Personal and Professional Development - Task 2 Reflective Journal

This reflective journal discusses the presentation made on the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the skills learned during the preparation. It follows the Gibbs reflective cycle and highlights the importance of developing various skills for academic and professional success.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT- TASK 2-
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL..............................................................................................................3
Description.............................................................................................................................3
Feeling....................................................................................................................................3
Evaluation...............................................................................................................................4
Analysis..................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
Action plan.............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
The reflective journal is about the presentation made on topic of Corporate social
responsibility and the skills learnt at time of making and preparing for presentation. This will be
discussed in form of Gibbs reflective cycle as below-
Description
With the assignment on corporate social responsibility I gained a lot of knowledge
relating to the topic of CSR. In addition to this many different skills were developed in order to
make the presentation with superior quality (Waltz, 2019). Firstly, I learnt and developed my
researching skills because for making presentation I had to have proper knowledge of CSR and
because of this I learnt how to do in depth research on a topic. For this I read many different
articles and journals over different websites and this also improved my reading skills. Further
after reading so many different articles it was very difficult in deciding that which data or content
must be used in order to complete the task. Thus, it was very confusing to use which set of
information but then with help of my critical thinking skills I was able to select the best
information which was relevant to the presentation topic. Also, in completion of above task and
whole module I gained a lot of subject knowledge which was very helpful for me in order to gain
good position in module. This was because of the fact that with good researching skill I was able
to gather and collect good set of information and data and this helped me in gaining good
position and marks in the module. Further I also think that this skill of researching will also help
me in my employment or professional life as research is required in every field of profession.
Thus, this task on CSR has also built my employment skill as good research will assist me in
having good employability skills.
Feeling
With help of this module and task I felt that my communication skill also increased as
during this module I effectively communicated with many different people to know their views
on CSR. Thus, this enhanced my both written and verbal communication skills (Hilliard, James
and Batt, 2017). This is majorly because of the reason that in order to collect information I also
talked to many people to know their views on CSR and this was done with direct face to face
communication and also with help of written questions in form of questionnaire. Also, the
communication helped me in developing more communication skills as I communicated with a

variety of different people of different cultures and values. Thus, with help of this I learnt that
communication is only key for getting success in area of life. This is majorly pertaining to the
fact that with communication only the concept and theories of CSR was helpful in ascertaining
role of CSR within business (Tanaka, Okamoto and Koide, 2018). This is because of the fact that
this role was ascertained by communicating with employees of various company that what role is
played by CSR in development of business. Also, with help of this task and module I felt that my
time management and self- management skills also got improved. The major reason underlying
this fact is that the module was to be finished on time and for this presentation task was also to
be done on time. Thus, this helped me in completing my project on time. Also, with this I learnt
that time management is very essential for the proper working in life and getting success. This is
the major employability skill which need to be more developed in me and needs to be managed
and evaluated in time.
Evaluation
With help of this module I was able to evaluate myself in order to assess my strengths
and weakness and skill which I need to develop more in order to become successful (Gilbert,
2016). This is necessary for me to time to time evaluate all skills inherited in me as the
competition is very high and I need to be updated with all the latest changes taking place in
environment. This will help me in developing myself so that I can have some competitive
advantage. This will be helpful for me at time of going for employment in future and here I will
get opportunity to stand different from other people coming for the same job. With this I also
evaluated and inferred that team work is also a good skill which needs to be developed a little bit
more. Though I have these skills but then also there is a little need of developing a bit of team
work. This is because of the fact that I am not much good at dealing with different people.
However, this is majorly because of the fact that work cannot be done in isolation and it is very
necessary for me to work in group. Also, in further employment phase of life working in team
will be very frequent and for this I will be requiring good team working skills.
Analysis
With help of personal evaluation of me I was able to analyse the fact that I have some
skills which are good but some skills are such which needs to developed to a great extent (Oham,
Pestano and Allen, 2016). With this personal analysis I learnt that communication skills, research
skills and time management skill are good in me. But I need to work in some areas that is my

weakness where I lack some skills. With thorough analysis I learnt that the skill which I need to
develop is problem solving skill, team working skill and interpersonal skill. This is necessary
because of the fact that if I will not develop these skills then it will reduce my competency and
this will affect my overall personality and capabilities (Emery and Chang, 2017). This was
evident from an example, at time of carrying on the task I encountered the problem of which data
to be used for researching on CSR but I was not able to work effectively in choosing the source
of information. thus, this incident helped me in analysing the fact that I am not good at dealing
with problems and need to develop problem solving skill.
Conclusion
In the end it can be concluded that at time of making presentation over CSR and the
whole module I learnt many different new and advanced things relating to CSR. Along with
increasing the subject knowledge I was able to also learn many new skills with help of this task
and module. With this I learnt that having a variety of skill and excelling in different areas is
very necessary to get employment within professional and highly competitive world (Li and
Peng, 2018). During the whole module many different problems and areas were addressed and
many skills were increased. Also, this module helped me in analysing and evaluating my flaws
and weakness and to take some measures in order to improve these skills so that I get some
competitive advantage over others.
Action plan
In the end after complete analysis and evaluation I was able to infer that I need to majorly
develop problem solving skill, proper use of ICT and interpersonal skills. These skills are need to
be developed because of the fact that if these skills will not be developed then I will lack in
competition and other student will get ahead of me and will grab opportunity. Thus, for this I
need to develop these skills so that I excel in these skills and gain competitive advantage. Thus,
for developing skill of problem solving in me I will try to apply some strategies into some
problems already encountered by some other people.
This will help me in analysing the fact that whether I was able to manage the problem in
effective way or not (Tesh and Kautz, 2017). This is majorly because of the fact that the solution
provided by me can be compared with the actual solution with which problem was solved. Also,
for developing proper utilization of ICT that is Information and Communication Technology I
need to first get theoretical knowledge of these technologies. This is necessary because if I will

not know that how these technologies need to be applied then how will I practically use these
technologies.
Further in end interpersonal skills also need to be developed so that good work can be
done by communicating with other people effectively and in clear manner. These interpersonal
skills are necessarily to be developed and this can be developed by taking some steps like
communicating with others in effective manner, learning management tactics, takin of
responsibilities, developing awareness of changes taking place in business environment and
many other steps (Gibbs’ reflective cycle, 2016).
In the end it can be said that the reflective journal on presentation of CSR was very useful
in analysing the personal strengths and weakness. Also, it was outlined that the development of
skills in academic and professional world is very necessary. This is pertaining to the fact that if
these skills will not be learnt and adapted then the person will not be able to face the high and
intense competition.

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Oham, C.A., Pestano, C. and Allen, J., 2016. Social enterprise and the wider community: one
possible model. International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 4(2).
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Gibbs’ reflective cycle. 2016. [Online]. Available through: <
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