University Personal Development Report: Goal Setting and Planning

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of personal and professional development, emphasizing the significance of setting and achieving goals across various timeframes. It commences by defining the core concepts of personal and professional growth, followed by a detailed exploration of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. The report provides practical examples for each, illustrating how individuals, particularly students, can effectively apply these strategies to advance their careers and educational pursuits. Furthermore, it underscores the value of a personal development plan as a crucial tool for identifying objectives and charting a course toward success. The report also includes discussions on the value of personal development plans and concludes by summarizing key insights and offering relevant references.

Report on Personal
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development. .......................................3
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples. ..................................................................................................................................4
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples. ..................................................................................................................................5
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.....................................................................................................................................7
Describe and discuss the value of personal development plan and construct with the example
in order to identified goals. ........................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development both are important for each and every individual
in order to most of person learned various course for developing their career and achieving
personal and professional goal (Allen-Johnson, 2017). The report is about personal development
plan are prepared in order to attain short-term, medium term and long term goal as well as
student are effectively applied this kind of strategy in order to successfully achieving their career
goal and education.
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development.
Personal and professional development is essential for each and every individual in order
to attained their career goal and objectives. It is necessary for individual in order to identify
awareness of career development as well as build their career with help of qualified various
professional course. It considered as essential to developing career in order to creating road map
due to enhancing chance of employability and skills. Individuals focusing their professional
career and grape the opportunities in order to achieving their personal goal as well as increasing
overall quality. In student life they learned theories of maslow need hierarchy in order to various
stages such as basic need, self esteem need and many others. This stages shows that first fulfil
the basic need and move to other and accordingly plan the career in order to achieving their
dream and aspirations.
Professional development:
Professional development is another important concept without that individual cannot
live quality of life so it is essential to developing professional career. There are ample numbers
of courses are developed by the education sector such as training programmes and many others.
It considered as many institution organised skill programmes because enhancing skill and
effectiveness regarding the knowledge (Kaowiwattanakul, 2016). It includes student learned so
many course which are good for career as well as education is necessary for student. In present
context, it includes ample numbers of sources are available to study for student such as online
courses, tutorial, training programmes and practical exposure. It involves various famous
universities and school offered the distance learning programmes, online tutorial, workshop and
many others. All kinds of programmes are helped to developing skill, knowledge as well as
increasing many chance for employability and creativity.

Describe and discuss the value of short term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
It includes students and teachers are interested in order to learned the various courses and
session because achieving their goals and objectives. It involves majorly students focusing on
assessment and evaluation in the regularly classroom such as activities and courses launched by
school and universities. It is essential for student and teacher in order to two way conversion and
effectively participated (Korthagen, 2017). Teachers are focusing those student who are weak in
particular subjects so accordingly putting effort to providing learning modules as well as
effectively and efficiently interact with each other. There are ample numbers of personal goal
each and every individual in order to purse their dream as well as various personal goal example
for students which are discussed below.
There are various student in order to school and college going in order to attain the short-
term goal which are essential for each student. It is first step in order to achieving short-term
goal and accordingly prepared their career plan. Short-term goal for school going student such as
dace their pocket money, keep neat and clean book shelf, homework completed on time,
focusing towards the study and evaluating their performance on the basis of their school
performance.
College going students are set their short-term goal in order to achieving within specific
period of time. Those students plan their short-term goal on the basis career and professional
career are planned. For example, it considered as college going student learned various courses
in order to more skill oriented which result as help this kind of course in professional
competency (Ragan, 2018). It includes college student accordingly choosing their friend circle in
order to achievement their career goal as well as choosing guide and mentor which are guide
about their life, career and many other things. Each and every individuals are essential to set
their short-term goal not for only students in order to enhancing decision making power, build
sense of responsibility, developing road map, utilization of various opportunities in order to
developing self-awareness and confidence.
In context of short-term goal various other measures are follow.
Short-term goal is important for each and every one in order to achieving successful
career and life. Each and every individual plan for this in order to attained specific position in
life such as professional, mentor, entrepreneurs and many more. Short-terms goal define the path
of long-term goal as well as easily identifying long-term goal. In relevance of student, it is

