...skills are essential in achieving career goals. Aside from work, writing is used in many other areas as well. Writing being of the importance that it is in today’s professional world, I would like to become more fluent in writing professionally. As a current student enrolled in Business Administration writing will be even more important in my career than it is now. There is always room for improvement. I would like to expand my knowledge of professional and/or formal writing. The more I am aware of the better I will become at writing. The better I am at writing the better I will be at my job. In grade schools you learn about punctuation and such. I would like to take that basic knowledge and expand it. Ideally, I would like to leave this class being able to place sentences and punctuations together in such a way that it is intriguing. Intriguing in such a way that my point is understood and persuasive if necessary. Given the career field I have chosen, it will be paramount that I can take a stand and make a difference. Any one person is able to take a stand. However, not everyone can adequately present their case in such a way that makes a difference. Whether it be about a business or an assignment for class, my goal is to be able to stand out. I would like to take away as much as I possibly can from this class in order to gain the knowledge to achieve my goal. As I am sure I am not alone, I would thoroughly enjoying expanding my vocabulary....
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...Personal Goals 4 3.1. What are SMART-Goals? 4 3.2. Goals which I set for myself 5 4. Developing Learning, Academic and Business Skills 5 4.1. Active Learning 6 4.2. Learning Styles 6 4.3. My strengths and weaknesses in learning 6 5. Personal Development Plan and completion of e-portfolio 7 5.1. My evidence so far 7 5.2. Employability 7 6. Conclusion 7 7. References 8 Introduction This report is going to highlight how important Personal Development Planning in an academic and professional environment is and the affects it will have on me during my university degree. Throughout this report I will be looking at the background knowledge I have of PDP and how I have developed my business and academic skills in my first trimester. PDP is extremely helpful in aiding you in developing skills you already possess or require when it becomes obligatory to be responsible for your own learning, your personal development and your advancement into the world of work. “The kind of jobs that most graduates want to enter requires a range of qualities and skills that take time, support and good planning to develop” (Cottrell, 2003) which is where PDP takes an important role in your learning process. PDP was introduced into universities in order to help students plan their short term and long term goals so that they can plan how to achieve them. PDP is the process of outlining your short term and long term goals and planning a structured way to achieve them....
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...28/5/2015 Mentor Plan I strong believe that everyone want to be better one, but how to make an improvement plan is an important issue for us. For me, I want to speak English better, work out better, and write a resume better. In my opinion, I think a good mentor and a good plan are very important, because a good mentor can give the best advice to us, and a good plan can track our improvements. Otherwise, from the article “How to play your strengths” I got that to know yourself better is important too, because before you find the best plan to fit you, you should to know what is your strengths and weakness, then you can use your strengths to control your weakness, so you can overcome your weakness easier. In addition, the Reflected Best Self exercise is a perfect tool to know yourself better. Anyway, I will use this exercise to reach my all goals. For my first goal, I want to speak English better, this is my biggest goal. Actually I have been United Stated for almost four years, but my speaking is still not good, and I feel hard to communicate with American sometimes. Otherwise, I really want to know more information about U.S. And if I do some business with some customers who speak English in the future, so fluent English is very important to me. Therefore I have to improve my speaking, and then I can know what I want to know via communication with American, and success in business with international customers. For my second goal, I want to work out better. I have been working out...
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...results of those reports, along with your personal preferences and goals, identify three areas of strength and list them in the table provided below. Readiness Areas: • Technical Readiness. • Online Learning. • Online Communication. • Time Management. • Goals and Motivation. • Building a Support Network. • Learning Strategies. • Writing Strategies. • Information Literacy. Areas of Strength |1. Technical Readiness | |2. Learning Strategies | |3. Building a Support Network | Now follow the same process to identify three areas in which you would like to improve your knowledge and skills. For each of the areas, specify a short-term, specific goal: something you will accomplish that will improve your performance or knowledge in this area. Enter that goal, then a brief description of how you will achieve your goal. If there were resources identified in this seminar, or other resources that you know about that will help you improve, list those too. Remember that this plan is for you. Select the goals that are most important for your development and devise plans that...
