E-Portfolio for Orientation in Higher Education: CPD Plan and SWOT Analysis

This e-portfolio discusses cultural and behavioral expectations of studying for a degree in business management, the importance of peer-to-peer support and team working, and a SWOT analysis of personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in relation to learning.

Assignment Brief. E-Portfolio Academic Year 2022-2023
Orientation for Success in Higher Education 1

E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis.
Area of Learning Reflection of Learning Future Implications Implementation
Cultural and behavioural
expectations of studying for
a degree in business
management
Before attending module, I was aware about the
behavioural expectation required for studying for
the degree of business management. Along with
that, I learned about the cultural expectations as
well. While studying in the university, it is
necessary for the students to maintain the decorum
of the institute, the students are advised not to
possess violent or destructive behaviour or to
conduct activities such a bullying, harassing other
students and peers. The teachers and the tutors
expect the students to be sincere and quiet in the
classroom and maintain the management of the
classrooms (Kumar, and et.al., 2018). The tutors
of the business management degree expect a
professional behaviour because the degree of
business management possess a sense of
professionalism in the students. As the cultural
behaviour is discussed in the module, there are
As I want to be a hospitality
manager in the future, the
learning experience about the
cultural and behavioural
expectations helped me in
developing professionalism. I
developed various skills that are
important for managing the tasks
and daily operations in the
hospitality sector. The
professional conduct will help in
developing the way of
interactions and behaviour with
the colleagues and workers in
the organization. I learned about
the code of conduct of
professionals that should be
followed to avoid any
mismanagement and bad
impression. With the help of
cultural expectation, I had
developed efficient time
management skills thus this will
I will practice the skill of
professionalism by expressing
gratitude and ensuring courtesy
towards the employees and the
colleagues in the organization. I
will ensure that all the tasks and
projects are timely completed
before the deadlines to avoid
disappointments by the
customers. I learnt
communication skills thus I will
help me in easily interacting
with the colleagues,
stakeholders, investors or the
contractors and ensuring
positive attitude towards the
organization (Jensvoll, and
Lekang, 2018). With the help of
communication skills, I can
easily deliver presentations and
conduct programmes with the
investors and the other
companies thus improving the
image of the reputation. Being a
student of degree of business
management, it is necessary for
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expectations that the Universities have from the
students attending the lectures. The degree of
business management taught us to learn time
management skills as being in a professional
course it is necessary for an individual to manage
time and tasks to avoid delaying and non-
completion of the tasks (Larson, and et.al., 2018).
It is expected by the learners to avoid plagiarism
while conducting projects or activities as it might
lead to serious consequences of the students in the
university. In the module, there are certain
expectation such as students are supposed to put
their mobile phones off or on vibrate, attending all
the lectures and the activities conducted by the
professors, be on time, avoid conflicts and
mismanagement in the classrooms, and so on.
These are behavioural and cultural expectation
that I learned from the module and also while
studying the degree of business management. It is
necessary to develop the cultural and behavioural
norms because it helps in maintaining a good
help me in completing the tasks
on time and being a hospitality
manager, it is necessary to
attend and manage the guest and
their requirements timely to
avoid bad reputation of the
organization. The expectation to
avoid plagiarism and apply new
ideas and skills helped me in
developing new ways of
welcoming and attending the
guests, it made me work on
developing new marketing
strategies to promote and
advertise.
me to possess the management
skills in order to manage
operations and activities of the
organization. With the help of
cultural behaviour expectation, I
learned to understand the social
and cultural needs of the people,
as this will help me in updating
the business environment with
the developing and changing
needs of the society.
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reputation and position in the organization in the
future.
The importance of peer-to-
peer support and team
working to enhance learning
experience
In the module, I understood the importance of
peer-to-peer learning because previously I
thought that only the teachers and the mentors
assist and guide regarding the learning
experience. Thus, it was new for me when my
fellow peers were helping me in learning.
Peer-to-peer learning makes it easier for me to
learn because learning is easier with the peers
