Management of Athletes Company | Report

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management of Athletes Company
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MANAGEMENT
Table of contents
Primary reflection.......................................................................................................................2
Secondary reflection...................................................................................................................2
Future intentions.........................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4
Appendix....................................................................................................................................5

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Primary reflection
 Description- I am presenting the report for a sports company named Athletes, where
there are five employees. Each of them are allocated with separate roles and
responsibilities. I contributed to the team performance by preparing the data on price,
purchasing decisions, vendor management and supply chain network. I acknowledge
the efforts of the other team members for preparing balance scorecard, cash flow
statement, sales and inventory management records, without which I could not
proceed. I performed this role, as it was allocated by the professors in the role and
responsibility allocation. Further, adopting the description stage of Gibbs Reflective
Model, I can elaborate that I learnt about the basic ways of formulating the prices of
the products and services; purchasing decisions of the buyers and sellers; inventory
management and logistics and impact of logistics on supply chain network.
I can affirm the statements of Bashan and Holsblat (2017), I can state that our roles
are interrelated with each other, which collaborates for formulating business research
reports and plans. Adopting the “analysis” stage of Gibbs reflective cycle, I can state
that the role enhanced my skills, knowledge and expertise regarding the financial
flexibility in the marketing.
Secondary reflection
 Feelings- While analysing the consumer and seller behaviour, I felt that my
experience is being concretized, as I was conducting reflective observation for the
practical application of the learnt skills. Adopting the arguments of Lawlor et al.
(2018) regarding the application of the feeling stage of Gibbs Reflective Model, I can
state that in the critical moments, I felt nervous and lack confidence, which resulted in