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...worksheet to reflect on self-regulation and willpower. Items with an asterisk require completion (*). 1. Summarize the main ideas from the video and article. Each summary should be at least three sentences. A. Video – “The Science of Willpower: An Interview with Kelly McGonigal”* According to Kelly, willpower is the ability to make a choices with your biggest goals even those choices are against your will. Your goal serves as your motivation for you to have the "I will" attitude. There might be hindrances that will stop you achieve your goal but your "I won't" power should be strengthened inorder to overcome your resisting impulses. Your "I will" power will be your motivation as to what do you want to be in the future. It will give you a sense to see your future self. Willpower is something you need if you really want something to change in your life even if you have to go through things that you're not interested. Instead of thinking of the things that you will go through towards your goal, you'll focus yourself on the bigger picture on what you will become when you achieve your ultimate goal. B. Article – “Academic Delay of Gratification, Motivation, and Self-regulated Learning Strategies”* This article is about the benefits of delay of gratification in your educational assignments. Most people wants or expects the results right away. Some students tend to stay on their task than to look for alternatives. Their decisions are mostly based on their emotional...
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...Timeline The goals that I have set to reach my career goals were first to find a college that fit my schedule. My second goal was that I needed to achieve a high grade point average while I was in school. My third goal was to obtain my Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a concentration in Supply Chain Management. My fourth goal was to find a job within my degree plan. My fifth goal was to become a manager of a major logistics company. Finding a College that fits my Schedule The specifics of my first goal were to locate a school that fit my schedule. I work a job that requires me to be away from home for days to weeks at a time. I needed a school that was flexible and accessible even when I was away. I looked into several colleges but only one appealed to me, and it was the University of Phoenix. This goal was not difficult because I knew what I wanted in a college and it aligned with my values. Some short term goals that helped me achieve this goal was first to narrow down my choices to 5 online colleges. I went online and just searched online colleges that had degrees in the field that I was looking to work. Another short term goal was to see which college was accessible away from home via phone or Ipad because I traveled a lot and the use of internet to my laptop would be little to none. I accomplished this task on June 10th when I choose to attend the University of Phoenix. One step closer to obtain my ultimate career goal. Achieve a High Grade Point...
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...the establishment of goals. Through this paper I will outline my professional goals and the job I would like to obtain in the health care field. I will also address skills that I have currently acquired and skills that I would like to acquire and skills that I need to change or alter. In closing I will review my plan to achieve these goals, I will identify the organization(s) that will help me achieve these goals, and I will identify how a career action plan outline will benefit my goals. The key to setting career goals begins with having a clear vision of the end state you are trying to achieve. This needs to occur before you can take actions to reach that goal. With that being stated, developing a vision statement for your career path is the first step in reaching your career goals ("Berkeley HR", 2015). My personal vision statement is to become a human resources manager, but not to just become a human resources manager. I want to become a manager with integrity, trust and respect for all persons that I encounter. I also want to be an encourager and one who empowers my staff to the greatest extent possible. Once I have clearly defined my vision statement, I must then give serious consideration to how I plan to make that vision a reality. In setting my goals, I realize that they have to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. My first goal is to complete my undergrad degree in Health Administration. I should be finished with my degree in February...
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...2 Benefits of PDP to Professional Life …………………………………………………………………. 6 4.3 Benefits of PDP to Personal Life ………………………………………………………………………. 6 5. Personal SMART Goals ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 6. Developing Learning, Academic & Business Skills ………………………………………………………… 8 6.1 Learning Styles ………………………………………………………………..……………………………. 8 6.2 Active Learning ……………………………..………………………………………………………………. 8 6.3 Effective Business Skills ……………………………..…………………………………………………… 9 7. Conclusion ………………………………….………………………….…………………………………………….. 10 References ………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………. 11 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 1. INTRODUCTION This report on Personal Development Planning (PDP) is being written to outline how important PDP is in both an academic and professional environment and also how it affects University students during their time at University and also as they progress into their future careers. Within the report, I will be discussing my own personal experiences with PDP and what I have learned, achieved and developed during my first trimester at UWS, Paisley, by using PDP and also how it has affected my learning, academic and business skills. It will show the personal steps I have taken to learn the skills I require in order to be personally responsible for both my learning & progression...
