Personal Development Portfolio for Business Management Students

This portfolio focuses on academic and personal development goals for Business Management students. It includes reflective statements, models, and development goals to help students achieve success in their careers.

FdSc Business Management
BAM4008
Academic and Personal Development Plan
Assessment 1
Personal Development Portfolio

Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................2
Portfolio evidence (1) life goals.........................................................................................2
Portfolio evidence (2) personal goals..............................................................................3
Portfolio evidence (3) career goals..................................................................................3
Portfolio evidence (4) Development goals.....................................................................4
Reflective statement (including 2 x models).................................................................4
a) Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in
higher education...............................................................................................................4
b) Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module
would assist me to achieve personal &future success..........................................6
Explanation of two models of academic &personal development &how this has
improved my learning..........................................................................................................8
Model 1.................................................................................................................................8
Model 2...............................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
In this fast running world, the significance of the academic & personal
development is taking the wider place because country future is totally depending
upon the children &youth. Academic abilities are more important since they assist
pupils develop their knowledge &competence. Students are learning & improving a
variety of academic skills, including individual academic skills, technology &
mathematics capabilities, communication, & writing, to name a few (Boud and et. al.,
2013). Learners could also use an array of instructional materials to enhance their
study abilities, as well as develop experience &awareness in the lecture. Academic
talents are capabilities & habits that assist students' educational pursuits such as
learning, investigation, word processing, & presentation. Among them include
intellectual, communications, organizational, planning, studying, experiment, &
technical talents. Students who did create solid study skills &learning methods can
maintain their motivation &achieve certain goals more easily &quickly. Students' self-
esteem, competence, &confidence can all be boosted by excellent academic
abilities. They can also aid with exam anxiety &meeting deadlines. The primary
motive of this study is to focus on the academic &personal development &prepare
effective portfolio so that students can easily improve their academic development
through appropriate plan &models.
Portfolio evidence (1) life goals
In order to improve the academic development process, it is necessary for the
students to set the focus on their life goals so that they can easily achieve their own
task working activities. This portfolio is all about to set the specific goals “Life Goals
“ &the main motive to set the life goals is to obtain the achievements & make career
bright. The main purpose is to set the life goals is to accomplish my dream and put
best effectors so that I will become more capable to make my dreams true. I am very
interested in “ Marketing Field” & I am looking forward to start my career as a
influential digital marketing manager in a multinational organization. This is my
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permanent goal of life and I am about to prepare an academic &personal
development plan so that I can easily achieve what I want. The prime reason is to
set the life goal is to improve my life in each &every aspects so that I will build a
successful career for myself (Chang, 2019).
Portfolio evidence (2) personal goals
Students must concentrate on their life objectives in order to boost their academic
project development. This will allow them to simply complete their own task working
tasks. This portfolio seems to be about setting precise objectives called “Personal
Goals & the major motivation for doing so are to attain success &maintain good
health &live healthier life style. The major objective is to develop life goals in order to
achieve my desire & to put best effectors in place so that I may become more
competent of making my wishes come true. I'm passionate about the "Marketing
Field," but I'm excited to begin my career as a powerful digital marketing manager in
a worldwide corporation. So in order to full fill my dreams, I need to follow a proper
systematic schedule &live a discipline life style so that I can easily take care of my
health & also stay fit forever. I need to start morning walk &meditation which are
beneficial for the physical &mental health. With the help of this personal goal I will
appropriately improve my work life balance &balance my personal &professional life
with strong mindset.
Portfolio evidence (3) career goals
It is determined that it is necessary to focus on the career goals &set a
challenging role so that students &effectively provide their best efforts &attain lifelong
success.
While many people believe that their professional goals are simply determined by the
location or employment they seek, the true objectives are the measures students
need take to get there. This entails establishing both long &the short goals that will
guide students along the right route & help learners to reach their desired destination
(Ford and et. al., 2019).There are various career goals which I am looking forward to
obtain such as strengthen networking Skills, Intern for Experience at a Large
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Company, start own Business, increase sales or productivity numbers, obtain a
degree qualification, become marketing expert . With the help of this goal, I can
easily gain new knowledge so that I can effectively receive the full knowledge
&information about the business, management, computer &digital marketing
techniques.
Portfolio evidence (4) Development goals
As per to improve the development opportunities, it is necessary for the
learner to take care about the development process. In order to manage the
requirements of the development process, there is a requirement to set few
development goals so that I can easily obtain these goals & precede one step toward
the success. It is determined that academic abilities allow youngsters to understand
more quickly. They offer students with a sense of security, playing an active role
actively in Language instruction outside of the classrooms &well beyond graduation.
These abilities, such as analyzing data &taking thoughts, are essential &so required
for progress in any field. I have set few development goals like improve the new
skills include learning skills, IT skills, digital marketing skills, presentation skills ,
writing skills &many more. With the help of all these skills, I will achieve my target
(Istomina, and et. al., 2020).
Reflective statement (including 2 x models)
a) Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in higher
education.
Management education is helpful to generate the leadership & management skills
so that students &easily shape their career in the marketing & management field.
