University Assignment: Academic Skills and Professional Development

This assignment explores the multifaceted concept of personal and professional development, emphasizing its crucial role in enhancing individual capabilities and improving the quality of life. It delves into the significance of goal setting, encompassing short, medium, and long-term objectives, and provides personal examples to illustrate their values. The assignment also discusses the importance of a personal-based development plan, analyzing personal strengths and weaknesses to identify areas for improvement. Furthermore, it highlights the need for continuous learning and skill development, including time management, communication, and teamwork, to achieve both personal and professional success. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of planning and strategic approaches to meet career goals effectively, stressing the need for continuous self-assessment and mentorship to foster holistic development.

Academic Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Q. Describe the concept regarding personal and professional development?.............................3
Q. Describe by giving description regarding values of short term goals with three personal
examples?....................................................................................................................................4
Q. Describe as well as discuss in detail the values in respect of medium term objectives and
also identify with the help of giving 3 personal examples?........................................................5
Q. with the help of three examples discuss the importance of long term goal?..........................5
Q. Describe and discuss the value of personal based development plan?...................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Personality Development term involve an activities that helps in developing individuals
capabilities and build human capital a well as potential also. It give support to improve quality of
life. With performing development in personality, goals, aspiration. Dreams can easily achieved .
Personality development activity perform continuously during life time. Activities perform
under this programme, supports to develop talent that tends to facilitate employability. To serve
this purpose , there is ned to do planning first with the help of reflection , awareness planning ,
values etc. in career, education and self employment context. It is psychological, spiritual, social
and mental development and having ability to act with great maturity to handle situations in life.
Many classes are open in different locations to conduct personality development programme. To
serve this purpose, training are given by smart trainer. These classes involve large number of
person because every one try to look best , also to better communicate. Personality development
also plays a crucial role in professional life of employees also. Because employer want that their
workforce must look smart and along with that having good skills of communication also. These
skills support individual to achieve targets easily in life (Greenhough, 2016)
MAIN BODY
Q. Describe the concept regarding personal and professional development?
Personal Development: It reflects the pattern of features like thoughts, behaviour,
emotions and feelings that make one person different from another. It also plays important role to
take career based decisions in life of individual. The need for identify and improve personality
of individual has consider as important element by each person, who aspire for smart personality
to shape effective and good scope in future. After connecting two terms personality and
development the term is develop. Personality are based on qualities and characteristic of person.
It is connected to interaction, at the time of keeping in touch with other individuals. With their
personality individual make them unique and stand apart from persons group. To do
development in personality, it requires to make planning on basis of awareness, planning, values,
reflection etc. in context of career, knowledge, education and self employment. It is
psychological, social, spiritual and mental development having ability to act with great maturity
in different circumstance that prevails in individual's life (Kikas, 2017)

Professional development: it refers to certification , training, as well as education which
worker require to get success in their career. Different profession requires different skills. It is
learning concept which helps in earning and to develop as well as maintain profession based
credential like academic qualification, joining meetings, attending conferences and degrees for
formal course of work. This process is collaborative as well as intensive because it innovate at
evaluation stage. For that apprentice training is continued and it become helpful in make them up
to date according to present trend for this purpose there is need to develop new advanced skills.
As personality change can be perform by taking help of different programmes which provides by
educational institution, employer, corporates etc. As per profession, professional development
topics are specialised whether it is related to law, healthcare, hospitality, media, journalism and
education etc. to serve the purpose of professional development many approaches are frame like
coaching, technical assistance,lesson study, reflective supervision, consultation. For career
growth and development skills & knowledge both plays an important role in workplace. It also
plays crucial role in professional life because every employer desire that their workforce must be
smart and should posses good communication skills. This features supports to achieve goals in
effective manner (LaCount, 2018)
Q. Describe by giving description regarding values of short term goals with three personal
examples?
Short term Goals: These are those objectives which are easily achieved in short time
duration. It is that type of goals which an individual is looking in upcoming future. These are
develop for short duration like for a day, month , year, weak . These objectives are achieved by
person a soon as possible. Generally it is set to perform regular activity which is perform daily. It
is also Analyse that with the help of short term course , procrastination easily lower down
effectively. If goals are set for short term , it involves less time to achieve them. If smart policies
and skills are prepare effectively than objectives can achieve on time. In below points it explain
briefly with the help of examples in which objectives are set which is achieved in short time as
these are describe as follows:
 At 5.30 am wake up , go for jogging and than study for one hours.
 complete almost five topics of company law
 complete the audit report in five days.

