Personal and Professional Development Plan & Source Evaluation

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development planning, emphasizing the importance of academic skills and goal setting. It begins by discussing the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. The report then presents a personal development plan (PDP) and delves into how author credibility, purpose, reliability, and relevance impact the use of sources. It includes an evaluation of eight different sources, analyzing their author, purpose, and reliability, and relevance. The report concludes by summarizing the key aspects of personal development planning and source evaluation. Desklib provides similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development......................................................................................3
Value of short term goals and 3 personal examples....................................................................3
Value of medium term goals and 3 personal examples...............................................................3
Value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.............................................4
Construct a Personal Development Plan.....................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source. ........................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of eight sources.........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic Skills play a significant role in life of a student. An individual should work on
the skills and formulae personal and professional development plan that helps to develop the
skills (Mason and et.al., 2017). Afterwards short term, medium term and long term goals are
discussed in this report. In the end the sources that are being used in the report.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Personal and professional development
PDP is a process that helps the individual to get engaged in the learning process. There
are several challenges that are part of learning process. It helps to meet the desired goals in an
effective manner. It emphasises on developing career of the individual. It helps to check the
performance of individuals and improvise the areas that are weak (Hildebrand, 2018). It is
important for an individual to focus on personal and professional development as it helps to
choose right career and achieve it successfully. It is important to set goals and objectives then
make efforts to achieve them with the set of actions. It helps in self-growth of the person so that
the desired tasks are achieved on time.
Value of short term goals and 3 personal examples
These are the goals that are set by an individual. They are generally necessary to achieve
the medium term goals. They are set for 1 year time period. These goals show what a person
wants to achieve in near future (Demir, 2017). These goals help to stay motivated and work with
confidence. My short term goals are as follows:
 I want to enhance my confidence level.
 I want to complete the work on time
 I need to enhance my focus on the things that I do.
Value of medium term goals and 3 personal examples
Medium term goals are set for a time duration longer that short term goals. They last 2 to
5 years and have enough time to fulfilled them. These are supporting goals for long term goals.
The individual is able to enhance their skills and overcome the weakness that they are facing
(Sonderegger Bane and Graff, 2017). The person has enough time to work on the goals and

actively achieve them. It is necessary for a person to be dedicated and work on regular basis in
order to achieve the medium term goals. My medium term goals are as follows:
 I want to become Assistant Human Resource Manager
 I want to become a good communicator
 I want to complete my management degree with good grades
Value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Long term goals are for longer duration of time say for more than 5 years. Also the
continue for longer duration of time. They are important part of life of an individual. Each and
every person has to achieve something in life and that they can do with the help of long term
goals (Lin and Schmid, 2018). It is necessary to have clear so that they are able to become
successful in life.
 I want to become Human Resource Manager in reputed firm.
 I want to be creative and take the business organization to heights
 I want to gain management experience
Construct a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan is a document that includes skills that an individual must have
to be successful. The importance of those skills and the actions that will help to develop those
skills. It assist in person to become effective by working on the skills that need improvement.
There are areas that need improvement and that helps to grab opportunities and overcome the
threats (Rubens and et.al., 2018). All the goals need actions and this plan helps to take the
actions and achieve success.
TASK 2
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source.
It is important to note that Author of source plays a vital role in checking the information.
The Author is one who publishes the data and information. It is necessary to check the
educational background, occupation and experience of the author before using the source for
gathering information. It is also important to check the purpose of research and check that the
article, journal is based on the same. The purpose of the research must match the purpose of out

study. The data that is used be reliable and used in an effective manner. It is necessary to use
reliable information as it helps to gain meaningful conclusion. In the end it is important to use
relevance of the information. As the topic of study must provide good solutions. There are
variety of sources and choosing right source is important. It helps to make study better and drice
effective conclusion from the same.
TASK 3
Evaluation of eight sources
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Hildebrand, J.,
2018. Bridging
the gap: A
training module
in personal and
professional
development.
Routledge.
Hildebrand, J.,
2018
The source is
based on a
training module
that helps to
make personal
and professional
development.
Yes, it is
reliable source.
It provides
relevance and
the concepts that
must be
included while
studying the
personal and
professional
development.
Ragan, D.D.,
2018. A
Structured
Course for
Personal and
Professional
Development. H
onors in
Practice, 14,
Ragan, D.D.,
2018
Here the
purpose is to
know the
structure that
helps in
Personal and
Professional
Development
Yes, it is
reliable source.
The relevance is
high as
structured
format will be
provided.

pp.43-57.
Davies, K.,
Curtin, M. and
Robson, K.,
2017. Impact of
an international
workplace
learning
placement on
personal and
professional
development. A
ustralian
occupational
therapy
journal, 64(2),
pp.121-128.
Davies, K.,
Curtin, M. and
Robson, K.,
2017
The discussion
is based on the
impact on
workspace
learning and its
impact on PDP
Yes, it is
reliable source.
The source
depicts the need
of PDP and its
importance in
workplace.
McComb, V.
and Eather, N.,
2017. Exploring
the Personal,
Social and
Occupational
Elements of
Teacher
Professional
Development. J
ournal of
education and
McComb, V.
and Eather, N.,
2017.
There is
discussion
related to
Personal, Social
and
Occupational
elements of
Teacher
Professional
Development
Yes, it is
reliable source.
It is considered
because
education and
training plays a
significant role
PDP.

Training
Studies, 5(12),
pp.60-66.
Welch, B.,
Spooner, J.J.,
Tanzer, K. and
Dintzner, M.R.,
2017. Design
and
implementation
of a
professional
development
course
series. America
n journal of
pharmaceutical
education, 81(1
0).
Welch, B.,
Spooner, J.J.,
Tanzer, K. and
Dintzner, M.R.,
2017
This helps to
know about the
implementation
and design of
professional
development
Yes, it is
reliable source.
It shows the
ways an
individual can
design the
professional
development
course.

CONCLUSION
It is concluded that academic skills play significant role in individual's life. There is
discussion related to concept of personal and professional development plan. The short medium
and long term goals are formulated in this report. In this report there is discussion related to
author, purpose, reliability and relevance is discussed.

REFERNCES:
Books and Journals:
Demir, A., 2017. Importance of data analysis on achieving the organizational goals during the
short term strategic plan: Case of service quality and students’ satisfaction level at Ishik
University. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 3(3),
pp.110-121.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Lin, E. and Schmid, P.C., 2018. Power leads to preference for long-term over short-term goals:
A study on health. In Creating Uncertainty Conference: Creating uncertainty: Benefits
for individuals, teams, and organizations (2018).
Mason and et.al., 2017. Conflict, closeness, and academic skills: A longitudinal examination of
the teacher–student relationship. School Psychology Review, 46(2), pp.177-189.
Rubens and et.al., 2018. Self-awareness and leadership: Developing an individual strategic
professional development plan in an MBA leadership course. The International Journal
of Management Education, 16(1), pp.1-13.
Sonderegger, M., Bane, M. and Graff, P., 2017. The medium-term dynamics of accents on
reality television. Language, 93(3), pp.598-640.