Personal Development: Auditing Fitness for Business Environment

This report presents a personal audit of skills and fitness for a business environment, employing Gibbs' Reflective Cycle for analysis and development. The audit encompasses description, feeling, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and an action plan to enhance key skills. Strengths in communication and interpersonal skills are identified, along with areas for improvement in problem-solving and decision-making. The report details methods for evaluating and improving these skills, including logical games, exercises, and information gathering. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and development for future career success. Desklib offers a wealth of similar student-contributed assignments and study resources to support academic growth.

AUDIT YOUR PERSONAL FITNESS
FOR A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Employment skills are skills, knowledge and capabilities that are necessary demanded by
the employer from its employees so that all task of firm can be smoothly completed in effective
manner. Audit of personal fitness for business environment contribute in analysis, identifying
areas in which my strength and weakness lies thus method that could be used to improve the
same. Communication, team working, information, time management and problem solving are
different skills that are required by individuals to get make best use of available employment
opportunities in external environment. All these skills are highly valuable for the employer thus
person by developing the its existing skills, knowledge and capabilities can achieve greater
success and growth in future circumstances. This report has included key information related to
personal audit to analysis the skills that I have for suitable business environment or not. So, Gibb
reflective cycle is model that will be used to conduct personal audit or fitness.
MAIN BODY
Gibbs reflective cycle is model that have six stages that helps any individuals in identifying
its strength, areas that needs to be developed and action that could be taken to enhance existing
professional skills. Reflection helps in learning thing from previous experience without
forgetting the previous knowledge. Description, feeling, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and
action plan are all stages that contribute in effective reflecting of skills or knowledge that I have
gained from my previous experience (He, Parkinson. and Doyle, 2018). Therefore, the things
that are learned by me from my previous experience can be illustrated in detailed as follows:
 Description: It is stage that describe about the particular situation or previous experience
such as what, when and who a particular situation has arisen. Likewise, our lecturer has
assigned us a group assignment for getting good grade in future scenario. In the group
assignment, we were around 4-5 members in each group that are coordinately working
for completion of task so that end objective can be achieved (Sicora, 2017). I was a
leader of the group that will be responsible for coordinating people, resources and task so
that the project can be completed and delivered to lecturer in minimum time possible.
 Feeling: This is a stage that states about the feeling or emotion which I have during the
particular experience. For examples: In my previous experience, I was feeling quite
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nervous, having much anxiety that whether we all would be work together as a team to
complete the assignment or not. But as soon as we proceed the project, I get confidence
that we will able to complete the task in effective manner. Further, proceeding with the
task, I get more fun and enjoyment, as we all able to know more about each and others
points of view, have better understanding and fun. All these has helped us keeping
motivating to put our best efforts so that the project can be accomplished in desired
manner.
 Evaluation: It is the stage in which evaluation is done related to what has went good and
bad during the particular situation. Such as from the previous experience, I get to know
that I have good communication and interpersonal skills as I can easily share my point of
view, perspective to other individuals (El Miedany, 2019). I was the one who share my
feeling with other team member and thus motivates them to share their also so that more
effectively it can be completed. Interpersonal skills have lead in team bounding and
coordination of me with other team members.
But I have felt key challenges in taking decision or problem solving skills, as I was not able
to take quick decision that can be useful for the team as well as group itself. While working in
team, there are multiple challenges or issue that we have face, but we were not able to find
alternative options that could be used to solve the problem. At the same time, I have identified
that I have good information and communication skills that has helped me as well as my team
member to store, analysis and conclude necessary information. Thus, it can be summarized that
the above understanding has helped me in learning that in overall experience, there are few good
things and some were bad (Akhavan, Shahabipour. and Hosnavi, 2018). But we all together have
tried to complete the assigned project in limited time frame. So, all our team member has focus
on staying positive so that alternative solution can be find to resolve the problem successful for
achievement of end goals.