because they share experiences of each other
at the same level. I learned that peer to peer
learning helped me in building strong
connections with the teammates (Davis, and
Shonhiwa, 2019). It develops the ability of
cooperative learning in me as I worked with
the peer with different and unique abilities and
it helped me in learning new and varied things.
In this learning environment, it made it easier
for me to achieve higher grades and
From this learning experience, I
learned how team work and peer
to peer learning makes it easier
for the individual to learn new
skills and abilities. The ability
to socialize with people of
different cultures and viewpoint,
I learned while working in teams
and groups. This will help in
creating new bonds and
contracts with the people and the
organisation easily (Lacerenza,
and et.al., 2018). The peer-to-
peer learning will help in easing
out the way of guiding and
assisting the people in the
organisation. As I Want to be
the hospitality manger, it is
essential for mw to learn the
skills of team works and peer to
peer learning, because it will
help me in attending the guests,
guiding the workers at the hotels
and various activities. The peer
to peer learning will help me in
learning different ways of
conducting services and
I will practise the skills I
developed while working in
teams and with the peers by
maintaining good relations with
the colleagues and the staff at
the organization. It developed
the sense of understanding the
opinions, views and emotions of
the human resources in the
organization. I learned many
leadership styles and
approaches to guide and assist
the colleagues and employees
by working with the classmates
in teams and groups. Peer-to-
peer learning helped me in
developing new skills form the
experiences of the others thus
this will help me to improve my
skills from the experiences and
conduct of the activities by the
senior management. The
professors and tutors in the
university taught us to observe
and learn, this will help me in
learning and ensuring growth by
observing the seniors and the
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academics. Ability to work in groups and
teams help in developing good communication
skills and prepare them to achieve success
altogether. It helped me in being socialized
and attain the good listening skills and way of
effective speaking with the peers and team-
mates. Along with the learning experience the
team work helped me in boosting the
confidence and courage to express my ideas
and opinions in group. It helps in becoming an
active participant. It is the best way to show
the strengths and abilities I have while
working in the group. With the help of team
members, we ensured that he weak and
sensitive students develop more skills and
abilities which will help them in overcoming
their weaknesses and fears (Azizan, and et.al.,
2018). Thus, from the module I understood
that peer-to-peer learning and team work is
also an essential part to enhance the learning
experience of an individual because it helps in
attending the guests from the
experiences of the other
managers ,thus this will improve
my ways of conducting the
services and avoiding
disappointments from the
customers.
superiors, their way of
conducting programmes and
operations.
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developing new skills and abilities and update
the existing ones with the help of team
members and peers.
S
Student’s personal
strengths in relation to
learning
W
Student’s personal weaknesses in
relation to learning.
O
Identified opportunities
on gaining skills and
degree
T
Threats envisaged in
relation to student’s
attainment of
opportunities
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
I have the ability to manage the time
and tasks assigned. I always make
sure that the tasks completed before
the deadlines to avoid problems.
I am good at socializing with people
thus it helps me in creating good
relationships with the peers and staff.
I am self-motivated and a quick
learner thus it is easier for me to
adapt to the changing working
environment.
I am always passionate and eager to
learn new things and this had
developed a positive attitude in me to
work and learn new skills.
Weaknesses
Being a student, one of the major weakness I face
is procrastination this leads to incomplete and
delayed tasks. As I am always eager to learn new
things but I have the lack of focus this diverts me
from learning an adapting new skills and abilities.
I had a fear of failure which reduces my
capability of performing well and achieve better
results.
Opportunity
I have the opportunity to learn
many other courses from the
internship programs and video
lectures.
I have the opportunity to work in
teams and groups with the
seniors, this will enhance my
learning experience.
I have an opportunity to show
my talents and skills by leading
and guiding the teams.
Threats
Limited scope and career
options in the chosen field is
one of the threat that I am
facing.
Lack of confidence is the threat
for me to appear in the
competitive exams and achieve
higher results.
The intelligent and studious
students are a threat that might
cause failure because of lack
higher demotivating factor.
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