Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources: Personal & Professional Dev.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, encompassing the definition and concept of both. It delves into the significance of short, medium, and long-term goals, illustrating their values with practical examples. The report also explores the creation and importance of a personal development plan. Furthermore, it examines the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source usage. The evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan is also presented, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. The report concludes with a summary of key findings and includes a personal development plan within the appendices, outlining skills, competencies, and improvement actions. This report is a valuable resource for understanding the multifaceted nature of personal and professional growth.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK ONE......................................................................................................................................1
Definition along with concept of personal and professional development..................................1
Description together with discussion about value of short term goals with examples................1
Description as well as discussion on values of medium term goals by identifying examples.....1
Description together with discussion for the values of long term goals with identification of
personal examples........................................................................................................................2
Description and discussion of values related to personal development plan...............................2
TASK TWO.....................................................................................................................................2
Description along with discussion about the ways “Author, Purpose, Reliability along with
Relevance' affect on usage of source...........................................................................................2
TASK THREE.................................................................................................................................3
An evaluation about eight sources that are used in report plan...................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................7
Personal development plan..........................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Report refers to a document which represents information and data in organised format.
For report plan along with evaluation of sources, topics covered are personal and professional
development, short term goals, medium term goals and long term goals. It also evaluated the
sources that are being used in the report.
TASK ONE
Definition along with concept of personal and professional development
The term personal and professional development refers to a process through which a
person along with organisation engage in learning activities for meeting challenges and attaining
desired objectives (Hildebrand, 2018).
Concept of personal along with professional development assist in managing own
learning, development and growth throughout career by ensuring continuous working safely
(Savchenkov, 2019).
Description together with discussion about value of short term goals with examples
Something which a person desires to complete in fewer time period are known as short
term goals. Such goals are valued as they act as milestone in journey of an individual for gauging
how far they have come as well as how long the still have to travel for reaching ultimate location
(tom Dieck and Jung, 2017).
Examples:
 Improving communication skill.
 Learning ways for dealing with tendency of procrastination.
 Focus towards performing necessary things.
Description as well as discussion on values of medium term goals by identifying examples
Goals which bridges gap among day to day activities to that of long term vision an
individual and company are short term goals (Harris, Chu and Ziervogel, 2018). They have huge
values for odding with progressions, tracking performances and organising variants of
curriculum aspects.
Examples:
 Achieving good grades in all semester examination.
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 Fostering network building skills.
 Start career in automobile sector by joining an auto-maker company.
Description together with discussion for the values of long term goals with identification of
personal examples
Long term goals needs proper planning and time. These are something which a person
and company have desire to attain in future. Values associated with long term goals is that it
guides everyday life to make right decisions for future (Managi and Kumar 2018).
Examples:
 Building management abilities by working in a well popular organisation.
 Travel in various nations for educational as well as leisure purposes.
 Practising mindfulness and becoming more emotionally intelligent.
Description and discussion of values related to personal development plan
Personal development plan refers to a written account comprising self reflection along
with improvement that doubles up detailed action plan that is used for the purpose of fulfilling
career based goals (Tattum and Tattum, 2017).
People and organisations values personal development plan as it guides in crafting an
action plan to achieve goals.
TASK TWO
Description along with discussion about the ways “Author, Purpose, Reliability along with
Relevance' affect on usage of source
Within a source, certain factors exists which affects on their usage (Panadero and
Jonsson, 2013). One of the factor is Author, when a source is not written by professional author
than it lacks effectiveness which leads to hamper usage in the report. Other factor is purpose as
when source is not relevant or related to the information or is not used in proper manner than it
results in impacting on its use. Further, reliability impacts usage as unreliable source lacks to
provide required information with reasoned aspects which fails to deliver strong evidence. At
last, relevance impacts usability as relevant source includes false information and is not
associated to the topic leading to negative impacts on uses.
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TASK THREE
An evaluation about eight sources that are used in report plan
Sources used in the
report
Author Key purpose Reliability Relevance
Shay, A., 2019. Plan
development,
recommendations, and
report writing. In
Assistive Technology
Service Delivery (pp.
117-125). Academic
Press.
Anthony
Shay
To provide assistive
technology service
delivery to
professionals working
with effective
guidelines as well as
methodologies.
The source
have low
reliability
with the
information
used in the
report.
It is not relevant
with the report as
it is for people
working in
vocational
rehabilitation.
Hildebrand, J., 2018.
Bridging the gap: A
training module in
personal and
professional
development.
