Personal and Professional Development: Goals, PDP, and Evaluation

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of personal and professional development, encompassing the explanation of personal and professional development, and the setting of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. It details the value of Personal Development Plans (PDP) in fostering career objectives, and emphasizes the importance of skills enhancement for quality of life. The report further evaluates academic research factors such as author, purpose, reliability and relevance, and presents a critical evaluation of a personal development plan using the CRAAP model. It underscores the significance of PDP in achieving specific goals, improving interpersonal and communication skills, and ensuring career growth. The report also provides a detailed analysis of different published books and journals to evaluate the author's credibility, purpose, reliability, and relevance.

Personal development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Explanation of personal and professional development..............................................................3
Short-term goals...........................................................................................................................4
Medium-term goals......................................................................................................................4
Long-term goals...........................................................................................................................5
Describe value PDP Plan.............................................................................................................5
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................7
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’..............................................................................7
Evaluation personal development plan........................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is referred as long procedure that consist different activities which
helps an individual to enhance different capabilities, skills and potential that facilitates them to
gain all objective of employability and quality life. It includes number of activities which help an
individual to develop skills. Apart from training, there are different methods, tools, techniques
and many systems that supports positive adult development at different individual level of
organisation. Different academic skills that lead an individual to become proficient learner.
Development and growth build confidence in individual and facilitates to being a part of
competitive activities without any hesitation. Strategy is formulated that includes appropriate
action plan which are based on values, and values in specific field. In this report personal and
professional development, short-term, medium-term as well as long term goals are discussed.
Apart from that importance of objectives in personal and professional development in like of an
individual is being mentioned in this project.
TASK 1
Explanation of personal and professional development
PPD is described as the process that facilitates the an individual as well as organisation to engage
in learning activities in order to meet all challenges and gain desirable goals and objectives in
efficient manner. There are various skills and are requires that helps in attainment personal as
well as professional goals and objectives. Personal development is referred as the activity of
shaping skills and knowledge of an individual in effective manner for the purpose of enhancing
quality of life (Behari-Leak, 2017). Enhancement of personal skills help in achieving defined
goals and objectives through developing and implement appropriate development planning that
are relative career field such as education and job etc. Personal development maximises various
potential and competencies to live quality life (Brown, and Bogiages, 2019). PDP are developed
after evaluating current skills and requirements to achieve desirable goals as well.
Professional development is related to develop various relative and meaningful skills and
knowledges that facilitates to attain desirable professional goals that are related to the workplace
with full effectiveness and efficiency. It analyses and evaluates the areas that requires
improvement. Development of professional skills in an individual leads him to gain desirable
success and growth in career for long period of time. These skills are related to various things

such as counselling as well as provide coaching and training to staff members in order to
enhance required skills according to job role (Derrick and Wighting, 2019). Organisation
provides appropriate training and development programmes in order to accomplish all goals and
objectives of employees as well as respective organisation.
Short-term goals
Short-term goals are defined as objectives that a person want to achieve in near future. Goal
setting is the important task to attain them within defined time with effectiveness. These goals
are termed as the short duration goals as there are short time is decided to attain them in a year.
Successfully attainment of these goals enhances the morale as well as competitive spirit in an
individual and maximises the potential in order to attain long term goals efficient. Short term
goals work as a bridge between the current situation and desirable future outcomes and provide
specific path to attain final desired outcome in effective manner. There are different short-terms
are decided by the individual according to their final objective.
Examples of short-term goals
 Enhance time management in order to manage time for each task in effectively to gain
objective efficiently.
 Develop various interpersonal skills such as communication, leadership and team sprite.
 Reduction of work pressure and stress to compete defined task in effective way.
Medium-term goals
Medium-term goals terms are referred as the specific objectives that are accomplished or
achieved in in the period of 18 to 3 months respectively. These goals are achieved after short
goals are achieved in sequential manner, proper accomplishment of these short as well as long
term goals facilitates an individual to attain long term goals in efficient manner. Goals and
objectives work as the bridge between short-term goals. These goals must be specific,
measurable, achievable, reliable and time based that creates value in individual life and help to
gain final long-term goals and objectives in effective and efficient manner within defined time.
Examples of medium-term goals:
 Making future in legal department and accomplish all defined objectives in specific
period of time.
 Enhancing various practical as well as theoretical management skills that facilitates to
complete all task in defined manner in effectively and efficiently.

