Academic Skills & PDP: A Detailed Report on Personal Development

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP). It highlights the values of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals with personal examples, emphasizing the importance of a personal development plan and its construction. The report also evaluates the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source utilization. An evaluation of eight sources used in the report is presented, concluding that a structured planning framework enhances career progression through self-analysis and effective resource management. The report references various books and journals to support its findings, offering a detailed perspective on personal and professional growth.

Academic skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................3
Values of short term goals with 3 personal examples.................................................................3
Values of medium-term goals with 3 personal examples...........................................................3
Values of long-term goals with 3 personal examples.................................................................4
Values of a personal development plan and construction of a personal example.......................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance affects the use of source........................................4
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of 8 sources used in report plan................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Personal an professional development both are the inter-related terms which guides
individual's abilities towards gaining of new skills and experience. Developing a good plan in
regards to personal or professional development of an individuals promotes systematic approach
towards once career path goals. This report will be an inclusion of values highlighted by short-
term, medium-term and long term goals with personal examples. This is supported with values of
personality development plan and its personal construction. Further, in the report affect of
author, purpose, reliability and relevancy is also being highlighted (Weller, 2021).
Main Body
Task 1
Concept of personal and professional development
The concept of personal and professional development refers to engaging with several
activities which aids towards improving skills and abilities of an individual in a respective
direction. An effective personal and professional development plan involves deep investigation
of knowledge and understandings of field of working. The concept can also be related to seeking
to various training and development programs to learn or modify new skills or knowledge
(Letizia and Tonello, 2020).
Values of short term goals with 3 personal examples
Short-term goals are those standards which are aimed for their achievement within the
time period of 6 months. These goals are considered to be small steps through which an
individual can achieve career path goals. Reflecting on my personal skills and abilities desired
short term goals which will form bases of my personal and professional development are as
follows;
 Communication skills
 Work life balance
 Reading skills
Values of medium-term goals with 3 personal examples
Such types of goals offers a fictitious bridge between short-term and long-term goals. An
individual by complying to such types of goals can seek to monitor their performance. By setting

this type of goal I am able to maintain flow of work as per the desired long term goals. My
medium term goals are listed below;
 Leadership skills
 Adaptability skills
 Work ethics
Values of long-term goals with 3 personal examples
These type of goals are regarded as the ultimate goals which have a definite period of
more than 5 years. In the process there are higher possibility that an individual loose track or
motivation to achieve such goals. Therefore, for achievement of such types of goals medium-
term goals plays a vital role. Reflecting to my attributes there are several long term goals which
can be determined out of which some are as follows (Joyce and Jackson, 2021);
 Get a job
 Learn at least two language and culture
 Complete graduation
Values of a personal development plan and construction of a personal example
PDP sets a definite aim for an individual to pursue desired goals and objectives
irrespective of being a personal or professional life concerns. The use of PDP plan enables an
individual to perform at its best abilities which further increases chances for getting success
(Erdinast-Vulcan, D., 2020).
Skills Time period Action plan Evaluation
parameters.
Communication skills 4 months In order to improve my
communication skills it is
important for me to make
sure that I am attending
seminars and due to the
restrictions of Covid 19 I
will try to attend online
courses that can help me in
I will try to
communicate more
and more with my
friends and my
colleagues so that I
can analyse whether I
can make effective
communication or not

developing my
communication skills.
(Chapman ed., 2020).
Leadership skills 12 months In order to develop my this
skill I will make sure that I
attend online classes of
speakers that are famous
and have leadership
qualities so that I can learn
this skill (Carter, 2021)
I will try to take
participation in team
work activities so that
I can analyse whether
they are able to see
the change or not.
Job in MNC 20 months I will try to develop and
improve my skills so that I
can showcase them in my
CV. It will make sure that I
got a job that I want.
Evaluation will be
done by developing
my skills as much as
possible (Firth, 2020).
Task 2
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance affects the use of source
For a given context purpose, reliability and relevancy of an author references is being
considered important as;
 It is helpful in developing a good report project using trustable sources,
 Relevancy of the source can help relate information being presented in the document,
 A clear purpose of the project can be defined (Suresh and et. al., 2021).
Task 3
Evaluation of 8 sources used in report plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Book Firth, M., 2020 Understanding
of work.
Improper
citation.
Relevant
information

Book Chapman, J. ed., 2020 Academic
knowledge
Proper
citation
Relevant
information
Journal Weller, J., 2021 Gain
understanding
about work life
skills
Improper
citations
Proper topic
discussion
Article Letizia, N.A. and
Tonello, A.M.,
2020, May
In order to have
knowledge
about specific
skills
Proper
citation
Relevant
information
Journal Erdinast-Vulcan, D.,
2020
In order to gain
understanding
about academic
skills
Books Carter, J., 2021 Knowledge
about PDP
Formal ways
of
communicati
on used.
Proper
discussion
Article Joyce, S. and Jackson,
R., 2021
Time duration
of skills
Effective use
of knowledge
Proper
description of
topics
Journal Suresh, U., Kuppusami,
P.,
Ramaseshan,
R. and
Dhanalakshmi,
S., 2021
Knowledge
about language
skills
Clarity in the
discussion
Clear
understanding
Conclusion
From the evaluation of above report it can be concluded that, carrying personal and
professional life goals through a proper planning framework provides better approach to once
career. Further, it can be said that by constructing PDP an individual can self-analysis about the

skills and knowledge which will ensure completion of those at the desired period of time and
with effective use of resources.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Weller, J., 2021. Professional development for government teaching professionals: can it be
realised through the balanced scorecard approach?. Teacher Development, 25(3),
pp.278-295.
Letizia, N.A. and Tonello, A.M., 2020, May. Supervised Fault Detection in Energy Grids
Measuring Electrical Quantities in the PLC Band. In 2020 IEEE International
Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC) (pp. 1-5).
IEEE.
Erdinast-Vulcan, D., 2020. THE SHATTERED MIRROR OF MODERNITY. In Between
Philosophy and Literature (pp. 76-98). Stanford University Press.
Suresh, U., Kuppusami, P., Ramaseshan, R. and Dhanalakshmi, S., 2021. Structural,
nanomechanical and electrochemical properties of TiC and TiN films prepared by
pulsed DC magnetron sputtering technique. Materials Today: Proceedings.
Joyce, S. and Jackson, R., 2021. Reflective practice-What on Earth had I just done?!. BDJ
Team, 8(3), pp.8-10.
Carter, J., 2021. Work Placements, Internships & Applied Social Research. SAGE.
Firth, M., 2020. Employability and Skills Handbook for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
Students. Routledge.
Chapman, J. ed., 2020. For the Love of Cybernetics: Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians.
Routledge.