Personal and Professional Development: Reflective Learning and Action Plan

This article discusses the importance of reflective learning and an action plan for personal and professional development. It covers the Gibbs Reflective Cycle, skills development, and an action plan for research, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Personal and Professional
Development

TABLE OF CONTENT
REFELECTIVE LEARNING..........................................................................................................3
ACTION PLAN...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

REFELECTIVE LEARNING
Gibbs Reflective cycle is a very helpful situation which helps the worker in different
forms of situation in which their experiences are regularly explained or referred. With the help of
referring to the Gibbs cycle I am able to explain my experiences which I had during my BA in
Business Studies (Gibbs' Reflective Cycle Helping People Learn From Experience, 2019)
. In my colleges from where is pursued my studies was able to learn a lot and gain different kinds
of experiences which helped me to understand the importance of certain skills which were very
important for my studies. I want to gain the degree of BA in Business Studies because this was
the career I was aiming towards such that I would be able to reach the goal which I have set in
my life. With the BA in Business studies I had some plans which was to move in the direction of
becoming a Business Analyst. The job role of business analyst is towards the bridging the gap
between the understanding of management and the organization. A business analyst helps the
business in understanding the complex data for being utilized effectively in the data and
technical systems. This is the way in which the business was able to understand the complexity
of the data which was towards the technical systems. It was the way in which it would be able to
help me to develop an impact in the decision-making of the organization. During my studies I
was able to develop new friends which became my good team members which helped me to
create a new social group around me which would help to develop new strategies which had
helped me to be more social around people. I was also able to improve my communicational
skills due to being so social in the University for the business studies. Other individuals were
responsible for the development of all the leaning I had during this time. My tutors were very
crucial which were the reason I was able to learn so many skills during time at the university.
The result of all the situation was the different sort of experience I got in the collaborative and
lecture I was part of which has been one of the best ways in which the business was able to
increase the organizational performance.
Before my experience at the university I was not at all experienced with any sorts of
skills. Skills which would help me to develop knowledge regarding the experience which I
would want to move forward in the career path of business analyst. I felt very less confident
before the experiences which I was able to have in my course at BA in business studies. It can be

said that there were different situation in which I had struggled previously with the researching
skills. The lack of confidence which I had prior to the joining the university lead into other
thinking that I was not capable enough. It created a very negative influence towards my friends
at the university. Although the experience which I had in university was very effective and had
the influence of develop skills such as communication, team work and time management. These
were the skills which I believed were my strength after the studies for BA was over. Now I have
understood that these skills which I learned from that experience that there were still certain
skills which I needed to work on. Research skill is one of them, even though I had some practice
for it I was not able to master this skills due to shortage of practice and experience. However, all
the other skills which I developed were quite impressive according to my tutor. I was praised for
my performance in the BA in Business Studies. Thus, it could have been said that I would be
able to develop myself towards being effective in my pursuit towards becoming a Business
Analyst.
Evaluation of situation which was the reason I was able to learn the skills that I had
learned was the surrounding and types of experiences which I had with others was the main
reason I was able to develop my communication. There were other factors such as the different
types of projects which I was the part of, which helped me to develop my teamwork with my
partners and also be very strong in the communication. My punctuality was the reason I was able
to manage my time in the studies. This was also the way in which I was able to introduce the
increase in the effectiveness of the team's performance. The negative part of that experience was
that I was dependent on the team members for the research which was required for the project as
I needed to increase those skills. However, our collaborative work was very effective and was
considered to be the best practice that was required by the individual in the development of the
situational practices. I was very enthusiastic during these group projects and this was the reason I
was almost a sort of leader to that group. The effective communication skills which I had was
also one of the most important and effective and important aspect of the such we had as a team.
However, there were certain issues in the team which I had, such as I was not very comfortable
with few of the team members. These team members were the ones which also had strong
communication skills were seen to be the effective in being competitive with me towards the
leadership of the organization. This was the reason I was not able to develop my leadership skills
up to the market that I desired. There was yet another weakness which I had in my operation that

were directed towards utilization of the technology. From the beginning of this course I was not
good at It skills which made it difficult for me manage the group operations. It can be said that
with the help of this the team would have been able to develop a strong and effective
performance in the management of the group operations.
My operations in the group efforts were directly impacting the experience which I was
able to gain towards the work of business analyst. This was helpful for the team to be very
influential in the management of the team performance. It can be said that out of the experience I
had in the course of BA which was not just important for me to develop a new skill that allowed
me in increasingly develop a strong experience towards the business management studies. Apart
from the basic knowledge which I had was excellent, and I was also able to increase my
communicational skills that allowed me to increase collaborative experience with my team
members that were a part of the project. Apart from the communication I also increase my
teamwork capabilities which also led towards increasing my efforts towards the organizational
operations, However, I was able to soon realize that there were many other ways in which I
would be able to capitalize my experience more towards increasing my skills. Due to the
experiences that I needed which was very helpful for me increase my communication. For the
development of my research skills I should have indulged more towards the practices which
would directly help me to implement them towards team work and being successful and effective
in the group project. I still needed to develop three skills which would have made me very
successful for the career path that I have chosen. These skills are the Research skills, Problems
solving skills and also the leadership skills.
According to the Gibbs reflective cycle the best way of in which the reflection can be
concluded with the help of an Action Plan that will be directed towards the skills which would
help me to reach the goals towards the goal of Business Analyst.
ACTION PLAN
Development area Methods Success Criteria Time frame
Research Skills which
is the ability of finding
the answers to the
question of which
Practising is the best
method in which the
research skills can be
learned by a person
When I will be able to
successfully research
for a given topic.
2 years

arises to the individual
as problem.
with different
resources such as
books and internet.
Problem-solving Skills
are the skills in which
help the person to
resolve the skills of the
person and be
effective towards the
key issues of the
employees (Valdez
and Bungihan, 2019).
Focusing on the
problems and adapting
new ways in which the
a person can identify
and act towards those
skills are the ways in
which these skills can
be developed.
I will be efficient
enough to be able to
understand the
problem so that the
solution is ready.
5 years
Leadership skills are
the skills which allow
a person to direct other
for getting a certain
job done (Karagianni
and Jude Montgomery,
2018).
Following great
leaders for learning
from their action.
Developing situational
awareness and
experiencing situations
in which these skills
will be useful.
At the time when I
will be able to lead the
team towards success.
6 months

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