 Enhancing knowledge of different management models, concepts and practices that
facilitates to run business in smoothly and ensure effective utilisation of resources that
enhances the chances of business success.
Long-term goals
Long-term goals are defined as the specific objectives that an individual want to achieve in
future. These goals take time as well as planning to be accomplished in effective manner. There
are appropriate decision-making procedure is required to attain desired goal in defined way.
Various small steps such as short-term goals are included in the long-term goals that facilitates
an individual to reach desired goals and objectives in efficient manner that take many years to be
accomplished (Glackin, 2019). Long-term goals are decided vary carefully because the decides
the career in personal as well as professional life. Accomplishment of these goals enhances
morale and confidence in order to makes quality life and ensures career development as well.
Examples of long-term goals:
 Developing and processing leadership skills that facilitates to lead people in respective
organisation to attain their goals and objectives in efficiently.
 Saving fund for future is most important long-term goal that facilitates to invest funds
and gain high returns.
 Devise independent as well as successful career
Describe value PDP Plan
Personal development plan: PDP is referred as the process to create action plan which is
depends on different awareness, values as well as reflection that facilitates to formulate effective
planning for personal development of an individual (Ingram, 2019). In this plan various things
are included such as statement of career objectives, lifestyle priorities, analysation of career
opportunities and respective risks as well as alternative plans that should be achieved within
specific time period. It is the framework that facilitates an individual to identify the area of
strengths and weakness and guide to. PDP improves weaknesses. the structured way that guide
and lead an individual to enhance number of skills and competencies that facilitates to attain all
personal goals and objectives in efficiently.
Value of PDP: PDP facilitates an individual to achieve all personal visions and
objectives for future that provides clear idea about the specific methods to attain these defined
goals in effectively. Appropriate planning enables to develop proper understanding about targets

and final destination as well as guide and lead to accomplish all career objective within defined
period of time. (Kemper, Ballantine and Hall, 2020). There are different other capabilities and
competencies such as time management, effective communication and management are
developed in order to enhance overall personality that enables to achieve career goals and
objectives in efficient manner.
weakness and work upon weakness to overcome them.
Goals Learnt Methods Used Support and
resources
required
How success is
measured?
Target date for
review
Stress
management
There are
various books
are read by me
to handle the
stress and
implement in
effectively in
personal life.
There are various
courses on stress
management are
taken and
meditation is also
used to manage my
stress.
Behaviour,
personal traits and
evaluates by my
self and getting
feedbacks from
others.
3 months
Enhancing
bookkeeping
capability
There are
different
leadership
qualities are
applied in
specific
situations as well
as manage all
functions in
efficiently in
order to become
managers in
future.
I have taken
various training to
enhance
knowledge about
software and excel
skills. (Macaro,
Akincioglu and
Han, 2020)
Take feedback
from different
managers.
2 years

How to get
experience
I have taken
various classes
related to
business
management
Take help of
University library
Evaluating my
activities ownself
and take
feedbacks.
4 years
TASK2
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’
There are various factors that affect the academic research in effective manner. So, it is
necessary that the work is accurate, reliable as well as relevant. Author is defined as an
individual who published a research work with reliable sources. The concept of reliability
depends up on the authencity of work. The main purpose of work is to provide knowledge to
other people about the specific area. The relevance is the factor that describes that the research is
relate to various factors of work. The CRAAP model is being used to check the all aspects that
facilitates to complete work efficiently.
TASK3
Evaluation personal development plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevancy
Journal (Nelson, and
Bohanon, 2019)
It facilitates
growth as well as
development of
profession
through different
PDP programmes
The author has
issued various
written various
publications and
reliable data.
It is relevant for
specific
development
plans.
Journal (Overstreet, 2017) Analysis different
challenges as well
as opportunities
at different stages
The author is
professional in
psychology.
Facilitates to
enhance
development and
skills

