Personal Development Portfolio for Business Management Course BMP4001

This portfolio discusses personal learning and development, transferable skills, and skills to be developed in academic studies, personal life, and the workplace. It includes a learning log, action plan, and CV.

Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
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Table of Contents
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 ..................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace .........................................................................................................................4
2.0 Personal development learning log ................................................................................5
3.0 Action plan.......................................................................................................................6
4.0 CV ...................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................9
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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
Personal development provides a way for individuals to measure their skills
and knowledge taking in view the purpose and aims of life regarding the career
growth and set the goals so as to maximize the potential to achieve the desired
growth in academic as well as professional life (Thomas, 2022). Every individual is
required to assess self growth by identifying personal strengths and weaknesses.
They need to enhance their knowledge regarding the area of their specialization to
ensure personal growth. For this, they are required to develop the essential skills
such as reading, communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills. It will help the
individuals in grabbing the opportunities in the job market to be hired at the positions
requiring competencies and enhanced knowledge and skills (Stek, 2022). They are
required to develop some professional skills as well such as decision making skills,
leadership skills and technical skills apart from the skills that are associated with
their area of specialization such as Law, Finance, Marketing etc.
In my case, approach to personal learning and development involves
enhancement of those skills that will assist me in professional advancement for
personal growth. I want to pursue the degree course in Marketing management to
become a talented and prudent marketing manager. To achieve this, I need to
develop some personal as well as professional skills. I am good at problem solving
skills as I solve the case studies related to marketing but I need to develop
communication and technical skills to become an influential leader or manager. I also
need to develop leadership skills and flexibility skills to be able to meet the
uncertainties in the future organization.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module
Transferable skills refer to those skills that are required for every job role
regardless of any particular job or filed. Individuals are required to develop these
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skills for career enhancement (Herlehy and Armstrong, 2022). Transferable skills
include both soft skills as well as hard skills. Soft skills refer to fundamental and
essential skills such as communication, time management, teamwork, problem
solving, innovative skills etc. (McCartin and Wright-Mair, 2022). whereas Hard skills
include decision making skills, data analytical skills and technical skills etc. Every
individual must possess these transferable skills irrespective of their job roles and
specialization so as to ensure better career growth (Ofoegbu, Gaston-Gayles and
Weight, 2022).
In completing this project, I have used my already developed transferable
skills. I have used my Reading skills in competing the project by reading the
essential thoroughly and assessing the project. These skills have helped me in proof
reading the project quickly and I developed these skills at the academic level by
preparing the research based reports allotted by different professors in my university.
I have also used my Time Management skills in completing this module as I am
able to complete the project by the deadline and I developed these skills at academic
level by making proper schedules to complete the assignments while attending the
conferences and seminars as well. I was able to develop them effectively by the help
of my team leaders as well.
I have also developed my Teamwork skills that I have used in completing
this module as well. I have completed this module by the contribution of my team
members. I am good at these skills as I was able to interact with the team members
and give them my perception about the project. Right from the academic level, I am
able to collaborate with the team members and achieve the group goals effectively. I
have also developed Innovative skills before attending this module. I developed
these skills by reading different personal development books, business magazines
and business articles and journals etc. that provided me critical thinking about the
contemporary business practices. So, the above mentioned skills are the
transferable skills that I had already developed by attending this module.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace
By attending this module, I have already developed some of the transferable
skills but I need to enhance some more academic as well as professional skills in
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order to ensure personal growth and professional advancement. As I am going to
pursue the Professional marketing manager course, I need to develop some
effective skills like Communication skills that will help in the future organization in
explaining the Market strategies to different clients and in giving the Marketing
presentation for a large audience. So I need to develop communication skills for
gaining confidence in speaking up in the large events organized in the big
organizations and to deal with the clients as well. I need to join personality
development programs to develop these skills.
I am also required to develop Decision making skills to understand and
articulate the outcome of actions. To be fit in the post of market manager, it is
required to develop critical thinking that helps the individuals quickly in analyzing the
situation in an efficient manner. It will help me in the future organization in making
decisions and strategies regarding marketing plans etc.(Schultz, and et. al., 2022). I
also need to develop the Leadership skills to become an effective and influential
marketing manager to be able to influence the subordinates and to motivate and
inspire the marketing team to achieve the desired objectives of marketing. Effective
leadership will help me in getting promotion in the future organization.
