Academic & Personal Development Plan - Assessment 1

This report includes reflection over acquisition of skills through completion of module to be effective students for higher education. It also includes reflection for attaining person & future success.

FDSC Business Management
BAM4008
Academic & Personal Development Plan
Assessment 1
Personal Development Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
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Contents
Contents
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3
Team Contract............................................................................................................................4
Name______________________ Signature ____________________.....................................4
Team Name............................................................................................................................4
Team members.......................................................................................................................4
Teachers..................................................................................................................................4
Communication..........................................................................................................................4
Preferred Communication methods (e.g., Canvas forum, Messenger, WhatsApp)...............4
Team Meetings (where/how will you meet? How often? How will they be run?)................4
Team skills audit........................................................................................................................6
Team member.........................................................................................................................6
What are your styles, preferences or strengths? ....................................................................6
Roles & Responsibilities (these can be changed over time)......................................................6
Role........................................................................................................................................6
Responsibilities......................................................................................................................6
Ground rules for the team...........................................................................................................6
3. Reference list..........................................................................................................................7
Portfolio evidence (4).................................................................................................................7
Reflective statement (including 2 x models)..............................................................................8
Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in higher education............8
Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module would assist me to
achieve personal & future success..........................................................................................8
Explanation of two models of academic & personal development & how this has improved
my learning. ...............................................................................................................................8
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Model 1 .............................................................................................................................9
Model 2..............................................................................................................................9
Reference List: ..........................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
Personal development is one of important approach which allow individual to enhance skills
& knowledge. It is a lifelong process that provides ways to people to assess qualities, skills
that allow them to attain goals & also for realization of potential of a person. It allows
students to develop different capabilities requirement for attainment of goals & also provide
them success in life. It is important as provide clarity to vision of a person & allow them to
develop target & also for attainment of objectives of company (Apiola and Laakso, 2019). It
provides opportunity to make improvement in existing skills by learning from past experience
on basis of education. It allows a person to identify their potential which is important for
them in life. This project report includes reflection over acquisition of skills through
completion of module to be effective students for higher education. It also includes reflection
for attaining person & future success.
Team Contract
Define team contract
Team contract can be described as document which explains goals, norms, sanction & reward
of team. It can be used in order to define expectations of group & also to force people to
explicit about their assumptions. It can be developed before team started to work on different
types of project & also provide them framework for discussion & disagreement in team.
Its importance
Team contract is important as it helps to highlight various rules for team. It is important for
explains what a person wants from their team & does not want in team. It provide different
ways to a person in which team operate & helps to solve problem if problem occur in order to
coordinate. It also allows people to inform different members inform that is essential for
success of team. It is important in order to build success among team members (Espinoza-
Poves and et. al., 2019).
Its uses
It is a contract which is used by company for purpose of describing norms, rewards, goals as
well as sanction. It helps team to bind in an agreement & inform about different ways in
which a team can be operated. It is used to priory decide terms & condition for forming a
team & also used to avoid situation of conflict among members.
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Name______________________ Signature ____________________
Team Name
Team members
Name Phone Email
Teachers
Name Email
Ms Annet Ogega [e-mail]
Communication
Importance of communication in establishing effective team (ref)
 Communication is important in effective team as it allow members to share their
feelings to other members which allow them to build healthy work relationship.
 It is also improve engagement of team embers with team with having clear
communication practices in team.
Preferred Communication methods (e.g., Canvas forum, Messenger, WhatsApp)
Different methods of communication can be used by team members in order to share their
opinion about something. It is important in order to utilize resources & also for making
investment better. This team is using mixed method for communication but preferred
WhatApp as effective method. It is one of fast medium of communication which can be
used by all members of team. With this, employees can use audio call & video call & can
share any image, video, audio, document & other things.
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Team Meetings (where/how will you meet? How often? How will they be run?)
