Reflective Writing on Group Presentation and Action Plan

This report discusses the experience of an individual while developing a group presentation as part of their coursework. It reflects on their performance, identifies areas for further development, and proposes an action plan to improve communication and problem-solving skills.

Coursework
Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Reflect on your performance in the group presentation.........................................................1
The areas (academic and professional) that needed to develop further-................................3
Develop an action plan...........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Knowledge and skills plays essential role in the growth of the individual in the personal as well
as professional life. It has been later analysed that individuals are required to take self initiative n
order to groom themselves as per their personal and professional requirements (Barnes, Ernst and
Hyde, 2017). Development of skills and knowledge supports the person in achieving their
predetermined goals and objectives in the quicker manner. Also, highly advanced skills simply
develop several opportunities for them which ultimately help them out in attaining success. This
development can be done with the personality development sessions as well as training and
development session. The present report, experience of the individual while developing
presentation as the part of the academic life would be discussed. This would be described in the
reflective writing format. Moreover, action plan will be developed for individual through which
they can easily develop their personal and professional weak skills.
Reflect on your performance in the group presentation
I have made a group presentation within the team as the part of my coursework. This team was
developed by my tutor where they have further assigned the work which we all have to do so that
we make develop good presentation. The overall process of developing presentation includes
range of experiences as all of us have performed range of activities which have made us learn
new things and also supported us to develop our self understanding over the weak skills. The
overall experience related to this presentation has not only developed my knowledge on the
string and weak skills but at the same time it has also helped me out knowing that how these
strong skills could support me in accomplishing my goals. Also, I got the opportunity to know
about several ways through which weak skills of mine can be developed as per the requirements
so that I perform the similar kind of work in the near future in better manner.
While working in the team, I got know that I am weak in communication as it is quite difficult
for me to explain or express my views and ideas to the team members or the other associated
people. I have personally noticed that while making the presentation I was not able to clearly
show my ideas to the audience. This is so because I feel hesitant in front of the lots of people
which ultimately create lots of difficulty for me to share my views with them. By knowing about
my weakness got nervous and stressed out but at the same time my tutor and team members have
supported me a lot by providing me opportunity to try these kind of things like presentation,
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public speaking again and again so that I can develop this weak skill of mine and can also
develop self confidence to indulge into the similar kind of activity in the near future.
Apart from this, while emphasizing on the another skill that is information searching skill, it can
be said that I excelled in this skill as I was always the scholar in my past academic record which
clearly depicts that I know how to search data on different topics and attain useful information on
it so that it can be used in the concise manner. Along with this, I am also expertise in analyzing
gathered data in very quick manner as I know that how bifurcate overall information into small
sections and attain meaningful output from it in rightful manner. Both the strong analytical and
information searching skills have supported me a lot in gathering required information for the
presentation within the provided timeframe. This has also contributed a lot in completing the
presentation work in the timely manner.
Away with this, from this presentation I also got know about my good time management skills as
I have completed all the allotted work within the provided timeframe. This clearly depicts my
strong time management skills. In order to support this statement, it can be said that I prefers to
make use of adequate time management plan in which I personally makes the list of the activities
which are required to be performed by me so that I can prepare myself for the work according to
the available time. Another experience of mine related to the presentation work has made me
realized that I am not at all good in conflict management and problem solving skills as it is quite
difficult for the me to handle all work in the team where people or team members are indulged
into issues and conflicts with one another.
While making presentation in the group, I have noticed that many of the people are fighting with
one another due to mismanagement of work which has ultimately created many issues in the
preparation of presentation development. At that time when my team members have asked me to
sought things or pass an effective judgment towards the same, it became huge difficulty for me
as I was not able to present my views in the favour of one particular person. This has directly
shown me that how weak I am on these skills. The main reason behind this was my string
relations with the team members and if I would have passed by judgment in the favour of one
person then it would have directly affected my relations with the other. Due to this, I can say that
I am weak in problem solving skills.