of PDP plans.
Journal (Rhode, Richter and
Miller, 2017)
There are various
number of
development
opportunities and
chances.
The author is
currently working
in educational
department as a
consultant.
It is relevant to
educational
research as well
as for learning
strategy
Book (Walters, Robinson
and Walters, 2019)
Author develops
various
development
practices in order
to create career
development
Professor in
Purdue University
Enhance the
knowledge of
professional
development.
Journal (Yarbrough, 2017) The authors
defined various
role and
responsibilities of
digital technology
in PDP
The authors has
issued various
journals.
There are
different
opportunities and
chances to
enhance
professional
capabilities.
Book (Zhang, Shi and
Lin, 2020)
Determine the
perception of
teacher on
professional
development.
The authors
published related
data and
conducted various
primary research
Improving
various personal
and professional
skills
Book (Maher, and
Prescott, 2017)
It examines
different PDP in
children in order
to enhance social
awareness
The authors
issued different
social education
as well as
personal
development
Understand
various agenda of
personal
development

books
Journal (Evans, 2017) It focus on
integrating
personal
development into
education system
The authors
issued journals
with the support
of University
press
It consist Personal
development in
general education
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be analysed that PDP plays important role in attain specific
goals and objectives in effective and efficient manner. There are proper plan that guide to
enhance these skills as well as competencies such as interpersonal skills, communication skills,
knowledge of specific areas. Development enhances quality life as well as help an individual to
learn new experiences and life lessons. There are various goals and objectives that shout be
completed on specific time period and successfully accomplishment ensures the growth of career
respectively.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Behari-Leak, K., 2017. New academics, new higher education contexts: A critical perspective on
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Brown, R. E. and Bogiages, C. A., 2019. Professional development through STEM integration:
How early career math and science teachers respond to experiencing integrated STEM
tasks. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 17(1). pp.111-128.
Derrick, M. G. and Wighting, M., 2019. Cultural Awareness Research and Implications for
Practice and Professional Development. In Multicultural Andragogy for Transformative
Learning (pp. 1-8). IGI Global.
Evans, K., 2017. Bounded agency in professional lives. In Agency at Work (pp. 17-36). Springer,
Cham.
Glackin, M., 2019. ‘It’s more than a prop’: Professional development session strategies as
sources of teachers’ self-efficacy and motivation to teach outside the
classroom. Professional Development in Education. 45(3). pp.372-389.
Ingram, C., 2019. The Edupreneur Frontier: Creating a New System of Curriculum and
Professional Development for Teachers. Art Education. 72(5). pp.14-18.
Kemper, J. A., Ballantine, P. W. and Hall, C. M., 2020. Sustainability worldviews of marketing
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Macaro, E., Akincioglu, M. and Han, S., 2020. English medium instruction in higher education:
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Nelson, J. and Bohanon, H., 2019. Blue ocean shift: Evidence-based practice in the professional
development of teachers. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning. 12(2).
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Overstreet, M., 2017. Culture at the Core: Moving from Professional Development to
Professional Learning. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. 11(3).

Rhode, J., Richter, S. and Miller, T., 2017. Designing personalized online teaching professional
development through self-assessment. TechTrends. 61(5). pp.444-451.
Walters, W., Robinson, D. B. and Walters, J., 2019. Mentoring as meaningful professional
development. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education.
Yarbrough, S., and et. al.,2017. Professional values, job satisfaction, career development, and
intent to stay. Nursing Ethics. 24(6). pp.675-685.
Zhang, S., Shi, Q. and Lin, E., 2020. Professional development needs, support, and barriers:
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