In order to make different decisions in team & also for combining all work, team needs to
conduct team meeting. Due to situation of pandemic, team meeting can be conducted
through online meeting platforms which allow everyone to join meeting & give their
opinions to anything.
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Team skills audit
What a team skill audit
Team skills audit can be described as assessment of capabilities of employees in context of
their role. It comes in form of guided survey, interview & questionnaire. It helps a team to
identify skill gap among members of team. It also allows team embers to build training needs
& allow them to offering training to employees. It also creates customized learning as well as
development program (Fyffe, 2018).
The importance of a team skill audit
Team skills audit is important for a team as it helps a team to identify when members of team
are not able to attaining performance targets. It also helps team members to decide new roes
& also define attributes & skills in order to attain goals of team. It also helps to identify
strength & weakness of members of team & allow them to develop strategies in order to
overcome of weakness.
In the first meeting, a team audit was conducted as shown below
Team member What are your styles, preferences or strengths?
Ann ben Research;
Editing
Creativity
Time management
Leadership & motivation
Technical ability
Decision making
Problem solving
Roles & Responsibilities (these can be changed over time)
According to Cotrell (2015), Importance of assigning roles & responsibilities
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Role Responsibilities
Team leader; Sharon Team leaders needs to manage work of team & ensure every
members if doing their work in effective manner.
Record-keeper Responsibility of this members is to record data of every work
of organization that provide them proof.
Timekeeper This members is responsible to ensure every work of team is
completed within set criteria. It allow team members to
complete work before deadline of project.
Spokesperson Spokesperson is responsible for managing work &
communicating with differ went members regarding work. It
also solve problem occur in team & also needs to speak on
behalf of team.
Questioner Questioner is a person who is responsible for asking question
to employees.
Creator Creator is one who form team in order to attain common goals.
Other? These members are contributing towards attainment of goals
of company & completing work assigned to them by leader.
Ground rules for the team
Due to the different dynamics of of people working in a team (e.g. differences in opinions,
skills, experiences, )
1. Team members needs to be consistent for action taken by them.
2. Team also encourage communication among members in order to avoid confusion.
3. Team also set clear goals for members that provide them direction.
4. Team also recognizing contribution of different members publicly.
5. Team can also lead by example that is important in order to maintain work ethics.
6. Team should also avoid micro managing others & should provide freedom of work.
7. Team also needs listen & also ask question.
8. Team should also respect opinion of members.
 A reflection on my contribution to the Team Contract
Tuckman (1965) team formation
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It is a team formation theory which was introduced by Bruce Tuckman in the year 1965. It is
a theory that aim on different ways in which a person can h&le task by gathering initial
information in team & also with completion of project. This theory includes different stages
which allow members to form a team. These stages are mentioned below:
Forming: It is a first stage of team formation in which members assembled & task are
allocated. In this team members can be behave on independent manner & also helps to know
each other. In this, spend by members on planning, bonding as well as collecting information.
Storming: It is next stage that helps to address various ideas & also organise various as well
as process (Ghaferi and Dimick, 2016). In this different relationship among members can be
formed & broken.
 Norming: It is also a stage in which team members are ready to work for specific
practices in team. It is creating ideas situation where team started to trust each others.
 Performing: It is another stage in which team members are performing actual
performance in organisation & members are motivated & confident for their work.
 Adjourning: It is the last stage in which members completed their work & dissolve
team. There is some position & also some negative experience can be occur in team
work.
Forming Effective Habits
- What are effective habits
These would be the habits that must be practiced on a daily basis in order to attain success
in life to reach organizational goals.
- Importance of developing effective study habits
The significance of creating certain study habits aids in attaining a high grade in class,
as well as a positive image.
- How effective study habits promote success
Habits for Effective Study Application Resources/Support
Waking up early Activating the alarm Activating the alarm
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Study Schedule/Timetable Mindset of hard labor Mindset of hard labour
Going to the library 2/3 Concentration Concentration
Booking a 0ne-one
consultation
It clarifies the situation. It clarifies the situation.
