Reflective Journal and Action Plan for Business Psychology

This report presents a reflective journal focusing on key skills within the field of business psychology. The journal critically evaluates time management, communication, and team working, exploring their importance for personal and professional development. It delves into the relevance of these skills, supported by psychological and business theories, and includes self-assessments, feedback analysis, and future implications. The report also examines the impact of poor time management on productivity and the significance of effective communication and team work for leadership and organizational success. Finally, the report culminates in an action plan designed to enhance these skills for future application in various business contexts.

Business Psychology

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL..............................................................................................................4
1 Time management....................................................................................................................4
2 Communication.........................................................................................................................6
3 Team working...........................................................................................................................8
ACTION PLAN...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Business psychology have been considered as exciting and diverse field looking around
the overall personal and professional development on individual. On the other hand, business
psychology is about the organizational psychology which is helpful in clearly combining up of
human psychology moving out with practical business implications in order to get improve
business productivity and proper organization of people in the workplace of companies.
Industrial organizational phycology is considered to be field of studies within the
workplaces and small theory implication looking up as the workplace issues focussing on
employees, company culture, productivity and morale upliftment. this can have inclusion of
various business strategies, stakeholder relationship, market performances and different business
operations.
Business psychology is in practice having inclusion of various are of expertise which is all about
including –
Advice
Business psychologists is successful in offering up the unbiased & psychological
perspective on personal & interpersonal issues regarding the workplace. This is offering up with
trusted and unbiased business offer and PR actioner advising up the wide range of work issues
from career on organization with larger scale.
Diagnosis
There have been used of different research methods with work of human behaviour and
psychology helping companies to understand differ issues and challenges arising up in the
workplace. The issue can be such as the high turnover & low engagements using of scientific
research methods investigating human behaviours at work.
Designing
The business psychologist is designing up programmes and solution which are geared up
with company issues as well as designing training and assessment programmes at the workplace.
This is helping out with designing up psychometric tools or exercises for the assessment to
improve employee selection
Delivery
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This is stage looking out as busines psychologist who are evaluating up their scientific
research along with properly demonstrating the company in order with showing up benefit of
invention in company.
Evaluation
This is helpful in evaluating scientific research which is demonstrating evidence showing
up various benefits of intervention in the company. There is proper demonstrating up individuals
and organizational benefits looking at core principle of business psychology.
It is important to note that’s the business psychology is helpful in working at differ
location ad varsity of roles. For example, it is working in the different leadership position, human
resources, office management, unions, and training administration. On the other hand, in the
public sector business psychology is used up in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal and
State Prisons, Department of Défense, Department of Labour, and public-school systems.
Hence, the business psychology has been study and practice improving with working in life.
this is having the proper combinations over understanding their science in term of human
behaviours with the world experience to attain with effective and sustainable business
performances for both individuals and organization.
There is need to look into proper evaluation with making up accomplishment of company
goals, working up for strategies along with employer to make proper assessments of areas and
tools for improvements indifferent business manner. In this report, there will be critical
evaluation of the important key skills which is helpful in getting up personal and professional
development. beside this a proper action plan will be prepared to make upliftment of skill for
future circumstances.
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
1 Time management
What is the core skill to develop?
Time management skill is important aspect in the workplace allowing up the employee to
prioritize their project and daily task. this skill is looking to have ranked up activities as per
the importance’s keeping up individual making proper focus on daily basis. Time
management have been identified as the core skills which will end up with completion of all
task with estimation of proper deadline. This will work out as outcomes effecting up the
position of individuals, team or your entire company is respective manner. This is same
another core soft skill which are high in demand among employee. This will be helpful in
managing up accessibility of managing up time and effectiveness reaching out different
departments objectives.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for your
development (personal and professional)? (use relevant theories and concepts from
psychology and business to support your answer)
As per the business psychology, poor management have been related to the
procrastination, problems regarding attention or the difficulties with self-control. These are
countering up behaviours, organizational psychologist in way of promoting up ideas in setting
work environment boosting efficiency and productivity. This is optimal surrounding with
emphasis creating up the conducive workplace is key. Effective time management have been
helpful in focussing their proper working hours in a day by looking at proper reduction on the
stress and different anxiety level. time management is important aspect to be look into their
rethinking up values. making us the sustainable changes in the lifestyles. This will be helpful
in resulting benefit more than efforts looking at the notable benefits and managing time better.
