BSc Business Management: Academic Skills PDP and Source Evaluation

This report outlines a personal and professional development plan (PDP) with a focus on defining personal and professional development, setting short, medium, and long-term goals, and constructing a PDP example. It emphasizes the importance of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance in source evaluation, utilizing the CRAAP test for assessing information credibility. The report further provides an evaluation of eight sources used in the plan, detailing their author, purpose, and reliability to ensure relevance and authenticity. This document highlights the critical aspects of self-improvement and effective research within a business management context, and Desklib provides access to similar resources for students.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources
Submitted by:
Name:
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Contents
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Task One:
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
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Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 2
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 2
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples 2
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan and construction of an example using my goals 3
Task Two:
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability
and Relevance’ affect the use of a source 3
Task Three:
Ann evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan
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References 6
Task One:
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Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development implements out all the important functions
and the management through which individuals personality can be enhanced and also
developed in the framework of strategy through which they can improve their working areas
and also gain the advancement in their daily life basis it mainly covers all the agendas
through which the objectifying approach and development can be maintained (Trorey, and
Cullingford, 2017).
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples
Short-term goals mainly are the goals which used to be covered in the time period less
than one year (Steinert O’Sullivan, and Irby, 2019). It helps out to develop the enhanced
skills and approaches as the term out to provide a proper training for the requirements and
also to reach the agendas and the goals of the students and the individuals regarding the
smaller steps and the current outstanding processes. For instance communication, regular
exercising, any time management skills.
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples
Medium-term goals are mainly those goals which usually take the milestone for 3 to 5
years to get achieved it’s mainly being used by the student or the individuals to frame their
ultimate targets and to enhance your working areas in the carrier and for the future growth. It
helps out to provide all the important needs by overall senses in the steps that are being taken
by the individual. These are mainly being made by proper training sessions by a person for
instance paying for a loan, critical thinking approach, gaining any professional degree
(Shagrir,2018) .
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals
identifying at least 3 personal examples
Long-term goals are the goals which usually take the period of five years or above
and a hard dedication is with proper determination regarding their goals and targets to
achieve it mean leaving provide to gain all the future stability and also to achieve a milestone
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in their abstract of working. It is mainly bigger in nature suite provides an active effective
areas of working area and proper development and dedication regarding their work as to
maintain ambition and aspirants India working segments for instance gaining any prestigious
position in a well-known organisation, Management, earning funds for the children’s
education sectors (Olofson, and Garnett, 2018).
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development
Plan and construction of an example using my goals
Personal development plan PDP evaluates out all the important skills and the targets
of the individual in their particular time period for gaining of fast and attaining growth
regarding their goals and carreer (Dopson, and et. al., 2017).
Skills Current
ability
Target
ability
Developmenet
of skill
Judging
crieteria
Time
period
Time
manangment
Low High I will gain
this by making
proper time
slots of
working.
Feedback
from
teachers
2 months
Communication Average High I will develop
by taking
reading
sessions.
Feedback
from elders
and friends.
4 months
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability
and Relevance’ affect the use of a source
In order to maintain a proper a liability for the elements that helps out to eat line the
sources and also to authenticate the information that is being given with a proper research and
development all such explanation and the referencing is being implemented (La Paro, and
King, 2019). This can be framed through CRAAP Test as it provides proper accessing of the
information and also to frame the credible formats. This technique provides the proper
credibility regarding information as follows:
 Currency: This provides the implementation of ideas and information.
 Relevance: It gives a detail about the data for the examination process.
 Authority: It provides a general facility for all the authors and the reason that are
being needed in publishing (Kratzke, 2018).
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 Accuracy: This frames out the originated format of data.
 Purpose: Just give all the important distribution areas and channels.
Task Three:
An evaluation of eight sources I have used in the report plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Journal Kratzke, C.,
2018.
To helps out to
focus on all the
important PDP
skills of the
students
regarding the
effective self
advocacy.
It is an
authenticated
source
Sources given
are the need for
the topic.
Journal Demir, İ. and
Gazioğlu, E.İ.,
2017
To provides out
proper PDP
regarding the
foundation of
children’s
learning and
their
adaptability is
for the
academic areas
and
mathematics.
It is copyrighted
in a proper
framework.
It covers the
higher relevant
sources and
content.
Journal Dopson, S.A.,
Griffey, S.,
Ghiya, N.,
Laird, S.,
Cyphert, A. and
Iskander, J.,
2017
To get
assistance about
all the cognitive
and the skill
training
regarding the
The expert
opinion of
authors is been
given in the
work.
It mainly have
lower sources of
the topic
covered.
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academy
procasination
and for the
students
psychological
well-being.
Journal La Paro, K. and
King, E., 2019.
To know about
the accuracy in
the PDP
regarding the
emergent
approaches for
the students and
their working.
It is the
copyright
source.
Information
given is
authorised.
Journal Shagrir, L.,
2018.
To emphasise
on the PDP
regarding the
skills and the
benchmarking
for the
children’s in the
development
areas.
The information
given is from
the relevant
source.
It provides
proper linked
and relevancy
regarding the
sources and
methods.
Book Trorey, G. and
Cullingford, C.,
2017
To get
assistance about
the starting of
students
regarding their
approaches and
values.
It provides
proper
knowledge and
details.
It maintains
proper
formatting of
information
regarding the
academic areas
PDP.
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Journal Steinert, Y.,
O’Sullivan, P.S.
and Irby, D.M.,
2019.
To provide a
proper control
regarding the
development
and reading of
students in PDP
approach.
It covers the
authenticated
areas and
resources.
All the
important
information that
is being given
its connecting to
topic.
Journal Shagrir, L.,
2018
To analyse all
the important
development
areas of the
students
regarding their
strategic
approach in the
learning of
academic skills.
It gives credible
sources.
All
authentication
from
registration.
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References:
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