Assessment 1 Journal - Applied Professional Practice e-Journal

This is the Assessment 1 Journal for Applied Professional Practice e-Journal. It includes field notes and reflections on workplace concepts such as work style, ethics, culture, entrepreneurial mindsets, and collaborative leadership.

Applied
Professional
Practice
e-Journal (Template)
Matric no:
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Please complete the following Journal, follow instructions for each section, and submit
through Turnitin prior to the deadline
SECTION 1 PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
Please complete this section
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Name- Mithun Kumar Loganathan
Matriculation No
Profile Picture
Professional Biography (100 words)
Mithun has worked on facilitating the sampling procedure and customer approval for the
various types of styles according to the style and the designs of the sheets. Attention was
focused on the computation of the total yarn and the fabric that has been used for the
various styles that has been used in the garment purchase order that has been received
from the customers. The second is that there was implementation of the time and action
plan for the execution of the production and meeting the customer needs.
Mithun is a graduate in the professional accounting from the PSG Institute of Advanced
Studies, Coimbatore, TN India.
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SECTION 2 FIELDNOTES Write notes/accounts/records about the activities you do.
Complete the notes at the same time as you are undertaking your activity. Aim to have
about 1000 words of notes (+-10%) in total. Date them -like diary entries-and remember
to state which activities you are doing. Ensure you have agreed with your tutor the
activities you will be doing, that your forms have been signed and the skills/knowledge
mapping has been completed before undertaking the activity (see either your Tutor or
Module Leader). You must include evidence of completing the activity eg screen shots or
completed tasks – expand the box below as required. Remember ethics if required!
Field note 1 Date: 15/11/2019
I have learned to understand the effective way of how to apply for the jobs as I have
looked for the various employers and their recruiting methods so that I can give my best
performance for the job interview in the future. I have learned the various skills that
helped me in understanding that what does the employer look for in the employee when
he is recruiting a person for any job. I watched the various videos and asked the
employers for their tips so that I can understand the requirements that I will be able to
fulfil. I learnt to follow the ethics of applying for the jobs and various factors that is
required to be understood.
I have also learned on the day that how to draft a CV so that when I am creating my CV I
will not make the mistake that can lead to the rejection of my resume. I have learnt the
various techniques that can be used for drafting an attractive CV so that it can attract the
employer at the first look. This helped me in preparing a professional resume that can
present me as the knowledgable and the skilful person. The drafting was learnt after
collecting the various information so that I can use the information and create a
professional looking resume.
Field note 2 Date: 20/11/2019
I was being asked by a person that he is in the need of a successful business plan that can
help him in achieving the success in his business and operations. I have used the various
information that I had learned from the various sources that has helped me in drafting the
successful plan for that person. Their business idea was of the organic soaps that can be
used by both the adults and for the children. I have drafted the business plan that
included the various aspects.
 Description of the product- Organic herbal soaps that can be used by the adults
and the kids.
 Aim- To provide the people with better and effective skin care products
 Mission- To earn profit by selling the beneficial products to the customers.
 Marketing strategies- marketing the product on the social media so that it can
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attract the youth audience.
 Budget- The investments should be made on the quality of the product.
 The controlling and monitoring- Made the controlling and monitoring strategies by
keeping the record of sales and investment in the business.
The business plan was very attractive and it was appreciated by the person. He liked the
various ideas that I drafted in the marketing strategies which can attract the various
audience. I was happy to help the person and after getting appreciation I have gained the
confidence that I will be able to provide the better solutions for the problems that can
arise during the operations and the projects that can be allotted to me.
Field note 3 Date: 25/11/2019
I have attended the digital classes so that I will be able to learn and develop the various
digital skills that can be helpful for me in achieving the efficiency in my performance. I
have attended the classes with my friends and each class was for more than 1 hour. In the
class I have learnt the various uses of digital technologies in the day to day operations of
my life. This helped me in understanding the value of digital resources that they can be
very useful in the life of a person. I implemented the use of technologies in my life by
making the use of more digital resources that have been already provided to me. I started
to improve my performance by making the use of various resources. I have used the
method of taking online classes for business development from the institute that was not
close and easily reachable by me. I have followed the ethics by having discipline in
attending the classes so that I will be able to gain the complete information that is
required. I took the online classes that helped me in gaining information and improving
my skills and develop the various abilities that can help me in my day to day operations.