Every profession requires some sort of application of Technical skills by the
individuals in their specialized area. So is the case of Marketing manager as he
needs to learn digital marketing skills and other E marketing concepts (Atai, 2022).
So I need to develop some Technical skills to become a skillful market manager.
These skills can be developed by learning digital marketing course and any other IT
related course in Marketing. I also need to develop the Organizing skills to be able
to organize the assigned tasks for their timely completion. These tasks are needed at
the workplace to work in an organized and efficient manner.
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?
15/01/22 Time
Management
I was expecting for
managing my time
effectively so as to
complete the allotted
assignments while
I have learnt these
skills by preparing a
proper time schedule
and by self
assessment of
I will apply this
learning in my
professional life and
job role in completing
the task assignments
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managing time with
attending events and
conferences of college.
standard and actual
performance.
on time.
31/12/21 Teamwork
Skills
I was expecting to
achieve the group
goals in completing the
assignments by team
collaboration.
I have learnt to
maintain collaboration
with team members by
interacting with them
It will help me in the
future organization on
giving my perspective
on marketing on a
project related to
different specialized
areas.
25/02/22 Innovative
Skills
I was expecting to
present my innovative
ideas regarding
contemporary
marketing practices.
I have learnt these
skills by referring to
various business
articles and
magazines and
develop modern ideas
for marketing projects.
In obtaining advance
knowledge about my
specialized area and
in solving problems of
the related field.
01/01/22 Problem
Solving Skills
To develop the skills for
solving practical
problems in the
organization for
meeting the
uncertainties.
To be flexible and
adaptable to the
circumstances.
In solving the practical
marketing issues in
the desired job role.
31/01/22 Data Analytical
skills
To analyze the
business related data
such as financial
reports to be used in
marketing.
To understand the
typical, structured and
complex data.
In developing the
marketing reports by
referring to various
business reports.
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?
Communication Skills
Attending personality
and communication
development
programs.
Interacting with peers,
friends and leaders.
By getting the feedback
of my team leaders. 30/06/22
Decision making
Skills
Interacting with the
leaders and friends and
referring the books of
scholars.
Develop problem
solving and critical
thinking to enhance
focus.
By comparing the prior
results and the results
after learning from
scholars.
31.11.2022
Leadership Skills Attending training To manage the By getting feedback 31/12/22
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courses and certificate
programs on
developing these skills.
teamwork ad maintain
collaboration by
inspiring the team
members.
from the team mentors
and leaders.
Technical Skills
By learning software
courses such as digital
marketing.
To attend online
courses of computer
skills development.
By getting performance
evaluation from IT
teacher.
31/07/22
Organizing Skills By better resource
allocation with the help
of digital information.
To enhance other skills
like time
management ,problem
solving etc.
By personally
observing the
execution of plans.
31/12/22
4.0 CV Curriculum Vitae
Name : ABC
Address : XYZ, London, England
DOB : 10.10.1996
Nationality : UK
Summary
Marketing manager with knowledge of Digital marketing tactics and having
competent communication, IT and leadership skills. Having knowledge about E
marketing and M marketing.
Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Time management skills
Education
Digital Marketing Institute's Digital marketing Professional
Microsoft Advertising Certification
Experiences
Worked as Marketing Manager at Volkswagen Group for 8 months
Worked as a marketer at Ford motor company for 6 months
Hobbies and Interest
Traveling
Sports
Declaration
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It is being declared that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date
30.04.2022
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References
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Herlehy, L. and Armstrong, C., 2022. Playing with Code: Big Ideas for Early
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McCartin, L.F. and Wright-Mair, R., 2022. It's Not Personal, It's Professional: Causes
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Ofoegbu, E., Gaston-Gayles, J. and Weight, E., 2022. “More than an athlete”: How
Black student-athletes use navigational capital to transition to life after
sport. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 16(1),
pp.23-44.
Schultz, M., and et. al., 2022. Defining and measuring authentic assessment: a case
study in the context of tertiary science. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
Education, 47(1), pp.77-94.
Stek, K., 2022. Personality Development in Higher Education in the Era of Industry
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Thomas, J., 2022. Create Aspire Transform: How can Creative Professional
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