essential to focusing on education accordingly plan for the studies and career. Student life is
interesting and easy so easily attained their short-term goal so there are ample numbers of this
which are in mind and then accordingly plan for career.
 Focusing on today, future and then tomorrow.
 Always keep learning attitude in order to achieving success in life.
 Learn the past mistakes but not repeated in future and always ahead.
 Accepting challenges because they learn the ample numbers of things in life.
 Utilised time in good activities or as power to utilised time in very planned manner.
 Check progress and accordingly prepared for future.
 Build honesty towards the work.
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.
Medium term goal refers to lies between the long-term and short-term goal in order to
firstly preparing short-term goal because it helps to achieving long-term goal. It is essential to
focusing medium term goal as well as achieved within specific period of time such as 2 weeks,
month or may be 6 months. It is process which refers to focusing on short-term goal as well as
long term goal (Robertson, 2016). It includes various tool and techniques which are helpful to
motivating people in order to successful accomplishing their goal and objectives. It involves
each and every individual set goal and that goals are achieved so accordingly spend quality of
life. It considered as student in order to set their medium term goal in order to successfully
achieved career goal and objectives. It is process which refers to medium-term goal for students
in order to save pocket money as well as helps to improving their career path. It includes each
and every student focusing on medium term goal which result as focusing assignment, task and
projects (Schmidt, 2017). There are various examples of medium term goal which are student
essential to focused so discussed below.
Graduate from college-: It considered as college going student has first wish to
graduation completed from excellent college with good percentage as well as becoming
successful person in life. It is considered as essential to focusing in time management in order to
effectively studied and other activities are achieved. It includes medium term goal for students in
order to students completing their studies within the 1-2 years. It involves each and every
individual motivating towards their career goal as well as successful developing their

professional life. It is process which result as students effectively completing their projects
during exams.
Saving time and money-: It includes student is essential to save money and time because
on that basis successful achieving goal and objectives of their career. It involves each and every
student save time and money in order to developing road map in order to achieve their career
goal and successful completing education. It is also know as finance related medium term goal
because save money for higher studies.
Health and fitness-: It is another medium term goal in order to focusing health issues
accordingly plan for that in order to going yoga classes and fitness centre. It is essential for
student in order to more focusing the mental and physical health which refers to student
preparing for exam so effectively attain good marks (Swain, 2016). It includes student are
physically and mentally fit so effectively plan or exam and accordingly achieving good marks as
well as take interest in studies. It is essential to losing their weight and accordingly focusing
towards their career goal and plan.
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
Long term goals is different aspect from short-term goal as well as medium term goal in
order to formulated new strategies in order to achieved the career goal. It includes utilisation
various tools and techniques in order to planning for long term goal. It considered as required
more time in due to developing career plan. Each and every individual have more time and years
in order to developing plan and accordingly planning for career. It considered as short-term goal
is essential in order to attain the long term goal because short-term goal is first step in order to
achieving long term goal (van Meerkerk, 2017). For example, It considered as long term goal
refers to future job and accordingly plan for that. It is essential to achieving long term term goal
so they are accordingly prepared for mentally and physically. It considered as students
developing long term goals and accordingly plan for career.
Some of examples of long term goals for student which are mentioned below.
Successfully completion of graduation-: It includes as long term goal in order to
completing with three to four years so it is common goal for student due to successful
accomplishing and accordingly preparing plan for many years. It is essential for each and every
student in order to completing specified degree within year.

