Reflection on Learning Style and Group Work

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Table of Contents
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
Job profile and introduction.........................................................................................................3
Reflection on learning style.........................................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Reflection on group work............................................................................................................4
TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................5
Mini essay....................................................................................................................................5
TASK 5 ...........................................................................................................................................7
Reflection on performance and action planning..........................................................................7
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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TASK 1
Job profile and introduction
I have been working as assistant general manager at ibis Styles London Southwark. I find
it really interesting to interact with different people and to serve them within diverse and wide
range of hospitality services. In future I aim to become General manager for leading hospitality
organisation in London. In this context I also have obtained previous experience of working as
general manager which will help me to achieve this goal. The diversity and complexity along
with the self satisfaction act as key motivating force which encourages me to join this course.
The successful completion of degree course will guide me different social perspectives and
factors associated with the hospitality. After this I will be able to fulfil my long term goal which
is to move to any Asian region and to start up a luxury hotel in such potential market. I want to
develop my professional career in hospitality industry and this course will help me to understand
the basic concepts of hospitality and different perspectives and socio cultural diversity of
individuals. This aspect is one of the integral element of hospitality services and thus it will be
helpful for me to achieve my goals with more efficiency and at the earliest. It will also contribute
in assisting me in properly utilising my skills and abilities.
Reflection on learning style
In the context of learning style, I can say that it is the main key of the success of team
working. While working in a team it is important for all members to have flexibility and
adaptability skills because different employees have different needs and style of performing
things. Adapting other needs and ways help a team in making its project successful. Learning
style shows a way in which an individual adapt, grasp, absorbs and retain informations. This
style differs and depends upon different factors like cognitive, environmental and emotional.
While working in a team project, I felt that different members have different learning styles
which created some problems but supporting each other and implementing learning theory we
made each others able to adapt changes and cooperate (Truong, 2016). I learned that there are 4
types of styles as per the VARK model. VARK model shows visuality, auditory, read and
kinesthetic. According to visual, visual learners prefer to learn with the help of images and maps.
On the other hand, some people learn effectively via listening and speaking. This type of learners
and members of a team wants lectures and group discussion. In the next type of learning style,
some people prefer to learn by writing and reading words. They are also effective in translators
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abstract concepts. In the last type of learners and learning style, some team members were there
who understand informations via tactile representations of information. These type of learners
learn and grasp things via figuring out things out by hand. So, with this help, it can be said that in
my team projects all these type of learners was present. Their different styles of learning created
some problems. But my teaching and influencing skills helped me out in solving this problem.
By using this skill, I made all team members understand and able that what is the actual meaning
of the project and the reason of working in a project.
I also felt that decision-making skills play an important role while working in a team as
well as individually. There were some team members who were more effective in decision-
making skills they figured out both sides like positive and negative of each element and each
thing which also increased my skills of decision-making. I learned the way of taking decision.
For making decision it is important to see consequences and future opportunities. For making a
project successful and learning style effective, pre-assessment also plays an important role
(Truong, 2016). It refers a test which all members take and give before starting a new unit in
order to find out that what informations they need to take for completing the project and what
informations they already know (Wong and Hsu, 2016.). It is the best way which saves time of
all members while starting working on a new and common project. For making all member able
to teach and learn it is important to have several skills, While working in a group project, I felt
that I am lacking in time management skill which can delayed in the submission of the project
and performing all activities as per the set time table.
TASK 3
Reflection on group work
Working in a group has some advantages and disadvantages. Different members have
different skills which provides opportunities of learning something new (Flores-Parra and et.al.,
2018). On the other hand, I can also say that making decision is not an easy task while working
in a group. Different members have different views and perspectives but for taking decision there
is a requirement to chose only one perspective and an authenticate view (Senaratne and
Gunawardane, 2015). Ignoring other views dissatisfy them and sometimes it creates the situation
of conflicts. In my personal view, I can say that my experience in working in a team was good as
I learn several new things like the way of solving critical problems, way of taking decision and
management of time.
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