Personal Development Portfolio for Business Management Students

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

Contents
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................2
Portfolio evidence (1).................................................................................................. 3
Portfolio evidence (2).................................................................................................. 4
Portfolio evidence (3).................................................................................................. 4
Portfolio evidence (4).................................................................................................. 5
Reflective statement (including 2 x models)................................................................5
Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in higher
education................................................................................................................. 5
Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module would assist
me to achieve personal and future success.............................................................7
Explanation of two models of academic and personal development and how this has
improved my learning. ................................................................................................9
Model 1 ............................................................................................................... 9
Model 2.............................................................................................................. 10
Reference List: ......................................................................................................... 11
Introduction
With changes in time, the academic and personal development of individuals is taking
a drastic turn because of the importance that it holds in defining the future of a country. The
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children and youth can develop their power of knowledge and competence with the help of
newly learned academic abilities. Students can learn and improve their different academic
skills which includes communication skills, writing skills, mathematical operations, etc.
learning abilities can be developed by learners with the help of various instructional materials
which can help to develop their knowledge and experience. Academic skills are those
capabilities and habits that helps the students in pursuing their educational goals like learning
new things, investigation, word processing, etc. Thus, these include intellectual and
communication skills, organizational planning, analysis, experiment and technical details
which are learned in this process. Students with great skills and learning methods can easily
remain motivated in achieving their goals and objectives in a quick and easy manner.
Academic skills and abilities help to boost the self esteem, competence and confidence level
of students(Bell and Colleran, 2019) . It also helps in dealing with exam pressures and
meeting project deadlines. The following project will focus on the personal and academic
development of an individual. It shall also help in the preparation of an effective portfolio for
the students so that they can improve their academic development by proper plans and
models.
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1. Team Contract
The contract is basically the signing the agreement between two different mutual
understanding parties. This contract is done in written document and everything is clearly
mention in contract like share and profits of each person. If in future some issue is raised
between them then this agreement is considered as legal documents. It is important to make
an agreement before start any business because if the partner case a file in the court for
profits then you have a document which shows in court to defend.
2. Forming Effective Habits
The formation and development of effective habits is important for a person in order
to manage day to day tasks in a precise manner. In the person and professional life, it is
important for an individual to focus on key approaches which are helpful in forming effective
habits. It is major role of an individual to focus on key goals and objectives and achieve them
with help of effective habits in personal and professional life. The individual can also take
support of seniors and professors in academic life in order to form effective habits. In the
recent times, importance of forming effective habits is increasing in professional as well as in
personal life to lead the competition. The individual should also develop a major strategic and
planning framework in order to facilitate development of effective habits.
3.CRAAP
The CRAAP stands for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose which
are helpful in developing a test. The CRAAP approach is a testing approach which is helpful
in evaluating success of a candidate. It is essential for an individual to develop CRAAP
approach in order to test knowledge gained by a candidate. All major candidates in academic
life should focus on developing evaluation through CRAAP test for achievement of key goals
and objectives.
4. Reading List
It is important for an individual to focus on development of a reading list in order
facilitate learning and development. Development of reading list is also important for an
individual to perform operations in a well defined manner. The books and journals helps an
individual to develop effectiveness in various tasks and functions in academic life. It is also
one of the major role of an individual to develop reading list according to requirement of
academics. It is also important for a person to develop strategic goals related to academics
and achieve them with help and support of preparing a reading list.
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