University Development Goals Reflection Report - BUSI1701 Module

This report provides a detailed reflection on three key development goals: academic skills, employability, and well-being. The student utilizes Kolb's experiential learning cycle to analyze their experiences, focusing on concrete learning, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The academic skills section covers independent study, communication, and writing skills, highlighting the importance of these skills. The employability goal emphasizes work experience, CV development, and career options, with a focus on teamwork and communication. The well-being goal addresses stress reduction and healthy living. The report includes a SWOT analysis, a SMART goal table, and GEP points, culminating in a summary of the reflections and conclusions drawn from the process. The student reflects on both positive and negative experiences to derive actionable insights for future development.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on academic skills development...............................................................................3
Reflection on employability goal................................................................................................5
Reflection on well-being goal.....................................................................................................6
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................9
Swot analysis...............................................................................................................................9
Smart goal table.........................................................................................................................10
GEP Points................................................................................................................................10
......................................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Development goals is defined as the objectives in terms of been learning oriented. They
involve all the skills as well as knowledge which is required in order to remain effective in their
specific job or support the ability of employees to accept new roles and responsibilities to
achieve growth in their particular sector. To fulfil all kind of development goals the skills should
get improved in their workplace and at the same period of time communication skills should also
get developed. The below report includes three types of development goals which are one
academic goal, one employability goal and one well being goal(Naidoo and Fisher, 2020). It
includes reflection which is done on the basis of Kolb's experiential learning cycle. It includes
summary, swot analysis, smart goal table which is followed by conclusion. The order will be
followed by doing reflection on the basis of academic skills development, employability goal and
well-being goal.
MAIN BODY
Reflection on academic skills development
Academic skills development refers to independent study skills, communication skills as
well as writing skills. Students are provided with lot of learning services which helps them to
enhance their study strategies and through this build up their confidence. There are five elements
been involved in academic skills which are academic discourse, text strategies, strategies,
composition and comprehension. The reflection model on the basis of Kolb's experiential
learning cycle it is been explained as below:-
kolb's experiential learning cycle includes four phases which are concrete learning,
reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. In terms of
academic skills development it is very necessary to develop such goals because to be strong
enough the education skills should get developed(Zeng and et.al, 2020).
In have chosen the academic goal because I have the feeling that I has a good experience
in context with education. As I am good enough in terms of my academic department so it will

help me in future also I would get involved in any further kind of academic skills. I chose this
specific goal because by developing academic skills many other areas also gets developed like in
the terms of communication or writing skills. In today's world being strong in academic goals is
very important and that is the main reason behind choosing this goal. I always wanted to achieve
long term success so whatever the achievements I had I want to pursue it by becoming more
efficient. Another reason to chose academic goals was that it always encouraged me to build up
my confidence. I have always had the feeling that I have good skills whether in terms of
communication or education.
In order to develop in academic skills we need to do many things in order to achieve
success. As I have the feeling that I am good in education department but in terms of improving I
need to do many things. I did many things to develop myself as per my observation. For the
development in academic skills the first thing I did was searching for right learning style in
which I can improve myself. I started getting engaged in both oral as well as written
communication because while doing academic skills development both oral as well as writing
skills are necessary.
I have noticed that in terms of academic skills development not only the positive situation
but some sort of negative situation was also there. Many things got really well but during some
period of time some situations were not going much well but I definitely learnt from that. As per
the positive situations the most important thing which got well was that in earlier period of time
also I was been strong in my education and by developing it more I learnt many things and it was
all by observing things(Bali Swain and Yang-Wallentin, 2020). The main thing which went
really well was I developed my oral as well as written skills both and my learning style was also
effectively chosen. I was happy that everything was going well but at the same time some
situations were not getting positive. The first thing which was not well is that I was not able to
plan properly in terms of all assignments and organising them in a proper manner. Due to this
aspect my strong points were not getting more effective. The major thing which was getting on
correct line was the anxiety level. I don't have much patience due to which if anything got wrong
I forgot my other strong point. I learned that in my academic skills development I should now
become more consistent and properly follow all learning aspects. I should now focus on my
study aspects.

