Preparing for Success Self Development and Responsibility

This portfolio includes mini project workshops attended and how they contributed towards the development of social and ethical awareness and responsibility. It also includes personal development plan, personal SWOT analysis, reading log, photos or samples of work produced in class, time management skills, communication skills, social and ethical awareness attributes, and academic writing skills.

Module: (FY027) Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility
CW1 - Portfolio
Student’s Name:
LSST ID Number:
BNU ID Number:
Lecturer’s Name:
Submission Date:
Table of Contents
1 Introduction Page No.

2 Mini project workshops attended and how they contributed towards the development of my
Social and Ethical Awareness and Responsibility.
3 Importance and value of the Appendices (12 Documents) that I have compiled and provided as
part of my portfolio
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4 Conclusion
5 References
6 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
Appendix 1 Personal Development Plan
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis
Appendix 3 Reading Log
Appendix 4 Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating
to Social and Ethical Awareness and Responsibility.
Appendix 5 Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Appendix 6 Communication Skills: Identification of the most effective skills
Appendix 7 Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between Good and Bad
Attributes.
Appendix 8 Academic Writing Skills
Appendix 9 Employability Skills
Appendix 10 Notes on Reflection
Appendix 11 Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Appendix 12 Action Plan on a specific academic or professional goal you aim to achieve
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1. Introduction: (A short introduction)
Self-development is defined as the process of improving skills and abilities within an individual which could
help them in their future career. Self-development assist people in making them a better person both in
personal and professional lives (Feng, Chen and Tang, 2018). This also makes a person responsible towards
society and assist them in implementing ethical behaviour.
2. Answer to the question: Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and
why they contributed towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility.
(500 words)
I have attended a charity workshop where I my work was to arrange food and clothes resources for old people. I have
attended that workshop for almost 3 months under the supervision of experienced people. I have learned many skills and my
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responsibility towards society. As I was doing work for old people I got an opportunity to learn various ethical behaviour from
them. My managing skills have improved by arranging food and clothes for them which has also helped me in my desired
field of working. From the experience of old people present there, I gained knowledge about how a person must behave in
society and why it is essential to respect values as well as believes of others. This workshop was important for me to attend
as through this I will be able to understand my responsibility towards people and society. This workshop has taught me how
a person could put their contribution in society and work in ethical ways by respecting every person. I have also observed
people present from different background and culture were living together. This represents unity in diversity which has made
me understood how people respect each other’s culture and values. I was also able to acquire knowledge about how people
are socially and ethically aware. This charity workshop is important for every person to attend as it will improve their
knowledge about how they should behave in a society and how they can contribute as a responsible citizen. This will also
make them realize about how unethical practices are happening in society towards old people and how much they are
suffering. Therefore, it is very essential to take accountability towards taking care of old people in society. This workshop has
helped me improving my communication skills. This communication pathway has also aided me in developing interpersonal
relationship with them and made me feel connected with them. This workshop has also helped me valuing old people and
how much they are important for society as they have experience and could provide right direction to people. This workshop
has helped me in making myself goal oriented and motivated me to accomplish something so that I could contribute in
society through my achievement. I have also become more responsible as a person and ethically aware towards my role in
society. This will help me in my future career as I will be able to make positive environment at my workplace which could
assist me in developing strong relationship with my subordinates.
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3. Documents for the Portfolio
APPENDIX 1: My Personal Development Plan
My Full Name:
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For:
Name of Institution:
Level at which I am Currently
Studying:
Start Date:
End Date:
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing this
Course:
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Objectives for my personal
development
Actions required to
achieve my objectives
Support and/or
resources I need
Timeframe Estimated date
of completion /
achievement
To improve my Leadership
skills
I will have to practice
discipline. I will also
have to take
responsibility of many
projects so that I
could develop
leadership ability
(Dörr, 2020). In order
to improve this skill of
mine, I have to read
books and watch
videos of successful
leaders so that I could
learn from them. I will
take accountability of
managing my team so
that I could observe
where I am weak in
mentoring people.
To improve this
skill of mine I will
need support
from my mentors.
The resources
which I will need
include books,