Q. Describe as well as discuss in detail the values in respect of medium term objectives and
also identify with the help of giving 3 personal examples?
Medium term goals: The respective target takes few time more in comparison to short
term objectives. In this goals are achieve in around two years . Medium term goals are less time
consuming as compare to goals that made for long term. In this period of time individual can
achieve noticeable improvement in performance, skills , knowledge. It is also notice that medium
term goals force individual to remain engaged effectively with respective targets that are set for
long term. As it give growth assurity in personality and career. In below points some examples
related to objectives are set for mid term (Martin, 2016)
 Performing preparation and achieve chartered accountancy degree
 completing training programme of company secretary
 clear education loan by making payment
Q. with the help of three examples discuss the importance of long term goal?
Long term goals are such type plans that are complete after dedication long time
generally five year or more than 5 years. As benefits are given by such type of goals but after
completing long time period . So before setting long term goals , deep study and analysis is need
to be done. Various small steps are taken that support most in achieving long term objectives.
Few personal examples which is set up for long term are describe as follows-
 In the field of audit , to gain recognition
 open own consultancy firm and perform practice of chartered accountancy
 To purchase four BHK flat in posh location of city (Pakarinen, 2017)
Q. Describe and discuss the value of personal based development plan?
It is the process with the help of which people develop action strategy for the purpose of
analysis and also to observe opportunities, self strength and weakness. As plan help to overcome
with weakness in effective and systematic manner. So with this it provide assurance to
development in personality as well as in their professional career also. With deep study it is
notice that person is able to achieve the goals which are set for short, medium and long term if
they posses qualities of management , leadership, and have excellent communication skills.
Hence on the basis of argument which is done above , observation is done that personalty
development planning aid person to perform evaluation for the weakness ,in well define effective
and appropriate manner. It also require initiative steps to take and in such a way frame policies

so that to overcome with these weakness which helps in growth and development in near forward
time. Professional and professional development plan try to reduce or eliminate weakness in
specific time period. So that related plans are prepare effectively to achieve targets easily (Siddiq,
2020)
Analysis of personal strength and weakness
to identify areas where we need to work on , it is important to recognise strong points and
require only excellent skills and who are expert in some specific areas. With the help of this ,
criticism & complex behaviour can easily eliminates. It also support to identify where you might
be able to draw on previous experience to develop skills which are new as well as advance.
Many times long list is recommended by expert in which good qualities are written. And much
shorter list mostly contain three or four areas where development is require that helps to support
to feel positive always. May be for people it become difficult to give feedback face to face
regarding weakness or strength . As that may feel that it over praise us and most of the people do
not show interest in those things (Tynjälä, P 2016)
Identify problems and requirements that are needed to change.
If broad area of weakness or Challenges are identified once , the next steps is to do work
on them. As problems can be expressed in many levels and these issues are require to be address
in many different ways. The key that are use to address the issues are at the level at which it is
framed. If you have framed it as being about their identity, it is no good trying to address it by
going some where quiet to help you concentrate. Instead you also require to think about why you
have those views about people like you and try to unpack that a little (Wibrowski, 2017)
It is important to remember that you cannot do every thing at once. So it is necessary to
identify the area where it is need to do improvement. As at every stage of growth and
development strength and weakness list varies. So initially you become in some areas than
identify other areas. Thus it is necessary to keep skills related to professional & person
development under review that focus is done on the areas that are relevant most.
Plan
Skills Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of action Time period
Skills related to
Time utilisation
7.6 15 Advantage of
continuous
23 days

and management guidance by
experienced ,
educated and
talented seniors
and provide
support to peers
that leads to
increase current
capabilities and
level of expertise.
Oral
communication
4.9 12 online classes
help is taken
based on
communication
lectures daily
24 days
Writing skills 6 13 Reads more and
more and try to
express their view
by regularly
writing a page.
21 days
Team Working 7.4 17 Plays a role in
team with support
of captain as they
give proper
guidance as well
as from team
leaders. Time to
time follow ups
and feedbacks are
also taken
27 days

regarding their
performance.
CONCLUSION
After performing deep study and analysis final conclusion is made that professional as
well as person development plays important role in fulfilling objectives in their life. The persons
growth and success is depends on these factors. To achieve the targets on time , plan and
strategies are prepare properly. As different career suggest different approaches to use personal
growth for professional development. Some industries needs particular hours to demonstrate
skills in specific field . On the other hand some require certain no. of education credentials for
the purpose of professional development. According to position and industry the desire varies so
it is necessary to take guidance with their professional and supervisors so that plan has been set
up for success. As master conflict management and better communicator leads to professional
development. The planning effectiveness of personality development is depends on tools also
which is used. There is need to take deep interest on thoughts, achievement of activities, record
evidence and make time to time conversation with mentors regarding action plans. And also to
encourage team members to fulfil targets of individual By attaining potential and became best
leader. Future goals can be formulate easily by considering the views of all individual. As it
develops the feeling that individuals is a member of reputed and valued group. And also tends to
get them excited for those projects that are upcoming in near future.

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