BMP4001: Personal Development Portfolio: Skills, Reflection & Action

This document is a personal development portfolio created as part of the BMP4001 module, focusing on professional and academic skills development. It begins with self-reflection, identifying personal learning approaches and transferable skills developed during the module, such as problem-solving, teamwork, time management, and communication. The portfolio includes a learning log detailing specific events and the skills acquired, followed by a detailed action plan outlining learning goals, required resources, and success measurement criteria. Finally, a curriculum vitae (CV) is provided, summarizing the student's qualifications, experience, and skills. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of continuous self-improvement and the application of transferable skills in both academic and professional contexts, referencing relevant literature to support the analysis and conclusions presented. This comprehensive portfolio showcases the student's commitment to personal and professional growth, demonstrating how they plan to develop essential skills for future career success.

BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
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Contents
Table of Contents
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills 3
2.0 Personal development learning log................................................................................5
3.0 Action plan.........................................................................................................................6
4.0 CV........................................................................................................................................8
References...............................................................................................................................9
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1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development,
and the transferable skills
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal
learning and development
Personal learning and development can be described as a lifelong approach that
help person to assess their life and career as well develop their skills in order to fulfil
their potential (Steinherr and Vay, 2022). This will makes me proactive in order to
take charge for my actions. It contributes towards my satisfaction as well as success
in my life in effective manner. With the help of self-improvement skills I can
effectively make my personal learning and development. This will helps me to define
my personal vision as well as life goals in clearer manner. This makes easier for me
to create a plan as well as work towards it in order to achieve my objectives more
effectively. My learning and personal growth are important for personal development
and learning. I can learn from my past mistakes as well as overcome challenges by
proper education, training as well as guidance. The more I can work on my skills and
abilities, the more I can discover my hidden potential. This will help me in pushing
my boundaries as well as exploring new things in order to utilise my knowledge more
effectively. Personal learning and development is empowering which allows me to
take control of things related to my life. This will make constant improvement which
makes me to feel more confident as well as motivated in order to achieve my career
goals. This increases my productivity and performance in order to achieve
satisfaction in my career in better manner.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module
Transferable skills are usually those skills which can an individual use in every
job profile by not focusing on focusing on particular field or title. Some transferable
skills are hard in nature which includes data analysis, coding or any other technical
skills whereas some are soft in nature which includes communication, teamwork, or
relationship skills (Palomino-Flores, 2021). All transferable skills are important for
me in order to work effectively in any field. By the development of these skills I can
effectively use in my future job in order to become valuable employees for my future
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job. Transferable skills are desirable in every organisation due to which employer
does not require providing training to them. The transferable skills includes various
skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, analytical reasoning, leadership,
adaptability, teamwork, time management communication, writing, listening,
creativity and so on. These help me to perform my task in better manner by
collaborating with my team members in better manner for completing the task on
time as well as helps company in order to achieve their career goals in better
manner (Patterson, 2019) . These will more essential to me for improving and
growing my career in better manner. This helps in showing to my employer as I am
more adaptive and versatile in order to conduct my task in better manner in order to
achieve my career goals. These skills are not only helpful in my profession career
but also for my social and academic life. This will help me to make career changes if
I am not comfortable in current career life.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace
Transferable skills are most important skills which help to conduct any job in
better manner. There are many transferable skills I would like to develop during my
academic studies, personal life as well as workplace in order to conduct my task in
better manner (Steitz, 2020). These will incur problem solving skills, teamwork skills,
time management skills and communication skills. These will helps me to make my
academic and professional career more effective in order to conduct my task
effectively. Problem solving skills is important to me in order to solve my future
problems in better by analysing the situation properly as well as thinking about the
best solutions for solving it in better manner. Teamwork skills make me to learn how
I can effectively perform my task by collaborating with my team members by
achieving common goals. Time management skills help me to conduct my every task
on time in order to enhance my career goals. Communication skills helps me to
communicate with other person in more appropriate manner in order to make other
influence to conduct particular task in more effective manner (Ooi, 2020).
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2.0 Personal development learning log
Date of event What was the
development
activity?
What was I
expecting to
learn?
What have I
learned?
How will I
apply this
learning?
30-5-2022 Problem solving I can learn
how to solve a
particular
problem in
better manner.
