Academic Skills Report: Personal and Professional Development Analysis

This report delves into the concepts of personal and professional development, emphasizing their role in enhancing learning and career advancement. It defines these concepts and discusses the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing examples for each. The report also highlights the significance of a personal development plan, which is presented as a crucial tool for achieving both personal and professional objectives. The report covers academic skills like writing, reading, and presentation skills that contribute to critical thinking and effective practices. It focuses on how these skills help individuals become efficient learners, leading to success in their personal and professional lives. The main body includes discussions on defining personal and professional development, the importance of short, medium, and long-term goals, and constructing a personal development plan, and the value of a personal development plan and constructing an example using your identified goals.

Academic Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Define the concepts of personal and professional development.................................................1
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples......................................................................................................................................2
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals...............................................................3
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals.....................................................................4
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CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Appendices.......................................................................................................................................8
Describe and discuss the value of a personal development plan and construct an example
using your identified goals..........................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The academic skills reflect the core set of skills such as writing, reading and presentation
as from which critical thinking and effective practices is getting advances. These are the skills
that assist and encourage an individual to become an effective and efficient learner by which
better success in personal as well as professional carrier is advances (Ahmed, 2018). On other
hand personal development plan is a process through which better values is created as with
support of action plan due to which better values, awareness and goal setting is advances so that
self improvement is induces in successful mode. It is used to assist carrier development by which
both short and long terms goals are attained in improvised manner. The following report includes
concept of personal and professional development along with value of short term, medium term
and long term goals. In addition personal development plan is constructed that assist to identify
goals.
MAIN BODY
Define the concepts of personal and professional development
The “personal and professional development” is a procedure that is used in order to
engage and enlarge the learning process. It is getting advances as while facing certain challenges
and in this desirable targets is achieved in timely basis. The vital aim of personal and
professional development is to organise and manage own learning and working throughout the
carrier so that productive changes is addressed in constrained way. It is essential to make
continuous learning by which skills, attributes, knowledge, experience etc. is getting enhances
along with this continuous effectiveness within working is achieved (Akrivou, Scalzo and Orón,
2020). It basically includes self improvement and advancement within which working potential
and its attributes is enhances. It also build and enlarge working capabilities and capacity that
collectively facilitate employability. In addition suitable contribution is induced as while
realizing dreams and aspiration so that quality of living standard is increases.
The concept of personal and professional development is not limited as it includes both
formal and informal activities is considered. It also helps to make effective development as
might have processed in support of guidance, teaching, learning, managing, mentoring and
counselling as well. It has been processed by personalising certain target and objectives along
with this also referred on the basis of program, tools, assessment, working systems and
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techniques so that supportive alternation and advancement is addressed and achieved (Welp,
2018). It also includes certain activities such as improvisation in self awareness, self knowledge
advancement, building of self esteem and actualisation, development of talent and skills,
enhancement of talent, health improvement, advancement of potential, development of
employability as well as human capital, increase in living standard or quality life, fulfilling of
aspirants and desire, development of personal autonomy, betterment in social abilities along with
prior reflection of adequate plans. It usually works with a process of self development that
induces sustained development so that adequate roles is performed so as to manage competency.
Personal and professional development is normally defines as about a gaining of of
experience and skills as from which working and its sufficiency is developed with satisfactorily.
It along side also prevent progressive advancement of in which probability of success and
development is achieved as by balancing supportive challenges as well (Allen, 2019). It helps to
climb up on success pole so that stagnation is also avoided by which modest amount of values is
advances. It brings more opportunities as in this clear goal is standardised by which easy and
flexible changes is addressed. In addition intentional planning is addressed by which learning
abilities is getting ensure so that significant changes is achieved in timely constrained.
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals, identifying at least three personal examples
The short term goals are those that is required to make quick changes within personal and
professional development. It is basically a goal that an individual wants to perform in future
period of time. It is basically develop in order to achieved certain goal within 12 months of time
period. It is a subscript of long term goal as in this an individual maintains clear focus towards to
goal setting and its achievement. It is basically as a stepping stone process through which
achieving of vision and goals become easier. It is used to develop and design certain path goals
by which accomplishment is considered under a year. Short term goal also assist to break down
the working within different segments and then suitable potential is developed by which
effective networking is addressed in systematic mode (Choy and Chua, 2019). It is also be useful
to induce progressive as in support of project management by which better accountability is
attained and it is also be processed with efficient communication, storing of files, sharing of
views and suitable collaboration. It is actually used to minimise procrastination so that clear and
sustain path of success is established in which balanced focus is maintained so that all the
individual is motivated by which productive outcome is achieved with quicker response.
