BM562 Consultancy in Practice: Evaluating Skills and Learning Report

This document comprises a formal statement addressing allegations of academic misconduct and an individual report for the BM562 Consultancy in Practice module. The formal statement provides justifications for the use of specific references, including Botelho et al. (2016), Grit (2019), and Watson et al. (2016), alongside additional resources like Forray et al. (2017), Kolb and Kolb (2018), and Lejeune et al. (2018), which aided in understanding Kolb's learning cycle and personal development plans. The report evaluates the student's learning and skills development throughout the project, reflecting on skill gaps and demonstrating employability. The report format adheres to the assignment brief's requirements, focusing on tasks related to self-evaluation, skills assessment, and preparation for graduate-level positions. The student aims to demonstrate their readiness for graduate-level jobs by reflecting on their skills and how they can be improved, specifically addressing the assessment criteria outlined in the brief.

FORMAL STATEMENT
I have been alleged for academic misconduct. Here I am presenting a formal statement that
clearly explains that all the academic misconduct allegations put are wrong. Here I will
provide justification of all the references that have been used by me and reason because of
which these references were used. All the references used in this assignment were useful and
has helped me in completing whole assignment in a proper manner. For this assignment four
main resources were used but with them two other relevant sources opened that contained
useful and important information for completion of this project. Justification of the resources
that were used have been provided below:
Main references:
 Botelho, W.T., and et. al., 2016. Kolb's experiential learning theory and Belhot's learning
cycle guiding the use of computer simulation in engineering education: A pedagogical
proposal to shift toward an experiential pedagogy. Computer Applications in Engineering
Education. 24(1). pp.79-88.
o This reference helped me in understanding ways in which Kolb’s learning cycle
can be used by students for learning process.
 Grit, R., 2019. Managing your competencies: personal development plan. Routledge.
o It is a book that was used as reference to understand what personal development
plan is.
 Watson, M.K., and et. al., 2016. Assessing impacts of a learning-cycle-based module on
students' conceptual sustainability knowledge using concept maps and surveys. Journal
of cleaner production. 133. pp.544-556.
o This reference was used to understand ways in which students can use concept of
Kolb’s learning cycle in a better manner.
Other references:
 Forray, J.M., and et. al., 2017. Teaching methods and the Kolb learning cycle:
Pedagogical approaches in the Principles for Responsible Management Education
domain. In Educating for Responsible Management (pp. 325-352). Routledge.
o It is a chapter of a book named as education for responsive management. This
reference got opened as a reference of other referneces that were used. I have used

this refenrcein order to understand importance of knowledge and skills and its
importance in Learning process.
 Kolb, A. and Kolb, D., 2018. Eight important things to know about the experiential
learning cycle. Australian Educational Leader. 40(3). p.8.
o It was a useful resource as it helped me in understanding all the four stages of
Kolb’s reflective cycle in a proper manner.
 Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018. The impact on employees’ job
performance of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan
practice. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, pp.1-27.
o This reference got opened with the study book that I referred for PDP. I have used
this referenced because it helped in in understand was in which PDP can be used
for achieving learning goals.