University Report: Personal and Professional Development Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, addressing key concepts and practical applications. It begins by defining personal and professional development and then delves into the significance of setting short, medium, and long-term goals, providing examples for each. The report emphasizes the value of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) as a tool for career planning and skill enhancement, illustrating its use with a practical example based on the identified goals. The structure of the report follows the assignment brief, covering all required topics, including the role of personal development planning, the importance of goal setting, and the construction of a PDP to outline aims and objectives for professional development. The report incorporates secondary research and demonstrates effective referencing techniques, fulfilling all assessment criteria.

Report on Personal
Development
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................3
Discuss value of short term goals and examples of it..................................................................4
Discuss value of medium term goals and examples of it.............................................................4
Discuss value of long term goals and examples of it...................................................................5
Discuss value of PDP and example.............................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Personal development refers to activities which helps in improving the skills and abilities
and developing potential talent. It helps in providing a plan on basis of which development is
done and to achieve goals and objectives (Morrow, 2018). It is necessary to identify personal
goals so that accordingly career path is set and decided. Moreover, the goals of formed on basis
of needs such as short, long and medium. With that, it becomes easy to attain them in effective
way. these goals differ on basis of needs of people. they are either related to life or work related
goals.
The report will describe about concept of personal and professional development. Also, it
will discuss about value of short, medium and long term goals along with some examples in it. at
last a PDP will be explained on basis of identified goals.
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
For an individual personal and professional development is necessary as it helps in career
growth. It allows in learning and gaining of skills and knowledge in effective way. Personal
development is process to enhance basic skills and knowledge. It covers areas of talent which
helps in facilitating employability and in fulfilling of dreams and desires (Personal development,
2016). It is a life long process that allows people to access their skills and abilities. they are able
to achieve goals which are being set. However, personal development is essential as it helps in
fulfilling Maslow needs. Besides that, there are various ways of managing personal development.
it includes developing vision, PDP, review of personal goals etc. (Lauring, Guttormsen, and
McNulty, 2019)
In similar way, professional development is concept of improving skill and knowledge
related to specific profession. It is continuous education, learning and training of individual in
respective career. Generally, main purpose of professional development is to cope up with
current trends of skills and knowledge which helps in attaining goals and objectives. this is also a
life long process but is limited to particular career. by attaining professional goals it person can
grow in his or her career. But in this development differs on basis of profession of individual.
There are various methods of improving professional development like doing SWOT analysis,
development of PDP, etc.
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Thus, these both concepts are related to development of SMART objectives as it enables in
achieving of goals and objectives (Carbonie, Guo and Cahalane, 2018). through professional
development personal goals can be attained. similarly, personal goals are achieved with
professional one. therefore, in PDP skills and knowledge related to both concepts can be
included in it. A PDP is developed by identifying weak area and what improvement is required
in terms of personal and professional growth. So, it is an important concept in career growth.
Discuss value of short term goals and examples of it
In personal and professional development, it is necessary to set short terms goals so that it
gives insight on weak areas. However before setting long terms goals it is essential to set short
and medium goals. This is because it provides a framework on how to attain milestone in it. there
is a great value of short terms in PDP. this is because it acts as milestone in journey and helps in
achieving long term goals. Along with that, the goals helps in analysing how much we have
come and how far we have to go in order to accomplish final goals. In addition to it, to achieve
long term goals they need to be broken down into short ones.
Furthermore, short term goals provide a clear vision of what you want to achieve. It provides
specific guidelines to accomplish long term goals. thus, with help of it long terms goals can be
easily achieved. Besides that, value of these goals is that a person can easily complete it in
specified time (Binder, 2018). Also, it builds in confidence among person as they have achieved
it. so, individual gets insight that how much more efforts has to be made to attain long terms
goals. basically, these goals are of short time period that is of 1-2 months. It helps to attain
medium and long goals in quick time. The goals keep motivated person and to remain productive
in his or her profession. Thus, example of short term goals are defined as :
 Improving time management skills
 to enhance interpersonal skills
 to finish task and activities in specified time.
Discuss value of medium term goals and examples of it
In personal and professional development, medium terms goals are to be formed so that it
gives insight on weak areas. However before setting long terms goals it is essential to set
medium and long term goals. This is because it provides a framework on how to attain milestone
that is long goals. Medium term goals interlink between short and long term. thus, it helps in
completion of PDP in it. this is because it acts as milestone in journey and helps in achieving
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long term goals. Alongside, the goals helps in analysing how far we have to go in order to
accomplish final goals. In addition to it, to achieve long term goals they need to be broken down
medium ones.