Students require professional growth in order to successfully enrich their
personalities. Professional growth boosts self-confidence &dependability.
Professional development can helpful to improve the professionals' knowledge that
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will boosts their knowledge
& confidence. Nobody hates to admit that they lack crucial skills in their industry.
People involve in professional growth are enabled not just to stay competent, but
also prosper in their sector (Konstantinou and Miller, 2020). Deliberately sought
professional development ensures that knowledge &skills stay current &relevant. It
also allows employees to be better educated about price movements & objectives.
Professional development is critical for career advancement as it necessitates
ongoing information &instruction. Being a management student, I am very serious
about my academic performance &I am also looking forward to take management
degree because in my point of view higher education is prominent &beneficial for the
development of the career opportunities. I have analyzed that professional
development, sometimes referred as a continuing learning & professional learning,
strives to equip individual with the skills to need to succeed in my chosen sector. I
have determined that professional learning, on the other hand, encompasses more
than simply training & it's crucial for both management & staff to appreciate the
distinctions. Today, I am considering specific factors which can helpful to improve my
personal &professional development &also useful to maintain my performance in
higher education (Lekner, 2016). I have analyzed some things about the business
management &professional development such as-
• It prepares for success.
• Professional talents might be beneficial in the broadening one's knowledge set.
• Students can simply enhance their awareness by developing professional skills.
• It assists in setting &achieving the objectives.
• Professional development will aid to improve in the profession.
Being an effective student in the business management &also higher education, i
need to apply focus on my strengths & weaknesses so that i will effectively take
&opportunities & remove my threats &barriers. In order to identify &analyse my
strengths &weakness, it is necessary to apply SWOT analysis so that i can easily
recognise my positive &negative points &then i can take an appropriate steps in
order to improve my strengths &obtain more career development opportunities in
future. The explanation about the SWOT analysis are given below -
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Strengths - According to my observations, I possess strong leadership qualities
&also can effectively assist my friends & students. I have strong communication
abilities &can easily converse with people. My ability to present is good, &I believe it
to be one of my strongest assets (Levin, 2019).
Weaknesses - According to my view, I am unable to accomplish the assignment on
time, hence time management is a weakness of mine.
This is also a problem of mine since I lack the analytical ability to correctly assess all
circumstances &data.
Opportunities - Because technologies are becoming more prevalent at this time, it is
an excellent moment to build strong person is capable. I also must do some digital
marketing certifications classes so that I may advance my job.
Threats - I don't know how to utilise a computer, so I'll use it as a threat.
Because of the competitive level, every student is focused on their profession, yet
I've seen that my poor studying habits have an impact on my academic achievement.
b) Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module
would assist me to achieve personal &future success.
There are certain specific goals which i am looking forward to acquire which
will helpful to maintain my relevancy &effectiveness in my preference working
field. I have observed that technical talents are incredibly crucial among all of
these skills since they enable me to efficiently obtain career chances (Meissner
and Shmatko, 2019). Technical abilities are more important since they may assist
raise my morale & allow me to work efficiently & also on schedule. Cloud
computing, machine learning, analytical thinking, team leadership, mobile
applications, media production & marketing leadership are just a few of the
technological talents that are required. I will readily get vast knowledge about
computer languages, general - purpose operating environments, &efficient
Software competency via real use of technical abilities. I shall enhance my writing
process, data analysis, including product development application with the use of
relevant technical expertise. With the helpful of all these skills, i can easily
personal &future goals &attain more success rate &improve my career
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development path. I am looking forward to develop these skills &with the help of
this module, i have gained effective knowledge &skills so that i can effectively
obtain the future opportunities for the career development (Menz, 2020).
It is determined that if individuals seem to be to succeed, people must
practise diverse talents, examine the accomplishments & then correctly enhance
their capabilities. In order to get at the destination on time, students must also
display positive behaviour but have a positive attitude. Students need to build deep
ties &collect with those people from many kinds of backgrounds in order to get useful
thoughts & knowledge that would produce positive outcomes. The most fascinating
aspect of this discussion is "achieve success." All of the group mates are aware of
success that desire to achieve everything so individuals can pursue more
prosperous job opportunities. The concentration on the study program is the most
fascinating portion of this session. It has been noticed that children that want to
achieve must develop a variety of skills, examine their achievements & enhance their
knowledge accordingly. In necessary to come at their planned goal, students must
also demonstrate healthy actions &also have a winning attitude (Neiles and Bowers,
2020).
I have analysed that in order to acquire these skills , i need to prepare an
academic &personal development plan in which i can easily improve boost my
decision making, communication skills &also a positive mind set is also significant to
improve deal with the uncertain situations. The explanation about some skills which i
need to improve in order to accomplish my life goals, personal goal &career goals
are given below-
 Decision-making skills – Learners should improve their judgment abilities
so that they can come up with the right thought that would be related to
overall goals but so succeed. Learners must build judgment decision skills so
that they can come up with the best thought that is related to their goals and,
as a result, accomplish success. Positively behaving learners will be able or
maintain a vast quantity of theories &understanding, which would have a
significant influence on future educational excellence.
