BMP4001 Professional and Academic Skills: Personal Portfolio

This document presents 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, focusing on transferable skills already developed and those targeted for future improvement. The portfolio features a personal development learning log, an action plan for skill enhancement, and a CV. The reflection covers approaches to personal learning, such as active listening and positive psychology, and emphasizes the importance of continuous learning in a dynamic business environment. The transferable skills identified include problem-solving, communication, analytical reasoning, and teamwork. The action plan outlines strategies for developing adaptability, decision-making, and leadership skills. The document concludes by reinforcing the importance of personal learning and development for applying skills in real-life situations.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................2
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the transferable skills..............2
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and development.....2
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this
module....................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace...............................................................................................................................4
2.0 Personal development learning log......................................................................................4
3.0 Action plan...........................................................................................................................5
4.0 CV........................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Every day student’s complexities are increasing as competition in the market is
increasing at rapid rate. It becomes very important for all the students that they need to work
on their skills and knowledge (Little-Wienert and Mazziotti, 2018). This will leads to
achievement of goals and objectives of career. In student’s life, there is a great importance of
academic and professional skills as it assists in their career development. This report aims to
identify and reflect on personal learning and development with the special reference to career
in business and management. It will also cover transferrable skills which already developed
during the modules.
MAIN BODY
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development, and the
transferable skills
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal learning and development
Personal learning and development is defined as the self improvement process which
is playing an important role in the students’ life (Matvienko, 2021). It focuses on building up
of knowledge, skills, awareness, overall sense of identity, etc. I found that it is very important
for my personal growth and success. I am the student of business and management so that’s
why it becomes more important for me to develop skills and knowledge with the help of
personal learning and development. The reason behind this is it is not possible for me to learn
from lectures only as it is not providing practical or real life experiences. So that’s why I
found personal learning and development is very important for me as it helps me to improve
my academic as well as professional skills. For the purpose of personal learning and
objectives development, I used some approaches such as active listening, positive
psychology, awareness and presence, conscious leadership, etc. I found that these approaches
are very important for the personal learning and development and that's why I always focus
on these techniques. I recommended that positive psychologist very important as it assist in
improving burnout, emotional maturity, engagement and wellbeing. For that purpose, I am
practicing meditation on a daily basis which helps me to foster positive attitude and self
awareness. I identified that business and management career is not an easy career as every
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day the business environment is getting complex and dynamic in nature. So it becomes very
important for me to keep learning on a regular basis and that's why I am using personal
learning and developing approaches as it is the long-term process. It is really helpful for
people in order to analyse, improve and assess skills and qualities (Abouzeid, Wasfy and
Alkhadragy, 2021). I always try to listening actively so that I am able to perform any task in
an effective way. I found that if persons are not active listening then they are not able to
perform the task according to the requirement as well as it increases the wastage of time. For
example, my teacher asked about the importance of analysing the external environment in
business but if I'm not listening actively then I am not able to use this information in practical
life. I found that it really helpful for long-run purpose as it reduces the wastage of time.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed by attending this module
I realized during attending of this module that transferable skills is very important for
me and it should be improved everyday as it requires in each and every types of employment.
Transferable skills are defined as the skills which can develop with the help of education or
training, employment, etc. It is identified that transferable skills can be used in any employed
role so that's why it is crucial for every student to improve their transferable skills (Al Idrus
and et.al., 2021). It includes communication skills, teamwork, problem solving, analytical
reasoning, leadership, critical thinking, adaptability, etc. With the help of attending this
module, I've already developed some important transferable skills which will helps me in my
future career and goals. I improved my problem solving skills, communication skills,
analytical reasoning, teamwork etc. My teacher provided me many assignments during this
module in a group and because of that I found that teamwork is very important. I also
identified that without teamwork I was not able to complete my assignments as it require
collaboration with each and every team member. During the assignments, I need to start
conversations with other team members and it really helpful for me to understand their point
of views (Hamilton, 2018). I also started to get more engaged with team members which help
to improve my teamwork skills. In addition to this, we had to give a group presentation where
we have to use are effective communication skills because it is not possible for our audience
to understand presentation without an effective communication skills. So that's why I always
tried to improve my communication skills and for that purpose I did practicing for many days
in front of the mirror which really helpful for me to provide confidence in my communication
skills. I also got puzzles from modules which helps me to improve problem solving skills.