videos and
through
observing other
leaders.
I will require
a time
period of
about 3
months so
that I could
improve this
skill.
I will complete
this
accomplishment
of mine
approximately
on 1 March 2022.
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To improve my time
management skills
The actions which are
required to improve
this skill include
managing daily
activities timely. I have
to assign myself some
tasks and ensures that
they are being
completed in specific
time period.
I will need
support from my
subordinates and
supervisor. The
resources which
are required for
making time table
and guidance
from my mentors.
In order to
improve this
skill of mine
in will need
a time
period of 2
months.
I will be able to
improve this skill
of mine on 1
February 2022.
APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS (strong points) WEAKNESSES (weak points)
1 My strengths include my effective
communication skills which helps me in
building strong relationships with others by
understanding their opinions.
1 My weakness include my lack of time
management which creates barriers for
me to organise my daily activities
effectively.
2 I also believe in representing my ethical
behaviour and respect every person around
me which is my one more strength.
2 My lack of ability to mentor my team
members is also counted as one of my
weakness.
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains) THREATS (potential losses
1
I could utilize my effective communication
skills in building more strong relationship
with other people. This will also provide me
1 The lack of managing my activities
within certain time might create a barrier
for me to accomplish my goals.
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an opportunity to present my opinions
confidentially in-front of others (Ghimire,
2020).
2
The representation of my ethical behaviour
could assist me in creating my positive
image among society.
2 The inability of managing my team could
create a threat for me as they would not
trust on me and this might harm my
image.
APPENDIX 3: Reading Log
READING LOG
DATE TITLE AUTHOR TIME SPENT NUMBER OF PAGES
READ
01/12/21
The One Thing
Gary Keller and
Jay Papasan
2 hour 15
3/12/21
Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker 1 hour 7
04/12/21 The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg 3 hour 14
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08/12/21 Crushing It Gary
Vaynerchuk
5 hour 27
12/12/21 Deep Work Cal Newport 4 hour 16
15/12/21 Leave Your Mark Aliza Licht 6 hour 20
APPENDIX 4: Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to Social and Ethical
Awareness.
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Caption: Self Development Skills. 2021. Caption: Creating a Development Plan. 2021.
APPENDIX 5: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
6:00 AM Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping
7:00 AM Sleeping Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
8:00 AM Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 AM Get ready Get ready Get ready Get ready Get ready Get ready Get ready
10:00
AM
Reach
University
Work Work Work Work Work Reach University
11:00
AM
Classes Work Work Work Work Work Classes
12:00 PM Classes Work Work Work Work Work Classes
1:00 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
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2:00 PM Classes Work Work Work Work Work Classes
3:00 PM Classes Work Work Work Work Work Classes
4:00 PM Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee Tea/Coffee
5:00 PM Meeting friends Meeting friends Meeting friends Meeting friends Meeting friends Meeting friends Meeting friends
6:00 PM Meeting friends Outing Outing Outing Outing Outing Outing
7:00 PM Meeting friends Outing Outing Outing Outing Outing Outing
8:00 PM Meeting friends Online classes Online classes Online classes Online classes Online classes Online classes
9:00 PM Movie Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
10:00 PM Movie Television Television Television Television Television Television
11:00 PM Dinner Games Games Games Games Games Games
12:00 PM Home Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
1:00 AM Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
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APPENDIX 6: Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1 Effective communication is
defined as a conversation
procedure that happens
between people without any
misunderstandings and is
properly encoded (Austen,
2018).
1 Ineffective communication is defined
as a conversation process among
people where they are unable to
communicate properly and develop
conflicts.
2 Effective communication helps
people in conveying clear
information to others which
they need to deliver.
2 Ineffective communication is
considered as one of the main reason
of misunderstanding between people.
BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1
The main advantage of effective communication is that it provides people an
opportunity to build their relationships with others.
2
It also helps people in enhancing their productivity and make them feel confident
(Tibaldeo, 2017).
APPENDIX 7: Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and
bad practices.
No. GOOD ATTRIBUTES No. BAD ATTRIBUTES
1 These are the actions which a
person does in an ethical way by
respecting other people and
represent their responsibility
towards society.
1 When a person does something for
their self-benefit and not consider their
accountability towards society than
these represent their bad attributes.
2 The good attributes are related to
manners where an individual
respect believes, values and
morales of other person (Wan
and Zhan, 2021).
2 The bad attributes are considered as
unethical actions taken by an
individual.
APPENDIX 8: Academic Writing Skills:
Select from the following list, any three skills that you have learnt from the lessons
and workshops that you have attended; and briefly state the BENEFITS you have
gained from learning the said academic skills:
 Referencing
 Summarizing

