Preparing
a Professional Development Plan (PDP).
A construction crew does not begin to build a new
house without the architect’s blueprint. Though issues may arise during
construction that requires changes to the blueprint, a blueprint serves as the
necessary foundation for construction and helps the crew to visualize and track
the impact of any changes.
Most business initiatives begin with some sort of
plan, though type and quality vary. As a business professional, you may have
heard of the value of strategic planning, and even been part of the strategic
planning process. Yet, many begin a doctoral program without a clear vision of
their goals or a plan for achieving them.
Articulating your goals, as well as developing a
plan for how you will achieve them, will help ensure your success by keeping
you focused on your goals when distractions arise and allowing you to track
your progress. You will articulate your goals by completing a PDP. The PDP will
serve as a living document, which you will continue to update throughout your
program to reflect changes in your goals and plans. Having a plan in place will
help you to visualize the impact of challenges and opportunities that arise so
that you can make changes to both plans and goals to ensure your personal and
professional satisfaction and success.
Develop a plan for reaching three professional goals
you want to achieve during your DBA program of study by completing the PDP
Template attached hear. Your plan should be 5 to 7 pages total. You may use,
but are not limited to, the goals below.
–
Becoming a top executive in a company
–
Owning and operating my own business.
For
each of the three goals you select, include a 2- to 3-paragraph goal narrative,
a list of resources to help achieve your goal, and a timeline for completion.
Your narrative should include:
•A statement of your goal
•Your motivation for wanting to achieve the goal and
an explanation of how it relates to your personal values
•A brief description of the steps you intend to take
to accomplish your goal
•An explanation of how these steps reflect consideration
of personal strengths and weaknesses relevant to the goal
Your references section should include three
resources with a description of how each resource is relevant to your goal.
Your resources must include:
•One reading (book, periodical, journal, etc.)
•One social media site that will contribute to the
formation of your own personal learning network
•Another resource of your choice
Your
timeline should identify a minimum of three steps as milestones for
accomplishing each goal, and it should assign an estimated time frame for
completion.
Some
resources to use in completing this assignment
Professional
Development Plan
Student Name Here
School name
Professional Deveopment Plan
Type an introduction for the paper
here. Include an outline of the paper as
you must for any APA style paper. You
may introduce the phrase Professional Development Plan here and define it using
the abbreviation PDP. Because the
introduction for the paper includes an outline of the paper and the section
headings also outline the paper, there should be a relationship between
them. Use only Times New Roman 12 font. See p. 228 in the APA manual.
Goal 1: Short Name of Your Goal
Every section must have an introduction similar to that
for a paper. In the section
introduction, provide an outline of the major issues to be discussed in the
section.
Goal 1 Narrative
Your narrative should be 2–3 paragraphs and include:
·
A statement of your goal
·
Your motivation for wanting to achieve the goal
and an explanation of how it relates to your personal values
·
A brief description of the steps you intend to
take to accomplish your goal
·
An explanation of how these steps reflect
consideration of personal strengths and weaknesses relevant to the goal
Goal
1 Resources
Your resources section should include three
resources with a description of how each is relevant to your goal. Your
resources must include:
· One
reading (book, periodical, journal etc)
· One
Internet resource
· Another
resource of your choice, which could include:
oAttendance
at a conference, seminar, or presentation; one-on-one, informal interview or
discussion with a professional in a role that you would be interested in as a
DBA graduate
Provide
a narrative description of your resources.
Use APA citations for each source.
Include a References list at the end of the paper.
Goal 1 Timeline
Provide a narrative of your timeline. Your timeline should identify a minimum of
three steps as milestones for accomplishing each, and it should assign an
estimated time frame for completion.
Provide the timeline in a table.
See pp. 128-149 in the APA manual for proper formatting of tables. Refer to the table in the text.
Table 1
Goal 1 Timeline
|
Step Number |
Step Description |
Target Date |
|
1. |
||
|
2. |
||
|
3. |
Goal 1 Summary
Provide a short summary of your Goal
1 discussion. Provide a transition
sentence to lead the reader to Goal 2.
Goal
2: Short Name of Your Goal
Every section
must have an introduction similar to that for a paper. In the section introduction, provide an
outline of the major issues to be discussed in the section.
Goal 2 Narrative
Your narrative should be 2–3 paragraphs and
include:
·
A statement of your goal
·
Your motivation for wanting to achieve the goal
and an explanation of how it relates to your personal values
·
A brief description of the steps you intend to
take to accomplish your goal
·
An explanation of how these steps reflect
consideration of personal strengths and weaknesses relevant to the goal
Goal 2
Resources
Your resources section should include three
resources with a description of how each is relevant to your goal. Your
resources must include:
· One
reading (book, periodical, journal etc)
· One
Internet resource
· Another
resource of your choice, which could include:
oAttendance
at a conference, seminar, or presentation; one-on-one, informal interview or
discussion with a professional in a role that you would be interested in as a
DBA graduate
Provide
a narrative description of your resources.
Use APA citations for each source.
Include a References list at the end of the paper.
Goal 2 Timeline
Provide a narrative of your
timeline. Your timeline should identify
a minimum of three steps as milestones for accomplishing each, and it should
assign an estimated time frame for completion.
Provide the timeline in a table.
See pp. 128-149 in the APA manual for proper formatting of tables. Refer to the table in the text.
Table 2
Goal 2 Timeline
|
Step Number |
Step Description |
Target Date |
|
1. |
||
|
2. |
||
|
3. |
Goal 2 Summary
Provide a short
summary of your Goal 1 discussion.
Provide a transition sentence to lead the reader to Goal 2.
Goal
3: Short Name of Your Goal
Every section
must have an introduction similar to that for a paper. In the section introduction, provide an
outline of the major issues to be discussed in the section.
Goal 3 Narrative
Your narrative should be 2–3 paragraphs and
include:
·
A statement of your goal
·
Your motivation for wanting to achieve the goal
and an explanation of how it relates to your personal values
·
A brief description of the steps you intend to
take to accomplish your goal
·
An explanation of how these steps reflect
consideration of personal strengths and weaknesses relevant to the goal
Goal 3
Resources
Your resources section should include three
resources with a description of how each is relevant to your goal. Your
resources must include:
· One
reading (book, periodical, journal etc)
· One
Internet resource
· Another
resource of your choice, which could include:
oAttendance
at a conference, seminar, or presentation; one-on-one, informal interview or
discussion with a professional in a role that you would be interested in as a
DBA graduate
Provide
a narrative description of your resources.
Use APA citations for each source.
Include a References list at the end of the paper.
Goal 3 Timeline
Provide a narrative of your
timeline. Your timeline should identify
a minimum of three steps as milestones for accomplishing each, and it should
assign an estimated time frame for completion.
Provide the timeline in a table.
See pp. 128-149 in the APA manual for proper formatting of tables. Refer to the table in the text.
Table 3
Goal 3 Timeline
|
Step Number |
Step Description |
Target Date |
|
1. |
||
|
2. |
||
|
3. |
Goal 3 Summary
Provide a short
summary of your Goal 1 discussion.
Provide a transition sentence to lead the reader to Goal 2.
Conclusion
Provide a short summary of the
entire paper. The summary should clearly
link with the paper outline.
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