Academic and Research Skills: A Personal and Professional Report

This report focuses on the development of academic and research skills. It begins with a self-assessment, identifying strengths such as effective communication and IT skills, as well as weaknesses including introversion and overconfidence. The report outlines a personal development plan with SMART objectives to enhance problem-solving, reduce introverted behavior, develop a positive attitude, and minimize overconfidence. It then explores note-taking strategies, emphasizing the importance of listening and reading skills, and providing techniques such as charting, outlining, the Cornell method, and visual aids. The report also discusses primary and secondary research methods and the steps involved in creating a research plan. Finally, it presents a personal and professional development plan, detailing long-term and short-term goals, strategies for achieving them, and timelines for progress. This comprehensive approach aims to improve personal and professional abilities and boost career prospects.

Academic and Research
Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Research plan ..................................................................................................................................5
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Individual personality has change from others so that their working as well as learning
capabilities also change. Through making personal development action plan, they are able to
achieve goals and objectives in limited period of time effectively (Hwang and Tsai, 2011). For
this, person has conducting academic research in which they are identify gap between desire and
actual performance accordingly select resources through this they are increase their capabilities,
skills, learning, knowledge and many more. In this report covers strength and weaknesses of
individual person and make develop objectives. Also includes note making strategies and
research for improvement plan. In the end make a personal and professional development plan.
TASK 1
Self learning is a one of the most difficulties task because individual person can not able
to completing work effectively. Personal development plan is a report which are consist current
status of knowledge and professional skills through this I am capable to enhance my abilities in
an effective manner. So that, for this I am identifying my strength and weaknesses and list it out
so it help to make improvement plan easily.
Strength:
 Effective communication is my core strength which me to build strong relationship with
other thus help to completing by work appropriately along with that it also increase my
confidence and make me feel so comfortable while talking to the strangers.
 Good Information Technology information has enhance my work and I am able to
achieve target on time with efficiency. It also enhance my skills and abilities by having a
goof information of IT.
 Strong interpersonal skills help me to carry out academic research project effectively and
efficiently within a given time period.
 I am able to completing my work with in limited period of time that shows my time
management abilities as well as I can manage my daily life on time will help me in
accomplishing of each activities properly. When in do something then I studied out all information so that I able to make analytical
report that shows my higher logical skills.
Weaknesses:
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 I am a introvert so that I am not feel comfortable in speaking in large public audience,
that reduce my self confidence resulted affect work negatively.
 Negative attitude has create my negative image in front of others thus affect may research
work negatively and I am not able to achieve positive outcome in limited period of time
appropriately.
 Poor problem solving behaviour also my one of the weaknesses thus effect my work
negatively through which I am not achieve my target in limited period of time
appropriately. I want to develop this skills so that they can resolve team conflicts
effectively.
 Sometime over confidence create several kind of issues to me which affect outcome of
performed work negatively as well as create team conflicts are increased because of over
confidence.
All above mansion strength as well as weaknesses has help me to identify 'who I am?'.
According of weaknesses, I am selecting my personality development objectives which are
consist almost all weakness through this I am capable to increase my personality traits quality
thus help me to achieve growth in my career in long run. It is compulsory to implemented
SMART approaches on all objectives so that they are easily achieved by individual (Murdoch‐
Eaton and Whittle, 2012). Some objectives with their SMART strategies are explain as follows:
Objectives:
 To enhance problem solving attitude in 3 months.
 To reduce introvert behaviour in 2 months.
 To develop positive attitude in 3 month.
 To minimise over confidence in 5 month.
Explain SMART approaches in detail as follows:
Specific: Problem solving, introvert, positive attitude and over confidence all issues are
has specific in nature so that individual personal are easily identifying focus area and make
strategies to solve problem effectively.
Measurable: All objectives are measurable by my past experience, observation, feedback
and many more. So that, set a standard and measure it with actual skills. So that each one
individual are able to achieve goal and objectives effectively.
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Achievable: Implemented action of plan in order to achieve all objectives that shows all
aim are achievable in their nature and in am able to gain it effectively.
Realistic: Entire sets of objective has realistic in nature no one a imaginary so that
individual are easily achieve it by executing professional development plan.
Timed: All objectives should be time bound for example, enhance problem solving
attitude with in 3 months, reducing introvert behaviour or attitude with in 2 months, developing
positive as well as extrovert attitude in 3 month and minimising my self over confidence in 5
month or many more.
TASK 2
Note-taking is an skills which must have within particular person. In this, it makes the
notes of provided information so that it can be for a long time with them. Each and every person
should not able to remember all the information which is provided by them so it will be better
making of note-taking so that they can recall it at any time (Nwangwa, Yonlonfoun and
Omotere, 2014). Hence, some of skills are enhanced in an effective way as well as this skills
should develop by every and each person for enhancing their knowledge skills.
Key factors of listening skills  After lecture event, making of notes
will help in remembering of given
information for a long time by making
a notes-taking. It can be only if you are
listening carefully during lecturer
events.
