Personal Development Portfolio for BSc Business Management BMP4001

This portfolio is about self-reflection on personal learning and development, transferable skills, personal development learning log, action plan, and CV for BSc Business Management BMP4001.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
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1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development,
and the transferable skills 03
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal
learning and development 03
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module 03
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace 04
2.0 Personal development learning log 05
3.0 Action plan 06
4.0 CV 06
References 09
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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
Learning is a process that carries on with the life of a person and it ends with
it (González-Pérez and Ramírez-Montoya, 2022). This process is being followed by
me and I have kept upgrading my intellectual skills to gain perfection and proficiency
in different fields. Self up-gradation attained by me has helped me in various aspects
of my life. I have worked in different fields and have gained experience and
perfection in it. The knowledge has helped me in every part of my working tenure.
Initial start of my learning began in year 1985 and after that I haven't stopped
learning and upgrading myself. I have attended school and colleges to gain
knowledge and training in various fields. I have expertise and developed myself in
the finance field in early 2000's by attending University of Finance and Banking. This
has helped me to understand the trick of managing finance and many other skills in
regards with money or funds. I have increased my abilities and knowledge by doing
both theoretical and practical studies in my life. Managed both my studies and work
to gain more experience of market and other fields.
Developed my skill set in tailoring field by operating as a tailoring worker for
almost a year. Learning is enhanced if it is applied in the practical life (Rao, 2019).
After the completion of my graduation I worked as control manager in Dr. Oetkar
where my observing power increased by keeping a keen eye on the quality and the
process of the production. Developed management and leadership skills while
working at premiere inn as a team leader at the London branch. This job has
increased the managing knowledge and I have learned how to organize different
situations and resources. These skill sets and knowledge had helped me acquire the
position of head manager in premiere inn. Leraning is still a process that is taking
place in my life and I m pursuing the management field by both studying and working
as well.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module
Extended educational and professional tenure of mine reflects various skills
and abilities that I have upgraded or gained which has improved my personality by
increasing internal strengths and eliminating various weaknesses. Up gradation of an
individual is defined as the changes that have uplifted their level of personality in
their lifetime and this evolution of personality is a continuous process (Nedelkoska
and Quintini, 2018). Categorized skills that has helped in my personality
development are personal skills, managerial skills and technical skills. Development
of personal skills includes the enhanced communication ability that I gained in my
working tenure as a head housekeeper where I managed my team through smooth
flow of communication. Communicating in a professional aspect evolved my overall
personality and resulted as improved outcomes of my job role. I have managed to
communicate the orders of superior to my subordinate so that the work can be done
according to the requirement of management. Proficiency gain in the communication
has helped to work and collaborate with my team effectively.
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Managerial skills developed in me while working as a team leader has
improved the way in which I organize different things and situations. Management is
a basic process that every individual follows in their life cycle and it enhances with
time and experience (Ra and et.al., 2019). The job role included developing and
presenting various plans reflecting team orientation and the methods that will
increase the quality and quantity of work. Implementing, evaluating and maintaining
these plans increased my capability to handle human resource and organize it in
accordance with other resources to achieve organizational goals. Coordination and
communication were the key skills that were developed in my working period through
management of subordinates. Accurate evaluation of skills pursued by me while
assessing the subordinates assignments in accordance with qualitative and
quantitative ratio helped the organization to develop a normative nature in the
workforce.
Knowledge of enhanced technology and its process was a part of my job in
different fields that I have worked in. Technological process are getting a boost as it
is opted by every industry to increase the productivity. I have a good hand on
computer and software that supports the business data and activity. Maintaining
assignments in MS-Office and knowing various ways and keys to work smartly with
the efficiency has proved as a plus point in the intellectual aspect of my curriculum
vitae. In my working tenure I have operated on different equipments in various fields
including Laundry tracking, Bedroom Genie etc. Operating on different machines
have increased my experience and interest in technological field. Along with the
knowledge of these technological equipments, I have gained the awareness about
these machines and the cautious behavior that an operator should have was
developed as well.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace.
Development and enhancement of the skills possessed by an individual can
depict as a support in their career and day to day life too (Nikolaeva, 2021).
Candidate with wide skill sets are mostly preferred by the hiring firms and have
higher chances of increasing monetary return.
In accordance with my academics I will be aiming for betterment in my
personality by focusing on the areas of weak point to eliminate them. Area in which I
would be diverting my focus to improve my personality is the strategic management
and time management. Strategic management that is aimed to focus on, will be
enhancing the decision-making ability of mine with a strategical process so that I can
serve the organization with better mindset. Time managing is the other aspect that
will be improved so that different personal and professional tasks can be achieved
with the time period that is being fixed.
A person can gain perfection and proficiency in any field with their intellectual
knowledge and personal qualities that they develop in their life cycle (Wrzus, 2021).
