Report on Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Skills

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, commencing with a definition of the core concepts and their significance. It then explores the value of short, medium, and long-term goals, providing practical examples for each. The report further examines the impact of 'journalism, resolving bias, and relevance' on referencing practices, emphasizing the importance of source evaluation. It includes an evaluation of several sources, assessing their relevance and reliability. The report concludes with a personal development plan, outlining strategies for skill enhancement and achieving both personal and professional objectives, including time management, critical thinking, and leadership skills. The plan is designed to support the learner in achieving their predefined goals through various methods, such as projects, webinars, and expert observation.

Report Plan and
Source of Evaluation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
Define the concept of personal and professional development...................................................1
Discuss and describe the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples....1
Discuss and describe the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal example.1
Defines and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.......2
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................2
Define and argue that ‘journalism, resolving, bias and relevance’ shakes the practice of a
reference......................................................................................................................................2
Read the evaluation of the eight sources you excluded in the reporting program......................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
Personal Development Plan........................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal development can be defined as the process of crafting an action plan with the aim
of improving and developing a set of expertise and competencies. Based on the self-reflection,
personal goals, values and awareness, an individual conduct an assessment of the strengths and
weakness about their academic and professional skills which will act as a basis for their personal
and professional development (Clark and Sousa, 2018). Below mentioned report cover the brief
discussion about the personal and professional development, values of short, medium and long
term goals and a development of action plan to enhance the skills as per these predefined goals.
Task 1
Define the concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development can be explained as the process where individual
and an organisation takes actively part in the learning process with the objective to meet the
personal goals, desires and overcome challenges. The objective of personal and professional
development is to manage the learning and growth during the entire course of career (Charlton,
2018). Personal and professional development provide an ongoing learning and development of
the knowledge, skills and expertise so as to personal update with the recent trends and challenges
and ensure effective, productive and competitiveness.
Discuss and describe the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Short term goals helps the individual in setting the milestone and understand the way how
the long term goals are met. Short term goals constitute an integral part of the long term planning
and create a path for achieving the ultimate objective. These goals are to be achieved within
short span of time such as within a week or a month. Achieving short term goals assist in over
panning to understand how far we have reached and how long it will take to reach a destination.
My Personal short term goals
 Time management and remove procrastination
 Develop confidence and
 Good communication skills
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Discuss and describe the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal example
In order to achieve long term vision is personal and professional development, the vision
is broken down into a series of medium term objectives. These segregated parts act as a stepping
stone towards the long term goals. In personal and professional development, an individual plan
out the different set of skills to be achieved within a time span of a year or half.
My personal medium term goals are:
 Sharpening problem solving and critical thinking through working on job
 Look out for a job that add value to my work
 And build my knowledge in a relevant industry
Defines and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
A long term goals can be describe as the final destination where we want to reach through
achieving out short term and medium term goals (Toma, Villares-Varela and Czaika, 2018). These
goals provide a deep insight of what we to achieve or become in future and are crucial for the
overall career planning. Constructing a long term goals requires extensive planning and are
achievable within a time span of 3 to 5 years.
My long term personal goals are
 Become certified and experience professional
 Strategic planning and risk management
 Effectively managing a team through leadership skills.
Task 2
Define and argue that ‘journalism, resolving, bias and relevance’ shakes the practice of a
reference.
Referencing assessment is cradle to which individuals have to assess the quality and
reliability of the evidence they exploit has an effect because it can have an impact on an
individual scratched on the theoretical analysis paper, the context of unreliable information if
close to the opposite side, resulting in false information and a low score.
• Author - As the writer is better understood, the specifics from that writer's opinion should be
taken into account in their inferior analysis information and to make suitable
Purpose - to prove in what way the reference base was written, which provides a definite reason
to use the particular source.
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Dependency- Separate must have and present similar quality evidence to form a strong
argumentative assessment and develop the thesis.
Relevant- Indicates whether the information is valuable and relevant for accurate analysis and
whether it is relevant to the direction of the task.
Task 3
Read the evaluation of the eight sources you excluded in the reporting program
Basis Writer Persistence Dependabilit
y
Relevant
Book Clark and
Sousa, 2018.
To teach
about the
usefulness of
academic
writing skills
Clark and
Sousa, noted
the successful
use of
educational
writing in
student life
for
developing
academic
skills.
Evidence is
relevant
because it
helps to train
academic
skills.