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1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and the
workplace
I analysed that there are many skills which I'd like to develop during my personal life,
academic studies and the workplace so that I will able to grow my career very well. Some
important skills which I want to be improved are adaptability skills, decision making skills,
leadership skills, analytical reasoning skills, etc. In addition to this, I also want to reduce my
stress so that I am able to adapt the things in a happy mood. I want to learn employability
skills from my workplace so that I will be become the best employee who create values for
organisation. I also would like to develop academic skills such as leadership skills as it is
crucial for career development. Today's business environment is becoming very complicated
as every day the competition is rising and that's why organisations are hiring to those
individuals who are able to perform many task at one time (Nechaeva, 2021). For that
purpose, individuals need to develop skills and knowledge which assist them to do multiple
duties at a time. I also identified that it is crucial for me to develop these necessary skills
which can be possible only with the help of making an action plan. So that’s why I formulate
an action plan which assists me to develop these skills and knowledge. It is analysed by me
that these skills and knowledge I will learn from my academic studies, workplace as well as
from my personal life.
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?
15/12/2021 Watching and
enjoying sunrise
I want to learn
confidence.
I learned may
exercise that
reduce my
stress.
I apply my
calm mind in
problem
solving
activities.
18/12/2021 Self talk I expected to
learn
communicatio
n skills
I learned
effective
communication
skills.
I apply
communication
skills in each
and every
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place as it
helps to
convey my
message.
25/12/2021 Listen to audio
books and
podcasts
I expected to
learn more
information for
business and
management.
I learned that
business
environment is
very dynamic in
nature.
I apply this
learning in my
workplaces.
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?
Leadership
skills
I required
mentors, advisors,
coaches, real time
feedback, etc.
I have to do
participate in
leading activities
in which I have to
lead a team.
I can measure with
the help of
feedbacks from my
team members,
mentors, coaches,
etc.
5/03/2022
Adaptability
skills
I need embracing
of learning, taking
of risks, etc.
I need to do be
open minded and
also encourage
other people to be
open minded.
I can measure my
performance with
the help of
exploration.
1/06/2022
Decision
making skills
I need an
effective problem
solving skills,
reasoning, critical
thinking skills,
etc.
I have to take
decision on a
regular basis and
try to analyse the
situations first.
I can measure my
performance with
the help of
analysing the result
from my decision
taken.
1/08/2022
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4.0 CV
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CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above discussion that it is very important for every
individual to learn skills and knowledge with the help of personal learning and development.
It is analysed that personal learning and development is very helpful for an individual as they
are able to apply in their real life situations. It is not possible to learn from modules and
theoretical lessons as it is not covering all the activities and lessons. This is the reason that
personal learning and development is crucial. This report also covered a personal learning log
and action plan that helps to show that how an individual can learn skills and knowledge.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Abouzeid, E., Wasfy, N. F. and Alkhadragy, R., 2021. Mentorship/Portfolio Program in Early
Medical Years, Is it the Perfect Twinning?. Advances in Social Sciences Research
Journal, 8(1), pp.335-350.
Al Idrus, S., and et.al., 2021, October. An Automated Portfolio for Job Opportunities. In 2021
7th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Information
Engineering (ICEEIE) (pp. 516-521). IEEE.
Hamilton, M., 2018. Bridging the gap from teacher to teacher educator: The role of a
teaching portfolio. Studying Teacher Education, 14(1), pp.88-102.
Little-Wienert, K. and Mazziotti, M., 2018. Twelve tips for creating an academic teaching
portfolio. Medical teacher, 40(1), pp.26-30.
Matvienko, E. N., 2021. FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THE PORTFOLIO
TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Заметки ученого, (6-1), pp.177-180.
Nechaeva, O. A., 2021. Digital portfolio of the teacher as a means of developing professional
competencies. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 113). EDP Sciences.
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