Business Environment Reflective Report: Analysis at Torres University

This report is a reflective analysis of a business environment course, detailing the student's learning experiences and insights gained. The student emphasizes the importance of understanding business processes, including sales, marketing, and supply chain, and how knowledge sharing enhances these processes. The report highlights the significance of reflective practices for personal and professional development, focusing on self-awareness, skill development, and the application of learned concepts. The student discusses the value of the course in preparing for postgraduate studies and future entrepreneurial endeavors, underscoring the importance of leadership, communication, and IT skills in navigating the evolving business landscape. The report references various academic sources to support the student's reflections and conclusions, emphasizing the practical application of business theories in real-world scenarios, and the importance of setting goals for future career development. The student aims to use these skills to improve business knowledge and skills.

3/4/2020
Business Environment
Report
Student name

Reflective
This discussion will base on the business environment and its impact outcomes.
Business is a process that depends on the various processes including sales, marketing,
accounting, inventory, supply chain, and many others (Chaffey, Dave & White, 2010). I
learned many important things from that course, which is beneficial for my personal and
professional development. In addition, basic processes can be managed using knowledge
sharing and other processes. In addition, the business environment has provided knowledge
and understanding of business processes (Chen, Chiang, & Storey, 2012). It is a basic need
for a business to know about various elements to manage the business. It is necessary to
develop new skills to manage all the processes. Moreover, learning is necessary for personal
and professional development.
Moreover, the reflective journal has used for documenting various things included
learning and experiences from our daily activities (Hargreaves & Page, 2013). I learned about
the development of skills during this course that is important for my professional
development. According to me, self-awareness is necessary for the identification of strengths
and weaknesses. It is the best way to improve my skills in me. Most of the people have used
reflective practices to develop new skills (Johns, 2017).
Based on my past experiences, I learned that self-analysis is the key to success. It is
beneficial for growing my knowledge to manage business processes. It is necessary to
develop different types of skills to manage businesses in a proper manner. It is the basic need
of a system to manage all the business processes in a better way (Duggan, 2011).
I am highly excited about undertaking postgraduate studies to learn about business
environments, which is a great addition in my career. I would like to mention my thoughts
about the studies at Torres University (TU). In addition, it will be better for me to study at TU
and learn about professional development.
Moreover, I learned that business is a process that requires huge knowledge to
manage processes. Besides, leadership and entrepreneurship skills will be required for
managing different types of issues and challenges (Margherita, 2014). It is necessary to
manage various processes of business using reflective practices. It is a process to learn from
our experiences to manage different things (Zeng, Li, & Duan, 2012).

I have selected the business environment course to learn about the various factors of
businesses as well as I wanted to become an entrepreneur in the future as well. A business
startup can be used for the implementation of business ideas, which is necessary for
developing business skills (Vercellis, 2011).
I always thought about business ideas, which are based on the problems in the present
businesses. Thus, I have to complete this course to improve my knowledge and skills for
businesses. There are various opportunities because of this course, as workshops have
provided knowledge to manage critical conditions in the business using skills (Snowdon,
2018).
I learned about many things from my past experiences during graduation, which is
helpful in the management of business strategies and innovations. Reflective journals are
helpful in this process for the learning and development of skills. I learned about the role of
stakeholders in the business, which is an important part of a business. I will learn about
various things, which is the base of a business. I will attend different types of activities and
workshops. It will add different values to my professional development. I will develop new
processes to learn about the various processes, which are helpful in business development.
Moreover, I will use my skills to learn about new business skills, such as effective
business communication, leadership, and many more. It is necessary to develop business
communication skills to manage conflicts and resistance in an organization (Pearson, Ron,
2017). It will improve basic skills as well. I will develop new skills from the business
environment course, which will be helpful in my future career.
Reflective proactive is the key to success in the present era. I found that learning is
based on reflective practices. I also develop knowledge of information technology (IT),
which is necessary for the present business environment. Besides, data analysis is a basic
need of a business, which can be managed using IT knowledge. However, cybercrimes have
increased in various industries. Thus, I will develop knowledge about cybersecurity as well.
In addition, self-awareness is necessary for skill development (Johns, 2017). There are
many changes in the business environment. Moreover, I found that reflective journals have
used for learning and I will use for learning during this course on TU. It is necessary to
improve basic knowledge about the business environment. It will help in my postgraduate
course. Besides, I will cover other skills that are important for business as well.

Furthermore, I learned that a reflective journal can be used for learning from such
types of courses. In addition, there are many changes in business straggles because of
digitalization and other innovations. I found that short terms and long terms goals are
necessary for development. Moreover, I set different goals for the future that will help in my
professional development. Leadership is a necessary skill in a business to manage all the
processes (Mayfield & Mayfield, 2017).
In conclusion, reflective practices are necessary for learning and self-awareness. In
addition, self-analysis can be used for the improvement of skills including leadership,
entrepreneurship, and many more. In addition, effective business communication is necessary
for effective outcomes. TU is a good place to learn about the business environment. Thus, I
will fully utilize my skills to learn about the business environment.

References
Chaffey, Dave, & White, G. (2010). Business information management: improving
performance using information systems. Pearson Education.
Chen, H., Chiang, R., & Storey, V. (2012). Business intelligence and analytics: from big data
to big impact. MIS quarterly, 1165-1188. Retrieved from
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Duggan, T. (2011). Intercultural Business Communications. Retrieved from
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business-communications-3192.html
Hargreaves, J., & Page, L. (2013). Reflective Practice. London: John Wiley & Sons.
Johns, C. (2017). Becoming a reflective practitioner (5th ed.). London: John Wiley & Sons.
Margherita, A. (2014). Business process management system and activities: Two integrative
definitions to build an operational body of knowledge. Business Process Management
Journal, 20(5), 642-662.
Mayfield, J., & Mayfield, M. (2017). Leadership communication: Reflecting, engaging, and
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Pearson, Ron. (2017). Business ethics as communication ethics: Public relations practice and
the idea of dialogue. In Public relations theory. London: Routledge.
Snowdon, K. (2018). Humour in reflective practice. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 10(4),
144-146.
Vercellis, C. (2011). Business intelligence: data mining and optimization for decision
making. New Jersy: John Wiley & Sons.
Zeng, L., Li, L., & Duan, L. (2012). Business intelligence in enterprise computing
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