Field note 4 Date: 30/11/2019
On this day I was not feeling to study or take classes as I was lacking the motivation that made me
to skip the classes for business development. I felt that my interest is decreasing from the classes,
and I was not finding it interesting any more to attend the class. My parents saw this that I am
wasting my time and not attending the classes, and they asked me that why I am not taking the
class. I told them I am not interested to attend the class any more. They took me to the garden
where the children were playing and gave me an example of the kid that the kid is afraid before
playing on the slide but after getting motivated by his parents he slides without any fear and the
kid enjoyed it. This activity made me understand the value of motivation that when we motivate
someone in effective manner than the person can achieve the success in their operation. This
motivated me to attend the classes from the next day and I attended the classes with full
dedication so that I can gain knowledge and use it to solve the problems that can come into my
day to day operations.
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Field note 5 Date: 5/12/2019
As a team I have worked on the social care for the street dogs of my city. I have made a team with
my friends, and we have performed the various social activities for the betterment of street dogs
of our city. The activity that we have performed was to build the shelters for the street dogs so
that they are not required to sleep on the streets at night. In the activity me and my friends have
worked together and built the shelters at the public place where the dogs can take shelter so that
they are provided with the protection during the rain which can make the dogs sick and cause
problems to their health. I followed the ethic of behaving nicely with each other and help each
other in their work so that we can perform better as a team. The activity required the co-
ordination between me and my friends as building the shelter can take efforts of more than one
person.
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SECTION 3 REFLECTION After each seminar, reflect on your own skill and
knowledge levels in that dimension covered and on any associated experience, 1000
words +-10% - split the 1000 words across each dimension as appropriate. Written in first
person and in a reflective style of writing. Use theory Write in first person
Dimension 1 Workplace concepts: Work Style and Innovative Behaviour
The innovative behaviour of the employees can make the successful impact on the
organizations as it provides the better and improved employee efficiency. I have the skills
of adapting the working styles based on the situation and the place and can perform
better and effectively on the operations that are being allotted to me (Moore, 2018). This
is because I have the effective skills of adopting the environment and make my working
strategies according to it. I have the experience of various working styles and behaviours
as I have worked at the different organizations that have helped me in improving my
working behaviour and styles. An example can be given that I have the effective skills of
managing the tasks and projects that have been allotted to me. I can manage the work in
the given time and with the use of my full efforts. The concept of innovative behaviour
can help in understanding that I do not have any new skills but the skills that I have is
effective enough to help in achieving the successful growth in my career (Work style,
2022). This helped me in achieving the confidence that I can handle the tasks and the
projects with effectiveness and full dedication.
Dimension 2 Workplace concepts: Ethics and decision making
The ethics and effective decision making can play an important role in the life of every person as it
provides the effectiveness and improvement in the day to day operations or the tasks that the
person is working on. I follow the ethics of the organization and my personal ethics that help me in
achieving the effective working and progress in my day to day operations (Lirios, 2021). I am not
an expert in decision making as I lack the effectiveness and activeness that is required while
making decisions. I depend on the decisions that has been already made. I have always used and
valued the ethics that can be reflected in my working types and innovative behaviour. I
give importance to the various aspects of the ethics and use them as the important tool
that can help in performing effectively on my day to day operations. The theory of ethical
decision making can help in understanding that I can fill the gaps with the work and
operations that can be a result of ethics that has not been followed and is required to be
followed (Bolívar, 2020).
Dimension 3Workplace concepts: Culture and Cultural Diversity
The culture and the cultural diversity can play an important role in the successful
operations and effective performance of the employee in the organization as it makes the
employees to make decisions according to the situation and the diverse culture of the
organization (Hoadley and Baumann, 2020). I am very good at handling the culture and
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the cultural differences in the organizations as I have the experience of different work
styles that helped me in getting comfortable with the different types of cultures of the
various organizations. I am comfortable and efficient in working with the employees that
are from the different culture. This helps me in getting comfortable with the different
information and their different working styles. The theory of cultural diversity explains
that I am capable of getting comfortable with the people from different cultures and
backgrounds and I can work with them with effectiveness and efficiency while being a
team (Culture and diversity, 2022). The example can be given that I have worked with the
different types of people that were from different cultures and background. This helped
me in understanding the various types of behaviour that can be seen in the organization
and that can make an impact on my performance on the projects that is allotted to me.
Dimension 4 Workplace concepts: Entrepreneurial mind-sets
The entrepreneurial mind-sets can be understood that it is a set of beliefs that helps in
creating effective and sustainable solutions to the problems that can arise in the day to
day operations of an organization (Sousa and Rocha, 2019). It helps the organizations in
making the effective decisions that can increase the growth and provide the business with
the various types of benefits that can result into the higher profits and effective growth of
an organization. I have the entrepreneurial mind-set as I have a positive mental attitude
that helps me in achieving the effective and sustainable results to the problems that can
arise in the day to day operations that has been allotted to me. The example can be given
that having the experience of the various work style helps me in understanding and
coming up with the effective solutions to the problems that I am required to face in the
future. The Theory of the entrepreneurial mindset can help in understanding that I have
evaluated with time and have developed the skills of creating better solutions for the
sudden problems (Entrepreneurial mind-set, 2022).
