Business Psychology: Understanding Self and Others at Workplace

Business Psychology

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Introduction and briefly evaluation of psychological perspectives to understand self and other
at workplace............................................................................................................................3
Reflective Personal Development report and Action Plan.....................................................4
Summary Action Plan.............................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Business psychology is a term which is used in order to refer to the science applied and
used for investigating how people and the entity can be made more effective and potential for
attaining better results by achieving all goals and objectives in the given time frame and period
(Roetzel, 2019). The process or study of business psychology make use of social scientific
methods for studying people, workplaces and organisation which allows to incorporate and align
the multiple needs towards common objectives. The report holds reflective journals focused over
three core skills that are Focus and Attention, Team Working and Written Communication.
Moreover a summary action plan is developed to reflect upon the development and improvement
for the three core skills which are identified in the above section.
MAIN BODY
Introduction and briefly evaluation of psychological perspectives to understand self and other at
workplace
Psychology is a broad area of study and evaluation which concentrates over individuals
and their behaviours accordingly. Psychology has several areas to explore and conduct scientific
investigations such as clinical, educational, forensic and so on with a very long list of segments.
One of such psychological study is related to business as well that is known as Business
Psychology. It is study conducted to understand and gain knowledge about the functioning of
individuals, workplaces and organisation in order to align their needs to a common source and
aim.
The research conducted for understanding self and others at workplace hold huge
importance assisting and enabling the individual to go upwards in career and attain higher
position as well as personal development also takes place. For a professional, gaining
understanding about owns self, different attributes, skills, incompetence’s etc. renders an
opportunity to develop and evolve according to the current requirements and in relation with
personal development that is beneficial till longer period (Strike, Michel and Kammerlander,
2018).
Moreover, knowing and increasing knowledge about other in workplace and their
perspectives likewise has its benefits and necessity attached. Knowing and developing
information about others in the work environment most importantly internal has power to keep

oneself updated and have an idea about the competition. It is must to know who are working
amongst us and what skills, capabilities, expertise, experience and background they hold for
performing self-evaluation and analysis. Understanding perspectives of others allows the
individual to increase their learning borders and earn higher competitive information. Moreover,
another benefit involved in knowing the perspectives of others at workplace is motivation and
enthusiasm. This approach enables workforce and professional to push their boundaries and
influence them to outperform other and their performance standards as well (Hassall, Boduszek
and Dhingra, 2015). A positive competition is developed amongst professional who keeps their
morals high while working for the organisation in workplace and aid them in developing better
skills and competencies on both personal and professional basis.
Therefore, understanding and knowing different perspectives that is self and others is
must at the workplaces. This psychological phenomena benefits the individual and organisation
both in obtaining personal and professional objectives by aligning them and staying directed
towards the common goal for short and long term both.
Reflective Personal Development report and Action Plan
FOCUS AND ATTENTION
What is the core skill to develop?
The core skill which is needed to be developed and very essential is Focus and attention. As
known focus and attention is 1 particular ability which is important art of self-development in
relation with professional enhancement and pertaining all the respective goals of an individual
that are set on personal and professional level (Palmer and Whybrow, 2018). For me it is very
important that I develop the ability to focus and be attentive as I am just starting my career and
this ability will allow me to grasp rapidly and learn better. Along with it developing effective
focus and attention will allow me to look over my long term perspective more efficiently and
precisely.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for your
development (personal and professional)? (use relevant theories and concepts from
psychology and business to support your answer)
The main motive and intention to choose the focus and attention criteria as a skill and for
further development is to look over the personal and professional objectives efficiently and to