Personal & Professional Growth: Academic Skills and PDP Report

This report provides an overview of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals to enhance academic and professional skills. It defines the concept of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) and discusses its value in achieving educational and career objectives. The report highlights the benefits of each type of goal, providing personal examples to illustrate their significance. Short-term goals aid in concentration and build confidence, medium-term goals foster continuous effort and loyalty, and long-term goals offer clarity and maximize focus. The report concludes that a well-structured PDP clarifies abilities, knowledge, and targets, encouraging individuals to put in the necessary effort to achieve their objectives. Desklib offers a wealth of similar resources for students seeking academic support.

Academic Skills and
PDP

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development.........................................3
Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples......................................................................................................................................4
Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples......................................................................................................................................5
Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples......................................................................................................................................6
Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan..................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan........................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Abilities and skills can be termed as the essence of knowledge of the person that required
to be increased from time to time on regular basis in respect to increase their performance at their
university or in their management. Adjectives very essential for the person to increase their skills
in respect to deal with the variations in the field of academic institution and the workplace. The
personal development plan is termed as the manner of setting the targets and direction that will
support the person to increase their several term of the knowledge and abilities (Arruda, 2021).
A personal development plan is develop in respect to achieve the educational and future career
targets in an effective and efficient way. The following report covers several term of the goals.
TASK
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
Personal development plan is termed as the manner of setting targets and direction that
will support the person to increase the cerebral term of the abilities and capabilities. It made in
respect to achieve the learning and line of work section of the targets. As it involves the short
term, long term goals and medium term goals in an effective manner. Every target have their
own aspect to deal with the competition. The short term target are fulfilled in the period of three
months 24 months as on the other hand the medium-term targets will get satisfied in 4 to 7
months and at last the long-term goals will take one year to get executed.
Hence, the individual make there effective approaches and efforts in respect to increase
their personal and professional growth in their University and workplace in respect to enhance
the chance of get chosen for the job role in the business. The personal and professional growth of
the candidate might managed by several terms like on the job training and off the job training it
will help in enhancement of their roles (Chetty, Proches, and Singh, 2021). The growth might
also maintained by the suitable motivation for lead and manage power of the candidates in the
business. The personal and professional development lead to raising of the morale of the
individuals who are the part of workplace.

Description and discussion of the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples.
Short term goals are termed that are to be get accomplished in short period. The short term
targets that might be evaluated as short sections for the accomplishment of the longer period. The
short term targets are the targets that achieved in a period of lower than 7 months. The short term
targets will add the standards in context to the future of individuals. The period of short-term
targets might we compare with the weeks or months (Chukwuorji, 2021). A short term targets
required to consider with effectiveness in respect to boost of the abilities to achieve the future
target. As there are several sort of the advantages of short-term targets. The significance of the
importance of short-term targets are as follows –
 The short term target supports an individual to concentrate on their goals in respect to
achieve the targets for the future. The effective concentration will help in increasing the
profitability of business through candidates at the workplace who supports in enhancing
the confidence and values.
 The term of short-term targets will lead to maximization in the candidate’s confidence
who will get maximize the working effectively at their workplace.
 The short term targets neglect the sense of negligence between the candidates as a short
term target seems effective towards complex with positive and durable motivation of an
individual. As in respect to have such sort of positive sections it will lead to the
efficiency and effectiveness in the person. The short term target with healthy individual to have suitable adjustment that might we
get evaluated on their regular framework of time in respect to make sure the execution of
the targets in the define night period of time (Fergus, Seals, and Holston, 2021). It might
lead to identify and execute the targets effectively in respect to increase the knowledge.
The examples of short term targets are as follows –
 The short term target might be get done that ask in the definite period of time.
 The example of this target might be to execute the task of at least 7 units of a book in this
week.
 The short term target in terms of walking with the purpose to go in gym.

Description and discussion of the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
The medium term targets are the targets that have period shorter than the long period of
targets and also longer than the short period of target. The short-term targets are accomplished in
respect to achieve the targets with the suitable and longer term of time. The short-term targets
might be varies as per to the achievement of the short-term targets that are negotiable in aspect
(Innabi, and Emanuelsson, 2021). The medium term targets act as in respect to achieve the long-
term target. The medium term targets maintained the disparity among such goals. The medium-
term targets maintained a manner towards the effectiveness and attainment of the longer term of
the target. The medium-term targets have several advantages. The value of medium targets are
as follows –
 The medium term target suppose the person to have continue efforts on the manner to
achieve longer term of target.
 The manner of medium term targets in terms of the loyalty and values of the individual
and raise their confidence towards the long term of targets. The medium-term targets maintain their dealings to determine the efforts for longer term
of targets.
The example of medium term targets are as follows -
 The medium term target might get learn foreign language. It supports in their career in
several fields of learning and education skills that will support the individual getting
higher term of career chances.
 Other medium term target might get pass the final exam with good grades. It supports the
individual to develop effective image in mind set of their professors (Kuhl, and
Baumann, 2021). It also supports individual in determining various chances of getting
good grades by creating effective impression in minds of the person.
 The medium term target can be to save 500 bucks by the end of the annual semester. It
helps to invest on their educational courses that provides them various chances while
their job roles.

