Academic Skills and PDP Report: Personal and Professional Development

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, focusing on the importance of academic skills and goal setting. It defines personal and professional development, explores the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and discusses the significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP). The report includes examples of each type of goal, illustrating how they contribute to overall professional growth. It emphasizes the importance of reflective analysis, critical thinking, and effective referencing in academic writing. The report, submitted by a student, offers valuable insights into creating and implementing a PDP for academic and career success.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Learning and development is the important part of personal and professional life that is
involving the application of different learning and development tools. For effective analysis and
evaluation of individual personal and professional skills in order to identify the strength and
weakness so it can be further proceeding with the personal development plan for more
improvement and betterment. Personal and professional development plans can be related to
particular reflective factors or selected goal (Kiessling, C., 2021). Academic skills are involving the
set of essential personal and professional skills like, reflective analysis, critical thinking,
referencing, writing and so on. In this report different aspects of personal and professional
development in context to academic skills improvement it is going to be assess and plan for
improvement.
MAIN BODY
Definition of the concept of personal and professional development
The concept of personal and professional development is the process where you can
manage or maintain your learning and growth in career. To stand tall it is very important that one
should keep learning and develop the skills and knowledge. One should must be updated and
make sure that you work safely, legally and effectively. Personal and professional development
helps in overcoming the challenges and helps in acquiring new skills and knowledge to stay
updated and more energetic in work mode (Serin, H., 2017)
(Afanasyev, V.V 2019).
Personal development: When talking about the personal and professional development
one should must think that what skills and knowledge one should have to accomplish the goals
of professional role as well as personal goals. It is very necessary to develop the skills and
knowledge to improve potential for the workplace and out of the workplace. By understanding
what you need to achieve and how to achieve it. One should develop the skills and knowledge to
make a way for the solution. Skills and knowledge always keep you one step ahead. When you
will able to find your needs to develop particular skills You establish the skills that you need to
succeed in your goals (Rubens, A., 2018).

Professional development: professional development includes upgrading and
developing yourself completely according to your role to completely understand the job you do
and how you can improve. Professional development includes developing the important skills
and knowledge that are necessary to carry out your role and work as effectively and efficiently as
possible and that will continue to help you in your professional life. Effective employee or
person and professional development involves ensuring the knowledge and understand the area
of expertise it will help you to be at the highest possible Level at your career (Bibri, S.E., 2018).
Analysis and evaluation of value of short-term goals with some examples
Short term goal of the personal and professional development plan is key milestones to
reach long term goals achievements, that is involving the breakdown activities and task of long-
term goals related to specific aim and objectives of personal and professional development. That
is important to have specific short-term goals related to the personal and professional
development plan because that is the only way to monitor and evaluate the progress of
development. Such as in context to improvement of academic skill like writing or literature
review, that is important to make a short-term goals searches in relation to the writing skills
improvement short term goals are project writing and writing practice for some selective period
of time between 2 to 3 months. In relation to the literature review short term goals are study of
literature review articles and blogs to make more understanding the important aspects and terms
of literature review. This is important because it helps in the reduction of multitasking stress of
particular personal and professional development goals by making the different aspects of goals
into small pieces of achievement. Helps to focus on one thing at a time and have more clarity
(Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018).
Examples of short-term goal
 Develop one specific literature review skill in a day
 Make daily writing project and activities
 Study of blogs and video study material in context to literature review and referencing.
Which can further help achievement of long-term academic skills goal.
 Enhance note taking ability.
 Internship and training program and project goal in order to develop professional skills.

Description and discussion of the value of medium-term goals
This is another most important part of the personal and professional development plan
which is involving the multiple goals and activities in between of the short- and long-term goals.
Midterm goals are very important in individuals personal and professional development because
that is involving another important achievement other than the learning and study. That is
involving the practical experience goals and objectives related to the specific long-term goal.
Such as in context of becoming HR manager the term goal is HR practices experience
development by doing job, internship, projects, training and so on.
Importance
 Midterm goals are very important in order to make balance between the short term and
long-term goals. That involves the most important accomplishment and achievement of
individual's life what helps to get into the final stage of long-term goal achievement.
 In context to long term goal such as I want to become a HR manager with in respected
organization. So, in that case the midterm goals are involving the he achievements of that
long term goal such as achievement of the HR management experience, knowledge,
certification, which can further help to achieve the final long-term goal what in the
selective period of time (Maguire, W. and Blaylock, P., 2017).
Example
 Increase professional knowledge and skills.
 Have new experience.
 Attend professional position such as leader and HR manager.
Definition and description of the value of long-term goals
Long term goal in context to personal and professional development is related to the
specific professional life achievement such as certain position or job role in particular field and
Organization. For which individual have to go through with various short term and midterm
goals accomplishment. This is the type of goal but selected by the individual to achieve within
the certain period of time such as between 5 to 10 year.
Importance
 Long term goal is important for the individual’s life and career this helps the individuals
to sell their short and midterm goal for the specific Life goal achievement.

