Human Resource Management

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Reflective Essay
I would like to present my view about the knowledge, skills and abilities that
are useful in current business environment. For that I would be doing self-
assessment to know my skills and abilities that I can use in the business and
academic context. Knowledge and skills are important in the academic as
well as in the workplace. This can be gained from the learning and
experience whether personal experience or work experience (Moon, 2013).
Nowadays, Employers need that in this changing business environment
employee should possess skills and knowledge that will help them to cope up
with the changing demand of the today’s workplace (Lussier & Hendon, 2017).
I examined and get to know about the learning style that I have. There are
many ways to learn new things. I understand that the more I am aware about
the ways I prefer to learn, the more I can develop an approach and practice
of learning. This could be well understood with the help of Kolb’s learning
theory. He provided a theory about learning and stated that people follow a
cyclic pattern that is given below. Kolb advised that as an individual grow up
they develop their own preferences to learn new things in a specific way
without realizing it. The more choices are available for learning, the more
likely an individual let that preferred learning style influence their choice
(Peterson, et al., 2015). Kolb gave four stages of learning that are; Reflector,
Pragmatist, Theorist and Activist.

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Figure: 1 Kolb’s learning cycle Source: (Smith, 2016)
A variety of generic skills are required in order to be effective at work. Such
as communication skills, teamwork skills, interpersonal skills, time
management and problem solving skills (Cottrell, 2017). An individual learnt
all these skills while at school or academics or in the workplace. Experience
is the key element to develop the skills in different situations. The whole
point of such skills is that an individual refine them all the time and that can
be readily transfer to new experiences and situation (Helyer, 2015).
I am going to do a self-assessment to know my strengths and weaknesses
and the areas that need to be improved. I am reflecting on my strengths
and areas that I need to develop, so that I can recognize the opportunities
that are available and the problems that I will face in future. I have done this
using a SWOT analysis.1. Concrete
Experience
(Doing/
Having an
experience
)
1. Concrete
Experience
(Doing/
Having an
experience
)2.
Reflective
Observati
on
(Reviewin
g) 2.
Reflective
Observati
on
(Reviewin
g)3. Active
Experim
entation
( Plannin
g)
3. Active
Experim
entation
( Plannin
g)4.
Abstract
Conceptu
alization
(Concludi
ng )
4.
Abstract
Conceptu
alization
(Concludi
ng )