BSc Business Management Academic Skills and PDP Report

This report, prepared for the BSc (Hons.) Business Management program, focuses on academic skills and personal development planning (PDP). It begins by defining personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of skill and knowledge enhancement for career advancement. The report then explores the value of short, medium, and long-term goals, providing practical examples for each. A significant portion of the report is dedicated to the personal development plan, outlining how to improve specific skills like written communication, time management, and collaborative working. The report also discusses the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance when evaluating sources. Finally, the report evaluates eight sources used in the report plan, assessing their authors, purposes, reliability, and relevance to the topic, ensuring the use of credible and pertinent information.

Bsc. (Hons.)
Business Management
with Foundation
BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and
Evaluation of Sources
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Task One:
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development can be described as an activity in
which an individual involve with the purpose of improving their skills and knowledge
so as to achieve career goals. It assists an individual to build own strengths and
eliminate weaknesses by indulging in development programs.
Value of short term goals with 3 personal examples
Short term goals is defined as a bridge that reduces the gap or duration to achieve
long term goals. In other words, it can be termed as a goals which are required to
achieve within a period of 1 year.
Examples: -
 To schedule a 15-minute meeting every morning with the staff.
 To search a trainer or a coach to learn a tactics of any sports game.
 To make a 100 call between 9am to 6:30pm.
Value of medium term goals with 3 personal examples
Medium term goals can be termed as one which takes a bit longer. It bridges the gap
between daily activities and long term vision that an individual set for its own
development. Such goal must be achieved within the period of 1-3 years.
Examples: -
 To get a graduation degree from a reputed college.
 To buy a house.
 To conduct a quality survey to every customer within 30 days of their first
contact.
Value of long term goals with 3 personal examples
Long term goals is one which an individual to achieve something in future that
requires more time and proper planning. It is something which couldn’t achieve
within a week or a year as it needed a time period of 3 to 10 years.
Examples: -
 To become a leader or manager in reputed organisation
 To start and run own business more successfully.
 To get expertise in verbal communication.
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Value of Personal Development Plan with example
Personal development plan is a procedure of improving skills in which an
individual is currently lacking by framing actions and implementing corrective
measures. In this context, it can be said that personal development plan assist an
individual to strong their personality by improving their skills so that career goals can
be achieved within limited time period.
Example of Personal and professional development:
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time
period
Written
Communication
3 5 Writing 1000 words on
any topic regularly
30 days
Time
Management
3.5 5 Taking classes for
learning time
management and
seeking guidance from
the supervisor
45 days
Collaborative
Working
2 5 Working in the teams
and getting command
over team working
abilities
35 days
Task Two:
Effect of ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ on use of a
source
These elements make impact on the use of source as it defines whether such
source are more liable or relevant to the topic an individual searched for. The
effectiveness of decision making on the basis of source are very much depends on
these four aspects as outdated or unrealistic information are more useful for drawing
a valid conclusion.
Task Three:
Evaluation of eight sources used in report plan
Sources Author
(s)
Purpose Reliability Relevance
Painter, A.E., Moore, M.K.,
Lawrence, C.B., Despotes,
K.A. and Zwemer, E.K.,
2020. 71. GETTING
ATTENDINGS IN LINE: A
QUALITY
Academi
c
Pediatric
sVol.
This is there to
ascertain
contribution
that has been
made by early
academic skills
to life of
It is relied and
belongs to a
period of time
that should not
be more than 5
years.
.
Relevance of the
sources that it is
used for
justifying and
basis of the
discussion over
acadamic skills
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IMPROVEMENT
APPROACH TO
IMPROVING
COMPLETION OF
ATTENDING WRITTEN
FEEDBACK FOR
RESIDENT MORNING
REPORT. Academic
Pediatrics, 20(7), pp.e33-
e34.
14Issue 1 individual. that is an
important part
of report plan. .