 By listening skills they must use some
of common abbreviation they can use at
a time of making notes-taking so they
can coordinate within lecturer.
 When you are listening keep on
rephrasing as fast as keep on making
notes-taking. It will aid in improving
vocabulary along with that they do not
have to thing while making notes just
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keep on listening and make note-taking.
Key factors of reading skills  Keep on linking with research.
 Evaluate as well as think in a complex
way whatever you are reading.
 Read it more carefully.
 Keep on recording important points
from your reading.
 At a time of reading you should
concentrate over it.
Note Making Strategies Charting: it is an good technique for the courses needed to contrast or comparison of
events, people, places, particular dates, how they can relate information and its
importance. Outlining: Note of important ideas on the left side of the page. Indent information should
be specific in underneath as well as having further examples of indent (McClelland and
Cameron, 2012). Cornell Method: This approaches is a simple as well as systematic approach for making
a notes-taking that divide the note page into three parts to allow for conducting review as
well as recording. It can be utilized at a time of reading or taking a notes within lectures.
 Visual aids: This approach is based on improving the process of brain information. It
includes diagrams, graphs, pictures etc. Using of visual as well as colours components
like as various sized letters are called as super notes.
TASK 3
At a time of evaluating a program, there are various alternative ways to collect data and
information by using sources of data collection. For doing a research in an proper way they have
to use all sources for collecting lots of information and select relevant data from all the gathered
data. Heir are two kinds of gathering a data are such as primary and secondary research.
Primary research Secondary research
 Collecting of data and information
which are not existing as well as gather
 In this, data and information which is
already processed, reported and
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them by evaluator used of techniques
like as interviews, questionnaires,
surveys and observations.
 Give information and data if previews
data on their project are not related to
present situation or directly analyse
questions.
 Primary research is more time
consuming as well as expensive but
enable you to gather information and
data is specific to aim on your
evaluation (Saunders, 2011).
 For Examples of primary data research
like as questionnaire, surveys,
experiment etc.
collected out by another investigator.
 Giving an review opportunity as well as
all data of secondary on available
within assignment before gathering
primary data research.
 Will tell you what questions are still
required to addressed as well as what
data they are collecting by themselves.
 For example of secondary data are
internet, magazines, newspaper,
journals etc.
Research plan
Making a research plan is an most important part of grant application as well as describe
a principles of research plan (Shapiro, 2011). It is an main component of planning a research.
Their are various steps involved in the research plan are as follows:
 Subject of your research
 Objective of an research plan
 Theory (Literature review)
 Research hypothesis and questions
 Methods and methodology
 Approaches
 Material as well as measures
 Analysis
 Sources of information
 Agenda of work
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TASK 4
Personal and professional development plan can be define as method or process in that
person make report related to current status of objectives, identification of resources those are
needed for improvement in target aim and in the end improve all over personal abilities which
are enhance my professional abilities thus boost my career in long run.
My personal
development
aim?
Long and
short term
aim?
How will I
achieve my aim
or target?
Date of
reapprais
al
Progress
toward aim
Further
action, if
required
Actual
date of
achievi
ng aim
Enhance
problem
solving
attitude
Long as
well as
short term
target.
Solve lot of case
study and
analytical
problem thus
help me to
increase my
problem solving
behaviour
effectively.
17/08/201
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Process are
notices be
that is not
satisfactory
in nature.
Yes, more
enchantment
are required to
achieve set
target
effectively.
25/11/1
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Reduce
Introvert
behaviour
It is a
short term
aim.
Taking with new
individuals as
well as all age
persons so that it
help me to
reduce my
introvert
behaviour
positively
through this I
am able to
achieve goals
15/08/17 All target
point or
standard to
achieved
appropriatel
y.
No, further
modification
are required.
Sufficiently
reducing my
introvert
behavioural.
No
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and objectives in
given time
frame
appropriately.
Develop
positive
attitude
Long term
target and
short term
as well.
I make
judgement very
fast but change
this attitude in
order to achieve
goals and
objectives in
limited period of
time
appropriately.
20/08/17 Now, my
attitude
become a
positive but
not
satisfactory
level so
needed more
time to
enhance it
effectively.
Yes, some
more changes
are needed so
that they are
able to
achieve goals
and aim in
limited period
of time
effectively.
27/09/1
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Minimise over
confidence
Both long
term as
well as
short term
aim.
Make control on
my emotion so
that it help me to
enhance my
positive attitude
toward things.
22/08/17 All target
aim are
achieved
appropriatel
y.
No further
action should
be required.
No
CONCLUSION
As per above assignment it is concluded that they have to analyse the weaknesses as well
as strength of myself in this it help in knowing and weakness and from that I can make a
personal development plan for overcoming with my all weaknesses. Note-taking is also
important skills each person should develop this skills help in remembering of information for a
long time as well as key points of effective active listening as well as writing skills also discuss
strategies of note-taking. Research plan is also prepared within this report as well as also collect
the data from two sources like as primary and secondary research of data collection along with
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that also prepare a personal development plan of myself for improving my skills and develop my
quality of life and career as well.
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