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 Create a positive mindset - Instead of making better judgments’ in order to
succeed, learners must constantly remain cautiously optimistic &try helping
someone else in order to create strong relations with individuals. Every
person aspires to be the best in their chosen industry as per to achieve
happiness lifestyle. It is not simple to attain success; one should always work
extremely hard along with seize chances once they present themselves.
When leader’s can aid others, for example, others will want to help individuals
in any scenario, which itself is incredibly beneficial to their success (Sanford,
2017).
 Communication Skills – Students also should practice communication
abilities, because it is the main useful technique for goal attainment, &they
must practice various theories, models & procedures effectively. I need to
practice presentation skills because it is the most crucial skill for goal
achievement, therefore they must practice theoretical approaches, methods &
processes effectively. I have analyzed that I must design & implementation
strategy or a training schedule after examining current deficiencies, since it's
the most effective method for obtaining success.
 Ability to manage situation - Students must always be truthful since time is
by far the most vital commodity for obtaining success, which is why employee
retention skills must be developed in relation to the achievement. I have
determined that I need to improve this ability which can helpful to manage all
the uncertain & uncertain situations so that i can effectively manage the
personal & future working conditions (Verma, Chandra and Kumar, 2019).
Explanation of two models of academic &personal development
&how this has improved my learning
Model 1
The Personal Growth Model from The Mind Elevator depicts five key processes in
personal self improvement: belief, plan, action, outcome, & assessment. I have
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applied this model which can helpful to improve my course of actions & also maintain
my academic, personal &professional development in an appropriate manner. With
the help of this model, I can easily maintain my learning & personal development
process. The explanation about this model is given below-
Figure 1, The Personal Growth Model: What Is It &How to Use It, 2020
In this model, five steps are considered which can helpful to improve the personal
growth my mine &also help in attain the accomplishment of the long term goals. I
have considered all steps of this model which are given below-
Belief
This is considered as the exploratory stage’s which can helpful to set the
major goal is to establish an effective connection that should form the basis for
development &transformation. To help students embrace themselves & unlock their
innate potential, we employ non confrontational understanding & show sympathy,
regard, & real caring. Professionals encourage kids to express their own stories
&explore their own skills &interests throughout this period. In this 1st step, it's
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important to determine & meet fundamental needs requirements &set the belief to
improve my whole learning process (Viinikka and Ubani, 2019).
Plan
After set the belief, it is necessary to prepare a plan also set appropriate
strategies which can helpful to maintain the whole learning process. Then there are
the plans. This is not about you to-do list; it includes anything from main objective to
job strategy. I need to organize the appropriate information, time & projects by
setting effective objectives that will encourage &also create tactics to help you
achieve your objective.
Action
This is considered as the prominent step in which I need to take an appropriate
actions toward the goals & it is determined that taking responsibility for making
progress near your objective. I need to mentoring Programs behaviors that seem to
be beneficial to overall plans & also completing such ideas step by step (Wain,
2017).
Result
This step is totally depending on some circumstances of my strategy & activity &I
have analyzed some consequences that might take many numerous shapes. I have
observed that consequence of any activity, such as the term products, your
academic scores, & so on. I have received some benefits in return of my activity,
which might be an emotion my experience afterward
Review
This is containing as the last steps of this model, once I have received the results, I
should undertake the review to reactivate this model of personal growth. This model
is helpful to accomplish the goals & targets &full fill the objective.
Model 2
Vark learning styles
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There should be four basic categories of students, according with VARK
framework: visual, listening, reading/writing, & kinesthetic. The idea that children are
taught best when approaches to teaching & school programs are adapted to their
classroom surroundings, skills & interests developed hold in the 1970s &1980s. With
the help of this model, i can effectively improve my personal learning & growth level.
The explanation about these steps are given below -
Visual Learners
Students that prefer to study visually may opt to sit toward the front of the
class. They may choose to underline, use a lot of contacts or diagrams, construct
visual organizers, & take more extensive notes that are well-organized, typically
colour scheme, or have other means of distinguishing material. I need to improve my
visual learning ability to maintain my learning process (Watson, 2016).
Auditory Learners
Lectures pay close attention to the accent &tempo of speech, &might even
profit more from additional materials such as movies or audio components. More
conversations including expressing thoughts, reading aloud & even repeated some
topics thoughtfully out loud assist students who work in groups.
Read/write Learners
The information sometimes in arrangement is generally preferred by
researched students. They communicate with written forms more regularly, either
they initially write & then edit their thoughts, or go through their documents each day
for revision & class preparation. Teachers may draw pictures & thereafter transform
those back to statements, build lists, or arrange words in a hierarchy.
Kinesthetic learners
Hands-on learning is the greatest way for kinesthetic learners to learn. In
mathematics classrooms, i have determined that learners spend lots of time standing
&absorbing actively. There has been growing talk of the need for kids to be far more
active in the classrooms, including among teachers who are abandoning standard
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desks in favour of standing desks. Due to the urge to move or be proactive in the
class, i need to enhance my active learning may become overwhelmed. This model
is helpful to maintain the effectiveness of the learning and development so that i can
work appropriately manage my goals and task.
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