MG408: E-Portfolio Skills Reflection on Graduate Challenges

This report is a reflective analysis of a student's participation in the MG408 Graduate Challenge, focusing on the development of various skills. The student analyzed the challenge, specifically the T-shirt design project, emphasizing creativity, marketing strategies, and financial planning. The report details the skills utilized, including communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, while also identifying areas for improvement such as time management and ICT skills. The student highlights the impact of the challenge on personal development, acknowledging the evolution as a team member and individual. References to supporting literature are included.

REFLECTIVE WORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFLECTIVE ACTIVITY.............................................................................................................3
Analysing the challenge...............................................................................................................3
Reflection on skills......................................................................................................................3
Impact on personal development.................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

REFLECTIVE ACTIVITY
Analysing the challenge
The T- Shirt challenge mainly included the fact that the how much creative we can be and
how much out of the box thinking are we able to develop (Sankaranarayanan and et.al., 2019).
We undertook many perspectives bore finally deciding on the kind of t- shirts that would be sold,
the customers segment to be targeted and the marketing strategies that can be implemented. I
indentified that we should go for graphic t- shirts rather than normal because they are more in
trend, the marketing strategies were developed correctly through social media tools, and the
financing aspect was also evaluated as we developed a proper budget for this.
Reflection on skills
On the basis of the different skills that were utilise, I can adequately say that there were a
variety of skills that I was able to develop (Otte, Konradt and Oldeweme, 2018). The
communication skill especially came in utilisation when I was dealing with different kind of
customers and I realised that emotional Intelligence is a very important aspect in ascertaining the
mood of the customer and then targeting them thoroughly. Additionally, since I was working in
a team I was able to identify the different aspects of the teamwork where I ascertained that the
others can also present innovative ideas but the key is to listen to them. I acted as a problem
solver in our team due to the quicker decision making skills and good innovative thinking that I
possess. Overall, I can conclude that I am very effective at working in the team with different
people.
Apart from these skills, I realised that my time management skills are not very well
developed. The major reason behind this is that I get in too much detail before completion of any
tasks and sometimes this leads to delay where I am unable to meet my deadlines (Veine and
et.al., 2019). Therefore, this is one aspect that I found negative during the team work that we got
engaged in. however, apart from this I can say that my presentation skills were excellent as I was
able to attract the attention of many of the customer and also my business skills were very well
developed as I helped in increasing the number of sales that we were incurring. Regarding the
MS- Office and ICT skills I can say that I had the best command on use of excel as compared to
that of my other team mates and was most proficient with the use of software, designing tools
etc.
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Impact on personal development
Overall, I can conclude that the t- shirt challenge helped me in meeting the various aspects
of myself and helped me in critically analysing myself. This challenge contributes in the personal
development aspect as well because I was able to identify what are those areas in which I need to
develop myself (Chen and et.al., 2019). I can adequately say that I will definitely work on better
time management skills and also make myself more acquainted and skilled with the relevant ICT
management skills as these are necessary in every field of work whether it is academic or in
professional context. Collectively I can say that this challenge helped me in evolving myself as a
person and a team member.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chen, W., and et.al., 2019. Using instrument-guided team reflection and debriefing to cultivate
teamwork knowledge, skills, and attitudes in pre-clerkship learning teams. Medical
Science Educator. 29(1). pp.45-50.
Otte, K.P., Konradt, U. and Oldeweme, M., 2018. Effective team reflection: the role of quality
and quantity. Small Group Research. 49(6). pp.739-766.
Sankaranarayanan, S., and et.al., 2019, June. An Intelligent-Agent Facilitated Scaffold for
Fostering Reflection in a Team-Based Project Course. In International Conference on
Artificial Intelligence in Education (pp. 252-256). Springer, Cham.
Veine, S., and et.al., 2019. Reflection as a core student learning activity in higher education-
Insights from nearly two decades of academic development. International Journal for
Academic Development, pp.1-15.
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