Personal Development Plan: Self-Analysis, Goal Setting, and Objectives

This personal development plan assignment comprises three key parts: personal analysis, goal setting, and personal objectives. The self-analysis section evaluates the student's strengths, such as communication and critical skills, and areas for development, like analytical skills. It also identifies opportunities and threats related to career growth. The goal-setting section outlines specific learning objectives, action plans (e.g., taking classes), methods for measuring success, and target review dates. Finally, the personal objectives section defines short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing a roadmap for career advancement and professional development. The student references several academic sources to support the plan. This plan aims to improve the student's skills and overall performance in the workplace.

Personal Development Plan
Name:
Part 1 – Personal Analysis
Strengths Areas for further development
Communication skills- I have good
communication skills that help me in
presenting. The communication skills
gives the confidence to me to stand up to
what I believe is right. The presentation
skills make the communication good with
others and helps in increasing the
performance (Van Wingerden, Derks and
Bakker, 2017).
Hard working- I am good in studies and
always focuses on increasing the marks.
The studies helps me in increasing the
knowledge and it makes me have a good
power to grab the things. It is easy for
others to explain me things because it
relate them to what is actually important.
Experienced- I have many years of
industry experience which makes me
have the skills to work with different
people. I am able to communicate and
increase the quality of the work because I
have the experience of working in the
diverse organisations.
Critical skills- I have the tendency to learn
and them make the decisions. The critical
skills I have is making it difficult for me to
give the work according to the specific
measures because I want the increase the
performance. The skills I have will make
the work slow and I have to make the
efforts to improve the quality of the work.
Analytical skills- I do not like to work
where I have to analyse the factors that are
can impact the performance. I find it
difficult to analyse the factors so I am
having analytical skills which is not
helping me to improve the performance. I
am not able to have the decision where I
have to analyse the factors that are giving
good products.
I do not like to leave the work in between
so I can compromise on the quality but I
try to give the full work to the organisation.

Opportunities Threats
I am having the experience of working in
different organisation which makes it
easy for me to select the career which I
want to have in the future. The
professional experiences are helping me
in making the decisions. I am able to
work better in the team.
I want to learn new things which makes
me have the interest in different things. I
have worked in different organisations
and the knowledge I have helps me in
working and I want to grow in the
organisation and have the experience of
the high level of employees.
I am communicating with the employees
of different organisations which is
helping me in increasing the
performance. The skills I have is making
me improve the quality and it is helping
me to increase the needs of the
organisation (Miller, 2017).
The organisation is having many
employees who are working together to
increase the performance. I am having my
decisions and I explain it to others and
when they do not work according to me it
is make me work as an individual.
The people are having different opinions
and they are from different cultures so the
employees will help each other. I am
introvert with the people and it takes me
few days to communicate with them.
Part 2 - Setting goals
What do I
want to learn?
What do I have
to do?
How will I
measure
Target date for
review?

success?
I want to improve
my
communication
skills so that I can
communicate with
the new employees
of the
organisation.
I will interact with
people. The cultural
difference in the
organisation is
making it difficult
for me to
communicate so
will work with
them. I will help
me to increase the
knowledge about
different culture
and improves the
performance
(Henry and et.al.,
2016).
I will have to attend
the class for
improving the
communication
skills for 7 months.
I will have to spend
the money fr the
classes that will help
me in improving the
performance. I will
measure the success
of the communication
skills when I will be
communicating with
the large number of
the employees in the
organisation.
29th May 2021
I want to increase
the analytical skills
because that is the
most important
factor for
increasing the
performance.
I will have to study
the insights of the
work. It will help
me in analysing the
performance. The
work done by the
employees in the
organisation n
should be
monitored and it
will help in giving
quality products.
The analytical skills
cam be improved
when I will learn
digital marketing. It
will help me in
analysing the work
and useful in selecting
the methods that will
help in improving the
performance.
11th July 2021

The most important
factor for the
organisation is that
the employees
should analyse the
work they are
doing.
I want to improve
the networking
because I have the
experience in
different
organisations
which helps me in
increasing the
performance.
I will communicate
with the employees
of different
departments and it
will help me in
increasing the
performance
(Lejeune, Beausaert
and Raemdonck,
2018). The
employees of
different
organisations
should able in
contact because
they are important
for increasing the
knowledge. The
organisation should
focus on the factors
that are important
for increasing the
performance.
I will have to increase
the performance by
communicating with
the different
employees. The
communication in the
organisation helps me
in maintaining the
relations that will help
in achieving success.
15th May 2021
I am having good
interpersonal
skills. It helps me
I will have to
improve the
performance by
I will have to take the
online classes for 5
months that will help
19th December 2021

in increasing the
performance of the
team and it will
help in improving
the quality of the
work.
25% increase in
quality. It will help
in improving the
performance of the
organisation.
in increasing the
performance.
Part 3 – Personal Objectives
Short-term goals (next 12 months)
My short term goal is to improve the communication skills by taking the online classes
for 7 months. The organisation should have the employees that have good
communication and they are having the methods that will increase the quality of the
work.
My short term goal is to improve the interpersonal skills that will help in improving the
performance and maintaining relations in the organisation.
My short term goal is to work in the organisation where I get to learn. I have the
experience of working in different organisation and it will help me to increasing the
performance. The organisation should help me in increasing the skills that are important
for the giving quality work.
My short term goal is to have the analytical skills that are important for analysing the
performance of the employees in the organisation. It helps in monitoring the employees
and the factors that are important for the organisation.
Medium term goals (next 2-3 years)
My medium term goal is to increase the skills that are important for the organisation.
The employees have different skills in the organisation and they are helping in
increasing the performance. I will improve the skills that will help me in having good
organisation.
My medium term goal is to have the team working with me and I want to become the

manager where I can make the decisions. The team will help the organisation in giving
good products and my skills will be applied for increasing the performance.
My medium term goal is to have the salary better than the industry average. The
employees of the organisation will have good performance when they fell that they are
getting salary more than the people who are working.
My medium term goal is to do many online courses that will help me in improving the
skills. They will help me in having the skills that are important for the organisation.
Longer term goals (beyond 3 years)
My long term goal is to have the luxury house and I will be able to have it when I am
having the salary which is making me purchase.
My long term goal is to have the high level employment in the organisation. There is the
hierarchy of employees in the organisation and I want to have the decision making in the
organisation that will help me in improving the performance.
My long term goal is to increase the salary by 75 % and having a good working
environment in the organisation. It will help me in having the skills that will help me in
increasing performance.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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.
Henry, S.L. and et.al., 2016. The online personal action plan: a tool to transform patient-
enabled preventive and chronic care. American journal of preventive medicine.
51(1). pp.71-77.
Miller, C.L., 2017. CAREER ACTION PLAN: Applying Analytical Thinking Skills in an
Online Career Development Course. Career Planning & Adult Development
Journal. 33(1).
Van Wingerden, J., Derks, D. and Bakker, A.B., 2017. The impact of personal resources and
job crafting interventions on work engagement and performance. Human Resource
Management. 56(1). pp.51-67.