Academic Skills and PDP: Goals, Sources, and Evaluation Report

This report provides a detailed overview of a personal and professional development plan (PDP). It outlines the importance of PDP, goal setting (short, medium, and long-term), and the evaluation of sources. The report includes an analysis of how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect the use of a source. Furthermore, the report evaluates the sources used, assessing their author, purpose, reliability, and relevance. The report also includes a personal development plan with objectives, resources, and tenure for skill development, with references to academic literature. The appendix provides a practical guide for enhancing skills like communication and leadership. The report helps to understand how to improve skills and career goals.

Academic Skills and PDP

Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
Presenting how author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect the use of a source............2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of the sources used in the report ..........................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................6

TASK 1
1.
Personal and professional development is a process through which the company as well
as individual engage in a process of a learning in order to meet the challenge as well as desire
goal. Hence its aim is to manage own learning and generate the growth opportunities of a career
(Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2018). For that, an individual has to determine own skill
and knowledge and then make action accordingly.
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Short term goals assist to make big changes in the career. So it is something that an
individual want to do in near future i.e. current week, month or year (Soria, Fransen and
Nackerud, 2017). Hence, it is stated that it is something that a person wants to accomplish soon.
For example, improving the communication and networking skills, change a job, waste less time
during working hours are consider some examples of personal short term goals.
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Medium term goals take long time as compared to short term goal i.e. two months to
three years. This type of goal are majorly skipped by an individual because they don't keep track
of them and did not even pay any attention (Quirke, 2020). For example, graduate from college,
buy a house and pay off the auto loan are consider some common personal mid term example
that a person made and completed within specific tenure.
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Long term goals require long time to be accomplished such that more than 5 to 10 years
in order to see the progress. Or else it is stated that these are those goals which an individual
want to accomplish in future (Hopkins and Reid, 2018). That is why, it requires time as well as
effective planning hence it may takes several years to be fulfilled. For example, to become a
team leader in a company, save money fro retirement or being debt free and last is to be places
in a reputed firm in order to develop technical knowledge as well as use creativity.
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Personal development plan provides a framework that helps to identify the area i.e.
strength and weakness in order to capitalize the current skills and competencies. Therefore, it is
a life long process which is creates in order to attain the specific skills whether it will be long,
short or medium term goal (Fung, Jayakumar and Amoaku, 2020). Hence, it will assist to change
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the career by strengthen up existing skills. In order to develop PDP, three goals are developed
under each category such that:
Long term goal:
 To develop leadership skills in 5 year
Medium term goal:
 To improve the organizational skills in 1 years
Short term goal:
 To increase communication skills within 1 month
TASK 2
Presenting how author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect the use of a source
By using credible sources in a report will help to convince the reader that the data is
correct and by authentic sources, author check the accuracy and support what they have written.
That is why, authority is credibility of a source's author. On the other side, source are used to
make a report or a research authentic, whereas reliability shows that source used by the scholar
are valid and authentic. Also, the sources used for the report must be latest and date of publish
an article shows the reliability. Apart from this, relevancy is all about to match between a
reader's goal and information related to that goal. That is why, while citing any reference, it is
necessary for have such key element that makes a source valid and authentic.
TASK 3
Evaluation of the sources used in the report
Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Lejeune, C.,
Beausaert, S.
and Raemdonck,
I.,
This source help to provide
an overview of a personal
development plan
The selected article is
published in within 2
years and that is why,
it is reliable.
This source is relevant
because it provide
information which is
related to the topic.
Quirke, P., It helps to provide a life
leaning plan in professional
life
The selected article is
published in current
year and it provide
accurate information
This article assist to
provide template for
personal development
and that is why, it is
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related to the report reliable
Fung, T.H.,
Jayakumar, D.
and Amoaku,
W.M.,
This journal assist to
identify the way through
which communication skill
is improved
This article has a
author and protected
that is why, it is relied
source
The present source
assist to examine the
way through which
communication skill
improved in PDP
hence it proves its
relevancy.
Greco, L.M. and
Kraimer, M.L.,
This article assist to
determine the goal setting in
the career management
process
The article is selected
within same year and
that is why, it is relied
It help to examine the
theories for goal
setting and that is why,
it is relatable to the
study
Post, G. and
Koenders, L.,
It helps to examine the
importance of academic
skills in an individual life
The selected book is
published in recent
years and it proves its
reliability
It provide list o
academic skill which
is suitable under long,
short and medium
term that reflected its
relevancy
Hopkins, D. and
Reid, T.,
The purpose of choosing
this source is to examine the
academic skill in a success
of an individual.
The chosen book is
authentic because it is
published within 2
years.
The present book is
will help to examine
the results o academic
skills.
Soria, K.M.,
Fransen, J. and
Nackerud, S.,
The selected article helps to
determine the benefit of
having academic skills.
The journal is
published within 5
years and helps to
examine benefit of
such skills.
This article is relevant
because it will assist to
identify the benefit of
academic skills
Bratton, J. ed., This book assist to The book is published The current book will
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2020. determine the ways through
which leadership skills
increases
in current year and
that is why, it is
reliable
help to identify how
the leadership skills
will improved.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bratton, J. ed., 2020. Organizational leadership. SAGE Publications Limited.
Fung, T.H., Jayakumar, D. and Amoaku, W.M., 2020. Communication Skill Scenarios. In Viva
and OSCE Exams in Ophthalmology (pp. 221-232). Springer, Cham.
Greco, L.M. and Kraimer, M.L., 2020. Goal-setting in the career management process: An
identity theory perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(1). p.40.
Hopkins, D. and Reid, T., 2018. The Academic Skills Handbook: Your Guide to Success in
Writing, Thinking and Communicating at University. Sage.
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.
Post, G. and Koenders, L., 2019. Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies: Revised Edition.
Amsterdam University Press.
Quirke, P., 2020. Creating Your Own Professional Development and Lifelong Learning Plan.
In Professionalizing Your English Language Teaching (pp. 263-279). Springer, Cham.
Soria, K.M., Fransen, J. and Nackerud, S., 2017. Beyond books: The extended academic
benefits of library use for first-year college students. College & Research Libraries.78(1).
p.8.
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Appendix
Personal development plan
Objectives Action Resources Tenure
To develop
communication skills
(short term goal)
Start attending online session,
try to present own views in front
of people, with the help of tutor
start improving the skill(Greco
and Kraimer, 2020)
Books,
internet
tutor
Within 1
month
To develop
organizational skill
(medium term goal)
Make a list of priority task for a
day, organize the material, Start
attending online session to
develop skill (Bratton, 2020) .
Tutor Within 1 year
To enhance leadership
skills (long term goal)
Start reading biography of top
leader in order to determine
how to overcome from
challenge,
start working in a team and
share best contribution (Post
and Koenders,, 2019)
Books,
Activity
Within 5 year
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