Academic Skills and PDP: A Comprehensive Report on Development

This report provides an overview of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of academic skills such as presentation, writing, and referencing. It defines personal and professional development, highlighting their significance in career advancement. The report details the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. It also outlines a personal development plan (PDP) focusing on skill improvement, including strategies, outcomes, and timelines for enhancing communication, time management, and decision-making abilities. The report concludes by summarizing the benefits of PDP for career development.

Academic Skills and PDP

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................3
Personal development plan .........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are made up of the core skills of an person such as presentation skill,
Writing skills and referencing. It is necessary for the students to create those skills because it is
helpful in their carrier development.
This report will provide brief information about personal and professional development
and its importance. It will also include 3 short terms, medium and long term goals for the
personal development. In the end of this report will describe and discuss the value of the
personal development plan by creating PDP.
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal development is the process of increasing and improving capitalizes oneself
through such activities as enhancing employment skills, increasing consciousness and building
wealth (Mulherin, Walter and Cox., 2018). The growing success of the self-help and personal
development movement has assisted many business managers in obtaining more qualified and
motivated personnel for their companies, and it has also encouraged more people to go into
business for themselves.
On the other hand professional development is the process of improving and increasing
the capabilities of ourselves professional and there are some skills that is helpful for an
individual to helps them to develop professionally. Professional development helps to create
carrier for the people, and they can impress the customers and helps company to achieve goals
and objectives for the company and give their support in the success.
Value of short term goals
Short term goals are the goals that we want to achieve in less times or the near future. It
can be for the weeks, moths and years but not more than that. Normally people create short term
goals in their to buy something or save for the shorter times (Gamble And et.al., 2020). This kind
of goals are accomplished easily, and we do not need to put effort highly. Short term goals are
also minimize procrastination. They provide us clear and proper path to gain success, and also
allow as to do things on the time. The main motive of the short term goals helps you to stay
motivated but it will create productivity in person.
Three short term goals examples of my personal life are – 1) I want to but computer for
myself within 6 moths from the saving. This is my short term goals and for that I have to collect

money accordingly. 2) I want to attend career related seminars at least 2 within the year. 3 ) I
will attend digital marketing course online for the 4 moths.
value of Medium term goals
Mid term, goals usually happen when a person complete their graduation and now they
are looking for their carrier development. Most of the people start creating their mid term goals.
Mid term goals are for more than 2 and less than five years. Everybody has these mid-term goals
but most of us don’t keep track of measure their process. That’s a mistake because they usually
get derailed if we don’t pay attention to them. It is necessary for us to unturned the value of a
Mid term goals, so we can be successful I our carriers and it will help us to create long term
goals which is an next step.
Three personal mid term goals- 1) I want to start my own business after completion of my
graduation. It will task at least 5 years to start because I have to think about innovative idea, find
the source of finance according to the budget etc. 2) I am collecting money for around 5 years, so
I can go on a trip with my friends. It is my mid term gaol that I want to achieve (Hashim, and
Chin., 2018). 3) My parents take the loan for my eduction and I want to pay that loan my self by
working part time work and its my mid term goal.
value of long term goals
Long term goals are most valuable in our life, and we should start dreaming from early
age. Long term plans can be for more than 10, 20 and even 35 years and most valuable In our
life. Long term goals belong to the future, and they are plained for our better future.
Personal long term goals- I want to open my own business within 10 year which is also
an long term goal that I want to achieve. 2) After getting success in my business I want to buy
my own home where I can leave without any problems and it's my dream which I will complete
after I get success in the business and I will able to earn enough to buy my own home. It will
take around 25 years to complete my dream because I will need to spend higher amount of
money in it.
Personal development plan
Personal development plan are made to improve personal an professional skill for the
carrier development. It based on the awareness, goals setting, reflection and value planning for
the personal development in the context of Carrier development, leadership and self
improvement. There are some skills that I want to improve in myself for development.

Skills to improve Strategies Outcome Start date End date
Effective
communication
skills
Observing leaders
and managers
within
organization,
listening carefully
It will help me to
become effective
leader and In a
workplace
effective
communication
create good
impression
among the
customers
(Spector-Cohen
and et.al., 2019).
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Time
management
skills
Creating work
seduce
I will able to do
my work on time
and it will also
motivate other to
do work on times
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Decision making
skills.
Doing research
and finding facts
I will able to take
decision at the
workplace and
provide
suggestions
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CONCLUSION
As per the report has been explain that personal and professional development helps to
provide success in individual live. It has been also explained value of long term, mid term and
short term goals by proving proper 3-3 personal goals examples. In the end of this report has
been concluded PDP plan covering skills that need to be improved for carrier development.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Mulherin, K., Walter, S. and Cox, C. D., 2018. National preceptor development program (PDP):
influential evidence and theory. The first of a 3-part series. Currents in Pharmacy
Teaching and Learning.10(3). pp.255-266.
Gamble, S. C. And et.al., 2020. Students as co-authors of an academic development service: A
case study of the Study Skills service at the University of Bristol. New Review of Academic
Librarianship, (just-accepted). pp.1-12.
Hashim, N. S. B. H. N. and Chin, L. F. H., 2018. Inculcating Students Civic Awareness through
Friere’s Critical Pedagogy Practice as a Current Alternative Method of Teaching and
Learning (PdP). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.8(9). pp.909-916.
Spector-Cohen, E. and et.al., 2019. Towards English for Academic Purposes Curriculum
Reform: Linguistic, Educational or Political Considerations?. In Innovation in Language
Learning and Teaching (pp. 153-176). Palgrave Macmillan. Cham.