Reflective Writing Aims

Running head: REFLECTIVE WRITING AIMS 1
Reflective Writing Aims
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REFLECTIVE WITING SKILLS 2
1.Opinion about my learning experience
My learning experience in the research about small businesses and employment in
Australia is a transformative experience which has profoundly improved my perception of the
role that small businesses play in Australia. This is because before the research I saw small
businesses in Australia as entities that are of insignificant roles to the economy. However, after
learning process which was aided by the analysis, I have realized that small business plays a
significant role when it comes to building the economy of Australia.
The value of the experience
The value of the experience is that it assisted me in understanding that even though small
business creates a lot of employment in Australia, they still do not contribute to a significant
percentage in developing the economy of the nation as large firms do (Chapman et al., 2015)
This is because large firms can acquire large amounts of capital through borrowing from
financial institutions. The borrowing contributes to economic growth of the banking industries
which is later on reflected on the overall growth of country's economy.
2. Ways the learning experience might serve me in the course.
The learning experience from the research on small businesses and employment in
Australia helps in my course through different ways. Firstly, the experience assists me to learn
about the factors that act as barriers to small businesses in their quest to achieve stability in the
various markets that they operate. The first challenge according to the study is poor planning is
done by the entrepreneurs before they begin their operation, inappropriate marketing techniques
and inability to set targets due to the uncertainty that is common in the operating industries (Gray
and Malins et al., 2016).

REFLECTIVE WITING SKILLS 3
The new knowledge as a result of the study will act as my source of reference in my quest
to start a business in the future (Kotey, 2016). This is because the experience gives me
knowledge about the challenges that small business has in Australia, so when beginning a
business I will be able to draw a proper plan that will help me in solving the problems that are as
a result of poor business planning. Additionally, through the study, I can begin a small business
in Australia and relate to large and established firms to get business stability. One of the ways by
which a small business can relate to a well-established business through seeking for a continuous
supply of raw materials from large organizations to aid in my production activities.
3. What occurred in the learning process
My learning process was built upon three major principles. The first principle was
identifying the difference between one's ideal self and real self. The gap in this principle
represents the primary motivator to learn and improve. The second principle was that both the
respondents and the researcher have the responsibility to make the conversation flow. This
principle aided me to ask questions that the respondents could answer to allow the continuity of
our conversation. The final principle is the creation and implementation of a challenging and a
realistic action strategy for development (Pattern and Newhart, 2017).
To continue, during my learning process, I developed a real experiment. According to
Vogt (2016), developing real analysis involved the creation of subtopics that I was going to put
under the consideration when studying about small business and employment in Australia. The
subtopic created include research on the challenges that small business face in Australia, what
role they play in ensuring economic development of the country and way by which the
government intervenes in business operations of various organizations to assist small businesses
in Australia to improve. The next thing that occurred in my learning process is having a