 Paraphrasing
 Editing of text
 Data analysis
 Creating a Table of Contents
 Interpreting feedback given by your lecturer; and acting on it
 Using punctuation marks correctly
 Understanding verbs that are commonly used in Projects;
 Reflective writing
 Any other academic skill.
1 Academic Skill 1 Strong points
(advantages)
Weak points
(disadvantages)
Referencing It could work as secondary
research which might help
people in exploring more
theories or written work.
Some academic references
might be hard or complex
which could harm the written
work (Morris, 2019).
It helps in providing
evidence of particular work
and support their
assignments.
It might be misleading
sometime or could provide
inadequate information.
Benefit(s) of this skill to
me->>>>>: It assists me in developing a whole work of information
and aligning my work to next section. With the help of
referencing, I was able to improve my academic papers.
2 Academic Skill 2 Strong points
(advantages)
Weak points
(disadvantages)
Summarizing By reading summary of any
topic, the person could get
rational idea of what the
information is about.
Sometimes summaries do
not cover overall information
or important points which
could mislead people.
It saves time of a person
and helps in learning topics
faster.
Summaries only provides an
idea about topic and not the
whole information.
Benefit(s) of this skill to
me >>>>>: This skill has helped me in covering large text information
to main points in more concise way. It has also assisted
me in remembering key points from whole work
(Ekanem, 2018).
3 Academic Skill 3 Strong points
(advantages)
Weak points
(disadvantages)
Reflective Writing It helps people in student

learning, assessment and
professional development.
People might become
uncomfortable and
challenging while evaluating
their own practices.
It also assists a person in
understanding the
procedure that provides
them textual manufacture
(Claire, 2017).
This skill might be time
consuming.
Benefit(s) of this skill to
me>>>>>: This skill has helped me in learning what practices and
areas I must improve.
APPENDIX 9: Employability Skills:
No. Specific skill you’ve acquired
during lessons or workshops
How does it raise your chances of getting your
desired job?
1 While taking this workshop I
have built self confidence in
myself.
This will help me in getting desired job as I will
be able to represent my personality in front of
others without feeling judged.
2 I am also able to develop
integrity within myself.
This will assist me making good reputation of
myself in company and stand for my values.
APPENDIX 10: Notes on Reflection
Define the concept of “Reflection”; and provide details of your OBSERVATIONS,
EXPERIENCES and LESSONS learnt, and how these changed your
PERSPECTIVE on specific matters; aw does it raise your chances of getting your
desired job and made you a better person.
Reflection is defined as the process of writing about experiences and thoughts
which a person represents through expressing themselves (Veldman, 2018). From
reflective analysis, I am able to recognise my weaknesses and strengths which I
could improve within myself. I have learnt a lesson about how ethical behaviour
and good attributes helps an individual in creating a good image in society. This
has changed my perspective towards self-development and how it is very essential
for a person. This will help me in getting my desired job position as I will be able to
improve required skills and knowledge.

