Management

This paper focuses on self-reflection and learning experiences in the field of management, including the definition of business, choice of course, past experience, preparation, meeting required outcomes, successful conclusion, impact in the future, and goals.

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Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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The self-reflection is considered to be a significantly effective way of expressing the
experience of an incident or event. At times, it is better to learn from the reflection of others
regarding the experience of a situation so that we be able to apply the learning in same sort of
situation in near future (Moon, 2013). Adding to this, the method becomes significantly
helpful as it is time efficient and provides an effortless learning as well (Cottrell, 2017). The
paper is focused in the elaboration of my learning experiences and analyses my intentions
regarding my study at Torrens University and produces the methods in which those intentions
will help me in becoming a professional.
Definition of Business:
According to my consideration, the definition of business is that, it is a set of
activities that involve a number of people with some common values and views regarding the
purpose of the activities which has the success of it, defined in either loss or profit. In
addition this, I identified that different businesses utilises different sorts of resources which
needs to have a coordination framed by a number of individuals. Adding to this, the main
objective of a profitable business, as per my consideration is the generation of the maximum
profit with the consumption of the minimum resources.
Choice of Course:
The course that I chose as my major is Masters in Business Administration. I am
significantly influenced with business management studies and apart from that, my major
course will be of great significance for me in learning the trade of managing the human
resources of the organizations. As it is pretty evident that the modern business organizations
are focused in the scientific management of their business operations, my major course will
provide me the opportunity to work in various organizations in the position of the human

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resource managers. Hence, my major course will be notably helpful for me in the earning a
good job and a pretty fine salary as well.
Past experience in the area:
Being a student, I am relatively less experienced in the mentioned aspect. However, I
am very fond of managing teams or leading teams towards the achievement of the desired
goals. I do consider myself capable of managing people in an efficient manner and that is
pretty visible with my skills of managing the members of different cultures, values and social
beliefs. In addition to this, my past experience of managing the conflict amongst the members
of my team, framed for the conduction of a group work, is significant in increasing my
interest in the mentioned area.
Preparation for the course:
As mentioned earlier, I am a student without any prior job experience which indicates
that the required job experience that is expected to prepare me for the course is notably
limited. However, there is considerable amount of academic work experience that have the
potential to prepare me well for the course. I was able to take part in several group projects.
Majority of the projects included more than 5 members and naturally, there was a lot conflicts
amongst the members of the teams regarding the operations and the methods of operations of
the team which I was able to efficiently manage with the implementation of the effective
communication.
Meeting the required outcomes:
I will make sure that the required outcomes of the course are met through the
evaluation of my skills and competencies of managing a group of people. As the study of
business administration effectively monitors the operations such as the recruitment of the
employees, management of the performances of the employees, performance evaluation and

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appraisal of the employees, effective management of the quality in the operations of the
employees, effective management of the business operations of the organizations with a
precise focus on the generation of the profit and the growth of the organizations, I will
evaluate my skills and capabilities in managing the above mentioned activities in an efficient
manner. However, further activities can be designed if there is a need for more improvement.
Successful Conclusion:
In order to manage and monitor my studies, I need to make sure that I apply the skills
and the competencies along with theories that I gathered from the course. The effective
application of the learning and the improvement of the skills in practical situations is much
needed to evaluate the level of achievement of the knowledge and the improved skills. This
also has the capability to help me with the identification of the possible strengths and the
weaknesses that I have in the application of the improved competencies and the knowledge
that I developed in me from the course. Hence I need to build on the strengths while
improving in areas of weaknesses to effective manage and monitor my studies to a successful
conclusion.
Impact of the course in future:
The application of my studies will be much needed in my professional career as the
effective management of the operations of the human resource managers will be significantly
based on the learning that I achieved from the study. Adding to this, the improvement of my
operations in the desired position of the human resource managers is based on the application
of the learning of the course.
Goals:
Goals Objectives Timeline

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Short Term Goal To become a successful a
lower level manager of a
small scale organization.
5-6 Years
Mid Term Goal To become an efficient
human resource manager of
a reputed business
organization.
7-10 Years
Long Term Goal To become the head of the
human resource
management of a
multinational organization.
10-20 Years
I consider that the formation of the goals is much needed in the effective achievement
of the goals and in that case the formation of the short, mid and long term goals is notably
helpful for me. The successful achievement of the short term goals has the potential to
motivate me in a significant manner towards the achievement of the next goals with an
increased willpower. As I consider the progress that starts from the lower end as feasible, the
line manager is the position that I want to achieve in accomplishing my short term goals.
Adding to this, the midterm and the long term goals will experience improvement in the form
of the positions such as the human resource manager and the head of the human resource
management department of a multinational organization.

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References:
Cottrell, S. (2017). Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection.
Macmillan International Higher Education.
Moon, J. A. (2013). Reflection in learning and professional development: Theory and
practice. Routledge.

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