals and objectives set as an
individual. The big emphasis under the medium term goal is over skill development and
personality improvement prospect as an individual (Bunce, Baird and Jones, 2017). The
skills developed under the medium term goals provide a strategic advantage to meet
different objectives as an individual. They set the direction of further individual
development aspects set. For example:
 To improve my academic and professional performance with time-frame of 7-8
months.
 To get part-time employment in reputable company in order to enhance my
existing capabilities.
 To developed decision-making and problem solving ability in 9 months for bright
future ahead.
Value of long term goals
Long term goals are is something that wants to be achieved in near future, so
they involves lot of time, efforts to invested for planning regarding the way it can be
achieved. Long term goals are valuable as they act as a guideline about everyday
activities that helps individuals in taking right decision about the way its end goals can
be achieved (Griffiths and Soruç, 2020). They are important as they helps in
segregating and deciding key action need to be taken in order to achieve the long term

goals (Jamaris and Hartati, 2017). My long term personal goals can be illustrated as
follows:
 To attained reputable position in company that have strong brand image in
minds and hearts of customers.
 To make career as a leader in organization within period of 3-4 years.
 To start my own businesses in order to earn higher profitability and revenue.
TASK 2
Factors influence use of source
There are number of sources that are used in order to conduct research or study
related to the topic so that necessary informations can be gathered and analysis in
better manner. Ciation or source is process that contribute in building trust among the
interest party that information gathered is correct and appropriate. Author, purpose,
reliability and relevance are various components that affects use of sources. Such as
while using information from specific sources name of author is evaluated to ensure that
it has been selected from well-known and recognised individuals (González-Sanmamed
and et.al., 2018). Sources must be reliable and related to the study as it helps in
ensuring quality of information gathered from different sources. At last purpose also
affects use of sources as per main objectives of study sources is selected in order to
get accurate informations.
TASK 3
Evaluation of sources
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Books and
journals
Suskie, 2018 This sources
has helped in
understanding
things that I
need to be learn
as students.
Thus it helps in
The sources is
reliable as
collected from
well-known
author.
It is related to
short term goals

setting my short
term goals.
Books and
journals
McMillan and
et.al., 2020.
Its purpose is to
gathered
information
related to
academic goals.
The sources is
taken from
recent journal
that is 2020.
It is related to
short term goals
Books and
journals
Bunce, L.,
Baird, A. and
Jones, S. E.,
2017
This sources
purpose is
fruitful in setting
higher
education goals.
It is reliable as it
helps in setting
short-term
goals.
Medium term
goals
Books and
journals
Griffiths, C. and
Soruç, A., 2020
This sources
purpose is to
understand the
way
communication
and writing skills
an be
developed
Taken from well
-known author.
Medium term
goals
Books and
journals
González-
Sanmamed, M
and et.al., 2018
This book is
based on
personalised
guidance and
support for
learning so it
helps me in
setting my
medium term
Citation has
been made
where
information has
been used that
ensure that it is
taken from
reliable sources.
Long term goals

learning goals.
Books and
journals
Wentzel, K.,
2020
The purpose of
making use of
the research is
to understand
the factors that
motivate
student to learn.
Reliable as
taken from
recognised
author.
Long term goals
Books and
journals
Sprenger, M.,
2018
This sources is
used to
understand the
way student can
learn and
remember new
things.
The sources is
taken from
recent journal
that is 2020.
Long term goals
Books and
journals
Jamaris, M. and
Hartati, S., 2017
It is another
reference which
purpose is
helpful in setting
goals related to
academic
achievement.
It is reliable and
can be easily
trust by people.
Long term goals
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that short-term, medium and long
term goals are more valuable as they help to motivate student to learn new skills so that
they can be achieved in limited time-frame. Moreover, it can be summarized that
academic skills and personal development plan helps individual in understanding the
way it can enhance its skills, capabilities to gain higher success in the future.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bunce, L., Baird, A. and Jones, S. E., 2017. The student-as-consumer approach in
higher education and its effects on academic performance. Studies in Higher
Education, 42(11). pp.1958-1978.
González-Sanmamed, M and et.al., 2018. Learning Ecologies Oriented to the
Professional Development of University Teachers. Towards Personalized
Guidance and Support for Learning.
Griffiths, C. and Soruç, A., 2020. Language learning strategies. In Individual Differences
in Language Learning (pp. 113-129). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Jamaris, M. and Hartati, S., 2017. The Role of the Undergraduate Students’ Self-
regulation s and its Influence to their Academic Achievements. Int J
Multidiscip. Curr. Res, 5.
McMillan, G and et.al., 2020. The why and what of academic goals, their perceived
value, and relation to academic goal pursuit.
Sprenger, M., 2018. How to teach so students remember. ASCD.
Suskie, L., 2018. Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. John Wiley &
Sons.
Wentzel, K., 2020. Motivating students to learn. Routledge.

APPENDIX – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Skills Strategies The way to measure
the skills
Time frame
Communicatio
n skills
I have decided
to develop
communication
skills through
joining online
classes.
When I am able to
easily share
informations to others.
Around 4 months.
Decision
making skills
Learn from my
superior about
the way they
take better
decision.
It will be measure by
results that has been
obtained due to
particular decision.
7 months