Evaluation Report: Personal and Professional Development, Sources

This report delves into the concepts of personal and professional development, highlighting their significance in enhancing skills and improving the quality of life and career prospects. It defines personal development as a process that cultivates interpersonal, problem-solving, and adaptability skills, while professional development focuses on training to boost skills for business success. The report outlines the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, emphasizing how each contributes to achieving objectives and building confidence. It further explores the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source usage, providing an evaluation of various sources used in the report plan. The report concludes by analyzing the essential role of personal and professional skills in individual growth and organizational success, emphasizing the different timeframes and values associated with short, medium, and long-term goals. Additionally, the report includes an appendix that discusses the value of a Personal Development Plan and provides an example using personal goals.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Define the concept of personal and professional development...................................................3
Value of short-term goals ............................................................................................................3
Value of medium term goals........................................................................................................3
Value of long term goals..............................................................................................................3
The value of Personal development plan using identified goals..................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
Describe 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' affect the use of a source......................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Write an evaluation of sources used in report plan. ....................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal development refers to identify the ability and knowledge of people to determine
the goals which increase confidence and quality of life. It helps to improve self-awareness and
the development of skills. On the other hand professional development is defined to develop
employees skills to succeed in future to achieve the success in business. The benefit of personal
and professional development is to get job opportunities, build confidence and improve
efficiency. This report covers concept of personal and professional development with short term,
medium and long term goals.
TASK 1
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
Personal development is a long lasting process which generate interpersonal skills,
problem solving skills and adaptability skills to enhance performance of people. Importance of
this development is to create clear vision to target personal goals which build satisfaction and
confidence. Professional development refers to instruction and training to grow its career and
helps to boost skills that assist growth in business.
Value of short-term goals
Short term goals is essential to accomplish their objectives within short period. The time
period of short term goals is 12 months or less to achieve outcome which helps people to create
effective plans for short run. It focuses on productivity to execute their target for short period.
For example, attend networking events, prepare daily journal and management of funds.
Value of medium term goals.
Medium term goals are used to plan objectives to achieve by employees in organisation.
The time period of this goal is more than 12 months to manage and perform activities. Examples
of medium term personal goals are graduate from college, pay the loans and build work
experience.
Value of long term goals.
Long term goals defined to achieve objectives for long time which helps them to attain
success and growth that increase performance. For example become a leader of team, degree of
professional and maintain career life.

The value of Personal development plan using identified goals.
Personal development plan helps to increase skills in individuals to develop productivity.
It defines as improvement and self understanding in person and organisation to accomplish goals.
Task 2
Describe 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' affect the use of a source.
Author is a creator who write books an articles to give knowledge about the particular
thing and the purpose is to increase the skills and develop learning. They use this data to provide
useful information to people. The main purpose of source is that to collect relevant data and how
this helps them to develop skills. Reliability and relevance assist people to build ability and
credibility of individual which improves their learning.
TASK 3
Write an evaluation of sources used in report plan.
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Do practicing
planners value
plan quality?
Insights from a
survey of
planning
professionals in
Ontario, Canada.
Journal of the
American
Planning
Association.
84(1). pp.21-32.
Guyadeen, D. The purpose of
this sources is to
survey planning
professionals.
It is based on past
year.
This is relevant as
it is related to
professional
planning.
The Hynek UFO
Report: The
Authoritative
Hynek, J. A. To know the
report of
authoritative of
It is reliable as it
considered in
current year.
It is less relevant.

Account of the
Project Blue Book
Cover-up. Red
Wheel.
Blue book.
Regular
evaluation
of'Joyo'(2nd)
about long-term
maintenance plan
and its
implementation
situation (I) (No.
UTNL-R—0496).
Kikuchi, Y. and
et.al., 2018.
Purpose of this
source is to plan
for long term
goals.
Not reliable , it is
based on previous
year.
It is relevant for
long term
implementation.
Final Report of
the Committee on
a Strategic Plan
for US Burning
Plasma Research.
National
Academies Press.
National
Academies of
Sciences,
Engineering, and
Medicine.
The purpose of
this sources is to
develop
knowledge in
science and
engineering.
It is less reliable
as consider the
study of past year.
It is relevant as
this boost skills in
medical science.
Sensory
evaluation
practices.
Academic press.
Stone, H.,
Bleibaum, R. N.
and Thomas, H.
A.
It determines
academic related
development.
This consider for
current year.
It is less relevant
to know the
evaluation of
sources.
World
development
report 2019: The
changing nature
of work.
World Bank. It is related to
change is
business culture.
It is the source
which is less
reliable for past
working.
It is more relevant
to know the world
development plan
which increase
the knowledge of

people.
On the road to
climate action:
Analyzing
municipal
approaches to
plan
implementation to
reduce
transportation
sector greenhouse
gas emissions
(Doctoral
dissertation,
University of
Minnesota).
Simons, S. The purpose of
this source is to
minimize
greenhouse gas
emission.
This sources is
based on current
working.
It increase the
ability to know
how greenhouse
gases is reduced.
One size fits all?
Tailoring
retirement plan
defaults. Journal
of Economic
Behavior &
Organization.
145. pp.546-566.
Butt, A. and et.al.,
2018.
It maintains the
behaviour and
policies of
organisation.
This is not
reliable because
this study is in
past year.
It is relevant to
know the
structure of
company.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is analysed that professional and personal skills is essential in
life to develop ability and skills of people. The value of short, medium and long term goals are
different to perform task. Personal development plan helps to build skills and knowledge.

APPENDICES
Discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using your goals.
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time
period
Judgement
Communication
skills
(short term)
5 7 Communication
skills will be
improved by
sharing ideas,
solving problem
and getting new
information which
help to develop
skills and abilities
to communicate
the strategy and
planning to
employees.
40 days This skills is
judged by
students and
senior
management.
Cost
management
skills
(medium term)
7 9 This skills is
improved by
maintaining daily
accounting
records, preparing
budget and funds
that build
knowledge of
accounting.
45 days Finance
management
judge cost
management
skills.
Leadership skills 6 10 Leadership skills is 60 days Top

(long term) improved by
critical thinking,
proper listening
and handling
conflicts.
management.