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It also improvise the career advancement and its prospect by which clear goal is
established and optimised range of objectives is attained in certain time period. In this productive
level of modification is induced in which realistic changes is addressed as while foreseeable
future. It is quite short or purpose and assist to fulfil a gap in between current position and future
predictability. It doesn't include limited task and actions but along with this used to maintain
clear focus so that sustained progress is measured in adequate direction (Tamis-LeMonda, 2019).
The three personal example of short terms goals is as explained below as: Take a class: It is a basic norm in which an individual has taking class in order to
increase working sufficiency. In support of classes appropriate guidance in offered by
which it is easy to make and process effective learning and development. In this normal
and basic concepts get clear so that adequate path is discovered and in this it is easy to
accomplish certain goals (Dunn and Doolittle, 2020). Keep daily journal: In is cathartic habit that eventually assist to get over from every
problem. In this adequate formulating and organising of thoughts is processed by which
successful ideas and thinking is developed within mind. It also helps to reduce
complexity that is faced within daily routine thus individual creativity is enriched.
 Explore something new: It assist to make spontaneous changes in which capabilities to
learn completely newer thing is increases. It this quick changes is achieved so that
adequate motivation is increases so that individual morale is developed in systematic
mode.
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals
The development of goals is either be based on personal or professional changes and in
this rate of turnover is increases on continuous basis. A medium term goals are the those that is
designed in order to achieve as after certain period of instance as of in between few months to
up-to five year. It is cause to enhance remuneration package by which internal change within
individual personality is analysed and it is production cost is being reduced so that economies of
scale is managed. It is more often developed as resultant of short term target by which sustained
success is addressed (Hildebrand, 2018). It is usually derailed as by paying constrained attention
by which accomplishment of objectives become closer.
It is a second section of carrier and personal development plan so that better specification
is achieved with perfection. It actually offer better prospect within which significant amount of
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changes is analysed as from which both short and long term goal is achieved within particular
instance. It helps to measure the intensity of working and also assist to analysing tracking of
working abilities. In this all the redundancy has been removed with better sufficiency so that
productive level of changes and modification is induces so that performance and its efficiency
has been increases (Salter and Rhodes, 2018). In this progress has been noticed by which
alignment of certain actions is The following is three personal examples that is as described
below as:
 Simplify individual's holding: In this it is required that individual must have hold all
its planning by which rate of complication is being reduced. As in order to intensify
the potential and abilities it is required that task attributes has been controlled. For
this an individual make sure that simplicity among working is maintained. In this
easiest changes is measured and implemented as per the requirement of task and
conditions.
 Refocus blogs: It is an assessment at where an individual must have maintain clear
and transparent focus on the working aspects (Howard and Eddy‐Imishue, 2020). It is
required to implement certain changes as per the requirement of situation thus
suitable amount of modification has been implies on continuous basis. As while
maintaining refocus on all the different activities balanced level of information is
collected so that personal development is enhances with continuity.
 List making: It is a prospect in which an individual develop and design a list so that
selection of assessment and learning become easier and flexible. In this certain list is
designed within which priority is being attained so that achievement of target is
turned with better flexibility.
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals
The long term goals is the one that is used to make balance level of fruition and the
development is achieved within 5-7 years. It also requires sustained planning that is developed as
by assessing all the different working criteria so that success is attained with certain continuity. It
is especially termed to develop repetitive modification so that sustained changes is measured by
which it is easy to address higher success and development in future time period. It is a long term
process within which ultimate success is ensured so that it is easy for an individual to accomplish
certain position that is more desirable (Ragan, 2018). It induce the long term carrier planning that
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aid to achieve financial security and stability within which effective understanding about
potential earning is developed. It also helps to be much informed so that better investment on
decision-making is achieved. It induce appropriate changes in future period of time so that right
placement at right time or right place is addressed. It promote a sufficient feeling of motivation
and innovation and it is a balanced format and acquisition of inspiration so that organised
outcome within certain time is achieved.
