Personal Development Plan: Goals, Strategies, and Evaluation

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of personal and professional development, encompassing short, medium, and long-term goal setting. It elucidates the significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP), illustrating its value through practical examples and strategic tactics. The report examines how factors like author, purpose, reliability, and relevance influence source utilization. Furthermore, it evaluates a personal development plan, providing insights into skills development, career planning, and self-improvement strategies. The content covers diverse aspects of personal growth, from time management and leadership skills to career advancement, offering a comprehensive guide for individuals seeking to enhance their capabilities and achieve their aspirations. The report also includes an analysis of how different sources affect the credibility of the information and provides an example of how to set goals and achieve them.

Personal development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development.......................................................................................3
Short term goals and three examples...........................................................................................4
Medium term goals and three personal examples........................................................................4
Long term goals and three personal examples.............................................................................5
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example by
using above illustrated goals........................................................................................................6
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................8
How ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source...........................8
TASK3.............................................................................................................................................8
Evaluation personal development plan........................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is termed as the lifelong process that will involve the various sort of
the actions that will support the person to improve knowledge, abilities and prospective that
enables them to increase employability and superiority of life. As there are various formal and
informal actions that will help the person to enhance their abilities. On the other hand, the
training helps the methods, tools, techniques to help the person for its development at various
individual level of management. Various academic skills will help the person to become capable
learner as effectively (Shamsieva, 2020). Personal development and skills will create confidence
in the person and help them to take part in viable actions as without any hesitation in
management. As there are proper planning and approaches that are executed to involve the
suitable plan of actions that are based on standards, awareness, targets and ethics in particular
field of areas. In this report the manner of the personal and professional development in term of
short, medium and long term goals are deliberated. As from the personal development plan and
position of purposes in personal and professional development in term of the person that is being
covered in this report.
TASK 1
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development is termed as the procedure that enables the person
and management to involve in knowledge action in respect to lift all the challenges and increase
necessary targets and aims in an effective manner. As there are several abilities and skills like
leadership skills, time management, effective presentation and stress management that helps the
person in achieving the personal and professional targets and aim. Personal development is
termed as the procedure of determining abilities and awareness of the person in an efficient
manner with the aim of improving the quality of life (Torkos, and Pasinszky, 2020).
Development of personal abilities will help in realising the targets and aims by creating and
execute the suitable growth manner that include the comparative career field like education and
job. The personal development will increase the manner of potential and capabilities to phrase
the manner of life. Personal development plans are settled as after considering the set of the
current abilities and as per to the future desires to attain the necessary targets.

Professional development is related to create the various phrased abilities and sense of
knowledge that will enables the manner to achieve necessary professional targets that are related
to the work place with full term of values. It has been consider and evaluate that the field of areas
that need to be enhance. Growth of professional abilities in the organisation that will leads the
person to increase necessary success and development in career for the longer period of period.
As these abilities that are related to several sections like counselling and provide coaching and
training to workers in respect to improve the required abilities as per to the job role (Inomova,
2020). Management will provide the suitable training and growth packages in respect to achieve
all the targets and aims of employees with respective management.
Short term goals and three examples
Short term goals are termed as the goal or targets that mannered the individual to realise in
near future. Setting of targets is an essential task to realise them in specific period of the time
with having effectiveness and efficiency. Short term goals are also mannered as the short period
and duration of the targets as there are short period of the time. It has been decided to achieve
them in the period or less than it. By successfully achievement of such targets and aims to
improve the terms of values and the viable section in the person and it will increase the
prospective in respect to achieve long term goals as effectively. Short term targets phrase the
manner as in between the present state of condition with an appropriate further results and it will
provide the particular course of field to achieve the ultimate result in an efficient manner. As
there are various short terms goals that are definite by the person as per to their absolute goals.
Examples of short-term goals
 Develop time management skills to maintain the time skill for respective task in an
efficient manner to increase the successful result section.
 Develop several interpersonal skills like communication, leadership and team spirit.
 Minimisation of work burden and worry to contend the definite duty in an efficient
manner.
Medium term goals and three personal examples
Medium term goals are termed as the definite set of the goals and targets that are realised or
attained in time period of 18 months to three months (Madikhanova, 2020). As these targets are
realised after the short term targets that are attained in consecutive way and an appropriate
achievement of these short targets as well as long term targets that will enables the person to

realise the long term targets in an effective manner. As these targets and aims that works as the
channel as in between short term targets and long term targets (Mashizume, and et.al., 2020). As
these targets are to be specific, measurable, achievable, reliable and time based that will develop
the term of values in the person’s life and will help in to increase the ultimate section of the long
term aims and targets in an efficient manner in the specific period of the time.
Examples of medium term goals:
 Making career in the legal field of area will attain all the distinct set of the targets in
definite period of the time.
 Improving various sort of the practical and theoretical managerial skills that will helps to
complete the task in definite period as effectively and efficiently.
 By increasing the sense of knowledge of different managerial models, concepts and
practices that will enables to form the business operations and functions as easily to
make an effective consumption of the resources that improves the risks factors of the
business and its success.
Long term goals and three personal examples
Long term goals are termed as the definite aim that the person want to realise in future. As the
targets and objectives that take proper time and an efficient scheduling to be achieve in an
effective manner. As there are applicable decision making process that is essential to achieve
anticipated targets in definite manner. Various sort of the stages like short term targets that are
involves in the long term targets that enables the person to achieve their targets and aims in the
organisation in an efficient and effective manner (Caldwell, and et.al., 2020). Long term targets
are selected as very wisely because it will decides the future and career in personal and
professional life. Achievement of these targets and aims will improves the determination and
self-confidence level that makes quality of life and make sure the career success in an effective
manner.
Examples of long term goals:
 Developing and handling an effective leadership skills that will helps an individual in
respective business to achieve their targets and aims in an effective manner.
 Saving future fund is most essential long term targets that will help to advance the funds
and will increase the high returns in future.
 Create an independent and successful career for further life.

Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example by
using above illustrated goals
Personal development plan: Personal development plan is termed as the procedure to develop
the action plan that are based on various sections like awareness, goal setting, terms of values
and reflection that helps to express an effective scheduling for the personal development of the
person (van Zijl, and et.al., 2021). In this plan several section are involves like statement of the
career aims, lifestyle significances, consider of the career opportunities and relevant threats and
marginal strategies that can be attained in the particular period of the time. It sets the structure
that will helps an individual to determine the field of areas of strengths and weakness that will
monitor to work on weakness to enhance them. Personal development planning is the organised
way that will guide and lead the person to improve the number of services and capabilities that
helps in accomplish all personal and professional targets and aims in an efficient and effective
way of manner.
Value of personal development plan: Personal development plan will helps the person to
accomplish all personal ideas and aims for further sections that provides the clear thought of
ideas about the definite methods to achieve these defined targets as effectively. As it follows the
suitable planning that will facilitates them to create the proper manner of the understanding about
the goals and final endpoints to guide and will lead to achieve all career aims in definite period
of time. Effective application of the growth plan that will facilitates the person to enhance the
skills. As there are various sort of other skills and capabilities like time management, leadership
skills, communication abilities and management that will developed in respect to improve the
character and will help in to achieve career objectives and aims in an effective manner.
Goals Learnt Tactics Used Support and
resources
required
How success is
measured?
Target date for
review
Prioritizing work
according to time
measures
Implementing
various tactics
and methods
after reading
books on time
and manage all
Time of specific
task is managed by
improving the
daily activities and
functions by
minimising all
By noting down
the daily schedule
according to work
performance.
3 months

work
accordingly.
relative
distractions as well
as obstacles in
effective manner.
Proficient in
relative
management
models and tools
Attending
business
management
classes and
seminars in
order to enhance
knowledge and
skills.
There are various
books and journals
are available in
library, E-book
related to
management
models (Kuo, Lee
and Morris, 2019)
Application of
various theories
and styles as well
as concepts for
solving
theoretical and
practical
problems in
effective manner.
2 years
Saving of future
funds
Understanding
as well as
enhancing
knowledge about
Cash flow
effectively and
by creating cash
budget to
complete task in
effective
manner.
Taking the help of
different online
classes as well as
practising modal
and test papers
Outcome derived
from the well-
maintained cash
budget
5 years
TASK2
How ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source
The sources that are used in this report are the base for academic research so they have to be
honest and truthful. The reliability of investigation depends on these sources. Thus, the CRAAP

test which is an acronym of Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose that is used
to check the credibility as well as reliable. Data which is published by the authors are relevant
and facilitates readers to get effective information which is relevant to their data.
TASK3
Evaluation personal development plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevancy
Journal (Shrivastava, and
Shrivastava, 2020)
It specifies
growth and
development of
profession
through various
professional
development
programmes
The authors have
written various
publications and
reliable data in
respect of the
development of
personal as well
as professional.
Relevant for
specific
development
plans in order to
attain goals and
objectives.
Journal (Kalinin, and et.al.,
2020)
Evaluate various
challenges as well
as opportunities
at different stages
of professional
and personal
development
plans.
These authors are
professional in
psychology,
Psychiatry
Helps to increase
development as
well as skills in
effective manner
Journal (Kotzé, 2021) Present different
development
opportunities and
chances along
with its needs and
requirements
The author is
currently an
educational
consultant
facilitates
different learning
opportunities.
It is relevant to
educational
research as well
as for learning
strategy

Book (Whitman, 2020) Author
formulates
different
development
exercises in order
to creating career
development
… is a professor
in Purdue
University
whereas Amy
owns LLC
Understanding the
professional
development in
respected
Anthropology
Career
Journal (Ryu, Wang, and
Kim, 2020)
The authors
described
different role and
responsibilities of
digital technology
in professional as
well as personal
development
The authors has
published many
journal in respect
of professional
development
There are various
new opportunities
and chances for
developing
professional skills
Book (Ozkan, Alonso,
and McMullen,
2020)
Discuss the
teacher
perception on
professional
development
The authors in its
book collected the
data and
conducted
primary research
Enhancing
personal and
professional skills
Book Delwyn Tattum,
Eva Tattum
It examines
various personal
and professional
development in
children in order
to social
awareness
The authors
published various
different social
education and
personal
development
books
Knowing
different agenda
of personal
development
plans
Journal (Loizou and
Recchia, 2018)
The journal
focuses on
various factors
The authors
published with
the support of the
Personal
development in

such as
integrating
personal
development into
education within
people
Penn State
University press
general education
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that personal and professional
development plays an essential role in achieving the particular set of targets and aims in an
efficient manner. As there are proper plan that will guide to enhance such abilities like
proficiencies like relational abilities, communication abilities, sense of knowledge of particular
field of areas. As there are various short-term, medium-term, and long-term aims and targets that
shout be accomplished on particular set of the time period as successfully to achieve the
development of the future career.

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