Personal and Professional Development Report: Analysis and Planning

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, emphasizing the creation and significance of development plans to enhance skills, knowledge, and capabilities for effective performance. The report begins by defining personal and professional development and then explores the value of short, mid, and long-term goals through personal examples. It then discusses the impact of 'Author, Purpose, Reliability, and Relevance' on source utilization, followed by an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan. The report concludes by summarizing the importance of personal and professional development planning for achieving productive outcomes, and includes an appendix with a personal development plan example, outlining skills, current proficiency, target proficiency, course of action, and time period for improvement in areas like time management, communication, and teamwork.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Describe and discuss how 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' affect the use of a
source..........................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan......................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................8
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example
using your identified goals..........................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
A personal and professional development plan refers to creating and developing such
plans that will enhance the skills, knowledge and abilities to carry out the roles of employees as
effectively as possible. It also includes informal training and development programmes in order
to delivered on the job and career advancements that has a element of personal development.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Define the concept of personal and professional development
It is the process which is used to develop a engagement within the individual to initiate
with the learning process to work in the challenging environment and provide desirable
outcomes that helps employee to develop professionally as well as personally by enhancing skills
and abilities.
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Short terms goals refers to the goals that a company want to accomplish soon. These are
generally a small objectives that are set by the company with the ultimate purpose of achieving
long term goals. These goals improves career prospective by defining objectives for a certain
period of time. For example, maintaining daily schedule in which daily working activity of
complete day is analysed, increase in productive level as my measuring enhancing strengths,
explore something new every day by making research.
Describe and discuss the value of mid term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Mid term goals takes a time bit longer. It could could be a goal that has to be achieve in a
month or in a one year. These goals are aligned with the long term term and makes easier to
achieve them efficiently and effectively. For example going on a trip as by planning, collection
of specific knowledge with the support of study and learning, completion of certificate by joining
in some course.
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
this is refers to vision for the future. These goals required planning and time to
accomplish that induced perfection in a daily life and attain longer sustainability. For example
secure and maintaining a good credit record by maintaining balance in between asset and

liability, completion of a degree by taking admission in some course, savings for the children for
future period of time.
Describe and discuss the value of personal development plan and construct a example using your
identified goals.
This is refers to the procedure used to create and develop the plan based on the awareness, value,
reflection and planning for the personal development in the context to the career, relationship,
education and self improvement. This includes organizing personal goals and make them
achievable in a certain period of time. And this can also be defined as a strength, competency,
lifestyle priorities, career positioning of a individual. That helps in enhancing working
capabilities and attaining long term sustainability with the perfection. For example concentrating
on the high value activities that will contributes in the success and also in enhancement of the
skills and abilities.
TASK 2
Describe and discuss how 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' affect the use of a source
The author makes appropriate use of sources and it is useful while preparing adequate
judgement that accommodate to collect and grab more and suitable information on the specific
topic. By this better level of clarity is addressed by investigating suitable source in which level of
proficiency is increases in a effective manner. The purpose has effective impact on the use of the
sources as in this suitable information is needed by which appropriate reliability can addressed in
a effective manner.
TASK 3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
Sources Author(s) Purpose Reliability Relevance

Personal therapy as a
mandatory requirement
for counselling
psychologists in
training: A qualitative
study of the impact of
therapy on trainees’
personal and
professional
development. Counselli
ng Psychology
Quarterly, 24(3),
pp.211-232.
Kumari, N Personal
therapy and
counselling is
mandatory in
personal and
professional
development
This is a
reliable as it is
source based
on the
previous years
It is relevance
as it is
completely
releted to the
topic.
Exploring teacher
identity from a holistic
perspective:
Reconstructing and
reconnecting personal
and professional
selves. Teachers and
teaching, 21(3), pp.305-
327.
Bukor, E To know
about the
holistic
prespective
that provides
clear vision
and
development
It is reliable as
it is relatable
to previous
years
It is not
relevant as it
not actually
based on the
topic.
Mentoring pathways to
enhancing the personal
and professional
development of pre-
service
teachers. International
Journal of Mentoring
and Coaching in
Grima-
Farrell, C.
To
understandin
g pathways
and
enhancing
the personal
and
professional
Reliable as
related to
previous years.
It is relevent as
it provide and
monitoring
pathways and
completely
related to the
topic

Education. development
of pre-
servuce
Interacting selves:
Systemic solutions for
personal and
professional
development in
counselling and
psychotherapy.
Routledge.
Vetere, A.
and Stratton,
P. eds.,
To gain
knowledge
about the
system
solutions for
personal and
professional
development
It is reliable as
it is not older
than 10 years.
It is also be
relevant as it
provides
systematic
solutions.
Measuring professional
identity development
among counselor
trainees. Counselor
Education and
Supervision, 53(4),
pp.284-293.
Prosek, E.A.
and Hurt,
K.M.,.
To gain
knowledge
about identity
development
by councelor
trainees
It is reliable as
related to
recent
workings.
Relevent as it
is releted to the
topic and
aware about
identity
development
. Portfolios in personal
and professional
development. Understa
nding medical
education. Evidence,
theory and practice.
Oxford: Wiley
Blackwell. ASME,
Driessen, E.
and van
Tartwijk, J.,
To analyse
portfolios in
the personal
and
professional
development
Reliable as it
is of not older
then 10 years
Relevance as it
wares about
the portfolios
in context to
the personal
and
professional
development

pp.193-200.
Your personal learning
network: Professional
development on
demand. Music
Educators
Journal, 97(2), pp.37-
42.
Bauer, W.I., To identify
personal
learning
network
Reliable as it
is not before
than 10 year
Relevant as
consist of
better
development
by identifying
personal
training
network
Experiences within a
cross-cultural academic
exchange programme
and impacts on personal
and professional
development. British
Journal of Occupational
Therapy,
p.0308022620929887.
Mashizume,
Y. and et.al
To analyse
the impact of
cross-cultural
academic
exchange
programme
on personal
and
professional
development
Reliable as
related to
current year
Relevant as
offer suitable
identification
of
development.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarised from the above report that personal and professional development
planning enhance overall working so that productive amount of outcome is achieved with timely
frame. In this various prospect is considerate that has direct impact over the individuals
personality and profession development. For this authors, reliability, purpose and relevance is
attained in ordinate manner.

APPENDICES
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using
your identified goals.
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Time
management
7.5 10 It is developed by following
guidelines that is provided by
the higher authority and by
observing others that what
techniques they use for their
better time management. With
this level of clarity is processed
with perfection.
35 day
Communicatio
n
6.5 10 It is improved by interacting
more with the new people that
builds motivation and increases
ability to connect more with the
people
40days
Team Working 8 10 In this work is processed by
building a team to accomplish a
task and work is divided equally
between the team members
32 days