BSc (Hons) Business Management: Personal Development Portfolio BMP4001

This personal development portfolio, submitted for the BMP4001 module in Business Management, explores the student's self-reflection on their learning and development, focusing on transferable skills essential for the business environment. The portfolio details the student's approach to personal learning, identifies skills developed through the module, and outlines skills they aim to develop for academic, personal, and workplace success. It includes a personal development learning log, an action plan with specific goals and resources, and a curriculum vitae. The report emphasizes the importance of continuous self-improvement, active learning, and the acquisition of skills like communication, teamwork, and leadership. The student reflects on their progress, discusses the application of various learning approaches, and sets out a plan for future skill development to achieve career objectives. The document concludes that personal learning and development is crucial for students to enhance their competencies, skills and knowledge which is essential for career growth.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills
Development
Personal Development Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills..............3
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and development.....3
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this
module....................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace...............................................................................................................................5
2.0 Personal development learning log......................................................................................5
3.0 Action plan...........................................................................................................................6
4.0 CV........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is found to be a continuous process a self improvement which
includes learning of new skills, and earning of new qualification (Maseleno and et.al., 2018).
Personal development is applicable to both personal and professional life. According to the
study in international coaching, it is identified that with the help of personal development, 4%
of employees got smarter and goal set (11 Benefits of Personal Development and Creating a
Plan, 2021). It is important it for students that they need to develop skills and knowledge for
achieving their career objectives and goals. This report aims to identifying and reflecting on
personal development with the special reference in business and management. In this report,
it will cover self reflection on personal development and transferrable skills. It will cover
personal development log, action plan and curriculum vitae.
MAIN BODY
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the
transferable skills
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and development
It is necessary each and every students to learn with the help of personal learning and
development (Li and Wong, 2021). For the purpose of achieving goals and objectives by
students, it is crucial for them that they need to work on personal learning and development.
In my case, I always ready for self learning as it helps an individual for my personal growth. I
found that personal learning and development is provided me many benefits as I felt that now
my confidence is increasing due to self learning. I identified that with the help of personal
learning and development, I am able to build up skills, knowledge, sense of identity and
awareness. I found my career in business and management and this is the main reason that
development of skills and knowledge is crucial for me. The business environment is rapidly
changed due to their dynamic nature and it results in increasing complexities for
organisations (Tsai, Perrotta and Gašević, 2020). In order to address the challenges faced by
an organisation, managers of company are focusing on hiring skilful and talented employees.
That's why I found that it is crucial for me to learn transferable skills with the help of
personal learning and development as transferable skills are applicable in each type of
organisation. This is the reason that now I am focusing on personal learning and development

and for that purpose, I used some important approaches which includes positive psychology,
active listening, conscious leadership, awareness and presence, etc. These approaches are
very helpful for an individual as it assists in developing skills and knowledge. That’s why I
identified that these approaches should be used by individual so that I am able to increase
competencies as well as employability skills. I am suggested that positive psychologist as it is
very helpful in improving emotional maturity, realising burnout, more engagement and well
being. In order to maintain this approach, I am always focusing on practicing meditation as it
helps me to self awareness and fostering positive attitude. In addition to this, I am trying to
listen actively which helps in reducing confusions. So in this way, I am focusing on
improving skills and knowledge.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this module
It is very important for every individual that they need to develop transferable skills as
it is required in every field (Han and et.al., 2020). This is the main reason that I am focusing
on development of transferrable skills. There are some skills which I already developed by
attending of module. There are some lectures which helps me to improve transferrable skills
such as communication skills, teamwork skills, analytical skills, etc. After attending off
lecture modules, I realise that some transferable skills I already developed. In module, my
teacher always provided a final assignment after every lecture in which we have to give a
presentation in front of all students. By doing this in regular basis, I analysed that I was
improved my communication skills. I also analysed that my analytical skills improved which
assist me to analyse a situation in an effective way. Analytical skills are playing a very
important role in order to analyse the situation which results in taking right decisions (Tsatiris
and Karpouzis, 2021). That means it can be easily say effective analytical skills leads to
better decision making. I also started to talk with other people which help me to improve my
interpersonal skills. I was lacking in confidence especially when I was talking with other
people. So because of attending lecture modules, I identified that my confidence is increasing
in communication skills. For more improvement in communication skills, I focused on
personal learning and development in which I did practicing on a regular basis in front of the
mirror and start to talk with mirror. It was really helpful for me as it helps me to provide
confidence and chances for improving communication skills. After regular practicing of these
types of activities, I analysed that it is crucial for an individual to regular practice is an
important part of personal learning and development which should not be stop as it helps an
individual to improve their transferable skills which leads to career growth.