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...to succeed Sitting in front of the sea, I start thinking about what are the goals I want to accomplish and what is the plan I will follow to be successful. First of all we have to clarify what is a goal and what is a plan. As we know a goal is something that you desire to achieve in life and a plan are steps used to accomplish an objective. So, means that we always need a plan to achieve our goals. Burnaby News Leader (2007) stated, " The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break." Means that to set the steps we have to define SMART goals, they are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time defined. We also have to visualize and identify our aims in short and long terms because the plan depends on how long is the way we need to travel to achieve them. Besides, it is necessary to keep in mind the importance of knowing how to manage time, money and stress, as these can be factors affecting our motivation to have or accomplish goals. Now, I'm ready to create a plan in a positive environment that helps me with my dominant intention of fulfilling my goals. So, this essay will include some points as the reasons for pursuing graduate studies, set my goals with their challenges and strategies, and an analysis of my personal communication. Everyone should have goals configured to be successful in life. For...
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...Personal Goals Diana Meldon HCS/301 February 12, 2013 Thomas P. Carras, MSEd Personal Goals Setting goals should not be just for school assignments but should be part of one’s everyday life. Developing goals gives people something to strive toward and allows an individual to keep going forward in life. Without goals, it is very easy to give up when things get rough. According to Bishop, Carter, and Kravitis (2011), “Setting goals involves defining what an individual is aiming for in both long-term and short-term time frames. Long-term goals are broader objective an individual wants to achieve over a long period, perhaps a year or more. Short-term goals are smaller steps that move an individual toward a long-term goal, making it manageable and achievable, piece by piece (p. 98). Smart Goals is a tool that helps to focus and create effective goals. Smart Goals is an acronym that consists of five steps: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time frame (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2011). Examples of using these acronyms for writing this paper are Specific – by receiving a B grade in every nursing class, Measurable – by completing each class for a step closer to receiving a degree, Attainable – by commitment and many hours of study, Relevant – achieving a B grade is not unrealistic with commitment and determination; the goal is to think positive and know that I can achieve anything, and Time frame – every five weeks completing a class The following are the...
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...is apparent at first glance while others are more subtle and slow to reveal. This paper will discuss how knowing your ideal work culture can help you in developing strategies and operational plans to achieve organizational goals, which competencies are essential in conducting a SWOT analysis, and how my competencies relate to the essential competencies for conducting a SWOT analysis. Ideal Work Culture in Developing Strategies Knowing my ideal work culture benefits my organization to achieve goals and allows me to achieve personal goals as well. According to University of Phoenix, my work culture results showed me to be leadership intensive, supportive, and well-resourced. I supervise my staff and influence my organization by being supportive and clearly defining jobs, goals and expectations. I am well-resourced, comfortable, and have a well-designed work place to complete high standards of work. As manager, I can determine the way that things are done in my organization and how to lead my employees to develop and achieve those goals because I am aware of the shared values, principles, traditions, and operations that take place in my organization. Once I determine which goals need to be achieved, I can develop a plan to achieve those goals either though Strategic Planning, which is for goals for the overall organization, or Operational Planning, which is for goals for a particular operational area. Essential Competencies for SWOT Analysis A SWOT analysis is performed...
