PDP Assignment: Analyzing Strengths, Weaknesses, and Objectives

This assignment delves into the creation of a Personal Development Plan (PDP), a crucial tool for personal and professional growth. The student begins by conducting a SWOT analysis, identifying their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, providing detailed examples to illustrate each point. Following the analysis, the assignment focuses on setting SMART goals, outlining specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives. The student explains the SMART technique and its application in defining both short, medium, and long-term objectives. The assignment concludes by presenting the student's personal objectives, offering a clear roadmap for future development and career advancement. The assignment is a comprehensive exploration of self-assessment and strategic planning for personal development. This document is available on Desklib, a platform providing past papers and solved assignments for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
PART B......................................................................................................................................................2
SWOT analysis including stages.............................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is defined as the most effective tool that has been utilized by
many learners, individuals and workers to improve their performances, enhance their
productivity, develop particular skills, knowledge and extent of talent. It is used to plan for a
several things, including career change, progress, moving into further success or to improve
skills. The current assignment will explain SWOT analysis, aim setting and personal objectives.
PART B
SWOT analysis including stages
Stage 1- Analysis -
Strengths-
My biggest strength is my writing skill, which made be able to communicate with other
people in written format. Just because it this strength, I am capable to write email and other
important documents by using laptop, and computer.
My another strength is that I am able to work in a team, which allow me to accomplish
my as well as other work on time. As I have team work skill that provide benefits to me while I
will perform as an employee in well-known organization.
In term of strength, I am able to take better decision and chose options that are accessible
in the world, which enable me to achieve my set smart aims & objectives. I have effective
decision making skill.
Weaknesses-
Along with strengths, I also had some weaknesses which unable me to obtain desire
outcomes. Lack of problem solving skill is one of my weaknesses that affect my work and
decrease my efficiency. Just because of this I had face many issues, especially when I take
initiative to perform in a team.
Lack of interpersonal skill, is my another weakness, which I need to improve by taking
appropriate action.

I am unable to work in a group of people, because I had lack of team working skill,
which I also need to learn and develop, just like above that is actually quite significant for me.
Opportunities-
Technology advancement is one of those opportunities, which I may grab in the context
of overcome my weaknesses. It made be able to obtain varied benefits in term of improving my
skills. With the help of advance technologies, I may learn many things which help in my future
growth.
Emerging methods like PDP, for skills development and improvement is another
chance, which I may grab to become a successfully learner and skilled worker in the future.
In recent time, in order to enhance the skills and competencies of individual person,
experience holder make arrangement of learning workshops, which is one of the best
opportunity that I may obtain and take benefit from it. It may help to improve those areas in
which I am lacking and need improvements.
Threats-
Emerging needs relate to different types of skills may possess threat for me, which affect
my current practices and activities. This factor put a lot of pressure on me as it drive my attention
toward taking initiative to overcome its negative impact.
Increasing competition between individual person also affect in same manner. In order
to grab current and further growth opportunities, each person attempts to enhance their skills and
knowledge, which directly or indirectly increase competitive level.
Stage 2- Setting aims
SMART is defined as an acronym that stands for specific, measurable, achievable,
realistic and timely (Sigalat-Signes and et.al., 2020). It considered as well developed tool that
individual person may utilize to plan and achieve their aims. This smart technique each person
may use to guide their aim setting in effective and systematic manner. It is used by following
five stages, which help to define goal, and time duration under which each aim may achieve.
This technique helps to push individual further, supports to organize and reach their aims and

also gives them a good sense of direction. It is quite beneficial and useful approach that has been
used by many peoples.
An aim is described as an idea of desired and future results that a person envisions,
create and commit to achieve (Zhang and et.al., 2020). It may be considered as long term plan,
which individual attempts to achieve by taking varied initiatives, developing strategies,
conducting actions and practices, which is quite important to do so. There are several types of
approaches and techniques available in the world that anyone may use to achieve long term,
short and medium term aims. An aim is roughly similar to purpose and anticipated outcomes
which direct reaction.
Explaining setting aims-
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound
I want learn or
develop my
problem solving
skill, which is
quite important
for me as it help
to enable myself
as a good team
member. It is
my short term
aim that I need
to achieve.
I want to achieve this
aims within 4 days
In order to develop
problem solving skills
or learn how to do
this, I may use some
resources which made
me capable to achieve
my aim. In term of
resource, I will take
superior advice
regarding it.
I am able to
commit to
achieve my aim,
as I will use
relevant resource
and achieve my
aim under give
time frame.
10 days
Along with
above goal, I
want to achieve
another and that
is to develop
interpersonal
I will develop this skill
within 10 days
I will achieve this aim,
by considering and
using existing
techniques, which
made me capable to
make this goal
This aim is
realistic and
within reach, as it
provide benefits
to me recently
and in the future.
12 days

skill. I want to
achieve this
form of skill,
which is also
essential as
above, because
it help me to
grab in future
employment
opportunities.
achievable. I will use
learning workshop as
key resource.
In additional, I
want to learn
how to work in
form of
collaboration,
which is
significant and
useful for me.
I want to obtain this
skill and use for longer.
I will develop this skill
as well, by taking
initiative to work in a
team of people.
Along with above
two, this aim is
also realistic in
varied forms and
I am capable to
commit to ach
12 days
I will measure my success, by taking part in team work, and obtaining desire outcomes,
which define that I have learned how to perform in group of many people who attempt to achieve
common aim. Just like this, I will measure my success in each particular area, in effective and
systematic manner.
Stage 3- Personal objectives
Short term objectives-
 After completing my university studies, I want to join a good IT program, which made
me able to work in any sector. This is one of my short term objective that I may achieve.
 I want to improve my interpersonal skills, by taking particular course.
Medium term objectives-

 I want to become a part of well-known company and work for it as an employee. As it
made me capable to grow and get success in the future, which I will grab after
completing my graduation.
 I want to buy a new house.
Long term objectives-
 I want to become executive manager and this is one of my biggest and long term aim,
which I need to achieve.
 Along with that, I want to travel whole world, which is my another long term goal that
will achieve after getting success and obtaining progress as an executive manager.
CONCLUSION
From above analysis, it has been concluded that by using personal development plan,
individual has improved their performance, which made them able to achieve their short,
medium and long term objectives, successfully and systematically.

REFERENCES
Book and Journals
Sigalat-Signes, E. and et.al., 2020. Transition towards a tourist innovation model: The smart
tourism destination: Reality or territorial marketing?. Journal of Innovation &
Knowledge. 5(2). pp.96-104.
Zhang, H and et.al., 2020. Goal-related unethical behaviors and meaning in life: The moderating
role of goal state. Journal of Research in Personality. 87. p.103970.