To improve a student's academic advancement, they first must concentrate on the life
objectives, which include personal development, & set an aim to attain these goals. This
collection is about setting & achieving goals & objectives, sometimes known as life goals.
The fundamental purpose of this is to enhance student life & assist them realise their
individual goals, which may be accomplished by obtaining career goals. By accomplishing
these two main goals, students can improve their lives economically & get a broad awareness
of the universe (Gharaveis and et. al., 2019). This may be accomplished by establishing a
goal or aim, as well as identifying their priorities in order to improve student success. They
may achieve this goal by doing various tasks & working in accordance with the time
constraints, which will allow them to advance in an efficient & productive way. Goals may
be identified in learning, innovation, & interests, but there are several more methods to
improve a person's career.
Seven goals by Brian
Determining what an individual wishes: It is difficult to achieve a goal whenever individuals
are unsure about what they desire. Many individuals still have a vague idea of what they want
to achieve. Having adequate wealth & also just being satisfied are still not goals; they are
simply wishes.
Writing down goals: - Individuals should write down their objectives because, according to
Brian Tracy, writing down goals awakens the thought patterns, which allows individuals to
bring their dreams into reality (Jefferies, 2018).
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Making a deadline:- Each objective ought to have a deadline since this drives the individual
to complete their tasks on time & teaches them time management.
Listing resources that can help in achieving goal: Individuals create a list of resources that
can assist them in effectively achieving their goals, as well as a list of what has been
accomplished, which gives them a sense of relief & makes them more confidence in their
ability to achieve their objectives.
Portfolio evidence (4)
 Your team descriptive reading list + a short reflection on your
contribution to it.
Source Author Relevance/Reliability Purpose
Book Stella Cottrell,
2019
-Author’s credentials
-Year of publication
-Discuss study skills for HE
Chapter 10;
Chapter
Journal Ghaferi and
Dimick
2019 Time management skills
Website Kosic, Wiium
and Dimitrova
2021 Decision making skills
There is an approach called CREAM that is useful in focusing on professional goals
& makes a student a successful & happy scholar. It assists students in acquiring more
information & abilities, which will benefit their career advancement. This method is
separated into five sections, each of which is described below (Kosic, Wiium and Dimitrova,
2021). (Largent, 2016).
Creativity:
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This method aids students in improving & strengthening their creativity. This encourages
them to come up with fresh & also imaginative ideas. This enables a student's education
more adaptable & straightforward. A creative temperament does not imitate other person's
styles; instead, they concentrate on cultivating their own imagination & encouraging them to
find something new.
Reflective: - A observant learner assesses & calculates their own degree of production. To
become a reflective student, a student must learn from their prior experiences & use the
lessons learned in the forward to avoid making the same mistakes. This improves a student's
academic efficiency & minimises the likelihood of future errors.
Effective: A good student knows how to prioritise & also manage their time effectively.
Furthermore, these useful abilities must be performed in a more efficiently run method, with
improved educational styles. In order to be more productive students, individuals must
reorganise their objectives in terms of time & also urgency, as well as task requirements. A
student must also create a study schedule & also manage their time correctly (Lejeune,
Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2021).
Activeness: This method discusses how a person gets involved in the specified objective or
job in terms of making it go more smoothly. To be an independent learner, students must
actively engage in all tasks for which appropriate research & tasks are conducted in order to
get higher results.
Reflective statement (including 2 x models)
Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in higher
education.
In the process of business management, a team leader's competencies & skills are
demonstrated by their ability to support & influence teammates in the company. Team
members' self-esteem grows so they become self-sufficient in an enterprise with professional
guidance. This also aids in the development of investor faith & talents. People who are poor
in competence will see their skills improve as a result of developments. These qualities &
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abilities are seen as dependable, & as a result, they are constantly up to date with the
circumstances, facilitating the achievement of goals & objectives (Rubens and et. al., 2018).
