Report: Personal and Professional Development, Goals and Sources

This report provides an overview of personal and professional development, detailing the importance of setting short, medium, and long-term goals. It includes a discussion on the concept of personal and professional development, emphasizing the need for continuous learning and skill enhancement. The report outlines the significance of short-term goals as stepping stones to achieve long-term objectives, providing examples of personal goals. It also explores medium-term goals, highlighting their contribution to long-term success and includes examples. Furthermore, it covers long-term goals, emphasizing their role in strengthening an individual's personality and decision-making abilities. The report also analyzes how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect the use of a source. Finally, it evaluates eight sources used in the report plan, providing insights into their relevance and reliability.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................4
The importance of short term goals along with the statement of 3 personal goals ....................4
The importance of medium-term goals along with the statements of 3 goals............................4
The importance of long term goals along with the statements of 3 goals...................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
In what ways ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source............5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan....................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Business plan is said be a presentation of a written document which sates the objectives
and goals of a business. The plan also contains the time frame within which the business has
planned to achieve it. The report discusses about the personal and professional objectives which
a person has with his life. An individual set some goals, makes a time frame within which he has
to achieve that goal. Apart from this the report also includes the personal development plan
which helps an individual in making a blue print about the skills and knowledge he needs to
develop in him to achieve his ultimate goal.
TASK 1
Concept of personal and professional development.
The personal and professional development is a process which is followed by
organisation as well as individuals to bring the necessary developments in their performance so
that they can achieve their set missions and goals. This process includes the engagement of
learning by organisation and individual. These learnings help them in becoming closer to the
success.
The importance of short term goals along with the statement of 3 personal goals
The short term goals are necessary or any individual to achieve and monitor the long term
goals. The short wins leads to the huge or larger success. An individual segments its long term
goals into small goals so that they can monitor the steps which and directions of his actions.
Through this he can observe that whether his steps or actions are going in right direction or not.
And if not necessary steps can be taken to bridge the gap between the actual and set objectives.
Short term wins also motivates the individuals and are necessary to acquire so that the long term
goals can be achieved through them. Three core short term goals can be:
 Learn to balance the work and professional life
 Good communication skills
 Improvement of logical reasoning
The importance of medium-term goals along with the statements of 3 goals
The medium-term goals are that goals which can be achieved within the time span of 6 –
12 months. The medium-term goals contributes to the success to the long term goals. These goals
motivates the individual in making his hard work or learning in continuation so that they

encourage him to be determined and focused towards the long term goals they have decided or
themselves. The medium-term personal goals may include:
 Skills for team management
 Skills to handle the conflicts and coming up with reasonable solutions
 Develops the ability to motivate the others
The importance of long term goals along with the statements of 3 goals
Long term goal is said to the ultimate goal which an individual has set for him. The long
term goal are those goals which consumes more than a year to get complete. These goals
strengthens the personality of an individual as he has worked from a very long time to achieve it.
To achieve these long term goals the individual forms various short and medium-term goals that
lead to the path of long term success. Some of the long term goals which I have set for myself
may include:
 Development of leadership qualities
 Inculcate the management skills
 Legitimate decision making ability
TASK 2
In what ways ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source.
Sources from which an individuals take the idea for learning purpose affects a lot. If the
source used is very effective and full of knowledge then the individual who is using that source
can able to gain more clear understanding about the skill. But if the resource from which an
individual is taking the help for skill development then it might can create a compromise upon
the quality of skill he inculcates. Therefore the source form which an individual is using for skill
development should very effective and efficient. A lot of things matter when the resource used is
appropriate for an individual for his learning purpose.
TASK 3
Evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
SOURCES AUTHOR PURPOSE RELIABILITY RELEVANCE
1 Katz, N. H., This book would The book is Development of

Lawyer, J. W.,
Sweedler, M.,
Tokar, P. and
Sossa, K.J., 2020
help the reader in
the development
of required
leadership skills
in him. The
author for this
book is very
famous for his
education and the
books he ash
wrote in relation
to leadership
topics.
published by a
famous and
educated author.
leadership skills
2 Yielder, J. and
Moir, F., 2016
The purpose of
this book is t
provide the reader
a good guidance
about the growth
of good
communication
skills in him.
The book is
published by
famous
organisation.
Communication
skills.
3 Brundiers, K. and
Wiek, A., 2017
Success can get
easy when an
individual learns
about the prooper
management
skills.
The article is
written by
successful
entrepreneurs.
Management
ability
4 Gotea, M. and
Bódi, D.C., 2017
Developing of
logical skills
The books is
written by famous
publisher.
Logical skills

5 Lejeune, C.,
Beausaert, S. and
Raemdonck, I.,
2018
Changing
contemporary
business
environment
The article is very
reliable
Development of
personal being
6 Grit, R., 2019 The aim for this
book is to work
upon career
development.
Reliable source Management of
competence
7 Rimmer, A., 2018 The books tells
about how to
manage the work
in an effective
manner.
This is an
reflection
performed by 3
people.
Time
management
8 Bintani, K., 2020 The importance
of PDP in once
life has been
explained here.
The author is very
reliable.
Provide good
guidance.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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.
Brundiers, K. and Wiek, A., 2017. Beyond interpersonal competence: Teaching and learning
professional skills in sustainability. Education Sciences, 7(1), p.39.
Gotea, M. and Bódi, D. C., 2017. Development of Professional Skills in Social Work through
Programs of Educational and Support Supervision Case Study-Hospice" House of
Hope" Brasov. Revista de Asistenta Sociala, (2), p.41.
Grit, R., 2019. Managing your competencies: personal development plan. Routledge.
Katz, N. H. and et. al., 2020. Communication and conflict resolution skills. Kendall Hunt
Publishing.
Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018. The impact on employees’ job performance
of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan practice. The
International Journal of Human Resource Management, pp.1-27.
Rimmer, A., 2018. How do I prepare a personal development plan?. Bmj, 363, p.k4725.
Yielder, J. and Moir, F., 2016. Assessing the development of medical students’ personal and
professional skills by portfolio. Journal of medical education and curricular
development, 3, pp.JMECD-S30110.