Personal Development Portfolio for BSc Business Management BMP4001

This personal development portfolio covers self-reflection on personal learning and development, transferable skills, personal development learning log, action plan, and CV. It also includes references from various books and journals.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
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Contents
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1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development,
and the transferable skills p-p
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal
learning and development p
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module p
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace p
2.0 Personal development learning log p
3.0 Action plan p
4.0 CV p
References p
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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 learning and development refers to process of continual intellectual
improvement across one's lifetime. This aids an individual in achieving all the
objectives they set out to achieve and being successful in professional and personal
sphere. With assistance of this exercise I can lead a fruitful life,be confident in my
ventures and increase my professional quality to attract prospective employers.
Various needs of mine such as, need for job security, self esteem and pride can be
fulfilled by way of personal learning and development. These needs getting improved
will mean I will be able of improve my standard of living. Learning and development
sessions provide me necessary confidence to deal with problems in my life. While I
attend learning and development session I have come to realize that I don't suffer
from indecision anymore. Moreover I have enhanced variety of abilities such as
communicative abilities, social ability, critical thinking ability, quicker acclimatizing
ability, managing ability and other related abilities which have empowered me to
enhance my performance in every sphere of life.(Jain, 2018) The sessions have
helped me conjure the ability to set higher goals for future and given me confidence
to be able to achieve them. Additionally it has assisted me in boosting morale of my
peers and colleagues. Personal learning and development has added values in my
life of integrity. I am now able to fully realize my full potential while being able to
quickly overcome any sort of crisis which I encounter.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by
attending this module
Transferable skills are defined as abilities which can be utilized by me to
execute obligations in different field which aids me in growing and developing
professionally and personally. My transferable skills have been matured while I
attended this module and have assisted me to achieve all the milestones in an
efficient manner. Some skills which I have honed in during this particular module are
crisis management, team dynamics, problem solving, and active listening.( Sánchez-
López,2021)These skills help me to navigate difficulties encounter at academic,
professional and personal level, As the nature of these skills are transferable to other
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spheres of life. These particular skills have assisted me in sharing ideas and data in
an effective manner so that I can achieve my goals. I have learned through team
working dynamics that a diversified group with regard to knowledge and skill having
mutual respect can achieve tasks easily. Through communicative abilities I have
learned that if I evolve my active listening skills I can improve my performance as I
won't be asking for input to be given repeatedly. (Baby, Gale, and Swain, 2018).This
means I ma efficiently coordinating with my team to optimize my performance. The
confidence which I have mustered through these sessions has enhanced my
personality. With the help of these skills I can convincingly say to my prospective
employer that I am right for the job even though I might have little experience.
(Jackson,Michelson,and Munir, 2022)These skills have helped me in efficiently
completing projects assigned to me before the submission date.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and
the workplace
Any professional looking to get employed needs to develop certain skills. I am
looking to develop various skills which will assists me in professional as well as
personal sphere. During my studies I have been able to evolve many skills such as
communicative skills and social skills. While I have been able to develop new skills
such as presentation skills. I would like to develop my skill regarding taking initiative
it entails taking preemptive steps to tackle a situation which has not been presented
top me, as I have often felt that I lack in taking initiative. This shall help me
distinguishing myself from my peers so I am able to quickly climb the corporate
ladder. Moreover as technology has become essential part of modern business I
would like to develop my technological skills so that I don't face any problems while
undertaking any task which is assigned to me at work. During my academic time I
have to submit various reports and research papers in a limited time, the skill of self
management could be of tremendous use to me, and I would like to evolve my self
managing skills in order to priorities my tasks and tackle any situation thrown at me
head on. (Janakiraman,2018)With self management can achieve crucial equilibrium
in work and personal life obligations. Evolving self management skills would entail
achieving set objectives well before their deadline is up, Which means I can use
remaining time in order to better myself such as reading books and playing outdoor
games. I would also like to develop my leadership skills to have better employment
outcomes in future. All these goals together will clarify my vision for future and I
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would be able develop in personal as well as professional sphere. I would be able to
resolve conflict in a conducive manner and priorities my tasks effectively.
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?
13th Self
management
I was expecting to
lean how to better
my handling skills
and priority skills
I have learned that self
management goes
beyond the idea of self
, its about having
discipline in every
facet of one's life. It
requires taking
initiative and
completing tasks
without supervision
and oversight and
practicing self
discipline.
I shall adhere
to strict timing
and keep a
personal log ,
so that I know
where I need to
pick up my
pace of
working.
