University PDP Assessment 1 Written Report: BMP3001 Academic Skills

This report is a reflective analysis of personal and professional development. It begins with defining the concepts of personal and professional growth, and then delves into the value of setting short, medium, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. The report further discusses the construction and significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP). Task two explores how factors like author, purpose, reliability, and relevance influence the effective use of developmental sources. The author reflects on their understanding of these aspects and the importance of choosing sources carefully. Overall, the report emphasizes the importance of a well-structured PDP for achieving personal and professional success.

BMP3001
Academic Skills and PDP
Assessment 1
Written Report Plan and Evaluation of
Sources

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task One..........................................................................................................................................3
Task Two.........................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The discussion in the report is over Personal and Professional development plan. The
discussion is a reflective report in which writer has attempted analyze different aspects of
Personal and professional development, starting from understanding meaning of Personal and
Professional development to discussing different goals of life, in a time bound manner, and also
at the end deriving those vales which writer has availed while carrying out this planning. Also, in
the report discussion is made regarding understanding principles of choosing any source of
development.
Task One
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and Professional development is that concept through which an Individual tries
to cultivate those skills and qualities in oneself, that are necessary for that individual in bringing
up oneself in the best manner to lead a good life and make oneself established in the career of
choice as well. The concept comprises of two areas, one is personal development in which
individual is aspiring to become a good human being. And, the other is professional development
in which the individual is seen building qualities important for development in career. In both the
concepts, necessary skills and capabilities are built by individual in a well planned manner
(Bennett-Levy and Finlay-Jones, 2018).
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Short term goals are those goals that I have decided to inculcate in myself within next
year. I will not be taking too long to develop these goals in myself, because they are the one that
are considered by me as really basic and really important. According to me, these are those
qualities, which will be creating base for any next development in me. In this manner I have
discussed three such important short term goals.

 Building up of confidence, in doing any work, like studies, or while pursuing my career
or while communicating or during playing sports. The confidence is required everywhere.
It is the feeling that makes an individual believes that yes he can do a particular task.
 While, being confident about making anything possible in life, and taking of as my
strength, I should also be better insecure about such qualities and capabilities that are
required to be developed in myself. This is important because in absence of insecurities I
can be having effect that I am sufficiently capable.
 Acquiring detailed knowledge of things is another short term goals I have set for myself.
Incomplete knowledge can create much misunderstandings and differences in the mind of
individual, where one can create confusion and could be seen making wrong decisions.
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Medium term goals are those goals that are decided by me to be done in next 2 to 3 years.
These are those goals, that are not some type of urgent priority, but they are necessary to be
developed. These are those goals that could either be delayed to develop or they are those goals
that will be offering a base for longer term development of me. Also, included in this list are
those goals that can be having effect in longer run only, and they are impossible to develop in
short run. These include:
 Working on health and improving it significantly in both physical and mental ways is my
priority. Though, I do not have a fragile health, but there is a necessity that I should be
working more over my health.
 Secondly, I have decided to develop the criteria of my awareness. This is something that
can be regarded as social awareness. Right now, as a student my social interaction and
awareness is only limited to book knowledge, or my friends and family, but to gain
different level of advantage, much interaction and awareness with society is required
(Orme-Smith and Spicer, 2018).
 Also, there is a need that I must be trying on availing a variety of experiences of
life.These are especially those experiences that I have missed in my students life, and in
that manner where i had over burdened myself with studies and other responsibilities.

Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Long term goals are surely the one that are required t be developed in longer run like
somewhere in the period beyond 5 years. These goals fall under the longer run because they will
b valuable in that time only, and there is no meaning of worrying them about right now. This is
the way I should be prioritizing and planning my development process (Salter and Rhodes,
2018).
 A successful career supported and backed by good scores in academia.
 Improved decision making and mental judgement, wisdom etc.
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan and construction of
an example using my goals
Personal and professional development plan is the most crucial and inevitable source of
making personal development of an individual, in the most planned, prioritized and concrete
manner. This also allows an individual to make development in the most directed manner and
avoid wasting time over useless aspects of life.
Task Two
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the
use of a source
I was not truly aware of different aspects of Personal and Professional development.
Neither I was simplistic about the manner in which I have take choices of different goals f life,
manner in which I should be staying highly directed and strict to the reality of facts
(Mahmudovna, 2021). All such doubts of mine, were solved by my sources, that I had chosen
based on four criteria.
Author- Author is the first step of Authentication of any source. Only good authors can lead you
in good manner.
Purpose- There are many confusing aspect in development that can be really confusing and offer
you many sources, but one is requited to stick to purpose for which exploration is being made by
one.
Reliability- Reliability of a is important to seek right guidance.

Relevance- Relevance of any source that is being chosen should be in accordance with goals that
has to be developed.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that Personal and Professional
development plan is a very important source of making some concrete developments in life that
can give you guaranteed and best results, that will allow an individual to become the human
being of personal choice.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bennett-Levy, J. and Finlay-Jones, A., 2018. The role of personal practice in therapist skill
development: a model to guide therapists, educators, supervisors and
researchers. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 47(3). pp.185-205.
Orme-Smith, A. and Spicer, J., 2018. Ethics in general practice: a practical handbook for
personal development. CRC Press.
Salter, M. and Rhodes, P., 2018. On becoming a therapist: A narrative inquiry of personal–
professional development and the training of clinical psychologists. Australian
Psychologist. 53(6). pp.486-492.
Mahmudovna, N. M., 2021. Reasons for Personal Change of Modern Preschool Children. Middle
European Scientific Bulletin. 10(1).