These qualities and skills plays a vital role in the reputation of the individual among
their social and professional life. Flaws that I posses in my behavior are determined
as impatience and lack of self belief. Impatient behavior of mine has affected my
professional life as sometime I become impatient in many aspects of my job and I
start putting pressure on my subordinates. This impacts my reputation as people
don't like this kind of behavior. Lack of self belief impacts the quality of my work and
sometimes results in overburdening. Questioning the work did by me has resulted in
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missing deadlines as I keep over assuring the quality which is not that much
necessary. Believing in myself and my work will eventually increase my self-
confidence.
To cope up with the increasing change in technology every business wants to
hire the candidate who have high knowledge of technological aspects in the field. In
my working tenure I have developed sound knowledge in technological
equipments in distinct fields and my interest towards the technological field has
increased. For the addition of skills in my curriculum vitae I will be focusing on the
technological changes in the field in which I am employed. This skill enhancement
will decrease the chances of replacing my position with other candidate as my
knowledge will be counted as an important intangible asset for the firm. Work done
by me will be more qualitative if I will focus on this factor.
The overall combination of development of these skills will lead to the
development of my personality because I will try to focus on every aspect that needs
improvement. Enhanced characteristics will give me high power to negotiate with the
management so that I can take the dream position in the company.
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?
02/01/21 Communication Knowledge of
interaction
with people
Learned to
communicate
effectively with
superiors and
subordinates.
Applied
this in my
personal
and
profession
al life.
05/01/18 Team Leading The way to
lead a group
of people.
Management
of human
resource and
other
resources for
growth.
This will
be applied
in my
profession
al life by
leading
subordinat
es.
05/01/22 Planning Learning the
ways of
organizing
things and
situations.
Learned how
to tackle the
barriers in life
with
appropriate
plans.
Applied
this to
plan my
future
goals.
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06/01/02 Computer skills To have a
good hand on
computer
software.
Increased
knowledge
about different
applications in
terms of
business.
This
knowledg
e will be
applied in
my job
roles.
03/01/01 Machine
operating
To operate
on different
equipment in
the field.
Learned to
operate on
sewing
machines and
other
equipment
used in
tailoring.
Applied to
work
efficiently
and
deliver the
best
quality of
work.
3.0 Action plan 150
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?
Strategic
management
Books, internet
and case-
studies.
I will try to do 20
question
everyday on
strategic
management.
Solutions of the
answer will be
compared to the
answer key
provided in the
book.
09/22/22
Time
management
Clock, timetable
and guide book
I will try to set
different targets
and a deadline
to achieve it on
a regular basis.
Compare the time
taken for
achieving different
tasks.
08/22/22
Technological
operations
Software,
internet and
online course
I will learn to
work on
different
software by
taking help from
internet and
taking online
courses.
I will measure it
by taking
feedback from the
trainer.
11/22/22
4.0 CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
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SUMMARY
Team leader working at a reputable organization managing different activities and
gaining customer satisfaction for the firm. Personality with great intellectual
knowledge and experience in various fields.
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
Leadership skill
Decision making skills
Excellent problem solving ability
Strategy development ability
Sound knowledge of technology
Enhanced communication skills
EXPERIENCE
Housekeeping Manager 04/2021 to Present
Premier Inn, Whitbread, UK
Head Housekeeper 02/2021 to 04/2021
Candlewood Care Home
Team Leader 05/2018 to 12/2019
Premier Inn, London, UK
Baby Sitter, Cleaner and Worker 01/2009 to 02/2016
Italy
Quality and Quantity Controller 06/2002 to 01/2009
Dr. Oetkar
Tailoring Worker 03/2001 to 06/2002
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EDUCATION
University of Bolton- Business and Management
University Titu Maiorescu”Finance and bank “ București, Romania
Colegiul Electorates, High School, Curtea de Argeș, Romania
LANGUAGES
English (Proficient)
Romanian (Mother Tongue)
Italian (Proficient)
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References
González-Pérez, L.I. and Ramírez-Montoya, M.S., 2022. Components of Education
4.0 in 21st century skills frameworks: systematic review. Sustainability,
14(3). p.1493.
Nedelkoska, L. and Quintini, G., 2018. Automation, skills use and training.
Nikolaeva, V., 2021. Management and leadership qualities-from theory to
practice.Известия на Съюза на учените-Варна. Серия Икономически
науки. 10(2). pp.126-135.
Ra, S. and et.al., 2019. The rise of technology and impact on skills. International
Journal of Training Research. 17(sup1). pp.26-40.
Rao, P.S., 2019. The importance of speaking skills in English classrooms. Alford
Council of International English & Literature Journal (ACIELJ). 2(2). pp.6-18.
Wrzus, C., 2021. Processes of personality development: An update of the TESSERA
framework. In The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp.
101-123). Academic Press.
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