University MBA Module: Personal and Professional Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, examining its core concepts and value. It delves into the significance of setting both short-term and long-term goals, offering personal examples for each to illustrate their practical application. The report also discusses the importance of creating a personal development plan as a roadmap for achieving desired outcomes. Furthermore, it explores how factors like author, purpose, reliability, and relevance impact the use of various sources. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal and professional growth and provides a list of references including books and journals.

Personal and
Professional
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Contents
INTRODCTION..........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Defining concept of Personal and Professional development..................................................................3
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples..................3
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples...................4
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan.............................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals..................................................................................................................................6

INTRODCTION
Personal and Professional development is that process or mechanism, through which an
individual develop and improve those quality and capabilities, which allows them to become
person of their choice. In this report, I have made a discussion regarding my personal goals that I
would be securing in future, along with the discussion over concept and value of Personal
development in a planned manner.
TASK 1
Defining concept of Personal and Professional development
Personal and Professional development is that concept through which an individual takes
to develop skills and abilities in oneself, which are required by one in different spheres of life
and in fighting different challenges of life. If one goes through understanding the entire concept
of personal and professional development than one can eventually notice two different concept in
one. The one is Personal development, where an individual is seen making development in those
qualities and skills and efficiencies, which shall be helpful for that individual in making his
personal life better, like fighting difficulties and challenges that are totally personal (Tattum and
Tattum, 2017). For example, one could be feeling dire need of controlling emotions in personal
life, then they would be need to working on it. On the other hand, there is professional
development, under which an individual is seen developing and enhancing those qualities within,
through which one can make unhampered growth in his career. However, the concept of Personal
and Professional development also requires one person to make every step and every decision in
a well planned manner.
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.
Comfort zone- First of all, I am required to leave my comfort zone, in every possible way I can.
Comfort zone is that situation for an Individual, in which an individual learns to remain happy
but do not strive towards making any progress, and supposedly deems everything is going good
in life. This attitude of happiness without progress, is poisonous for me, as there is no meaning of
life without progress.

Working on health- Health is that stimulation and impulse in the body through which many
developments happen in body internally, which renders a human being some crucial benefits.
Like, through good health a person always remains energetic and confident. This is because of
the hormones that gets released while working out and staying fit. Therefore, this is another
important tool in making personal development of myself (Frunză, 2017).
Focus- However, as far as what I consider about being focused on goals of life and being focused
on the process of creating stability in life, it is more like a product. The two points of leaving the
comfort zone and also prioritizing my health, will allowing me to derive this product of having
natural focus on objectives and goals of life. However, this is also a short term goals and I have
to better meet this in next one year.
Describe and discuss the value of medium-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Getting graduated- This is, although cannot be considered as a goal, as getting graduated would
be a little obvious. But, what I meant through taking this in my medium term goals is that I have
to get graduated by securing good marks, and by securing quality result. Getting good scores is
very much important as this would be opening many new opportunities for me in pursuing my
career. Therefore, by the end of next year, I must get graduated with matrix and quality result.
Acquiring range of Knowledge- As I am a student right now and for a student, it is required that
in this life they should focus on gathering as much knowledge as possible, both in terms of book
knowledge and also in terms of practical experiences. This knowledge will be helpful for me in
becoming a good human being, to become confident and to avail quality lifestyle as well. This
knowledge will also allow me to take better decisions in life.
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
Securing job of my dreams- In the long run, that I mean from next 5 years of my life, I want to
see myself working in a Multi-National corporation as a Human Resource Manager. This is my
dream job, and I have always aspired for it, in my college years and also at present, while I am
about to complete my MBA. As, in the Medium term goals, I have set target to completing
graduation with quality result and good marks. If this target is achieved by me, then there will be
a room where I can secure placement in a god company. however, this is the direct room of

reaching out in a Multi-National corporation, and indirectly also I have to secure job there only,
at big level (Ekaterine and Natalia, 2017).
Achieving quality life- From quality life I mean that everything has to be balanced and stable in
my life, from work life to personal life, family, Relationship and my peace of mind. This is not
something that I mean from big house, luxury car and a lot of money. Stability and balance,
between different important things in life is something that brings quality in leading a lifestyle.
Decisions- This goals is set by me, in a long run, that is totally a will of myself. Under this goals,
I am aspiring myself to become that human being which is barely seen by anyone failing in his or
her decision. This is a quality that I want to inculcate for myself. I want to become the person
who can make quick and effective decisions.
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development is a very important part of life, because through this one person
can assure to become that personality and human being, to which he or she is aspiring. In life,
securing anything will have a cost to pay. And if I want to become the person of my choice, then
I will surely have to put efforts. Personal development allows me to secure this in a planned
manner.
Task 2
Discussion on ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source
A relevant level of impact is lead by Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance which
affect the use of sources as a which have a clearly motioned author name along with clearly
stating its purpose are taken as more authenticate and reliable as they have true information
about its creator. Further, the Reliability and Relevance factor are related with timeliness,
comparability, and understandability of a source along with Verifiability and credibility of data
thus leads vital affect on use of a resource.
Task 3
Author Purpose
1. Tattum, D. and Tattum, E., 2017 Social education and personal development

2. Frunză, S., 2017 Ethical leadership, religion and personal
development in the context of global crisis
3. Ekaterine, G. and Natalia, K., 2017 Impact of Time Management on Personal
Development
4. Mantzourani, E., Chang, H., Desselle, S.,
Canedo, J. and Fleming, G., 2021
Reflections of mentors and mentees on a
national mentoring programme for pharmacists
5. O'Brien, B. and Graham, M.M., 2020 students experiences of guided group reflection
in fostering personal and professional
development
6. Partridge, E., 2021 A Hands-On Guide to Personal and
Professional Development
7. Iskakova, L.M. and Esmuratova, G.Z., 2021 Development of intelligence as the basis for
personal and professional development
8. Harvey, S. and Carpenter, J.P., 2020 Genesis and change in physical educators’ use
of social media for professional development
and learning
CONCLUSION
Therefore, from the above discussion, one can evidently derive importance of Personal
and Professional development. Through this one can easily facilitate and set the targets to be
achieved in the order of their priority and time as well. This prioritization will allow to be gave
focus and I will not be too much overburdened with anything.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ekaterine, G. and Natalia, K., 2017. Impact of Time Management on Personal Development of
Master’s Degree Students. European Journal of Social Science Education and
Research. 4(6). pp.110-118.
Frunză, S., 2017. Ethical leadership, religion and personal development in the context of global
crisis. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. 16(46). pp.3-16.
Harvey, S. and Carpenter, J.P., 2020. Genesis and change in physical educators’ use of social
media for professional development and learning. Journal of Teaching in Physical
Education, 39(4), pp.445-453.
Iskakova, L.M. and Esmuratova, G.Z., 2021. Development of intelligence as the basis for
personal and professional development. In Шамовские педагогические чтения
научной школы Управления образовательными системами (pp. 49-54).
Mantzourani, E and et. al., 2021. Reflections of mentors and mentees on a national mentoring
programme for pharmacists: An examination into relationships, personal and professional
development. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
O'Brien, B. and Graham, M.M., 2020. BSc nursing & midwifery students experiences of guided
group reflection in fostering personal and professional development. Part 2. for
discussion and innovation section. Nurse Education in Practice, 48, p.102884.
Partridge, E., 2021. Getting On in the Creative Arts Therapies: A Hands-On Guide to Personal
and Professional Development. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Tattum, D. and Tattum, E., 2017. Social education and personal development. Routledge.