 Without the long-term goal no one can make effort for improvement it and development
of their life within the short and midterm period.
 That is important because it provide a meaningful reason for personal and professional
life. That is important because this is the particular factor which influence individuals to
make small short steps for big achievements related to that.
Examples
 Want become HR manager.
 Want to become a millionaire.
 Want to achieve all important degrees and certification of professional field of choice.
Description and discussion of value of personal development plan
Personal development plan, is the method or process of developing an action plan, based
on the individual's personal and professional development aspects and objectives. Such as that
can be related to reflective analysis of an individual, goals, awareness, values and plan. All these
aspects of personal development plan is related to individuals education, career and self-
improvement.
Each and every student and individuals I having their own shot-, mid- and long-term
goals related to their personal professional life. So, in context to all those goals and objectives
one of the most effective and important tool is personal development plan which provide the
effective framework for analyzing and evaluating the strength and weakness of skills related to
those goals and objectives by the help of reflection. Then after the reflection the result of skills
strength and weakness is further used to make personal and professional skills improvement plan
with the selection of specific task and activities related to those skills improvement and
development. Does personal development plan is providing the effective structure to proceed and
accomplish the personal skill development goal in timely basis. This provides the framework for
whole life goal accomplishment activities and task or either this can provide the specific
framework for midterm or short-term goals achievements.
Importance
Personal development plan helps to select the specific skills for the improvement and
development and along with that it facilitating effective structure, for the designing of goals an
action plan related to those skills along with the assessment criteria for progress monitoring and
the selection criteria in relation to all specific skills development plan. This framework provides

the clear idea of visualizing the future achievements related to goals and objectives of personal
and professional prospective.
 Visualization of the future
 Interpretation and monitoring of the future achievements within the selective time period
of goal achievement.
This helps to make clear changes in personal and professional skills (Sichula, N.K. and Sichula,
N.K., 2020).

CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that personal and professional development,
is the important part of individuals life and that is involving the different prospectus of personal
and professional skills which house to be good and effective in context to individual person and
professional prospective. Personal development means improvement of the individuals personal
skills suggest speaking, voice, posture, knowledge and writing etc. Another hand professional
development as related to the specific profession skills and abilities which has to be achieved by
the individual in relation to their specific field of profession. In relation to the personal and
professional development and vegetables are having basically three types of goal such as short
term, midterm and long-term goals. All these goals are having their own importance in
individual’s life because short term goal is the basic key step towards the maid term goals which
further helps to accomplish the long-term goal of the person. Such as in context to the long-term
goal of becoming HR manager short term goal is learning and education, main tum goals job and
internship for experience, then finally the long-term goal is achievement of best HR manager
position and respected organisation. In relation to achievement and management of all these
goals and objectives the most important tool is personal development plan which help to specify
the specific skills development goal with selective time period and action plan.

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Appendix
Skills to be
develop
Development
plan
Assessment Resources Target date
Writing skill At present in the
competitive
environment there
is the need of
having fast writing
skill in context to
which I will do
various action.
Such as I will grab
all opportunity of
of writing
activities and
projects. Along
with this I will
take the classes of
all writing sessions
provided by the
University.
In order to
monitor my
writing skills,
progress I will
evaluate my
submission result.
(Sichula, N.K.
and Sichula,
N.K., 2020).
3 months
Communication
skill
I have to improve
my
communication
skill because I
For evaluating the
communication
skills
improvement, I
(Tattum, D. and
Tattum, E.,
2017).
4 months

cannot effectively
transfer my point
of view to others. I
will take
participation and
all presentation
project and
activities, perform
in group
discussion and
conferences.
will analyze my
influence on
others related to
any information.
Presentation
skill
For each and every
individual in
academic and
professional life
that is important to
have a effective
presentation skill
for getting better
success. I have to
make my
presentation skill
more attractive, so
in context to that I
will make more
practices on
presentation
designing,
presentation voice
and posture
guidelines.
Audience are
important factors
which helps to
monitor the
effectiveness of
presentation skills
which I will used
to analyze my
progress.
(Osterman, P.,
2017).
2 months

Literature
review skill
In academic and
professional field
literature review
important activity
which helps to
make research and
get effective
evidence-based
practices
information. So, in
order to develop
my literature
review skill, I will
make study of
some research
articles and blogs
along with the
review of research
guidelines and
criteria.
I will take help of
my academic
teacher an order
to evaluate the
progress in
literature review
skills.
(Rosa, W. ed.,
2017).
2 months