As a young entrepreneur, I am proactively concentrated on my academic because I
believe that the advertising knowledge I will acquire will help me grow my talents & advance
my career. I'll have a lot of possibilities in that area, & it'll help me enhance my knowledge &
talents. There are a variety of study methods that can aid in personal development. Whilst
also studying, I discovered that every study requires first & foremost an effort & a desire to
complete the task successfully (Siregar, Pane and Ruman, 2018). This clarifies my objectives
& the work required to achieve them. I said that I had guarded my weaknesses & threats with
my advantages, which also will aid in the prevention of future kinds of difficulties.
Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module would
assist me to achieve personal & future success
It is determined that , it is based on the analysis of the aforementioned report, it has been
determined that if a person wishes to be successful in life, they must acquire the necessary
information & skills. Furthermore, a one must assess their abilities in order to effectively
comprehend the many modifications. I need to build a positive mindset in order to achieve
specified goals (Gagné, 2018). I mostly need to interact with a variety of individuals in order
to learn about their cultures, which will aid me in the future. I want to improve as well, & I
can only do so by gaining the necessary skills & information to achieve academically &
socially goals.
I also required a strategy that would allow me to grow & acquire diverse talents, each of
which would enhance & aid in the achievement of the goal (Skinner and Saxton, 2019).
Furthermore, the most important first talent to acquire is outcome, as it is essential for
achieving a massive company. Those abilities also improve my capacity to make quick
decisions, & in addition to this, I must cultivate a good attitude & approach to my study, as
well as properly manage my time.
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In a positive light, I am able to allow my moment, which aids in maintaining the bond with
other organisations. In order to grow my talents, I also need to process & build my emotional
intelligence, & I should utilise a formal way of communicating that will assist me in
communicating my thoughts to other people without any fumbling Ness & reluctance. In this
case, managerial skills are similarly essential & crucial to successfully manage time & talent
in the appropriate location, allowing me to succeed & reach my intended objective
(Strielkowski and Chigisheva, 2018).
Explanation of two models of academic & personal development & how this has
improved my learning
Learning preference: This describes a student's learning style, since various students
have varied preference for enhancing learning information & abilities. This also improves a
student's study habits & helps them recognise their own strengths. Individuals can choose
from a variety of learning styles, depending on their comfort & preferences. When people
communicate with one another & recognise the importance of communication in today's
student life, it advances the cycle of personal development. It is critical for a student to
underst& when & where to alter learning styles & how to improve their learning abilities
more efficiently. The VARK model is detailed below in relation to that.
VARK model
There are a variety of teaching approaches that can help a student stay motivated while also
improving their teachable moment. This technique also fosters learner adaptability, allowing
them to feel at ease. The model's specifications may be found below.
 Visual: This displays all of the data is in the form of maps, diagrams, & tables, as
well as in a variety of quantitative formats, which aids the learner in comprehending
the progress & representing it in his or her own words. Because it entails adequate
display, this technique is often known as pictorial interpretation. Videos, movies,
pictures, & power point are not included in this training. Although it is characterised
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as graphical presentation, individuals rely on images, videos, & textual information to
improve their skills & experience (Widharyanto and Binawan, 2020).
 Aural: This refers to a procedure that provides data derived via listening. This is also
referred to as an individual learner since learners can access more efficiently by
taking advice & receiving instruction, as well as responding to questions by
communicating. This type of learner prefers hearing lectures to h&written notes, but it
also includes copious notes so that even if they want more assistance, they may read
& digest the subject successfully.
 Writing & reading: This is a method of understanding in which material is shown as
language. Many students like this approach of learning since it allows them to better
comprehend the subject by reading & writing it. Learners that use this strategy are
accustomed to using the internet, dictionaries, & microsoft powerpoint. When the data
is shown on the computer in this technique, the learner decides to study from that
point on.
 Kinesthetic: This approach entails associating movement with a realistic &
situational example in order to comprehend & achieve information & abilities.
