Business Management E-Portfolio: Academic Year 2022-2023 Report

This e-portfolio report, created by a business management student, details their orientation for success in higher education during the 2022-2023 academic year. It includes a CPD plan, SWOT analysis, and reflections on their learning experiences, focusing on the development of key skills such as critical thinking, communication, and teamwork. The report analyzes the student's strengths (teamwork, communication, critical thinking), weaknesses (time management), identified opportunities (feedback, online courses), and potential threats to their academic and career goals. The student culturally and behaviorally expects to gain opportunities in various fields such as retail and sales, human resource, marketing and advertising, consultancy and finance. The report also emphasizes the importance of peer-to-peer support and team working in enhancing the learning experience and overall professional development. The student has included references to support their analysis and conclusions.

Brief. E-Portfolio Academic Year 2022-2023
E-PORTFOLIO TEMPLATE
Cover Page.
[Student ID number, module name, tutor name, academic year/group]
Orientation for Success in Higher Education 1

E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis.
Area of Learning Reflection of Learning Future Implications Implementation
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Cultural and behavioural
expectations of studying for a
degree in business management
The cultural , as well as behavioral expectation of
me to study for a degree in business management,
is inclusive of development of my key
management skills such as critical and strategic
thinking, problem solving, communication,
reporting, organization, project management and
leadership. I behaviourally expect that with the
help of studying for a degree in business
management I can develop these management
skills and can assure opportunities in terms of
employability (Jackson, 2015). In addition to this
it has been analysed that in terms with cultural
expectation I expected to grab opportunities in
various fields such as retail and sales, human
resource, marketing and advertising, consultancy
management and finance. Business management is
one of the wide segment which offers students to
kick start their business career. This is among one
It has been analysed that
learning will significantly assist
me in future studies and career
as it develops my
communication critical thinking
and relationship building skill.
With the help of this I also
developed my research
conducting ability and also
develop me to work in a team. It
not only allowed me to gain
support from others but also
benefit me to develop an
interpersonal skill that will
significantly benefit me in future
to work in a team and assure
successful outcome. In addition
to this it has been underlined by
It is important to significantly
implement the past experience
analysis in the future, as it will
allow to duly implement
strategies that will help an
individual to avoid the mistakes
that has been faced in the past.
In context with my learning it
has been analysed by me that I
will significantly practice and
apply the things that I have
learned in future with the help
of conducting continuous
practice. I will also analyse my
past experiences in both
positive and negative manner in
order to identify my skill and
knowledge gaps. I will also
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of the globally recognised degree which provide to
have professional and personal experience and
have a pathway to business management. By
joining this course I culturally expect to improve
my critical and communication skills in order to
graduate with a recognised degree. Furthermore, it
has been expected by me of studying for a degree
in business management is to significantly have
specialization in some certain areas such as human
resource management, entrepreneurship, service
operation and finance. With the help of having
business management degree I behaviourally
expected to have diverse set of knowledge of the
business world thus having a degree in business
management. I have some certain forms of
behavioral and cultural expectation that will
benefit me in future in number of ways.
me that with the help of this
learning I can also gain some
certain significant advantages
such as implementing critical
thinking and time management
skill in future studies and career
that will significantly benefit me
to assure more successful
outcome. With the help of this I
can efficiently assure to perform
my work in a well defined and
effective manner.
undertake use of feedback from
others and will create short and
long-term goals. This will
benefit me to significantly apply
the things that I have learned in
a well defined and effective
manner.
The importance of peer-to-
peer support and team
working to enhance learning
experience
Peer to peer support is inclusive of several
benefits such as, it helps in developing knowledge
and skill looms and also personal and professional
With peer-to-peer support and
team working experience allow
me to have positive influence in
I have performed my role with
the help of taking peer to peer
support and conduct my
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development. It also helps in building
communication skill and teamwork which further
helps in making onboarding more effective.
Collaboration plays important role which helps an
individual to develop a wide range of skills such
as team management, communication, relationship
that plays major role in grabbing future growth
opportunities. In today’s learning and working