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The areas (academic and professional) that needed to develop further-
As per the discussion executed above, it can be said that there are certain skills which are
essential to be possessed by individuals in academic as well as professional context. It becomes
important for personnel to carry out analysis of their skill set on a constant basis in order to
ascertain the skill gap (van Seggelen-Damen and van Dam, 2016). In this regard, it has been
identified by me that even though I possess most of the skills which are essential to be present
within personnel, I lack two important skills. These two skills are acknowledged to be
communication as well as problem solving. Both of these skills are regarded to be crucial for an
individual to carry out personal and professional development in an effective manner. Whereby a
gap is identified by an individual in their skill set, it becomes significant for them to work upon it
and thereby undertake measures through which such gap can be duly addressed in the short run.
This enables them to ensure the sound execution of tasks and activities assigned to them through
the application of their skill set and knowledge base.
As per my opinion, communication skills are important for me to portray my thoughts and
opinions over a subject matter in front of other individuals. This skill enables an individual to
ensure delivery of right words at the right time in front of the right person (Han and Shin, 2016).
This skill will enable me in the long run to facilitate the development of healthy relations with
other individuals in a team or otherwise. Having strong communication skills provides assistance
to a person in gaining an edge over others while presenting themselves in an academic or
professional context. Thus, it is important for me to carry out an effective and strategic course of
action through which I can ensure the development or enhancement of communication skills.
With respect to problem solving skill, it can be said that this is prerequisite to effective
addressing of issues arising between two individual of whom one can or cannot be me. It is well
known that problem solving skills ensure the development of coordination and sync between
individuals which is considered important while working in groups or otherwise also (Olson and
et. al., 2016). This skill enables the development of a positive atmosphere whereby individuals
can duly reconcile the differences existing within one another so as to derive positive results.
Both communication and problem solving skills are essential for an individual to work
effectively in professional as well as academic contexts.
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Develop an action plan
It is important for an individual to evaluate one’s overall academic and professional personality
in order to identify the skill gap and knowledge gap that needs to be addressed in due course of
time. With respect to this, it has been acknowledged that development of an action plan is one of
the ways through which an individually can effectively address the gap that lies within their skill
set as well as knowledge base. An action plan is a series of actions or measures through which a
person is able to improve or develop certain skills within them (Folianto, Low and Yeow, 2015).
This enables them to work exceptionally well in academic or professional settings. So, it can be
said that an action plan provides assistance to an individual in developing their overall
personality in accordance with the requirements. Now, the analysis done by me reveals that I
lack problem solving and communication skills. Thus, an action plan has been developed by me
to improve these skills and make myself ready for the challenges associated with academic and
professional settings. As a result of this, I will pave the way to getting employment in a reputed
company whereby I can use my skills to achieve the goals and objectives of the corporation.
Action Plan to develop Communication Skills and Problem Solving Skills
Skills Current
proficiency
Target
proficiency
Objective Development activity Time
Period
Communi
cation
3.5 10 To improve my
communication
skills by the end
of next 45 days.
I will participate in seminars
as well as online tutorials
which can help to improve my
communication skills in a
short period of time. Also, I
will take guidance from my
superior so that I can present
my views and opinions in
written and verbal form in an
effective way.
45
Days
Problem
solving
4 10 To enhance my
problem solving
skills by the end
I will take supervision and
guidance from my superiors
who can tell me ways to
60
Days
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of 60 days. improve my problem solving
skills as per their own
experience. As a result of this,
I will be able to timely
address the issues arising
during a task.
CONCLUSION
With the help of the above-mentioned research it can be concluded that time management is an
essential tool for human. If an individual is able to manage the time effectively it is easy for them
to attain success in their lives. Time is a very important factor in life it is necessary that
individuals manage their time efficiently in order to achieve all your goals and objectives. The
ways to manage time by individual is effectively given in the above report. They can do so by
maintaining a to do list with particular time duration and also maintaining a checklist so that all
the set objectives can be divided into small groups and while taking small steps all of them can
be achieved.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Han, I. and Shin, W.S., 2016. The use of a mobile learning management system and academic
achievement of online students. Computers & Education, 102, pp.79-89.
van Seggelen-Damen, I. and van Dam, K., 2016. Self-reflection as a mediator between self-
efficacy and well-being. Journal of Managerial Psychology.
Barnes, B., Ernst, S. and Hyde, K., 2017. An introduction to groupwork: A group-analytic
perspective. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Olson, R., Bidewell, J., Dune, T. and Lessey, N., 2016. Developing cultural competence through
self-reflection in interprofessional education: Findings from an Australian
university. Journal of interprofessional care, 30(3), pp.347-354.
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