APPENDIX 11: Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
NAME: XYZ
ADDRESS: 122. ABS street, UVW
CONTACT DETAILS: 1234567789
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
In the year 2017 and 2018 in have worked as an intern in JKL company which is in
hospitality sector. After that between the year 2018 and 2020 I was appointed as
an HR manager by DEF company in hospitality sector.
EDUCATION (Name and year of Institution attended):
2015-2017- Master's in Business from PRQ University
2012-2015- Bachelor's Degree in Business

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
2020- Best employee
2014- Best student
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2017-2018- HR Intern in JKL company of hospitality industry.
2018-2020- HR Manager in DEF company of hospitality industry.
REFERENCES:
APPENDIX 12: An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional
goal of your choice.
Pick any goal from the following list and create an Action Plan for achieving it:
 Completing your studies (diploma or degree) within a record time.
 Completing your Research Report (e.g. IBL) within a specified period of time.
 Finding and completing on time a Work-Based Learning Placement within the
specified period of time.
 Seeking and finding employment (a job) at the end of your studies.
 Any other appropriate goal within the academic or employment environment.
Action For Achieving a Specific Goal
Date: 1.12.21
My Name:
xyz
Course enrolled for: abc
Level of study:
GOAL to be accomplished: Seeking and finding employment at the end of my
studies
Actions I need to take in order

to accomplish my Goal: I need to collect information regarding the vacant
position in various companies of my desired area. I
have to make effective curriculum vitae which I can
use while applying for desired position. I also need to
apply in several companies on online platforms. I
also have to work as an intern in a firm so that I
could get required knowledge and experience about
my desired field of interest.
Resources / support / backup
that I need:
I will need support from my mentors regarding
guidance so that they could assist me in defining
what job is good for me. In order to achieve this goal
of mine I will require help from online search
engines.
Timeframe: I will need a time period of about 6 months to find a
suitable job for me.
Success criteria or indicators:
(How will you know when
you’ve achieved the goal)
I will know whether I have accomplished this goal of
mine when I would get a call for interview or joining
position from a reputed organisation.
Review / evaluation:
(Identify some benefits of
achieving your goal; as well as
some obstacles that hinder
your further progress)
The benefits that I will have after accomplishing this
goal is that I would be able to work at some reputed
organisation. I will face obstacles such as might not
find suitable job for me within my set time period.
4. In a paragraph or two explain the value or usefulness of the
(12 Documents) that you have compiled and provided as part of
your portfolio.
This portfolio has helped in evaluating my strengths and
weaknesses which I could improve by taking desired actions. This
has also assisted me in organising my activities effectively along
with determining my aims in life.
This portfolio has assisted me managing my day to day
working and made me more informative regarding importance
of self-development. This has also helped me in making
myself more productive and efficient in my personal and
professional lives.

5. References:
Feng, Y., Chen, H.H. and Tang, J., 2018. The impacts of social responsibility and
ownership structure on sustainable financial development of China’s energy
industry. Sustainability, 10(2), p.301.
Dörr, S., 2020. Corporate digital responsibility.
Ghimire, N.B., 2020. Teachers’ professional development in community campuses of
TU: Expectation and responsibility. Siddhajyoti Interdisciplinary Journal, 1.
Austen, K.F., 2018. Mentoring: An art and a responsibility. Journal of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology, 141(3), p.880.
Tibaldeo, R.F., 2017. Responsibility towards Diversity.
Wan, D. and Zhan, H., 2021. The Controllability of Planning, Responsibility, and
Security in Automatic Driving Technology. arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00617.
Morris, D., 2019. Communities: building authority, responsibility, and capacity. In
State of the Union 1994 (pp. 214-233). Routledge.
Claire, M.D., 2017. Human rights: The emerging norm of corporate social
responsibility. In Human rights and corporations (pp. 149-178). Routledge.
Veldman, J., 2018. Responsibility and the modern corporation. In Globalisation of
corporate social responsibility and its impact on corporate governance (pp.
77-92). Springer, Cham.
Ekanem, S.A., 2018, May. Personal Responsibility and Social Development:
Implication for Global Ethics. In Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of
Philosophy (Vol. 13, pp. 13-18).