King, M.A., Phillipi, C.A.,
Buchanan, P.M. and Lewin,
L.O., 2017. Developing
validity evidence for the
written Pediatric History and
Physical Exam Evaluation
rubric. Academic
pediatrics, 17(1), pp.68-73.
King,
M.A.,
Phillipi,
C.A.,
Buchanan,
P.M. and
Lewin, L.O
For finding out
of those skills
which exists
inside small
children as this
is important for
the
development of
various
academic
regarding
future context.
skills
It is reliable
and considered
to be and time
that is been
given for this
is 10 years.
This has been
regarded as that
kind of holdings
with relevancy
and is discussed
with skills and
development at
very early age
in children
which grow to
turn into
academic skills
in future.
Bonfanti, A., 2020. 1.1 Does
Your Country Have a
Definition of Corporate
Social Responsibility? If
Yes, Please State That
Definition Here and Give the
Source (a Written Source or
Precise References to Case
Law). Private International
Law Aspects of Corporate
Social Responsibility, 42,
p.437..
Fry, H.,
Ketteridg
e, S. and
Marshall,
S.
To recognize
learning and
facilitated in
HE context.
Sources is a bit
older that it
may seem non
reliable but in
this
information
over subject
matter in a
report plan is
gained.
This is relevant
and discussed in
ways that has
been teaching
and learning
taking place in
HE
Novak, C.B., Mak, L. and
Chang, M., 2019. Evaluation
of written and video
education tools after mallet
finger injury. Journal of
Hand Therapy, 32(4),
pp.452-456.
CB Novak,
L Mak, M
Chang
For evaluating
academic skills
within learners
pervaling text
in HE context.
Source is
reliable as in
this
information
over various
information
and developing
of skills in
learners.
The source is
relevant as it
lays down the
foundation to
educational
reform so that
learners can
develop their
skills easily.
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Rosário, P., Núñez, J.C.,
Rodríguez, C., Cerezo, R.,
Fernández, E., Tuero, E. and
Högemann, J., 2017.
Analysis of instructional
programs in different
academic levels for
improving self-regulated
learning srl through written
text. In Design Principles for
Teaching Effective
Writing (pp. 201-231). Brill.
P
Rosário, J
C
Núñez, C
Rodríguez,
R Cerezo
For learning of
such kind of
skills
significance is
required to be
developed and
giving sound
through scholar
performance.
Belonging to
an period and
it should not
be more than
10 years that is
reliable.
In this relevancy
is being used
and lays down
importance of
developing a
software.
Fuchs, J., 2020. Design
Science with a Focus on
User-Centred Evaluation of
Written Information.
In Communicating about
Risks and Safe Use of
Medicines (pp. 333-384).
Adis, Singapore.
J Fuchs For studying
ways under
which
teachings and
learning is
required to be
taken in place
of classroom.
It is reliable as
it not older
than 15 years.
This is showing
relevancy and
consist ways
under which
teaching and
learning is being
carried out
within the
classroom.
Hopp, C., Greene, F.J.,
Honig, B., Karlsson, T. and
Samuelsson, M., 2018.
Revisiting the influence of
institutional forces on the
written business plan: a
replication
study. Management Review
Quarterly, 68(4), pp.361-
398.
C Hopp, FJ
Greene, B
Honig, T
Karlsson
In order to
comprehend
over rubric use
within relation
to HE
Recent article
has been this
made reliable
to it.
In this relevancy
is contained
within the
information over
higher education
that makes life
development of
academic skills .
Quick, D. and Choo, K.K.R.,
2018. Digital forensic
intelligence: Data subsets
and Open Source
Intelligence (DFINT+
OSINT): A timely and
cohesive mix. Future
Generation Computer
D
Quick, KK
R Choo
For carrying
out personal
development.
Being current
article source
is required to
be reliable.
This is relevant
as it contains the
impact of
personal
development
plan on learning
of an individual.
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Systems, 78, pp.558-567.
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