Report on Academic Skills and PDP: Source Evaluation and Goals

This report, focused on Academic Skills and Personal Development Plan (PDP), explores the concepts of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of goal setting across short, medium, and long terms. It uses examples related to a makeup business opportunity. The report includes a detailed discussion on how 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' affect the use of a source, followed by an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan. The sources are assessed based on their author, purpose, reliability, and relevance to the topic. Additionally, the report contains a Personal Development Plan (PDP) with a focus on enhancing communication and teamwork skills to achieve business objectives. The report concludes by outlining priority skills, current ability, target development criteria, and opportunities for improvement.

Academic Skills and PDP
(Report plan and evaluation of sources)

Table of Contents
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1
Task One .........................................................................................................................................1
1) The concept of personal and professional development....................................................1
2) The value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples. ..........................2
3) The value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.......................2
4) The value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples ............................3
Task Two ........................................................................................................................................3
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source......................................................................................................................................3
Task Three ......................................................................................................................................3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.................................................3
References .......................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX 1 – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP).....................................................8
Personal Development Plan....................................................................................................8

Introduction
Personal development plan is defined as the lifelong process, which constantly reviewing
the aim to facilitate the ongoing employability via developing the workplace skills and required
knowledge. The present development plan is based on enhancing a business opportunity for the
development of Makeup business. Therefore, an appropriate personal development planning
mainly helps in rendering the certainty and improves the quality of decision making procedure
for all the parts of the government from the national, regional and local governments and the
private sectors as well (Bound, 2011). The key aim of this assessment is to analyse the personal
and professional development in he manner to identifying the businesses opportunity for make
up business. The existing report will be concerning over the concept of Personal Development
Plan (PDP) and the role of personal development planning. In addition to this, Personal
Development Plan is also going to be formulated and lastly, how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability
and Relevance’ influences the utilisation of the resources and assessment of eight sources used in
the report plan will be done in this particular report.
The potential aim of the report:
To identify the growth opportunity for the Make Up business.
Objectives of the Report:
 To understand the concept of personal and professional development.
 To analyse the importance of developing personal and professional development plan.
 To determine the short term and long term goals of analysing the opportunity for the
make-up business.
Task One
1) The concept of personal and professional development.
Personal and professional development is defined as the procedure though which the
business and individual engage in the process of learning to meet the challenges and the selected
goals. The potential aim of personal and professional development is to help an individual to
manage your own learning and growth throughput the career development (Hill and et. al.,
2016). Therefore, it is an essential aspect which relay over the continue learning and also
develop to keep the skills and knowledge up to dare and ensure the continue to work effectively,
legally and safely. In the context to this present report personal and professional development
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plan will help in finding the opportunity for the make-up businesses with analysing the strength
and weakness of individual.
2) The value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.
The short term goals are mainly lay own over the clear and defined path to success and
also allows an individual to focus over one thing at a time. In the context to finding opportunity
for make-up business, short term goals are imperative in nature to setting a path to gain long term
growth (Hunzicker, 2011). The value of short term goals can be determined with a good example
where an individual is concern over bringing rapid change in their own skills and personality like
developing work life balance, performance number and so on. For better understanding of short
term goals three examples are determined as below:

