Personal Development Portfolio for Professional and Academic Skills Development in Business Management

This report presents a personal development portfolio that understands the effectiveness of academic and professional skills for a career in business management. It includes a PDP plan, analysis of transferable skills, own approach towards learning and development, CV, and action plans.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
Contents

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1.0 Own reflection and approach for personal learning and development. ....................................1
1.1 Reflect for own approach towards learning ..............................................................................2
1.2 What are transferable skills and which I have developed through this module. .....................2
1.3 What are crucial skills I need to develop for academic and professional workplace. ..........3
2.0 Personal development learning log ...........................................................................................3
3.0 Action plan.................................................................................................................................4
4.0 CV .............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is considered as the continuous act to examine their life objective
and values as well as developing individual’s competencies and qualities for reaching their
potential. Moreover, this includes practices which form a individual’s abilities and efforts,
building human capital, renders employability and maximise quality of life and realisation of
dreams and aspirations. Additionally, this is helpful for person in describing its personal vision
and life goals in much clear way. The aim of this report is to prepare a personal development
portfolio that understanding the effectiveness of academic and professional skills for its career
into business management. For this, the report will present some of the important document like
PDP plan, analysis of transferable skills, own approach towards learning and development. Also,
other documents like CV, actions plans are developed within the project.
MAIN BODY
1.0 Own reflection and approach for personal learning and development.
Self reflection is undertaken to be the essential cog into self develop practices. Moreover, this
assists person to determine what competencies it required to improve, what goals they desires to
meet and what they are performing in much efficient manner. Additionally, for all individuals it
is vital to perform those activities that would aid them in personal learning, development and
improving transferable skills. So, during the study of business management and its professional
practice I do have to foster a lot of challenges as well as enormous opportunities. Innovative and
creative thinking and ideas are a must to study business management. There are also other
aspects like balancing with academic parts, learning team works which help to study and practice
business management. While learning in business management I identified that academic and
professional skills are very important. As academic skills are those which boost students learning
capabilities and developing values. It fosters confidence, creativity, integrity factors into them.
They also allow the students to be confident while communicating in the English language. It
also develops the skill of academic writing properly in an effective manner. While on other side,
professional values are those which require to work with utmost integrity and creates opportunity
for self growth and developments. It flourishes the environment of the workplace and elaborates
the behaviors of the employees as well. So, through SWOT analysis I get to know that both of
my skills are weak. Though during learning this module of business management I would able to
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develop my knowledge and competencies which will be helpful into my personal and
professional career.
1.1 Reflect for own approach towards learning
While developing my personal learning and development, I have identified that there are
various challenges which comes into my ways. The important challenge is communication gaps
as my communication skills are not good so, this impacts my career. The other one is Low level
performances while working on any organisation individuals sometimes are unable to give best
of their efforts. It shows their declining performance. Also, I faced various more challenges such
as lack of numeracy skills, and others. So, performing my SWOT analysis by which I have
detailed my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the market and the organization
in a form of SWOT. My strengths are my knowledge of communication skills, content writing
skill, social media knowledge, analytical skill, and blogging. My weaknesses are, I am much able
to create bonds and relations, less consistency and not much knowledge of marketing concept.
My opportunities are that the organization needs experts in digital sites, enhancing demands of
quality content, and demand of online marketing. There are many threats which creates impact
on the personal learning and opportunities. These wide number of market factors like often
changing environment, technologies and competition.
1.2 What are transferable skills and which I have developed through this
module.
Transferable skills are known to be those competencies which person develops as they
grow by education, or training, employment and many more. Some of the examples of
transferable skills are communication, problem resolving and team work as it may be utilised
into any employed role, its education or vocational training. So, during attending this module, I
have develop my various transferable skills such as communication skills, content writing skills,
social media knowledge, analytical skills, blogging and others.
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1.3 What are crucial skills I need to develop for academic and professional
workplace.
As during my academic studies, it has been identified by me that there are various skills which
are my strengths such as communication, content writing skills and others. But also there are
some skills which I would like to develop while studying in business management that are risk
taking, risk handling, lack of consistency and others. As it would be helpful for me into my
personal life as well as within workplace as well.
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?
15/01/2022 Risk taking I was
expecting to
learn how to
deal with the
various risk if
that come into
ways.
I have learned
that risk is kind
of challenges I
have to face and
deal with it.
I will apply
this learning
on my
personal and
professional
life as in both
it would
plays vital
role.
31/01/2022 Risk handling I was
expecting to
learn how to
manage the
risk into its
personal and
workplace.
I have learned
that how I
would manage
the risk into my
working area
and personal
life.
I will apply
my learning
in managing
the risk while
handling
various
activities.
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15/02/2022 Marketing
knowledge
I was
expecting to
learn the
knowledge of
marketing.
I have learned
that how to gain
the knowledge
of marketing.
I will apply
my learning
into my work
organisation
so that I
would able to
know more
about
particular
markets.
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?
I want to learn
how to take
the risk and
deal with it.
For it, I need
some support and
resources are
colleagues,
mentors and
others.
For this, I have to
perform risk
assessments
activity which
covers
analysation,
identification and
checking
problems.
I will measure
success through
performing risk
assessment and
progress of the
work.
31/01/2022
I want to learn
how to
manage the
various risks.
Resource and
support that I
needs are human
resources, quality
management
For this, I would
have to apply
some aspects that
are avoidance,
retention, sharing
I will measure
success through
performing risk
assessment and
progress of the
15/02/2022
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policy and norms. and transferring
and others. work.
I want to learn
how to gain
more effective
knowledge
about
marketing.
I support and
resources that I
need are internet
and information
about particular
aspects.
For this, I have to
do is seeking
various marketing
strategies.
I will measure my
marketing
knowledge through
applying it and
getting effective
results.
2/03/2022
4.0 CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: - AB
Address: - 30A, London street, England.
Phone No: - xxxxxx.
A professional and dedicated personality looking forward to achieve success in management. I
have capabilities to work with people and manage task with my soft skills. I learn from my
mistakes and believe in learning to get better.
Educational Qualification: -
 Degree in bachelors of science and management
 Degree of masters in HRM and diploma in graphic designing.
Work Experience
5/5/2019-15/7/2022- Currently working as management executive in ASDA.
6/10/2016- 10/8/2018- Worked as project Executive in Hotel park inn.
Skills and Knowledge:
 Creative and brainstorming skills helps in taking innovative ideas.
 Good at solving complex problems.
 Good Catch on technical software and digital tools.
 Great knowledge of managing people.
 Have advanced thinking approach towards decision making.
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Declaration:
The said information are wholly provided with my best knowledge and honesty.
Date:
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CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it has been concluded that personal development is vital within all
individuals’ life. As it is known to be the continuous act to examine their life objective and
values as well as developing individual’s competencies and qualities for reaching their potential.
Moreover, this includes practices which form a individual’s abilities and efforts, building human
capital, renders employability and maximise quality of life and realisation of dreams and
aspirations. Additionally, this is helpful for person in describing its personal vision and life goals
in much clear way.
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