Professional Issues in IT: Reflective Learning Account

Running head: REFLECTIVE LEARNING ACCOUNT
Professional Issues in IT
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:

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Table of Contents
Part A: Compulsory questions:........................................................................................................3
A. Goal in deciding to embark on type of degree..................................................................3
B. Kinds of behaviours important for ICT professional........................................................3
C. Ownership for learning unit..............................................................................................4
Chosen questions:............................................................................................................................5
1. Memorable moments of PIIT................................................................................................5
2. Professional roles and responsibilities for modern ICT professional...................................6
Part B: Reflection on weekly learning topics..................................................................................7
1. Week 3: Privacy....................................................................................................................7
2. Week 5: Group dynamics.....................................................................................................7
3. Week 7: Agility and disruption.............................................................................................8
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................10

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Part A: Compulsory questions:
A. Goal in deciding to embark on type of degree
Before starting my university degree, I had considered some of the aspects to choose my
study such as my own interest and my future job in the study area. My top most fascination is
always IT. I am looking for some business site study and also Information Technology which
is best suited with my aspiration. My future goal is becoming as an ICT professional,
therefore when I enrolled into PIIT, I came to know that ICT degree is balanced with the
technical towards the enterprise skills. Though “Professional Issues in Information
Technology” is not a type of technical subject, but still it is suited with my degree (Ahlawat
and Vincelette 2015). I think that my degree is technical and it required building of more
technical skills. After enrolling into this degree and going through the unit, I came to know
importance of the interpersonal skills into the job market where the technical skills are not
making me successful into my future career as at the end of my job, I have to work with
people and not with the technical machines. Therefore, I am fully satisfied to choose ICT
professional as my career where I will deal with both interpersonal and technical skills and it
also helps me to get my job into the future. Goals are provided directions towards career life
in addition to nurture motivation. It provides us direction towards starting of a new career
and reaching the desired destinations (Helmreich and Merritt 2017). Goals such as become
lifelong learner, clarify of educational plan, efficient and successful student helps me to get
my required destination in the future.
B. Kinds of behaviours important for ICT professional
Into the employment sector, workplace behaviour is considered as a crucial part. Based
on workplace diversity as well as business requirements, it is being changing over the time.
In most of the current workplaces, teams are being made up of people from various
background, age, religion, skills as well as ethnicity. Workplace diversity makes people
dynamic and it also makes work some stressful. Therefore, in my point of view, the ICT
professionals are required to act professional into the workplaces. It is recommended to have
a better as well as gentle professional behaviour in case of the ICT professional (Hjelm et al.

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2016). Following are some of the recommended professional behaviour into the workplace
such as:
 Recognition and respected values along with differences into others.
 Becoming constructive criticism is considered as professional behaviour into the
workplace employees. It is hard to do when the employees are working into the
group as it is very difficult to express own opinion without offending other’s
opinion and to become judgemental (Janowitz 2017).
 Not taking of decisions based on assumention, always ask somebody as it is
considered as a good practice for the professionalism.
 Listening and sharing of information. The team members can able to share their
own ideas with other team members.
 Balancing role to lead and follow others.
Sound team performance, mutual respect along with diversity, gender, cultural
background and age are beneficial towards the team performance as well as workplace
behaviours. Knowing about other culture helps to motivate people. I have also gone through
the culture of my own team members to understand them properly. It helps me to become
interacted with them accurately (Enck et al. 2014). Apart from the academic, casual
interaction helps me to know the career plan. In order to do better performance in the group, I
have kept my personal issues away from my work and career, express my own opinions
clearly with others to understand better, become democratic in terms of group decisions and
encourage the team members by means of enthusiasm.
C. Ownership for learning unit
Learning is not such a passive process. Assessment allows me to monitor progress
towards achievement of the learning objectives. Formative assessment helps me to shape
learning, bolstering the abilities of us to taking of ownership into the learning unit when we
are able to understand that our goal is to improve learning and not to be applied for final
marks (Jobling and Jamasb 2017). It is occurred through class, course and helps to improve
my achievement of learning objectives throughout the approaches which support our
requirements (Bennett and Raab 2017). I have gone through social media feed to interact
with others which help me to gain of more communicational skills. Social media can help to