Learning a new language-: It is important skill in order to student learn more language
in order to enhancing their skill, ability and capability. It is process which refers to student learn
different country language in order to enhancing employability opportunities.
Achieving of specific designation in specific organisation-: It considered as most of
individual plan for achieving long term goal in order to enhancing skill and ability in order to
attain good position in specific organisation (Weller, 2019). It is essential to learn the various
skill, course as well as many training course are available on online in order to developing skills
for enhancing job opportunities.
Describe and discuss the value of personal development plan and construct with the example in
order to identified goals.
Personal development plan-: It is an effective tool and technique in order to preparing
personal development plan such as action plan. It includes various factors such as reflection,
value, planning for personal plan in order to set their career goal and objectives. It is essential to
set their short-term goal and long term goal because planning for education, career, job
opportunities and many others. Personal development planning is useful tool for each and
everyone because without that cannot spend quality life. It is process which refers to plan the
short-term goal and long term goal within specific period of time as well as enhancing
capabilities, skill and ability. There are ample numbers of stages in personal development plan
which are discussed below.
Development of personal vision-: It is first step of development plan in order to clear the
vision as well as personal goals.
Planning personal development-: In this step planning for personal development which
refers to set short-term goal in order to learned the courses as well as enhancing skill regrading
job. It considered as SWOT analysis of individual in order to identify the key areas of
improvement.
Starting of process improvement-: It involves individual learned the specific training
session and skill in order to improving skills (Yu, 2018). It includes identify the key
improvement areas which result as using various tool and techniques.
Recording of personal development-: It is stage which refers to record and monitor personal
development in order to effectively learning & developed their career as well as achieving career
goal.

Reviewing & revising personal development plan-: It includes personal development
plan prepared so essential to recheck and review in order to further key areas are developed
which result as more focusing towards the career and profession.
Monitoring stage-: It involves personal development plan are prepared in order to monitoring
effectively and efficiently which result as working accordingly (Swain, 2016).
Future improvement plan-: On the basis of personal development plan refers to more focusing on
goal and objectives and any kind of improvement in plan in order to effectively attain the career
goals.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that personal development plan is important
concept for each and every individual in order to student essential to prepare such as attain short-
term goal and long term goal. It involves there are various kinds of tool and techniques are
utilised in order to developed short term and long term goal for personal as well as professional
career.

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Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
Developed
Development Plan Resourc
es
Target Date
Management skill I want to learn this skill in order
to effectively managing things as
well as efficiently utilised my
time in proper manner. I am
participated activity in order to
improving my skill.
Firstly, I will accomplishing small
task in order to effectively
managing work.
Secondly, I will join the online
classes in order to effectively
accomplishing activity and task
effective manner.
Cremers, M.,
2017. Active
share and the
three pillars of
active
management:
skill,
conviction,
and
opportunity.
Aini, Q., 2018.
Management
skill and
leadership: a
case study
from hospital
managers of
charity
business in
health.
By April 2020
Communication skill I want to learn this skill in order
to enhancing my job opportunities
as well improvement in this area
in order to effectively
communicate from other person.
Lee, O.S.,
2017. The
effects of
simulation-
based practice
By May, 2020

Firstly, I will join the online
tutorial in order to enhancing the
skill and ability.
Secondly, I will more practices in
the month in order to developing
fluency in language.
on critical
thinking
disposition,
communicatio
n skill, and
clinical
performance
for nursing
students.
Oh, H.S.,
2017.
Influence of
learning
motivation,
communicatio
n skill,
academic self-
efficacy on
self-directed
learning
ability in
nursing
students.
Team management I want to developing team spirit in
order to work effectively
accomplished within specific
period of time.
Firstly, I will manage and
maintain group members in order
to developing team management
Bell, L., 2018.
Bens, I.,
2017.
By June, 2020

skill.
Secondly, I will practices module
which are available on internet in
order to effectively managing
team members.
Presentation skill I want to improving presentation
skill in order to this skill is more
utilised in order to effectively
presented opinion and idea in
front of guest as well as corporate
meetings so present the idea and
opinion.
Firstly, I will take online classes
from various online tutorial in
order to effectively present the
presentation.
Secondly, I will practices on
daily basis in order to make more
attractive presentation.
Larasati, A.,
2018.
IMPLEMENT
ING
DIGITAL
STORYTELLI
NG TO
FOSTER
STUDENTS'S
PEAKING
SKILL AND
PARTICIPAT
ION AS
PART OF
PROJECT
BASED
LEARNING.
Horn, B.,
2017,
September. A
Skill-Based
Framework for
the Generation
and
Presentation of
Educational
By August, 2020

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