BSc Hons Business Management: Personal Development Portfolio BMP4001

This document is a personal development portfolio submitted for the BSc (Hons) Business Management BMP4001 Professional and Academic Skills Development module. It includes self-reflection on personal learning and development, identification of transferable skills developed and skills to be developed, a personal development learning log, and an action plan. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of personal learning for both personal and professional growth, highlighting the development of communication, logical, leadership, and teamwork skills. It also outlines future skill development goals, such as time management, interpersonal, leadership, and management skills. The portfolio includes a CV with career goals, work experience, qualifications, and references, aiming to showcase analytical and creativity skills for effective leadership and management.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
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Table of Contents
MAIN BODY ................................................................................................................................3
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills. .3
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and developments 4
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this
module ..........................................................................................................................4
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace .....................................................................................................................5
2.0 Personal development learning log ...........................................................................5
3.0 Action plan..................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8
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MAIN BODY
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills
This is one of the most important aspect which is used by an individual in order to
develop focus over person learning and development that leads upon making individual solve
issues related to personal life of an individual. Through personal learning and development
various factors are handled which makes growth achieved in considerable manner through
out the life by an individual. As per this an individual makes both personal and professional
aspects covered in more effective manner. Through personal learning concepts of individual
are cleared by making improvement done in their personal life. It helps in working over
various skills related to professional development of an individual. This holds importance
over evaluating personality as they helps in making success achieved with desired outcomes.
Through these skills evaluation over personality is done helping in creating awareness over
improvement required to be done over skills. In order to make sure that personal learning is
useful for making improvement done personal analysis is conducted through which makes
individual's working styles improved. Personal development works over strength and
weakness of an individual that makes excellencies of an individual's to be enshrined. Positive
approach towards personal development makes balance and quality created within working of
individual in terms of academic or professional aspect. Transferable skills are those important
skills which are required to be developed in my personality helping in making future growth
done by analyzing various aspects related to growth. It is very important for an individual to
develop focus upon personal learning and development which covers aspects of life helping
then over finding solutions making growth possible. Transferable skills are important as it
allows success to be developed in the role which has been assigned to an individual that
makes job functions performed with more effectiveness. These skills allows an individual to
set up proper structure which makes department of an organization to complete task on time.
Individual through transferable skills is able to increase motivation within themselves which
makes personal growth possible without any problem. The skills makes individual attain
professional stability. This makes requirements of professional development achieved
without any issue. Transferable skills increases experience, time and create opportunistic for
an individual by training, coaching and mentoring. The skills are developed with the help of
day to day analysis of work done by employee working within an organization. Also the
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skills makes critical thinking achieved within an individual which brings in innovation and
aspiration over goals to be accomplished.
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and developments
This is an important part of individual's life which makes learning developed with
mindset to improve an individual. Thus its is essential for making learning mind set helping
in establishing better outcome. Through an learning mindset individual is able to pitch over
negative aspect related to individual's life. In this mindset has important role to play by
making learning done about new aspects of personal learning. Through such development
success has been developed in my professional life by developing an never stooping process
of learning making enhancement done over knowledge. The concept of these skills are wider
in nature as they focus upon academic integrity which makes students understand usage of
this in personal life. It has helped in making my mindset change in positive aspect which
makes working done with more concentration and motivation. An individual like me posses
learning mindset makes particular situation to be solved by using different factors. I have
made myself more connected with my work as coordination makes me focused over task to
be performed by me.
Through personal learning and development my professional career has been shaped
in proper manner at the initial stage of my life. My personal approach always lies upon
personal development and learning. At time I was in school I did various kinds of activities
which made mental and social growth possible for me. This made my communication and
speaking skills improved in more effective manner. Then I come into college and took part in
various curricular practices which made my physical growth done helping in making me
develop practical approach. This made many qualities developed within me that helped me in
my professional life. Through attending many workshop and training programs conducted by
my organization helped me in developing approach over personal learning and development.
Also it added great value to my resume by making it look more attractive in nature which
made experience developed in my working.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this
module
This is an important part that makes evaluation done upon skills which is required for
improving my personality with more effectiveness. These skills includes variety within them
which makes mark of success achieved by me. There are different kinds of transferable skills
which are present while I did analysis over communication skills, logical skills, leadership
skills and team work skills. These skills has helped in making personality developed with
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learning within in me. Also the focus is made upon personal and professional career building
within my life. So, brief discussion in relation to applicability of these skills within my life
has been discussed as follows:
Communication skills helps in making various kinds of interaction done with different
people that made me develop guidance over professional career and academic life. The skill
has helped in making effective development done over making healthy relation with another
person. It made me become effective speaker by influencing employees.
Logical skills these skills made logic developed within my working through
developing innovative working patterns. Also I am able to improve my analysis by providing
logic within it,
Team work skills these skills made diversity developed within me that made me work
comfortable with my co worker. Also through this I am able to develop considerable level of
team spirit within me.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace
There are different kinds of skills that I want to develop within myself in order to
understand about personal and professional life. I did analysis upon various objective and
goals set by me. The skills over which I seek improvement is based over time management
skills, interpersonal skills, leadership skills and management skills.
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?
17/08/22 Seminar Leadership
skills
How to lead
people
To manage
the
employees
in
organizatio
n
15/08/22 Workshop Management
skills
Theories of
management
To become
manager of
the
organizatio
n.
20/12/22 Seminar Time How to develop To manage
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management
skills
effective time
table
time
between
personal
and
profession
al life
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?
Time
management
skills
Mentor and
execution skills
Need to develop
effective time
table
To evaluate the
satisfaction of other
stakeholders of life
15/08/22
Interpersonal
skills
Proper training
and guidance Need to make
efforts and
By a way
interacting with
other persons
20/07/22
Leadership
skills
Seminars and
workshops
Need to perform
well to lead
people
By a way of
followers
satisfaction
15/12/22
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4.0 CV
Curriculum vitae
Marketing Manager
Contact Details
areana, Ny 1431
(456)789-258963
[e-mail]
Career Goals
To become effective leader and also good manager which arev having analytical and
creativity skills.
Work Experience
 Fresher
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Qualifications:
 Bachelor degree in management
 Master’s degree in management
 PHD degree in management
Skills
 Leadership skills
 Creativity skills and,
 Management skills
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