Dimension 5 Workplace concepts: Collaborative Leadership
The workplace concept related to collaborative leadership is essential for strengthening
productive experience based on specific functional new work goals targets among
corporate (Mahajan, Gupta and Misra, 2022). Collaborative leadership, enhances working
experience to be collaborated within workplace goals and develop functional growth for
extensive developed standards. It can be also analysed that collaborative leadership,
extensively develops workplace concepts to be evolved on for competitive abilities
growth. The workplace concepts, are further paced on toward new profitable working
targets based on competitive working synergies based on specific rapport for improved
abilities. The collaborative leadership, further shapes extensive abilities towards extended
technical targets for rapid working vision growth evolving to reach towards competitive
edge benchmarks. Research in latest studies, also significantly shed light on collaborative
leadership aspects based on extended vision oriented paradigms pertaining towards
technical scope for informative workplace functional aspects (Karpenko, Zasorina and
Karpenko, 2020). The collaborative leadership extensively formulate rise towards
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extended effective leadership, workplace concepts to be modified based on evolved
growth for optimum functional growth paradigms. The workplace concepts also shapes
collaborative leadership criteria, extensively formulates authentic functional determinant
for extended wellness dynamically. Decisions among collaborative leadership are worked
on for extensive motivation, strengthening rapid working innovation and ideally shaping
profound leadership within corporate decisions.
SECTION 4 CAREER and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Plan 1000 words +/-10%. Create
and shape your professional identity as Masters graduate, can be written using a mix of
first and third person
Self-assessment-
I have the various skills that are helpful and effective for me to perform effectively on the
day to day operations of the organization that has been allotted to me. I can effectively
and efficiently work on the problems that can arise in the operations and can come up
with the effective and suitable solution for the problem (Sousa and Rocha, 2019). It is
important to understand that the various skills and abilities that I have is one of the key
aspects that helps in achieving the effective and sustainable growth for the operations
that has been allotted to me. It is helpful for me that I follow the ethics and values that
helps me in achieving the discipline in the operations and the projects that I am required
to complete. It is because I am effective in managing the tasks and I can complete the
work in the given time so that the work is managed and there are no obstacles in the
smooth flow of the operations of the company. It helps me in having the better and
improved performance on my day to day allotted tasks. It provides me with the discipline
and handling the tasks efficiently.
The Professional development plan can be made with the help of the various theories that
can help in understanding the various aspects and the factors that are required to be kept
in mind before creating the business plan (Professional development plan, 2022).
Goals Strategies Resources Timeline
To develop and
improve the
communication
skills
The various
strategies can be
used to improve
and develop the
leadership skills
that can help me in
having the effective
skills of handling
the tasks and
providing the
organization with
the effective
solution to the
I will be using the
various resources
that can help me in
achieving and
developing the
effective
communication
skills. I will be using
the resources of
books to improve
my communication
and vocabulary so
that I will be able to
It will take me 3
months for
developing the
communication
skills as I will be
needed to study the
various types of
books that will help
in improving
vocabulary.
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problems. I will use
the strategy of
listing more to the
speaker and
understand the way
he is trying to
communicate with
me this will help me
in understanding
the different
communication
aspects that can
influence on the
effective
communication. I
will be using the
strategy to
understand the
complete
information that
has been provided
to me so that I can
react or respond to
it effectively.
analyse and
understand the
aspects of the other
person’s view.
To develop and
improve the time
management skills
I will be using the
strategy of starting
to work on my task
early so that I will
have enough time
to make any
corrections or
changes if that is
required to be
done. This will help
me in achieving the
effective
management of
time as I will be
able to achieve
control on the work
and will be able to
gain effectiveness in
managing the
allotted projects
and tasks in time.
I will use the
various resources
that will help me in
achieving the
effective
management of
time in my business
and my operations.
I will be using the
new and improved
technologies that
will help me in
keeping the
accountability of my
time and usage of
time for the specific
tasks.
It will take me 2
months to develop
the leadership skills
as I will be required
to implement the
use of technologies
in my day to day
operations.
To develop and
improve the
I will use the
strategies of
I will use the
resources of the
It will take 3 months
to develop the
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presentation skills presenting the
useful information
that can be useful
for others and is
required to be
focused on. This will
help me in
achieving the
effectiveness in the
projects and the
operations that I am
working on as I will
be able to present
the effective result
to the organization
with the
information that is
required to be
focused on and
which is necessary
for the
organization.
vocal courses that
can help me in
achieving the
effective skills of
presenting my work
and results in front
of others. This will
benefit me as it will
provide me with the
skills that is
required to be
adopted in the
presentation of the
information or
results.
presentation skills
as I will be required
to practice the
presentation daily
and effectively.