Description and discussion of the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal
examples
Long term target are relates to be essential in life of an individual as because it involves those
targets that take time to attain and need a suitable term of efforts by the person. To accomplish
such targets by the individual they required to take at least three to six years and it will motivate
individual in respect to pursue and follow their desirable dreams. Long term targets of the
individual offers several sort of the advantages to the individual that are as follows –
 Long-term targets of an individual offers transparency of their goals that are essential for
anchor easement and effectiveness for their future goals (Ling, and et.al., 2021)By
setting long term targets for the individual it will support them in getting accurate term of
guidance in accomplishment of the final and actual target.
 By setting long-term targets by the individual it will support them in maximizing the
concentration towards their life and career. It supports the individual to determine what
challenges and issues are that they face in a completion of the targets and it will also
enable them solutions in respect to achieve such term of targets.
 For completion of longer term of targets by an individual they involved sectional Tum of
experience and involvement in decision making procedure. It will help them in
achievement of the targets by the individual that need to create skills and abilities that
offers them help in an effective manner.
For achievement of the longer term targets by an individual it is essential to creates abilities,
sense of knowledge and skills. As there are some of the examples of the longer-term targets that
are as follows –
 Long term target involved purchase of 3BHK apartment as it is a dream of many
individual to buy their own home.
 Become an effective and confident leader of a political party is another long term plan at
it will support to direct and guide team members in respect to accomplish their target
(Mayer, Wegerle, and Oosthuizen, 2021).
 Become an executive manager in a long term targets of many individual at this offers
them high value at their workplace field of management and offers good salary also for
stop his support to take roles and responsibility of a person increase their income section.

Description and discussion of the value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan will termed as the document that involves several sort of the tactics
and activities that are to be taken by an individual in respect to accomplish their targets (Ross,
2021). The manner of person development planning is an essential term for the individual to
advance the progression in term of the ability, career, education and sense of knowledge of an
individual. Person development plan has section in life of the person that are as follows –
 It offers clarity to the individual in terms of the ability, sense of knowledge and the
targets that are to be increase. Personal and as well as professional development plan will
supports in offering transparency that supports the individual in a complex the personal
and as well as professional targets.
 It will support them in encouraging them and also made them to put their efforts in
respect to a complete the targets of the people (Tokiran, Hussin, and Shahibi, 2021). It
also supports in directing a guiding individual by determining the activities that are
essential to maintaining their dealings in respect to complex longer period and shorter
period of targets.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that, Personal development is an
essential term in life of an individual as it supports them in acquiring experience and skills and
create several abilities in the life of an individual. As there are several sort of targets at a need to
be created by the individual respect to create abilities and gain suitable terms of the skills. Such
sort of the targets are of three types that involves the short term goals, medium term goals and at
last long term goals. The short term goals include those targets that can be accomplished by an
individual in less period of time. Moreover, the medium-term targets are achieved by the person
in much time as compared to short-term and on the other hand such targets of effective term of
base for the long term target. Long-term targets are those targets that are effective and essential
life of an individual that take higher time like in a year. Person development plan term to a plan
that involves action that are to be taken by the individual in respect to a person development
goals.

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Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
Developed
Development Plan Resources Target Date
Time management skills Time management skills are
one of the key skills to save
time and skill development.
This is a short-term goal as it
can be achieved within 6
months. To develop these
skills, you need to develop a
work plan to manage your time
effectively. Creating a schedule
is not enough, but it's also
important to stick to it.
Nowell, S.W.,
Watson, L.R., Crais,
E.R., Baranek, G.T.,
Faldowski, R.A. and
Turner-Brown, L.,
2020. Joint attention
and sensory-
regulatory features at
13 and 22 months as
predictors of
preschool language
and social-
communication
outcomes. Journal of
Speech, Language,
and Hearing
Research, 63(9),
pp.3100-3116.
By September 2021
Completing graduation Obtaining a degree is also one
of the medium-term goals.
Getting a degree is not enough,
but a good graduation is also
important. In addition to
earning a degree, developing
skills, participating in various
activities, and completing tasks
on time are important.
Samah, R., Isahak, A.
and WA, W.A., 2020.
Excellent teacher
practices in teaching
and learning Arabic
language and
literature based on ibn
khaldun strategies
[Amalan guru
By August 2023

To do this, one needs to enrol
in a good university.
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pengajaran dan
pembelajaran (Pdp)
bahasa dan sastera
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strategi ibnu
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Critical Reviews.