I learned
importance of
problem
solving in my
academic and
personal life.
I would like to
apply my this
learning in my
personal and
professional
career.
25-6-2022 Teamwork This will help
me to learn
how effectively
I can work with
my team
members (Wu
and Kuo,
2021)
.
This makes to
understand
the
importance of
teamwork in
achieving the
common
goals.
I want to
apply this
learning in my
future
professional
career.
20-7-2022 Time
management
This will help
to understand
how I can
manage my
time with each
task.
I can learn
importance of
time
management
in my
personal and
career life.
I want to
apply this
learning in my
personal and
professional
life.
15-8-2022 Communication I learn how I
effectively
communicate
with my
I learned
importance of
proper
communicatio
I want to
apply this
learning in my
social,
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friends,
colleagues
and superiors.
n in my social,
academic and
professional
learning.
academic and
professional
career.
3.0 Action plan
What do I want
to learn?
What support
and resources
will I need?
What do I
have to do?
How will I
measure
success?
Target date for
review?
Problem
solving skills
Proper
guidance from
experts, proper
mindset as well
as positive
attitude is
required to me
in order to
develop my
problem-
solving skills.
By identifying
and
understanding
the problem,
conducting
proper
research as
well as
identifying best
answer for my
problem I can
effectively
develop my
problem solving
skills.
I analysing my
solution in every
problem and
situation I can
effectively
measure my
success in this
learning.
30-07-2022
Teamwork
skills
Proper
contribution of
my team
members,
positive attitude
as well as
By knowing
goals, clarifying
roles of each
member,
positive
By taking
reviews from my
team members I
can measure my
success for
05-08-2022
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advice from
experts I can
effectively
develop my
teamwork
skills.
mindset,
managing time
efficiently as
well as
exercising with
my team
members I can
effectively
develop
teamwork
skills.
learning
teamwork skills.
Time
management
skills
I need diary,
calendar and
alarm clock in
order to
develop my
time
management
skills.
I need to
conduct my
task early,
scheduling and
prioritising my
each task as
well as setting
deadlines I can
effectively
develop time
management
skills.
By measuring my
time period in my
each task I can
measure my
success in this
learning.
05-09-2022
Communicatio
n skills
For developing
my
communication
I need
magazines,
newspaper and
books, practice
test as well as
proper
I need to read
study material,
attaining online
and offline
seminars,
proper listening
other as well as
taking guidance
from experts I
By taking
feedback from
my peers, friends
and colleagues I
can effectively
measure my
success for this
learning.
10-10-2022
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guidance from
the expert.
can effectively
improve my this
skills.
4.0 CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name- XYZ
Address- Abc colony, London Street, England, United Kingdom
Contact details- 9852582433 8956232525
Email- [e-mail]
OBJECTIVE
To recruit and select talented candidates for the right job in well-known organisation
within the United Kingdom as Human resource manager.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Masters in Human resource management from London University
 Bachelors in Human resource management from London University
EXPERIENCE
 2 Years’ experience in small firm in London as a HR advisor.
SKILLS
 Interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with other person
 Leadership and teamwork skills for achieving common goals.
 Time management and problem solving skills
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References
Steinherr, V.M. and Vay, C., 2022. Personal Skills in the BISE Curriculum: An Integrative Approach.
Palomino-Flores, P., 2021, June. Digital competences at university level: analysis from personal
learning environments. In 2021 16th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and
Technologies (CISTI) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Patterson, C., 2019. Developing Expertise and Personal Professional Learning—A Global
Perspective. In Enacted Personal Professional Learning (pp. 11-30). Springer, Singapore
Steitz, D., 2020. Professional Training and Personal Development: Lessons From 10 Years of
Intergenerational Learning. Innovation in Aging, 4(Suppl 1), p.1.
Ooi, P.C., 2020. Students’ continuing personal development (S-CPD)-a scheme to promote student
engagement in extra-curricular activities. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based
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Wu, C.P. and Kuo, C.Y., 2021, August. The development of augmented reality learning applications
for mobile devices-an example of a personal portfolio. In Smart Design, Science &
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Innovation (ICASI 2020), November 5-8, 2020, Taitung, Taiwan (p. 1). CRC Press.
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