Key Areas of Learning During MBA

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RESEARCH
REFLECTION
ASSIGNMENT
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Learning
experience
 Key areas of
learning gained
in the final
project and the
MBA as a
whole.
 Reflection and
justification of
the learning
experience.
 Employability
skills developed.
(max. 600 words)
Key Areas of Learning During MBA
Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance is a field whereby the different facets of finance and the ways in
which money is managed. The MBA program helps an individual to learn
quantitative skills, basic understanding of accounts and finance along with ability to
handle different tasks.
Consulting Strategy
The strategic aspect of the MBA program goes a long way in teaching an individual
to have strong listening skills, project management skills, creative way of thinking,
communicating at all levels of the business and being able to synthesize the
information into a cohesive story so as to achieve the organizational mission ( Blatt
and Bless 2013).
Human resource and Organizational Performance
The given learning gives rise to general business skills, It also goes a long way in
developing analytical skills, ability to understand the role of humans in an
organization and techniques that assist in measuring organizational management.
Investment Banking
The investment banking as a subject can provide the ability to act as a team player
and understand different tasks in one go. It helps an individual to take criticism
lightly and tends to provide aggressiveness, strong internal ambition and motivation
to the different employees.
Marketing
Marketing goes a long way to support those customers and help those aspects that
lie beyond the domain of the business and which tends to support the organization
in the long run ( Goodwin and Wright 2014).
It helps the different members to work under pressure, to take criticism lightly and
to have strong motivation and ambition in the given segment. It gives way for
passion, enhances creativity and provides knowledge about basic marketing
principles.
Operations
It enhances the ability of the individual to work with a wide variety of people
It helps the individual to apply supply chain management knowledge and make use
of it in a productive manner ( Jung 2014). Furthermore, it also goes a long way in
making an individual able to coordinate with different departments and help them to
implement major projects.
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Reflection and justification of the learning experience.
The learning experience as attained by me can be described as a very enriching one. I
came to understand various concepts with regard to the business domain and the
accumulation of the given knowledge went a long way in assisting me to become
ready for the business career which I will aim to pursue in the future. While I was
preparing for the final project then I revised various topics and was able to gain
knowledge about different topics easily.
I was not that strong in academics and faced difficulties while studying and thus
could not understand several concepts well. However, after I undertook the course I
was able to clarify the given set of components and was able to gain extensive
knowledge which can be used in the future.
Employability skills developed
The following employability skills have been developed after I undertook the
course:
 Teamwork
 Initiative
 Problem solving and analytical skills
 Adaptability to change
 Interpersonal and communication skills
 Global orientation
 Leadership (Christopher 2016)
 Ability to leverage technology
 Strategic thinking and planning abilities
 Time management and project management skills
The MBA Program is very comprehensive in nature and goes a long way in helping
any individual to develop certain criteria based on the requirements of the external
environment. The MBA goes a long way in helping an individual to understand the
different requirements required in the real world and will help an individual to gain
the above stated skills.
Barriers to
learning
 Explanation of
barriers
encountered and
methodologies
to overcome.
(max. 400 words)
Barriers to the learning
Learning is not an easy procedure. Different organizations very often tend to face
different issues with respect the learning procedures. These issues may range to a
wide variety of issues which may range from issues like inability to learn, inability to
attend the classes or may also include the inability to be able to ensure that adequate
learning material is developed in order to understand the theory and practical
examples.
The barriers which were faced by me were the travel barriers. I took up the weekend
classes of Mba and the classes were held in Sri Lanka. Being a resident of Maldives I
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found it very difficult to travel to the given place every weekend and to be able to
look out for an option. Attendance plays a crucial role in the MBA program and
hence, I had to travel to the given place which utilized much of my resources.
Furthermore, I had to look out for staying there and spending money on hotel rooms
as well.
It is advisable that for any other individual who plans to take up the given coursework
they need to ensure that they have proper facilities associated for this purpose in order
to be able to engage in the given experience comfortably.
Methodology developed to overcome the barriers
Hence, in order to be able to compete with the barriers, the methodology which I
adopted was seeing to it that I planned my schedule accordingly and made prior
travelling arrangements for the same.
As travelling over the weekends is not always an easy procedure and an individual
needs to see to it that they take up additional arrangements, I decided to make prior
arrangements for the same in the given regard. I used to book the tickets in advance
and sometimes took a ferry to Sri lanka for the same.
Air travel was a faster method which was adopted by me in case of an urgent
examination or a submission, otherwise I preferred to travel using a ferry. The ferry
was a time consuming method but assisted me in saving costs for the travelling
purpose ( Foster 2014).
Furthermore my teachers were aware that I had to travel all the way and hence, for
that purpose when nothing relevant was on schedule or the number of classes in the
particular we were too low, then I used to miss that week`s classes in order to save the
efforts and costs of travelling to the given plc in order to be able to gain adequate
knowledge about the given procedure
Professional
and
employability
development
skills
 Analysis of
major lessons
relating to
professional
development.
 Potential
application of
said
Employability
skills developed.
(max. 600
words)
Analysis of major lessons relating to professional development
Professional development means making an individual fully prepared for the different
professional responsibilities that the given individual might have in the future with
respect to the corporate world. Like stated earlier, MBA is a professional course
which not only assists an individual to go ahead and to ensure that the person is able
to cope up with the different needs and demands of the business environment.
Business communication
MBA provided various business communication lessons and skills which went a long
way in helping me to prepare and become ready for the different types of
communication and related aspects which tend to take place in the business.
Communication is very important to deal with the different kinds of clients who are
present in the domain of the business. Hence, with various seminars and training
lessons which tend to take place, I was able to ace in different communication
dimensions.
Team building
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