07th Technology
skills
In modern times to
be employable its
very important to
have tech skills as
they will be crucial
in determining my
employ ability.
I have learned about
various application
which are used by
firms to stay ahead in
competition. Moreover
I have learned that
these skills
translatable so that I
can use them when I
have to change fields.
(Mittal,2020)
I shall take
more classes
and constantly
upgrade my
skills. Further I
shall ask for
extra training
when I work.
1st Planing and I was expecting to I have come to learn I shall arrange
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organizing learn various
strategies to plan
and organize my
daily tasks so that I
can enhance my
performance and
be productive at my
place of work.
that organizing
requires identifying
goals and achieving
relevant skills in order
to achieve those goals
this helps in cutting
down time and
therefore would mean
that I am more
productive towards my
work. I need to be
resourceful and make
effective decisions
without margin for
errors.
my task s
according to
their priority
and make a
timetable to
bring out the
goals which
are
immediately
required to be
done.
3rd Leading ability I expected to learn
how I would be
able to exert my
influence on others
to get optimum
outcomes for the
business that I
work for. I also
expected to know
how will be able to
grow my
personality to
motivate my peers
and workers whom
I lead.
I have learned that in
order to get most out
of workers I need to
better establish
communication with
them in order to gather
the things which they
require. Which will not
only help me in
keeping the more up to
boost productivity but I
would be be able to
maintain higher
attrition rate.(Schad,
and Smith, 2019)
I shall develop
effective
strategies to
communicate
better and
hone in my
active listening
skills which will
help me in
retaining my
conversation
with workers so
I can reward
them
specifically.
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31st Modify
networking
ability
I expected to learn
about how to better
establish
connections with
people.
I have learned the
networking skills
include Active
listening, humor,
respect,non verbal
communication among
others.
I shall work on
these skills and
use them in my
conversations
with other
people.
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?
Critical
thinking
Intellectual
stimulating
games and
quizzes
I will play these
games at regular
intervals.
If I am doing better on
quizzes and games other
wise I shall uses various
apps which have metrics
in their games.
15 days
Team
working
skills
Undertake
various
assignment
which require
team effort and
play outdoor
team games.
I will need to take the
time out to play
games and establish
good relationships
with people in my
team.
If there is less friction
while I undertake
assignment and play
games I shall consider
that to be a success
45 days
Active
listening
Sound ,picture
and people
I have to ask some
patient and close
person ton me
describe the
conversations which I
have them and rate
them.
When they rate my
conversation better
regarding how much I am
able to retain information
given by them.
90 days
Enroll for I have to capture the I shall ask my professor to 13 days
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Commun
icative
abilities
debates and
undertake
personal
assignments.
attention of people
for longer times. provide me some tips on
how to better myself.
4.0 CV
Name Jason Bourne
Address: 7 Castle road, London, United Kingdom
Email: [e-mail]
Education
2020 – MBA in marketing and HR
(Oxford university)
2018 – Bachelors in BA
(Cambridge university)
Experience
Two-year of experience as Manager at CIA.
Skills
 Basic knowledge of Microsoft office
 Effective Leadership skills
 Excellent Team building skill
 Management Skills
 Extensive Combat skills.
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References
Books & Journals
Baby, M., Gale, C. and Swain, N., 2018. Communication skills training in the
management of patient aggression and violence in healthcare. Aggression
and violent behavior, 39, pp.67-82.
Jackson, D., Michelson, G. and Munir, R., 2022. Developing accountants for the
future: New technology, skills, and the role of stakeholders. Accounting
Education, pp.1-28.
Jain, A., 2018. Holistic view of emotional intelligence in the workplace: View on
utilization & benefits. Journal of Services Research, 18(2), pp.153-164.
Janakiraman, B., 2018. Transferable skills as facilitator for placement amongst b
school students. Asian Journal of Management, 9(1), pp.162-167.
Mittal, P., 2020, October. Impact of digital capabilities and technology skills on
effectiveness of government in public services. In 2020 International
Conference on Data Analytics for Business and Industry: Way Towards a
Sustainable Economy (ICDABI) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
Sánchez-López, L., 2021. Transferable Skills for the 21st Century. Preparing
Students for the Workplace through World Languages for Specific Purposes
ed. by Carmen King Ramirez and Barbara A. Lafford. Hispania, 104(2),
pp.318-320.
Schad, J. and Smith, W.K., 2019. Addressing grand challenges’ paradoxes:
Leadership skills to manage inconsistencies. Journal of Leadership
Studies, 12(4), pp.55-59.
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