Book Toma,
Villares-
Varela and
Czaika,
2018.
Proper
diversification
of academic
skills to be
understood to
diversify
academic
writing skills
is mentioned
in the book.
The book
contained the
all detailed
information
about the
diversified
academic
skills for
development
Facts are
valuable for
understanding
the skills
required for
source
evaluation.
Journal Hendry, To gain Whittier has Related
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Brodie,
Wilson,
Flynn and
McKechnie,
2018,
insights into
academic
skills for
university
students.
extensive
experience.
information
in terms of
different
academic
skills.
Article Manian and
Lipartia,
2021..
Has the right
knowledge to
evaluate
evidence to
determine
barriers to
learning
academic
skills
User can get
the complete
knowledge
about the
evaluation of
the sources.
Evidence is
valuable for
proper
reference
technique.
Journal Carmody,
2020.
Effectively in
determining
the barrier
between
teacher and
student
learning.
. The writer is
experienced
in academic
writing and
publishes so
many journals
Subject
related
Journal Charlton,
2018.
Teaching
Education
about
Personal
Development
It talks about
the
prominence
of PDP for
university
students.
It is pertinent
to scrutinise
the
effectiveness
of reliability
Article Coombe,
2020.
Describe the
process for a
It is useful
when
It is
applicable
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PDP project t evaluating
and
developing a
PDP plan
when talking
about short,
medium and
long term
goals
Journal Irish,
Veronda, van
Lamsweerde,
Mead and
Wonderlich,
2020.
Demonstrate
the
application of
PDP
objectives.
It talks about
leadership
skills in PDP
for personal
development
This is
relevant when
talking about
the purpose
of the report.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, from the study conducted, it has been decided that the personal development plan
will be developed by the learner for personal and professional development and smart goals will
be developed based on the short, medium and long term goals to be achieved. Academic skills
are very important in university life, therefore, the following report evaluates the source and
rating in order to learn an effective reference technique for better academic writing and to protect
the writing journal from any bias due to misrepresentation of the source.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Carmody, S.T., 2020. Reinventing Technology Professional Development: A Case Study
Examining Perspectives of Veteran Secondary Teachers (Doctoral dissertation, Texas
A&M University-Commerce).
Charlton, R., 2018. Drawing up and applying a personal development plan (PDP) in palliative
care. In Primary Palliative Care (pp. 191-200). CRC Press.
Clark, A. and Sousa, B., 2018. How to be a happy academic: A guide to being effective in
research, writing and teaching. Sage.
Coombe, C., 2020. Developing a personal and professional strategic plan. In Professionalizing
Your English Language Teaching (pp. 115-127). Springer, Cham.
Hendry, G., and et. al., 2018, June. Academic skills for psychology: a pre-entry course.
In Division of Academics, Researchers & Teachers in Psychology Inaugural
Conference.
Irish, L.A., and et. al., 2020. The Process of Developing a Sleep Health Improvement Plan: a
Lab-Based Model of Self-Help Behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine,
pp.1-11.
Manian, F.A. and Lipartia, M., 2021. Wither proper evaluation of falls for coexisting systemic
infections?. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, pp.1-2.
Toma, S., Villares-Varela, M. and Czaika, M., 2018. Internationalization and diversification of
academic careers. High-Skilled Migration: Drivers and Policies, p.146.
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Appendix
Personal Development Plan
Goals Reason to
achieve this
Ways to achieve
this
Time bound Expected results
Time
management
skills
Time
management
skills are
essential in both
personal and
professional
career as it helps
in bringing
discipline and
commitment
towards the
ultimate goals.
These skills can
be acquired
through
attending
webinars and
small sessions.
2 months Completion of
projects, task
and assignment
on time and
responding to
the challenges
on time.
Critical
thinking and
decision making
In order to make
decision as
employee in an
organisation or
decisions related
with personal
life requires a
good analysis of
problem and
providing
optimum
solution.
Reading case
studies,
attending
specified
training
programmes and
actively
participating in
decision making
process.
1 year Providing
adequate
solutions to the
problems
through critical
evaluation and
thinking
Improving
leadership skills
In order to
achieve the long
Working under
experts and
3 years Being able to
influence the
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term vision it is
necessary to lead
the workforce
towards desired
path and
influence their
behaviour
towards
collaborating
working
practices.
observing their
leadership styles
will help in
managing the
people.
employees at
workplace and
become their
role model in
future.
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