Moreover, medium term goals are increases motivation of person to achieve long term goals.
besides mindset of individual is clear that what he wants of attain in future (David and Cobeanu,
2016). in addition to it, medium goals is useful in keeping track of long ones. in this way
motivation is maintained and it allows in making things easy. the individual is able to see
progress of his or her goals. Besides that, value of these goals is that a person can easily
complete it in specified time. so, individual gets details of that how much efforts is required to
attain long terms goals. basically, these goals are of medium time period that is of 3-4 months. It
helps to achieve long goals in quick time. The goals keep motivated person and to increase
productivity in his or her profession. Thus, example of medium term goals are defined as :
 Improving leadership skills
 to enhance communication skills
 to learn differ types of language
Discuss value of long term goals and examples of it
After short and medium term goals, there comes long terms ones. these are the ultimate
goal which are to be attained. So, they are the base on which both short and medium goals are
set. It is important to set long goals as it shows what person want to achieve in his or her career.
they are accomplished with help of short and medium ones. It helps in setting purpose of life and
providing right direction to move for long term.
The main value of these goals is it helps individual to fulfil his dreams and desires. these
goals keep motivated the individual to make more efforts in gaining of skills and knowledge so
that dreams can be fulfilled (Shmeleva, Kislyakov and Abramov, 2017). Usually, these goals
are of long time period that is of 1 – 3 years. The goals keep motivated person and to increase
productivity in his or her profession. it enables in maintaining inspiration desires to be achieved.
thus, attainment of those goals define success of it. this gives clarity of what you want to
become in life and obtain all those things. these goals are having more value as compared to
short and medium goals. it keeps inspiring individual to make efforts to become a great person in
future. Thus, example of long term goals are defined as :
 to become a great leader
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 to start a business
 to become General manager
Hence, it is evaluated that all types of goals are having a great value in personal and
professional context. the short goals are basic one and provide framework whereas medium one
keeps motivated. So, both are useful in achieving long term goals. However, goals needs to be
broken down so that it becomes easy to accomplish long ones.
Discuss value of PDP and example
The personal development plans have been the dynamic too which help in providing
roadmap for the development of career and the personal goals in the form of the individual level
of perspective. This make the proper level of leveraging over the commitments to the personal
and professional level (Lejeune and et.al., 2016). The PDP have been the excellent tool for
capturing and recording of the development goals in order to make providence of proper
guidance to career. The well drafted PDP is cornered to be the blueprint in order to make the
identification of the ways to build the idea careers, clarifying the resources which har needed to
mee there goals and enlisting the support of individual leaders.
The PDP have the value in the following terms to make the relevant level of discussion as
the term to be lavishing documents over the desired career trajectory. This are such as the-
Clarity as the documents is the helpful in keeping everything accountable is regarding the of
dreams of individual to achieved
Motivation as proper updating and streams lining may heel in asking the proper level of focused
to statement along aligning of the goals.
Action are setting of the written goals for the accomplishment the short term and long-term
levels as per the creation of basis in monthly, weekly, and daily actionable items that will move
you towards end game.
At the last the performance have help in tracking the performances on the given focus areas
along with providing the reason to multiple goals at the time of self-evaluations (Perry, 2017).
This have the viewed as the documents in term of opportunity to take purposeful which are
controlling in the future.
Goals Objectives Resources Management Target date
Improving the To have the updating To get the proper To have the proper 2 months
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communication
skills
the training material
for reflecting the
changes which have
been accepted in the
recent level of staff
meeting (Mehrmann,
Scholz and Vergar,
2018
).
To have the
completion of the
coaching
certifications
programs and gaining
the recognition as the
needs and preferences
to provide the
superior service.
training regarding
he development of
vocabulary with
the help of internet
sources and helps
of the tutors.
level of reviewing
of the training
materials and
feedbacks for
guide.
Decision
making
To have the
contribution the
planning and session
making aspects and
make proper attempt
to analyse the
decision.
To have observing
their higher level
of authorities
along with
consulting the in
effective manner
Setting
organizational
targets and time
bounds goals.
3 months
Time
management
skills
To improve this skill
so that tasks and
activities are
completed on time.
By developing
schedule and
undertaking small
tasks
by using schedule
to complete task in
time
1 month
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CONCLUSION
From the above it can be concluded as the development of the personal and professional
development plan is the important aspect for the career building of an individual. there are 3
types of goals which are set that is short, medium and long term. The PDP have been the
excellent tool for capturing and recording of the development goals in order to make providence
of proper guidance to career. This make the identification of the long term and short-term goals
along with indemnification of individual strength and weakness. In addition the individual is
bale to have the identify the area of improvement and developed the action plan to achieve the
desired goal and objectives.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Carbonie, A., Guo, Z. and Cahalane, M., 2018. Positive Personal Development through eSports.
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David, O.A. and Cobeanu, O., 2016. Evidence-based training in cognitive-behavioural coaching:
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Lauring, J., Guttormsen, D.S. and McNulty, Y.M., 2019. Adult third culture kids: adjustment and
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Lejeune, C and et.al., 2016. Personal development plans supporting employee learning and
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Morrow, B.J., 2018. Pastoral Well-Being & Beyond: Three Streams of Pastoral Health and
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Shmeleva, E.A., Kislyakov, P.A. and Abramov, A.V., 2017. Innovative activities and socio-
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