Practice mindfulness: It is an initial aspect of learning and in this an individual must
have make effective participation and involvement in different activities so that long term
benefits is attained as by advancing knowledge and experience. In this ability of creative
thinking is increases and along with this creative ideas is generated so that productiveness in
performance is managed.
Make a difference as an activist: It is the one who takes part in different activities and
easily maintain difference among different working (Rosman, 2018). In this individual get more
connected and committed towards gaining certain knowledge and information by which
specified level of changes is attained.
Become well rounded: It is a stage in which individual make continuous learning and
development so that productive level of alternation is accomplished. It is quite difficult to know
more about all the different specialisation. Thus for this an individual works on different range
and tries to gain more knowledge and experience. It collectively embrace working culture and
speciality so that ability to resolve different issues is increases.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from above report that personal and professional development is a
process that make supportive changes within an individual personalities by which it is easy to
attain higher heights with certain easiness. In addition short term, medium term and long term
goals are identifies that helps to accomplish all particular aspects through which better future is
developed within stipulated time period. Furthermore, personal development plan is constructed
from which it is easy to identify and achieve all goals and objectives in timely basis.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ahmed, F., 2018. Leadership and management influences on personal and professional
development and group dynamics: a student’s experience. Nursing children and young
people. 30(2).
Akrivou, K., Scalzo, G. and Orón, J.V., 2020. How differing conceptions of integrity and self-
integration influence relationships: Implications for management, personal and
professional development. Archives of Psychology. 4(1).
Allen, L.M. And et. al., 2019. Categorising the broad impacts of continuing professional
development: a scoping review. Medical Education. 53(11). pp.1087-1099.
Choy, W.K. and Chua, P.M., 2019. Professional development. In School leadership and
educational change in Singapore (pp. 69-86). Springer, Cham.
Dunn, R.J. and Doolittle, S.A., 2020. Professional development for teaching personal and social
responsibility: Past, present, and future. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
39(3). pp.347-356.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Howard, V. and Eddy‐Imishue, G.E.K., 2020. Factors influencing adequate and effective clinical
supervision for inpatient mental health nurses' personal and professional development:
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Ragan, D.D., 2018. A Structured Course for Personal and Professional Development. Honors in
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Rosman, T. and et. al., 2018. Conceptions of scientific knowledge influence learning of
academic skills: epistemic beliefs and the efficacy of information literacy instruction.
Studies in Higher Education. 43(1). pp.96-113.
Salter, M. and Rhodes, P., 2018. On becoming a therapist: A narrative inquiry of personal–
professional development and the training of clinical psychologists. Australian
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Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. and et. al., 2019. Early home learning environment predicts children’s 5th
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Welp, A. and et. al., 2018. The importance of reflecting on practice: How personal professional
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Appendices
Describe and discuss the value of a personal development plan and construct an example using
your identified goals.
Personal development plan ensure that personal vision and mission is achieved as while
making better interpretation at future period of time. It is also being used to standardised a target
by which easy changes is addressed and then better achievement is attained as by gaining its
goals and target. It is actually be written assessment that is in form of self-reflection and
improvisation. It is being used to enhance personalise, academic and career goals by which better
values is promoted as while attending suitable learning. It helps to make productive change
within learning ability as while recognising and amending certain objectives. It also provide
balanced framework so that strength and weaknesses both get addressed by which current skills
and capabilities is capitalised.
Sr.
No
Learning
Objective
Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Development
Opportunities
Judging
criteria
Time
Scale
1 Time
manageme
nt
I make adequate
balance while
achieving certain
task but face
complexity while
managing
complex issues.
I tries to make
appropriate
understanding of
goals so that target
is achieved with
perfection.
It is achieved
as while
segmenting
complete task
into different
segment and
ensure work is
completed with
perfection.
It is
acknowledge
as per
completion
of task with
its efficiency.
4
month
2 Presentatio
ns skills
I am quite
nervous while
presenting myself
as it might be
developed due to
hesitation.
I tried to get
interact with more
people so that
ability to know
others prospect is
increases.
I have worked
with higher
authorities and
tries to make
interaction
with other
respondent as
It develop
when other
will easily
understand
working
prospect of
mine and
3
months
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well. also accept
that too.
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