environment collaborative learning and working is
crucial element that significantly assist to gain
support and with the help of informal interaction
acquire many benefits. It also helps in developing
self confidence level and helps in building trust
and respecting. In addition to this in context with
team work it is one of the most important and
crucial aspect which plays important role in
personal and professional development. With the
help of this one can assure strong communication
and social skills. With the help of this I can gain
come potato growth and can have active listening
and effective speaking skills that will further
my future studies and career.
With the help of teamwork I
have built my social and
communication skills and also
develop effective active and
listening skills. These skills
played major role in workplace
that will benefit me to perform
my work in a team efficiently. In
addition to this with the help of
team work and peer to peer
support also improved my self
confidence and develop my
communication skills (Grissom,
Loeb and Mitani, 2015). It will
benefit me to conduct my future
studies with more confidence
and further allow me to assure
growth apartment is in future.
With the help of this I can
perform by rules in a team with
responsibilities in a team. This
provided me to have a great
experience in this I will
significantly practice and apply
my team experience in future,
with the help of emphasising on
developing my team working
ability. in this I will undertake
use of some certain online
courses to develop my
communication abilities and
with the help of teamwork I will
perform short term roles in
order to complete a project.
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benefit in assuring growth opportunities. It has
been analysed that peer-to-peer support and team
working played important role, as it helps in
enhancing learning experience. It significantly
benefit to acquire new knowledge and skills and
also helps in overcoming issues such as low
confidence and self-motivation (Greene, 2021).
Peer-to-peer support help in developing
communication skills that further encourage to
work in a team. It significantly plays major role in
acquiring more positive outcomes in a well
defined and effective manner which offers a
person and opportunity to grow career growth
opportunities. With the help of this I can
significantly assure long term growth and higher
competitiveness in personal and professional skill
development.
a confidence and can also
encourage others towards the
same.
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Student’s personal
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Student’s personal weaknesses in
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Identified opportunities
T
Threats envisaged in
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strengths in relation to
learning
relation to learning. on gaining skills and
degree
relation to student’s
attainment of
opportunities
SWOT Analysis
Strength. Weaknesses. Opportunity Threats
I am having strong team working
skills as well as communication
ability. This offers me an opportunity
to perform my work in a team and
further motivate others.
I also have strength in terms of
critical thinking scale which benefits
me to undertake decisions effectively
even in a complex situation.
I have open minded approach to
resolve any conflicts in a team which
allow me to perform my work in an
effective manner without any
unnecessary confusion.
The major weakness that I faced in relation to
learning is that, I faced challenges to undertake
use of proper time management which affect my
overall learning process.
Due to my in effective time management I faced
issues to have a schedule with further affect me in
terms of undertaking proper decisions.
I also have opportunity to take
use of feedback mechanism that
will benefit me to acquire
feedback on my performance
from others. This will
significantly benefit me to
develop my feedback taking
skills that benefit me in future in
effective manner.
In addition to this I also have
opportunity to gain skill by
taking assistance of online time
management and decision
making skill. With the help of
this I can acquire any degree
with a positive mindset.
There are some certain threats
that can affect me in attainment
of opportunities. These are
inclusive of the proper
management of time, as in order
to manage my other activities I
can face challenges to fulfill
objectives of my set goals that
can impact on my overall
learning process.
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There is a significant
opportunity for me to gain new
skills and agree with the help of
taking use of online courses.
References
Books and Journals
Greene, J.O., 2021. Essentials of Communication Skill and Skill Enhancement: A Primer for Students and Professionals.
Routledge.
Grissom, J.A., Loeb, S. and Mitani, H., 2015. Principal time management skills: Explaining patterns in principals’ time use, job
stress, and perceived effectiveness. Journal of Educational Administration.
Cirillo, F., 2018. The Pomodoro technique: The life-changing time-management system. Random House.
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Jackson, D., 2015. Employability skill development in work-integrated learning: Barriers and best practice. Studies in higher
education, 40(2), pp.350-367.
Zhang, T., 2015, June. Chinese Class Construction based on Professional Communication Skill Training in Higher Vocational
Institutes. In International Conference on Management, Computer and Education Informatization (pp. 264-266). Atlantis
Press.
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