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...professional, and academic goals relating to my degree plan and how the SMART goals apply to each goal. I will also explain my accountability plan to overcome challenges and predict future success from my past positive experiences and personality after completing online degree. Taking online courses through Ashford University will help me to achieve my goals in life and create future success for myself. My Goals and SMART Goal Process After asking myself what personal goal I wanted to achieve in life, I decided that I wanted to be financially stable. It’s very important for me to be financially comfortable so I can provide for my family. I’ve been very fortunate to be in the military and to have the luxury of purchasing the wants in life. To accomplish my personal goal, I will finish my degree in Business Administration within the next three to four years by taking one course at a time. Each course I complete will get me three credits closer to achieving my degree. This is how I will achieve my personal goal according to the SMART goal process. The next goal I will describe will be my professional goal. My professional goal will be to obtain a career that allows me to be happy and successful after I retire from the military. By using the SMART goal process, I will narrow my job search to careers that will make me happy and still provide the necessary income. After I completing 12 more years in the military, I will find a career that suits my wants and needs. This goal will be attainable...
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...How Ambitions Play a Key Factor in Life Many people have different views about ambitions, so the word ambition has many different meanings depending on who it is asked upon. I believe everyone should have ambitions in life to become successful. Ambitions play a key factor in our lives every day. To me ambition is a strong desire to achieve goals to succeed in life. It is the inner force that has led many people to become successful. Ambition helps us get through life, without it life is incomplete. Ambition is the motivation needed to help all of us to work towards our set goals throughout our future plans in life. I have always strived to set goals and achieve them no matter what it was. One of my main goals was to receive my high school diploma so I could attend college. My parents always stressed to me how important it was to get an education. With my will power and ambition, I did not give up, I strived for excellence. I wanted to make my parents proud of me. This taught me how important it is to achieve goals. Learning the importance of being ambitious helped me achieve my set goals and it helped me realize my ambitions in life. My personal ambitions have a huge effect on my professional aspirations. One day I want to be able to a decent livelihood so I can provide for my family. As a child, I dreamed of becoming a variety of things such as a doctor, lawyer, and an architect. Later on during my junior year of high school I finally decided that I wanted to study business...
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...Assignment 2 The goals that I have set for myself do stretch my limits and help me to go. I think they stretch my limits because it is something I have to strive to achieve in life. They help me to grow because they show that I am grown up and ready to move on in the real world. My goals fit in to what I want to do, be and have in life. They fit because I want to do electronics because they are fun to play with and because they will always be around in life. I want to be in electronics because I want to be successful at something in my life time. I want to have all this so that I can show that I can do something in life without any ones help. Yes I have started my goals in a positive way. I have done this by doing and finishing my homework. I will know that I am making progress toward my goals because I will have a C or higher in the class. Also by getting a C or higher will make me be able to get my scholarship. I will know I am getting better at my job because I will be moving more boxes in a minuet than 8. I will make sure I am passing my classes by asking my teachers about my grades. Which if I have good grades my scholarship will pay for my classes. I will make sure I am improving at my job because I will ask on my progress of the boxes that I am lifting. It will take me tell the end of the first quarter to see if I achieve my good grade goal. It will also take tell the end of the school year to show if my scholarships will pay for my classes or not. I expect to make sure...
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...Accomplishing Goals Introduction SMART goals express behaviors that are observable and measurable in a way that is easy to determine if the goal has been met or not (Koutoukidis, Stainton & Hughson, 2013). Leadership and organizational skills are essential skills for all qualified healthcare professionals and have a pivotal role in ensuring a delivery of high standards of care. My leadership development goal is to improve my leadership skills to become a better leader while working in the labor and delivery (L&D) department. Being a new nurse I lack the experience compared to my fellow co-workers as outstanding leaders. I desire the qualities of a leader that has the ability to be a strong positive influence for others that can motivate, empower and challenge other staff members. So my leadership goal in L&D is very important to personally achieve. My organizational goal is to facilitate prenatal education to pregnant women of all ages of the importance and benefits for skin to skin after delivery to enhance breastfeeding. Choosing this goal I can help new mothers and babies bond while helping to enhance the baby’s natural reflexes to breastfeed being skin to skin. Goal 1: Leadership Development My goal is to improve my leadership skills as a leader and by doing so I will work on modeling the qualities of a leader and keep an upbeat, optimistic attitude that serves as a source of inspiration for my coworkers. I must be responsible, learn to be flexible, and work on communication...
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