Because the VARK model uses an array of instructional approaches to obtain
information, it is useful for field excursions, competitions, h&s-on assignments, &
role - playing. The students also have the capacity & memory to absorb &
comprehend the material fast & effectively.
Team work
This is the process of bringing individuals together in a team to do given tasks & achieve an
institution's predetermined objective rapidly & easily. It is determined that working in teams
boosts the productivity of the company as well as the production of a particular participant
since they put in their own effort in making the job better. Working in teams also increases a
person's skills. This is where members incorporate their particular abilities in order to
properly work on the subject for which the team was formed.
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Role of teamwork & its significance
The team plays a crucial part in making the firm better, & teammates are able to participate
their diverse perspectives as a result. They may develop suitable & effective tactics by
working as a team to come up with a creative & inventive way to solve.
 Identify the problem solving things : Problems are solved in an effective manner in
a team because there are several persons in a team who have diverse perspectives on
the issue, & creative & also inventive ideas are used to come up with a correct
solution, & by working as a team, the company achieve the intended outcomes
(Young, Miller and Barnhardt, 2018).
 Enhance the motivation: It encourages employees & boosts morale among
teammates when they operate in a group. Working in a group also fosters cohesive
teams, which minimizes the likelihood of conflict & also allows work to be
accomplished more efficiently. Because each team in an organization is individually
helpful to the corporation, it also provides the firm with a lengthy aim.
Tuckman team theory
This is the foundation that enables teammates to grow as individuals while simultaneously
increasing their capacity to work together on a goal. This theory also addresses the challenges
that each team member experiences, as mentioned below.
 Forming: This is really the first stage in the establishment of a team, whereby an
individual is assigned to a team & the team seems ambiguous, removing many of the
concerns associated with team selection.
 Storming: This level deals with the proposals & also ideas that teammates bring to
groups, & it is also seen to be a source of a lot conflict (Gonta, & Bulgac, 2019).
Power & also management are also reined in this level due to systemic constraints.
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 Norming: This degree of tuck man theory allows a team to work together more
quietly & harmoniously. This grade also consists of rules & values that are applied in
the workplace. The difficulties get more complex as trust amongst team members
grows, & they each play their share to achieving organizational objectives.
 Performing: This level of team is at a performance stage, which means that the
teammates are focused on their aims & also goals. This increases involvement &
allows tasks to be delegated.
Model 1
VARK Learning Style
This is a four-part paradigm that aids in the improvement of reading processes &
allows individuals to express their choices. It is determined that hearing, kinesthetic, reading,
& visual is the four aspects of this paradigm (Noronha, Monteiro, & Pinto, 2018). This
paradigm aids in the development of students' personally & professionally success &
achievement. Furthermore, visual education provides for an interest in learning the subject in
a visual manner. This includes a variety of graphs, charts, & also info graphics, among other
things. In addition to this, each individuals & pupil concentrates primarily on the lectures
supplied by the procedure.
It also entails content reading & writing in order to complete the study. It is also
determined that the essential to communicate & learn with the use of communication, hence
several thinking techniques of learning are available (Strielkowski, & Chigisheva, 2018).
Finally, Kinetic learners, who frequently engage learning by doing, must be more
concentrated & proactive in order to attain achievement in a more efficient manner. They
should inject the reinforcement learning on a regular basis.
Model 2
This is a model that develops an individual individually & was created by Mind
Elevator. It consists of five aspects that educate the learner personally & also include a range
of events & an overall evaluation. This approach is excellent for highlighting the values of
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each step as well as setting comparable objectives. Furthermore, the plan has to be prepared
with appropriate approaches & also strategies in order to be a successful learner (Sato,
Eckert, & Turner, 2018). Those plans are crucial since they aid in the achievement of the
goals. It is seen as a necessary stage that permits suitable activities to be taken in order to
reach the objective. I also have programmes that are necessary & must be modified in order
to achieve the goal efficiently.
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