Personal Development Plan and Evaluation of Sources Report

This report delves into the process of personal development planning, emphasizing the importance of setting short, medium, and long-term goals for both personal and professional growth. It outlines the value of a well-structured personal development plan, detailing how to enhance skills like time management, communication, and problem-solving. The report also examines the impact of author credentials, purpose, reliability, and relevance on the use of sources, evaluating the credibility of various references. The evaluation includes an assessment of each source's author, purpose, reliability, and relevance to ensure the validity of the information used. The conclusion stresses the critical role of personal development planning and source evaluation in achieving individual success. The report provides a detailed plan for personal development, including goals, methods for achieving them, and the resources used.

Plan and Evaluation of
Sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and Professional development......................................................................................3
Value of Short Term Goals..........................................................................................................3
Value of Medium-Term Goals.....................................................................................................3
Value of Long-Term Goals..........................................................................................................4
Value of Personal Development Plan..........................................................................................4
Personal Development Plan.........................................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................5
Impact of author, purpose, reliability and relevance on use of sources.......................................5
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of Sources..................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development planning is a process through which action plan for personal
development of individual is created. Personal development planning involves considering
awareness, values, reflection, setting of goals and planning within educational or career context.
This report will involve personal development planning and evaluation of sources.
Task 1
Personal and Professional development
Personal and professional development is concerned with process and activities through
which individuals manage their learning and growth. Personal and professional development
help individuals in developing skills and knowledge that enables individuals in become
successful in personal in terms of academic life and in professional life (Goodall, 2017). Personal
and professional development also helps individuals in continuing their learning that is important
for ensuring individual is able to work according to changing requirements of profession.
Value of Short Term Goals
Short term goals involve goals that are to be achieved in less than 1 year. Short term
goals are important for enabling individuals to maintain their focus and attention on achievement
of goals, because they does not offer much time for achieving goals (Greco and Kraimer, 2020).
Examples of three short-term goals are-
 Developing time management skills
 Developing communication skills
 Developing problem solving skills
Value of Medium-Term Goals
Medium term goals are required to achieved in time more than 1 and less than 5 years.
Value of medium term goal is that they connect short terms goals and long term goals of
individuals. Medium term goals also offer enough time to individual and also ensures that one
does not lose their focus and this is why this time remains fixed (Callanan, Perri and Tomkowicz,
2017). Example of medium-term goals
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 Completing graduation
 Completing post graduation degree
 Getting internship
Value of Long-Term Goals
Long term goals are those that take time of more than 5 years to achieve and long term
goals are also ultimate life goals that individuals have. Long terms goals are important as they
enable individuals to achieve their life ambitions. Long term goals also enable individuals to
change their plan because they give enough time to achieve goals (Maree, 2017). Example of
long term goals include-
 Getting Job
 Getting promoted to managerial position
 Buying a car
Value of Personal Development Plan
Personal Development Plan is a action plan through which one become able to
understand what are their goals and how and in what time they will achieve their goals and
objectives. This is very important for providing clarity to individual about their personal as well
as professional goals in terms of development (Rubens and et.al., 2018). Personal development
plan also motivates individuals and when goals are accomplished they also give satisfaction to
individual of being successful in achieving their goals.
Personal Development Plan
Goals Method of achieving Sources Time
Developing
communication skills
This can be done through
participating in programs for
developing communication skills
Reading literature and practicing
written communication skills
Literature, computer, Internet
and financial resources for
participating in courses
6 Months
Developing time-
management skills
Practicing time management skill
regularly
Ensuring effective planning skill to
allocate adequate time for every
Literature 10 Months
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activity and task
Learning from those who has
effective time management skill
Developing problem-
solving skills
Reading literature and developing
knowledge of problem solving
skill
Maintaining stress level during
problems to find proper solution
Taking assistance of others
Literature 12 Months
Completing graduation
with good grades
Regular and timely study and
preparation for exams
Developing strong knowledge of
concepts
Reading and educational
material, and financial
resources
3 years
Completing Post
Graduation Degree
Preparing for entrance exam in
advance and considering different
options for institutions where Post
Graduation degree can be
completed (Bintani, 2020).
Reading and educational
material, and financial
resources
5 Years
Task 2
Impact of author, purpose, reliability and relevance on use of sources
Author- Credentials of author and organisation affiliation is included in this.