Routledge.
Judy
Hildebrand
To ascertain a
training module in
order to bridge gap
with personal
addition to
professional
development.
The source is
reliable with
presented
information.
It is highly
relevant with the
content used on
personal and
professional
development.
Savchenkov, A.V.,
2019. Aspects of
formation of teachers
professional stability.
In The European
Proceedings of Social &
Behavioural Sciences
EpSBS (pp. 702-710).
Aleksey
Viktorovic
h
Savchenko
v
To sustain motivation
a as an element of
education of
professional
flexibility of a
student.
It is highly
reliable
source for the
information
that is part of
the report.
The source have
huge relevance
with the
mentioned
information in the
report.
tom Dieck, M.C. and
Jung, T.H., 2017. Value
M. Claudia
tom Dieck,
To explain values
related to augmented
It have low
reliability
It lacks reliability
as no information
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of augmented reality at
cultural heritage sites: A
stakeholder
approach. Journal of
Destination Marketing
& Management. 6(2).
pp.110-117.
Timothy
Hyungsoo
Jung
reality at cultural
heritage sites.
with the
report as it
explains about
values
associated to
augmented
reality.
which is
mentiioned in the
source is suitable
with the report.
Harris, L.M., Chu, E.K.
and Ziervogel, G., 2018.
Negotiated resilience.
Resilience. 6(3). pp.196-
214.
Leila M.
Harris, Eric
Chu and
Gina
Ziervogel
To present aspects
concerned with
negotiated resilience.
It is not
reliable
source for the
report.
The source lacks
relevance as it
only define
concept which
highlight
processes of
negotiation for
situation and
grounds.
Managi, S. and Kumar,
P., 2018. Inclusive
wealth report 2018.
Taylor & Francis.
Shunsuke
Managi,
Pushpam
Kumar
To analyse inclusive
wealth index that
provides significant
insights about long
term economic
growth as well as
human well being.
It is a reliable
source as it
provides
information
for
developing
well being of
a person.
The source is
more relevant to
the information as
it guides in long
term development
of an individual.
Tattum, D. and Tattum,
E., 2017. Social
education and personal
development. Routledge.
Delwyn
Tattum,
Eva Tattum
To place personal as
well as social
education on agenda
of each primary
school.
It lacks
reliability
with the
report.
It is not relevant
with mentioned
information as it
contributes in
primary school
education.
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Panadero, E. and
Jonsson, A., 2013. The
use of scoring rubrics
for formative
assessment purposes
revisited: A review.
Educational research
review. 9. pp.129-144.
Ernesto
Panadero
and Anders
Jönsson
To review use of
scoring rubics for
Formative
Assessment Purposes
revisited
It is reliable
source for
information
discussed in
the report.
The source have
high relevance
with factors that
impacts of source
usage.
CONCLUSION
From the presented information, it has been concluded that report plan describes things
that are to be completed, when it is to be performed and how to conduct activities. Development
plays significant role in live of a personal and their professional aspects.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Harris, L.M., Chu, E.K. and Ziervogel, G., 2018. Negotiated resilience. Resilience. 6(3). pp.196-
214.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Managi, S. and Kumar, P., 2018. Inclusive wealth report 2018. Taylor & Francis.
Panadero, E. and Jonsson, A., 2013. The use of scoring rubrics for formative assessment
purposes revisited: A review. Educational research review. 9. pp.129-144.
Savchenkov, A.V., 2019. Aspects of formation of teachers professional stability. In The
European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS (pp. 702-710).
Shay, A., 2019. Plan development, recommendations, and report writing. In Assistive
Technology Service Delivery (pp. 117-125). Academic Press.
Tattum, D. and Tattum, E., 2017. Social education and personal development. Routledge.
tom Dieck, M.C. and Jung, T.H., 2017. Value of augmented reality at cultural heritage sites: A
stakeholder approach. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 6(2). pp.110-
117.
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APPENDICES
Personal development plan
Skills and
competences
Existing
proficiency
Anticipated
proficiency
Improvement actions Time duration
Communication
skills
5 10 To improve my
communication skill, I will
attend presentation, take
online courses and avoid
dependence on others top
share my ideas.
1 month
Network building
skills
7 10 For achieving the goal, I
will attend networking
events, take constructive
feedbacks form others and
keep interactions with
others interestingly.
5 month
Management
abilities
8 10 By cultivating self
awareness, establishing
regular check-ins,
strengthening decision
making and engage in
management training will
help me to improve my
management skills.
3 years
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