 To concern over enhancing the networking within 20 days to making people aware about
their operations.
 To enhance the operations ability by 3 percent within 15 days to wasting less time during
work.
3) The value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.
Medium term goals are recognised as the most concern aspect of personal and
professional development plan, thus it carries different range of values within an individuals
professional growth. However, the personal and professional development of an individual or a
business is encompasses over assorted purposes such as critical thinking, effective
communication, decision making and increasing the certification in different subjects to develop
career growth and so on, thus these aspects will help an individual in regularly learn about the
changes which are imperative for the business to gain growth (Lightfoot and Frost, 2015). The
suitable understanding of medium term goals are evaluated by the different examples:
 To increase the number of certification by 20 percent in the business field within 2
months while plan to establish a business.
 To enhance the ability of critical thinking by 15% within 1 month to taking appropriate
decision and resolving the business issues.
 To develop the working experience by 15 percent within the similar field of business by 3
months.
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4) The value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
A long-term goal is something that an individual wants to accomplish in the future,
therefore, the long term goals are mainly encompasses over an individual's particular skills and
which helps in aiding the ability for considering the future development (Olsen, 2015). Long
term objectives are based on future consideration, thus in this effective ability of individual are
involves and the better recognition of long term goals can be understood by the give examples:
 To get a higher position within the business in the 1 year performance.
 To implement mindful practices which will result in improvising the management ability
by 20 percent within the up coming two year duration.
 To improvise the leadership skills and concern over aiding specific direction to others by
15 percent within the next 1.5 years (Vetere and Stratton, 2016).
Task Two
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source.
An analysis is executed with the assistance of authors views, purpose, reliability and the
relevance aspects thus the suitable assessment of these aspects in an analysis is required to
determine the suitable use of a sources in a project (Peticca‐Harris and McKenna, 2013). Sources
based on a specific subject are essentially implement for rendering the work and decision made
through the utilizing other work thoughts needs to be imperative and dependable. For conducting
an evaluation the relevancy of resources is liable to conduct a project in right direction and the
outcome is also attained successfully. So it is obligated to the researcher to select the suitable
sources to determine the credibility of the data in the future (Wiley, 2014).
Task Three
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
SOURCES AUTHOR PURPOSE RELIABILITY RELEVANCE
1 Bound, H., 2011 To concern over
the life long
learning to attain
advancement.
The best source in
providing
Vocational
education and
Advance
knowledge of
teaching learning.
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training teacher
professional
development.
2 Hill, K. and et. al.,
2016
To support the
enchaining ability
and collective
skills to create and
implement around
the policy of
investigation and
practices in
education.
The article is
reliable in nature as
it is implemented
with the guidance
of different
scholars.
Collaborative
writing.
3 Hunzicker, J., 2011 To aid recognition
about the
Effective
professional
development for
teachers in the
purpose of
enhancing
learning ability.
The article is
reliable as it
provides detailed
analysis to the
individual for
improvising
professional ability.
A check list for
professional
development
education.
4 Lightfoot, S. and
Frost, D.,
2015
To bring attention
over
implementing the
trans-formative
approach to
continuing the
professional
development and
aiding an
The articles is said
to be reliable as it
is copy righted
from the
intellectual sites.
Professional
development in
education.
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individual in the
direction to gain
progression.
5 Olsen, B., 2015 To develop new
prospects in
relation to what
they learn and
How teachers'
personal histories
shape their
professional
development.
The present articles
is also reliable as it
specifically renders
the idea about the
prospect in relation
to personal
development
history which
shape the growth of
career.
Personal and
Professional
development.
6 Peticca‐Harris, A.
and
McKenna,
S., 2013
To evaluate the
Identity struggle,
professional
development and
career.
The article is
written by the
experts in
enhancing detailed
understanding of
professional
development.
Management
Development
7 Vetere, A. and
Stratton,
P. eds.,
2016
It is supportive in
brining idea about
the Interacting
selves: Systemic
solutions for
personal and
professional
development.
The article is
reliable as it is
copy righted by the
intellectual
business.
Interactive
Education.
8 Wiley, C., 2014 A learning about
the leadership in
The articles is
written by the
Professional
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learning and
teaching in higher
education.
expert authors. development
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References
Books and Journals
Bound, H., 2011. Vocational education and training teacher professional development: tensions
and context. Studies in Continuing Education, 33(2), pp.107-119.
Hill, K. and et. al., 2016. Using the repertory grid technique to examine trainee clinical
psychologists' construal of their personal and professional development. Clinical
psychology & psychotherapy, 23(5), pp.425-437.
Hunzicker, J., 2011. Effective professional development for teachers: A checklist. Professional
development in education, 37(2), pp.177-179.
Lightfoot, S. and Frost, D., 2015. The professional identity of early years educators in England:
implications for a trans-formative approach to continuing professional
development. Professional development in education, 41(2), pp.401-418.
Olsen, B., 2015. Teaching what they learn, learning what they live: How teachers' personal
histories shape their professional development. Routledge.
Peticca‐Harris, A. and McKenna, S., 2013. Identity struggle, professional development and
career. Journal of Management Development.
Vetere, A. and Stratton, P. eds., 2016. Interacting selves: Systemic solutions for personal and
professional development in counselling and psychotherapy. Routledge.
Wiley, C., 2014. Academic leadership in learning and teaching in higher education: A personal
reflection on one programme director’s professional development. Learning at City
Journal, 4(2), pp.39-49.
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APPENDIX 1 – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)
Personal Development Plan
PRIORITY SKILLS CURREN
RT
ABILITY
TARGET
ABILITY
DEVELOP
MNET
OPPORTU
NITIES
CRITERIA
TO JUDGE
TIME
FRAME
Priority 1 Interactive
nature and
communicat
ion ability
Low High Enhancing
the network
via
establishing
supportive
communicat
ion with the
people on a
personal and
professional
ground.
Taking
views of
others and
recognise
their
suitable and
innovative
ideas.
140 Days
Priority 2 Friendly
nature and
collaborativ
e working
Average High Performing
operations
in team and
also
motivating
others to put
their
significant
efforts in the
growth
operations.
Receiving
views from
others in the
manner of
feedback as
it aid in
improvising
the
weaknesses
to conduct
collective
operations
120Days
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