Purpose- This is concerned with purpose of information.
Reliability- This is concerned with where the information has came from and is supported by
evidence or not.
Relevance- Whether the information relates with topic or answer of the question and who is
intended audience for the information.
These elements collectively ensure that sources being used by individuals are justified
and reliable and these elements also ensure validity of the sources being used by individual. Use
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of sources in this study on the basis of these elements suggests that information in this report is
valid and reliable to be used in report (Liu, 2021). This is why author, purpose, reliability and
relevance make very strong impact on use of sources.
Task 3
Evaluation of Sources
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Goodall, C., 2017.
Personal development
planning as
reflection. Developing
Professional Practice
in Health and Social
Care, p.199.
Goodall, C., To inform about
personal
development
planning
Yes Yes
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.
Greco, L.M. and
Kraimer, M.L.,
To share
information and
knowledge of
goal setting
Yes Yes
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Callanan, G.A., Perri,
D.F. and Tomkowicz,
S.M., 2017. Career
management in
uncertain times:
Challenges and
opportunities. The
Career Development
Quarterly, 65(4),
pp.353-365.
Callanan, G.A.,
Perri, D.F. and
Tomkowicz,
S.M., 2017
Informing about
career
management and
goal setting
Yes Yes
Maree, K., 2017.
Utilizing career
adaptability and career
resilience to promote
employability and
decent work and
alleviate poverty.
In Psychology of
career adaptability,
employability and
resilience (pp. 349-
373). Springer, Cham.
Maree, K., 2017 Career
management and
goals setting
Yes Yes
Rubens, A.,
Schoenfeld, G.A.,
Schaffer, B.S. and
Leah, J.S., 2018. Self-
awareness and
leadership: Developing
an individual strategic
professional
development plan in
an MBA leadership
course. The
International Journal
Rubens, A.,
Schoenfeld, G.A.,
Schaffer, B.S. and
Leah, J.S.,
To inform about
professional
development plan
Yes Yes
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of Management
Education, 16(1),
pp.1-13.
Bintani, K., 2020,
August. Personal
Development Plan as a
Guidance and
Counseling Strategy in
Higher Education.
In 2nd International
Seminar on Guidance
and Counseling 2019
(ISGC 2019) (pp. 18-
22). Atlantis Press.
Bintani, K., 2020, Personal
development plan
in higher
education
Yes Yes
Liu, G., 2021. Moving
up the ladder of source
assessment: Expanding
the CRAAP test with
critical thinking and
metacognition. Colleg
e & Research
Libraries News, 82(2),
p.75.
Liu, G., 2021 Informing About
assessment of
sources
Yes Yes
Berg, C., 2017.
Teaching website
evaluation: The
CRAAP test and the
evolution of an
approach.
Berg, C., 2017 Assessment of
website sources
Yes Yes
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CONCLUSION
On the basis of above discussion, it can be said that personal development planning can
play crucial role in success of individual regarding professional and personal development. In
addition to this, elements like Author, purpose, reliability and relevance are important for
determination of validity of sources.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Berg, C., 2017. Teaching website evaluation: The CRAAP test and the evolution of an approach.
Bintani, K., 2020, August. Personal Development Plan as a Guidance and Counseling Strategy in
Higher Education. In 2nd International Seminar on Guidance and Counseling 2019
(ISGC 2019) (pp. 18-22). Atlantis Press.
Callanan, G.A., Perri, D.F. and Tomkowicz, S.M., 2017. Career management in uncertain times:
Challenges and opportunities. The Career Development Quarterly. 65(4). pp.353-365.
Goodall, C., 2017. Personal development planning as reflection. Developing Professional
Practice in Health and Social Care. p.199.
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.
Liu, G., 2021. Moving up the ladder of source assessment: Expanding the CRAAP test with
critical thinking and metacognition. College & Research Libraries News. 82(2). p.75.
Maree, K., 2017. Utilizing career adaptability and career resilience to promote employability and
decent work and alleviate poverty. In Psychology of career adaptability, employability
and resilience (pp. 349-373). Springer, Cham.
Rubens, A and et.al., 2018. Self-awareness and leadership: Developing an individual strategic
professional development plan in an MBA leadership course. The International Journal
of Management Education. 16(1). pp.1-13.
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