Reflective Essay on Capstone Project

Assessment 3 – Reflective Essay
TITLE: CAPSTONE PROJECT
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Summary of reflective capability and learning, that includes the knowing, being and
competencies and four essential capstone skills (week 1)...............................................................3
A personal reflection on learnings from the capstone subject and consultancy research Process...4
A personal reflection on skills developed over the MBA................................................................5
A personal reflection on how these will assist in future career endeavours....................................7
Conclusions......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
The object of education is referred as, to enlighten a person in various knowledgeable aspects
that may help the same to lead his life in a more efficient way and make the person ready to face
and deal with the problems of life effectively. This basically is the sole motto of the primary and
to some extent the higher education system, but in the case of professional education, the view of
such evolves a little. It now aims to train and enlighten a person about the key conceptual aspects
prevailing in the genre of the profession chosen. These key conceptual subjects are popularly
known as capstone subjects. Herein, this study aims to lay down an in detailed discussion about
my personal gain owing to the precise learning from the capstone subjects while pursuing a
Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
Summary of reflective capability and learning, that includes the knowing, being and
competencies and four essential capstone skills (week 1)
In the present, the various business schools hold it necessary to include the implications of
capstone strategic learning that focuses on offering the learners a practical perception that is
relevant to businesses. This is usually a part of a Masters' program, that is, capstone strategic
learning is considered as an integral part of a program wherein the students desire to involve in
acquiring a Masters' degree in any given field. The inclusion of the said strategy of learning
helped me to develop the requisite skills that are necessary, in order to be the most competent
person to manage business administration. The MBA capstone strives to inject four concepts and
allows and compelled me to develop the missing skills, that actually allowed me to uplift my
credibility of dealing with any emerging problems in a business. The concerned implied learning
introduces a concept of knowing, doing and being that enabled me to evaluate my conceptual
knowledge, apply my ideal gains from the same in the relevant practical situations and thereby,
draw and solicit the self-reflection and personal values. This learning enabled me to learn,
develop and master four key capstone skills and the same are:
Theoretical skills (Knowing)
This focuses on the development of skills by gaining knowledge from the different theoretical
drivers such as theoretical models and strategies. In my thinking, the concerned have allowed me
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to understand the prima facie unrelated contents depicts an actual direct impact. This actually
refers to my skills that have developed or that I have learned from bookish and theoretical
knowledge.
Applied skills
Applied skills refer to the ability to foresee the consequences of a business actions and
understand the impacts that each of the interconnected operations of a business has on the other.
According to me, it is basically the skill that enables a student to evaluate and assess the various
impacts, scope, outcomes of business processes (Buenviaje et al., 2016). This ensures the
enhancement of my analytical skill offering me the opportunity to understand and acknowledge
the different influences that each of the theoretical aspects of a business have on the overall
performance of a firm.
Practical skills
Owing to the development of practical skills, I can relate the diverse peak ambits of the
theoretical skills and applied skills and extract the probable significant steps that may allow me
to comprehend and mitigate emerging issues in an organization. As per the views of Rubens et
al., (2018), practical skills are recognized as the experimental skills that aims to introduce the
implications of responses with a specific business dilemma.
Reflective skills
As per my knowledge, reflective skills are the skills which ensures that any new situation or
recognized information is evaluated keeping parity with the knowledge that is learnt before, that
is, in the past. Herein, 'reflective' addresses assessment of any new information in lieu of the past
knowledge and experiences.
A personal reflection on learnings from the capstone subject and consultancy research
Process
From the learning of the capstones subjects it has helped me to gain a strategic mindset proper
communication skills and analytical skills along with problem solving skills with the help of
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