1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace
During the lectures, I found that there are some more important skills which I need to
develop in personal life, academic studies and workplace. I analyse that there are many
important skills which is necessary for every individual who wants to grow their career
should focus on developing skills and knowledge. There are some important skills which I
would like to develop such as leadership skills, problem solving skills, adaptability skills,
teamwork skills and presentation skills. These are the important discuss which I would like to
develop. In these skills, I found that some skills can be developed in my academic such as
presentation skills. Leadership and adaptability skills can be developed in the workplace as it
needs a practical applicability (Melzer, Melzer and Reibold, 2019). The last teamwork skills
can be developed from any place whether it is academic studies, personal life or workplace.
2.0 Personal development learning log
Date of event What was the
development
activity?
What was I
expecting to
learn?
What have I
learned?
How will I
apply this
learning?
16/12/2021 Watching
sunrise
I was expected
that it helps me
to improve my
confidence.
I learned to give
right answers at
right place due
to increase in
confidence.
It helps me in
taking better
decision.
19/12/2021 Self assessment I was expected
to learn self
improvement.
I learned that
self learning is
crucial as it
provides more
experiences.
I will apply
this learning in
each and every
stage of life as
it provides me
learning of
skills and
knowledge.
29/12/2021 Listening Audio
podcast
I expected to
learn
I learned the use I will apply
this learning in

information as
well as trying
to understand
the use of
information.
of information. academic
studies as well
as in personal
life.
3.0 Action plan
What do I want
to learn?
What support
and resources
will I need?
What do I have
to do?
How will I
measure success?
Target date for
review?
Leadership
skills
I need mentors,
real-time
feedback,
advisors, etc. in
order to learn
leadership skills.
I need to
participate in
leading activities
which helps me to
provide a
practical
experience.
I can measure
success with the
help of feedback
from my teachers
and mentors.
5/03/2022
Problem solving
skills
It requires case
studies and
puzzles.
I need to solve
different types of
case studies and
puzzles on a
regular basis.
I will measure my
success with the
help of matching
the answer of case
study with actual
answer.
1/06/2022
Teamwork skills Teamwork skills
need people,
collaboration,
group
assignments, etc.
I need to engage
with more and
more people
which help me to
encourage
towards
I will measure my
success by
comparing the
compatibility with
my team members.
1/08/2022

teamwork.
4.0 CV

CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above discussion that personal learning and development
is playing a very important role in the success in growth of any student. For that purpose, it is
important for every student that they need to analyse what are the areas in which they are
lacking. It is analysed from the above discussion of personal learning and development that
an individual is able to increase their competencies as it assist in developing skills and
knowledge which becomes very essential for the purpose of career growth. This report
covered personal learning log and an action plan which is very important for the achievement
of success and growth. This report also discusses transferable skills which is identified that it
requires in every field.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Han, F. H., and et.al., 2020. Personalised learning networks in the university blended learning
context. Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal, 28(1).
Li, K. C. and Wong, B. T. M., 2021. Features and trends of personalised learning: a review of
journal publications from 2001 to 2018. Interactive Learning Environments, 29(2),
pp.182-195.
Maseleno, A., and et.al., 2018. Demystifying learning analytics in personalised
learning. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3), pp.1124-1129.
Melzer, P., Melzer, P. and Reibold, 2019. Conceptual Framework for Personalised Learning.
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
Tsai, Y.S ., Perrotta, C. and Gašević, D., 2020. Empowering learners with personalised
learning approaches? Agency, equity and transparency in the context of learning
analytics. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 45(4), pp.554-567.
Tsatiris, G. and Karpouzis, K., 2021. Developing for personalised learning: the long road
from educational objectives to development and feedback. arXiv preprint
arXiv:2101.11333.
Online:
11 Benefits of Personal Development and Creating a Plan, 2021. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.success-stream.co.uk/11-benefits-personal-development-and-plan/>