To develop and
improve the
leadership skills
I will use the
strategy of
practicing the
discipline so that I
will be able to
achieve the
leadership skills. I
will make sure that I
am implementing
the discipline in my
life which is
required as it will
provide me with the
benefit of having
the better and
improved work and
performance on the
day to day allotted
tasks. I will be using
the strategy of
getting inspired
from the others so
that whenever I
want to get
motivated or
I will be using the
various resources of
leadership
development that
will help me in
developing the skills
that is required to
achieve the
leadership in
business. I will be
using the resources
of having guided by
the books of various
mentors and joining
the business
schools that can
provide me with the
leadership skills.
It will take me 2
months to develop
the skills of
leadership as it will
be needed to get
familiar with the
various mentors
and their provided
resources. the same
time will be taken
by the business
schools as it will be
done by attending
the courses that
they provides on
developing the
leadership skills.
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understand the
different ways of
working I will be
looking at the
performance and
the techniques of
others that how
does they manage
to maintain
leadership in their
lives.
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SECTION 5 REFERENCES (Must be Harvard and not included in word
count)
Bolívar, L.M., 2020. Educating the Global-Minded Business Professional and Manager.
In Contemporary Global Issues in Human Resource Management. Emerald Publishing
Limited.
Culture and diversity. 2022. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281080822_Cultural_diversity_in_organisatio
nal_theory_and_practice>
Entrepreneurial mind-set. 2022. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334950215_Evolution_View_of_Entrepreneu
rial_Mindset_Theory>
Hoadley, S. and Baumann, C., 2020. Developing sustainability discourse skills for business.
In Industry and Higher Education (pp. 291-314). Springer, Singapore.
Karpenko, A., Zasorina, H. and Karpenko, N., 2020, October. Developing Workforce Skills
for Industry 4.0. In International Conference on Interactive Collaborative and Blended
Learning (pp. 56-64). Springer, Cham.
Lirios, C.G., 2021. Professional training network: Knowledge management, innovation, and
entrepreneurship. PAPELES, 13(26).
Mahajan, R., Gupta, P. and Misra, R., 2022. Employability skills framework: a tripartite
approach. Education+ Training.
Moore, G., 2018. Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional
practices. Cultivating Moral Character and Virtue in Professional Practice. pp.110-123.
Professional development plan. 2022. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340447026_Professional_Development_Plan
ning>
Sousa, M.J. and Rocha, Á., 2019. Digital learning: Developing skills for digital
transformation of organizations. Future Generation Computer Systems. 91. pp.327-334.
Sousa, M.J. and Rocha, Á., 2019. Leadership styles and skills developed through game-
based learning. Journal of Business Research. 94. pp.360-366.
Work style. 2022. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stan-De-Spiegelaere/publication/
259272369_Innovatief_Werkgedrag_als_concept_Definiering_en_Orientering_-
_The_concept_Innovative_Work_Behavior_Definition_and_Orientation/links/
5762863208aef85f4e6b338d/Innovatief-Werkgedrag-als-concept-Definiering-en-
Orientering-The-concept-Innovative-Work-Behavior-Definition-and-Orientation.pdf>
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SECTION 6 CURRICULUM VITAE (not included in word count)
Mithun Kumar Loganathan
Education
SSVM Institution school
May 2021
Course- B.com (Professional accounting)
Institute- PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, TN India.
From- June 2016 – May 2019
Course- M.sc in Business and Management
Institution- Glasgow Caledonian university, Glasgow, UK
From- Sept 2021 - currently pursuing
Work experience
Post- Lab operations Assistant
Place of work- Kongoor Textiles Process, Tripura, TN, India
Period of employment- Aug 2020 to Jan 2021
Roles and responsibilities- Had the responsibilities of developing the multiple fabric
swatches or the dips of the labs for the confirmation of from the customers for facilitating
the bulk fabric dyeing for the specific colors.
Post- Junior Merchandiser
Place of work- K M Knitwear, Tripura, TN, India
Period of employment- Feb 2021 to Aug 2021
Roles and responsibilities- Had the responsibilities of facilitating the sample procedure for
the approval from the customers for the various types of styles according to the design
sheets.
Activities
Active member of the Entrepreneurship club and attended the various seminars and
workshops.
Active member of the tech music club and attended and participated in the various music
shows and cultural shows.
Organizational goals
To work with honesty in a friendly environment and grow my skills and abilities while
working.
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SECTION 7 APPENDICES (no word count required)
Include images
Files from exercises
Screen shots of evidence to support field notes and reflections
SECTION 8 Freeform space (use this space as somewhere to drop in small notes, thoughts
etc. scribbles. Not marked but supports claims.)
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