 Analysis: This is stages of Gibbs reflective cycle in which individuals is able to make
sense pertaining to what has happened or things that can be learned from previous
experience. For example: I get to know that all of us are able to work in team because we
have tried to avoid conflict, issue and key differences exist between ourselves. In
addition to this, I have good team working skills that has helped me in working with
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different individual for attainment of desired objectives. Furthermore, it can be stated
that I have openly and freely communicate my ideas, view and opinion to others that has
helped in promoting new and innovative ideas that could be used in the completion of the
project. There are some difficulties that I have face while working in team such as
taking timely decision that has lead in delay of completion of project. I get confused
among the alternative solution or strategies that could be for useful for completion of
task as compared to others (Karam and et.al., 2020). I also do not have sufficient
problem solving ability that has resulted in time taking process is resolving issue that are
arising between the team. So, from the above understanding it can be summarized or I
have learned I needs to improve my decision, problem solving and enhance information
and communication skills for bright future ahead. Therefore, it can be stated that I will
try to make more and more efforts to improve the existing skills, knowledge so that I can
get best opportunity.
 Conclusion: From the above analysis and evaluation, there are key points that can be
summarized related to reflection i.e, my strength lies in communication and interpersonal
skills that helps me in effective work in team. I have learned that problem solving and
decision making skills are two important skills that each individuals need to have in
order to work in team. I could positively handle the situation in future circumstances
through improving my team working, problem solving and decision for fruitful outcome
(De Bruyn and Mestry, 2020). At last it can be concluded that to have good future ahead,
an individual must have all necessary skills so that it can easily complete the given task.
 Action plan: This is stage that prepare the action plan or the manner in which the skills
can be improved so that the set objectives can be achieved. It describes in detailed about
set of action, total time frame, and method of evaluation that would be used to
understand the skills have developed or not. Therefore, action plan of myself can be
illustrated in detailed as follows:
SKILLS METHOD TO
IMPROVE THE
EXISTING SKILLS
EVALUATION OF
OUTCOME
TIME FRAME
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PROBLEM
SOLVING SKILLS
 In order to
develop or
improve my
problem
solving skills,
I have decided
to identifying
the problem,
find method
that could be
used to
overcome the
same.
 Secondly, I
will play
logical games
or puzzle in
order to
enhance my
mind.
 Thirdly it can
be stated that
through doing
exercise, I can
enhance my
mind to find
alternative
possible
solution that
could be used
The problem solving
skills can be
evaluated that it has
been achieved
through
understanding who
fruitfully I have
solve the problem
(Fissore and et.al.,
2020).
3-4 month will be
required to develop
problem solving
skills.
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to resolve the
issue.
DECISION
MAKING SKILLS
 I have decided
to improve my
decision
making skills
through
gathering
sufficient
information
about specific
situation, then
weighting
each action.
To select the
best that could
be useful or
beneficial for
the firm
(Sicora,
2017).
 I will also
read
newspaper,
make use of
internet to
know the
manner in
which
successful
The decision making
skills can be
evaluated through
analyzing whether
the decision was
beneficial for the
company or not.
As per my
perspective, around
6-7 month will be
required to enhance
my decision making
skills for high
growth in future
prospect.
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people have
taken decision
related to the
company.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be summarised that Gibbs reflective is effective model that
helps in understanding the particular situation, analysing my strength and key areas that needs to
be developed. Thereby helps in planning or set of strategies that could be used to improve or
developed the areas for growth and success in personal and professional career. At last it can be
concluded that it has helped me in learning and developing my skills so that I can get best
employment opportunity in future circumstances.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Akhavan, P., Shahabipour, A. and Hosnavi, R., 2018. A Model to Optimize Knowledge Flow in
Team Working. JOURNAL OF ORGANISATIONAL STUDIES AND
INNOVATION, 5(1). pp.1-20.
De Bruyn, N. and Mestry, R., 2020. Voices of resilience: Female school principals, leadership
skills, and decision-making techniques. South African Journal of Education, 40(3).
El Miedany, Y., 2019. Reflective Learning, Reflective Teaching. In Rheumatology
Teaching (pp. 199-233). Springer, Cham.
Fissore, C., Marchisio, M., Roman, F. and Sacchet, M., 2020, November. Development of
Problem Solving Skills with Maple in Higher Education. In Maple Conference (pp. 219-
233). Springer, Cham.
He, K. N., Parkinson, L. and Doyle, A. K., 2018. Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle.
Karam, S and et.al., 2020. Integrating systems thinking skills with multi-criteria decision-
making technology to recruit employee candidates. Expert Systems with
Applications, 160. p.113585.
Sicora, A., 2017. Reflective practice, risk and mistakes in social work. Journal of Social Work
Practice, 31(4). pp.491-502.
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