This will be helping out in streamlining the life getting up mental and emotional places taking
time support backs. this is about reaching goals, stability in life, improving up relationship,
diminishing up proclamation and wasted time.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
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As the consideration with time management aspect, I have got up with the several
feedback attainting that from my tutor regarding the late submission of the project is done by
me. this is always been the embarrassing point in my class. On the other hand, I have myself
realized that, I was not able to complete the given task on time or be able to reach to the differ
class presentation or meeting with friends on time. This habit of mine has created me
maximum loss in different situation creating embarrassing point for me. Due to this habit or
lack of this skill, I was not be have better communication with my teammates over succession
in different points.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
No there is no level of contradiction, I believe the other is seeing me in reference to my
perception in different manner. Everyone have clear thought regarding me in term of latter
comer or one who is not able to complete the different task on time. I have purely lacking up
to make proper adjustments regarding fulfilment of different task. I have analysed that time
management skill have clear depends on the different skill which can help in productive
development in various aspect helping to attain the different business goals.
How might this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
Good time management skill will help be in focussed and became up the effective
learners. this can also help in the avoiding up constant feeling of having up the little time to
do up the preparation regarding different targets. Proper time management skill will be
helping out as tacking of different task in more precise manner by bitterly focussing up upon
at better task in hand without having feeling for stressed. It will be helpful in both personal
and professional life seeking out as ability to manage up the different task and manage up
work on time. in addition, there will be reach in effectiveness of team along with reaching out
department’s objectives. Hence good time manage skill will have the positive impacts on the
performance of jobs in different varsity ways.
2 Communication
What is the core skill to develop?
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Communication skills is allowing upon the individuals to have understanding regarding the
skill which are hiring with ideas among others, actively listening different conversation and
giving out the received feedbacks and public speaking. Communication skill helps in
becoming out their better leaders along with knowing up inner self. Communication at
workplace will be helping out to make proper reorganization of audiences which is needed to
be very specific, direct and clear. Effective communication skill will pay attention on
nonverbal communication to create up with positive and powerful business environments.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for your
development (personal and professional)? (use relevant theories and concepts from
psychology and business to support your answer)
Being able to establish the better communication skill is important life in life of individuals at
both personal and professional manner. Communication is defined as transferring of
information’s for producing up greater understanding. This can be done through vocally
through written media which are helping through books, websites, and magazine, visually
using the term such as graphs, charts, and maps or non-verbally in term of body language,
gestures, pitch of voice, and tone. All of these means of communication are essential Soft
Skills that are vital for a successful Career. having strong communication skills will be aid for
aspect of life looking out professional and personal life. from the point of business, all the
transactions is resulting up in effective communication allowing up others to understand
different information’s in more accurate and quick manner.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
Team building skills is the important skill which is only developed by having effective
written and communication skill in the personality. I was not able to competent for working
in the team. There I have analysed that I was not able to communicate properly with my team
mates leading to create several issue interpretations of work and different assignments. On the
other hand, my tutor has guided me that I have better written communication skill which need
better manner of improvisation in initiative and leading phases as it some time leads to
interpretation of sentence structure. As per the feedback from my friends and tutor , I have
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need better practicing of good body languages which is something about utilizing better eye
contact , hand gestures and tone of voice while communicating with each other.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
While analysing the feedback comments by the tutors and self-assessment I have realised the
written communication id one of strength of mine. In addition, I have better body language
which is helping me to establish better communication standard among the team members.
eye contact is important part of communication focussing upon their conversation. But I have
to be every sure regarding not staring the individual not making them uncomfortable. this
will be making me more combatable leading to have proper communication interaction
maintaining up relaxed body stances and talking with concision.
