Personal Development
Personal development refers to individual self-development and the
development of others. By extension, personal development may involve programs, tools and methods. At the level of individuals personal development includes goals, plans or actions oriented towards one or more of the following aims:
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he concept covers a wider field than self-development or self-help: personal development also includes developing others. Fostering the personal development of others may take place through roles such as those of a teacher or mentor, through a personal competency (such as the ability of certain managers in developing the potential of employees), through a professional service (such as providing training or assessment) or through coaching.
The field of personal development includes personal-development methods,personal development planning, personal-development programs and personal-development assessment systems. Beyond improving oneself and developing others, personal development as a field involves both practice and research/. As a field of practice it includes: personal development methods, learning programs, assessment systems, tools and techniques
Any sort of development — whether economic, political, biological, organizational or personal — requires a framework if one wishes to know whether change has actually occurred. In the case of personal development, an individual often functions as the primary judge of 
improvement, but validation of objective improvement requires assessment using standard criteria.Personal development frameworks may include goals or benchmarks that define the end-points, strategies or plans for reaching goals, measurement and assessment of progress, levels or stages that define milestones along a development path, and a feedback-system to provide information on changes.
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s a field of research, personal development topics increasingly appear in scientific journals, higher education reviews, management journals and business books.
Personal development
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development of others. By extension, personal development may involve programs, tools and methods. At the level of individuals personal development includes goals, plans or actions oriented towards one or more of the following aims: - improving self-knowledge
- building or renewing identity
- developing strengths or talents
- identifying or improving potential
- building employability or human capital
- enhancing lifestyle or the quality of life
- realizing dreams
- fulfilling aspirations
- defining and executing personal development plans
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he concept covers a wider field than self-development or self-help: personal development also includes developing others. Fostering the personal development of others may take place through roles such as those of a teacher or mentor, through a personal competency (such as the ability of certain managers in developing the potential of employees), through a professional service (such as providing training or assessment) or through coaching.The field of personal development includes personal-development methods,personal development planning, personal-development programs and personal-development assessment systems. Beyond improving oneself and developing others, personal development as a field involves both practice and research/. As a field of practice it includes: personal development methods, learning programs, assessment systems, tools and techniquesAny sort of development — whether economic, political, biological, organizational or personal — requires a framework if one wishes to know whether change has actually occurred. In the case of personal development, an individual often functions as the primary judge of improvement, but validation of objective improvement requires assessment using standard criteria.Personal development frameworks may include goals or benchmarks that define the end-points, strategies or plans for reaching goals, measurement and assessment of progress, levels or stages that define milestones along a development path, and a feedback-system to provide information on changes.A
s a field of research, personal development topics increasingly appear in scientific journals, higher education reviews, management journals and business books.Personal development
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