How might this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
In the upcoming future, communication skill will be considered as effective tools helping out
to reach the major development. Communication skill helps in becoming the effective leaders
as psychology of employee in the business is key to becoming an effective leader. there will
be keen need to looking into the information needs, personal needs, physical needs. This will
be also helpful in resolving the conflict due to the differences in authority, beliefs, or values
are challenged. Communication skill will be helpful in creating up better increase in sales
pouting with loyal customer.
3 Team working
What is the core skill to develop?
Team working skills is important aspect for the vital team success. This is enabling
individuals to be successful in manner of collaboration. team work skills are essential work
success in order to work well with clients, colleagues, managers and other people in the
workplaces. this is helping out in creating up the business environment paying major
emphasis on good teamwork skills which is typically healthy, high functioning workplace.
Teamwork skills are considered to be qualities and abilities which is allowing with well with
others during conversations, projects, meetings or other collaborations.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for your
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development (personal and professional)? (use relevant theories and concepts from
psychology and business to support your answer)
To understand their journey of team building skills is about their task figuring out the lose
collection of workers with the string and effective team. as per the psychology of team
building, there have been the five stages for the formation of team looking at the forming,
storming, norming , perforating and transforming.
Forming is there pretty easy stage to understand as looking at their ice breaker games as
methods of cultivating facility between effective at this stage. moving to next stage storming
have major clashing of ideas where everyone is putting back each other. storming is
overlapping up next phase cycles as norming where’s team members are beginning to explore
with social connections outside professional environment., there is maximum chance for
rise in new conflicts but this is ideal time to encourage socialization.
Performing stage where team is working exactly what is needed to be done. As the
interpersonal relationship better the team member are strong and everyone is comfortable
with role of their team leader
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
Team building skills is the important skill which is only developed by having effective
written and communication skill in the personality. I am not able to compete in any of the
stage due to the weakness in communication and time management skills. This is creating
major backwardness in over all development.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
There was no contradiction in statements as I know due to lacks in communication skill and
time management skill, I am not able to get fit in the team. leading to second stage is most
difficult task to me for survival.
How might this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
Team working skills is important aspect for the vital team success. This is enabling
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individuals to be successful in manner of collaboration. team work skills are essential work
success in order to work well with clients, colleagues, managers and other people in the
workplaces. This skill at workplace will be helping out to make proper reorganization of
audiences which is needed to be very specific, direct and clear. this is helping out creation of
positive and powerful business environments.
ACTION PLAN
Skills Importance Action taken Time
Time
management
skills
Time management skill is important
aspect in the workplace allowing up the
employee to prioritize their project and
daily task
Time management have been identified
as the core skills which will end up with
completion of all task with estimation of
proper deadline
It will be helpful in both personal and
professional life seeking out as ability to
manage up the different task and manage
up work on time.
There is need to have
practicing the right skill.
There is need to look into
the SMART goals.
Construct in item which
is focussing on goals and
understand differ business
patterns.
Follow up the proper
break down structure o\for
organising yourself by
removal non-essential
task.
2weeks
Communication Communication skills is allowing upon
the individuals to have understanding
regarding the skill which are hiring with
ideas among others, actively listening
different conversation and giving out the
received feedbacks and public speaking
Communication is defined as
transferring of information’s for
producing up greater understanding.
communication skill will be considered
Listen, really listen
going hand-in-hand
The best thing you can do
to improve
communication skills is to
learn to really listen
to pay attention and let the
other person talk without
interrupting.
4 weeks
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as effective tools helping out to reach the
major development.
Team building
skill.
Team building skills is the important
skill which is only developed by having
effective written and communication
skill in the personality.
Team working skills is important aspect
for the vital team success. This is
enabling individuals to be successful in
manner of collaboration.
There is need to adopt
open door policy
regarding feedback and
proper assessment.
Establishing keen
relationship with team
members and
subordinates.
3 weeks
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