In terms of self directed learning it basically means to have the ability to manage all
academic tasks without been getting directions from others. It is the most important skills of
learning to achieve long term success. As in context with my favourite activity is individual
reflection. As whatever positive and negative situations happened with me during developing my
academic skills I did reflection on myself as it helped my to define my own goals. It supported
my learning because by using this activity it helped me in evaluating my learning styles.
Reflection on employability goal
In terms of employability goals it involves work experience, developing CV, finding out
various career options and fulfilling all necessary roles and responsibilities. The reflection in
terms of my employability goals it is been explained as below:-
I have chosen this goal because I have the feeling that I has job readiness skills which is
all because of my behaviour and attitude. I am achieving growth in my career because I had a
strong work experience and carry a effective CV. I have also the ability of certain effective
talents that is required in my job and all talents match with my personality. While doing job the
most important thing is to have the skill of teamwork and good communication skills(Santika
and et.al, 2020). During my academic development I have seen that my communication skills
got effective so it was a strong positive point for me in my job career. Another reason of mine to
choose this specific goal because I need to fulfil my dreams in terms of job perspective so I
developed strong academic skills to use it in my job career.
To achieve all employability goals I applied certain actions to achieve those. The first
thing I did was complete hard work and focusing only on my job career. With the help of such
work in am doing till now is all because of my effective observations I did earlier. I also build up
my true passion as without it no individual can enhance their job career. I had been strong in
both academic as well as my employability skills but it was necessary to improve it. So, I spent
much of my time in improving my skills and always with been intelligent people.
Everything was been done really well but in some cases it was also not been done well
and I learnt many things from that. The main thing that really got well was in context with my
behaviour and attitude. Being in a job it is very important to have a professional kind of
behaviour so as I developed my professionalism which helped me in my future aspects. Another
thing that got well was my team work skills(De Guimarães, and et.al, 2020). As I observed while
doing reflection that I was effectively participating in team work due to my job goals were

getting achieved. At the same period of time some negative situations were also been arise. The
thing which not went well was I was not able to manage both my time and job. I was making
certain mistakes in job on constant basis as I was not able to analyse proper job. As per all
positive and negative situations I learnt that from now on I should use the method of doing direct
communication and rather than from getting involved in certain type of conflicts I started
focusing on all problems and then solving it by using my talents. I developed my certain
cognitive skills by being involved in all type of seminar activities.
In terms of Greenwich employability passport, it defines all kind of extracurricular
activities and the main objective behind it is to help in making you job ready with all talents and
knowledge while hiring them. The GEP points which I collected helped me in building up my
confidence level as well as my talents which is the most necessary thing in my career. There are
various things been involved in GEP points like recruitment and career fairs, internships, career
guidance and many more. In perspective with mine, I selected the point of career guidance. As
getting guidance from other specialist it helps in selecting a better job that fits to our learning
style. It helps in making us ready to do job with all type of skills we need to develop
more(Rasoolimanesh and et.al, 2020).
Reflection on well-being goal
The concept of well-being basically means to be in the situation of healthy, happy and
remain comfortable. In terms of well-being goals it is needed to reduce stress, eat better, get fit
and many more. In context with its reflection it is further been explained as below:-
I chose this goal because I feel that I m living healthy lifestyle and through this I am able
to solve certain difficulties both in context with physical as well as emotional aspects. There are
many well being goals like taking a break, setting out certain activities, spending some time
outside. So, with regard to mine I chose this goal because I was effective in certain aspects.
In order to achieve certain goals, I took various type of actions. I started cooperating with
other people which helped me in reducing my stress level also. I was spending certain time
outside the office which was creating a healthy and happy life. To remove stress living a happy
life is important. I also started learning new skills and enhancing my talents in order to improve
my well-being(Swain and Karimu, 2020).
While achieving well being goals many things really got well but many things were not
doing well. In terms of positive situations bee arise as I started learning new skills and paying

attention to present situations rather than taking stress for future so it helped my in becoming
healthy and reduced stress level. Though many situations were positive but some things also not
got well. As at some period of time I was in lot of stress which I observed due to which positive
aspects were not getting developed. From all these perspectives I learned that I should develop
my confidence and focus on health of mine in order to deal with all type of difficulties.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
From the above reflection in context with academic, employability and well-being goals
there were many positive situations also but negative too. In terms of academic skills the thing
which I need to do now is to enhance my learning aspects as now I will focus on all learning
styles and develop my patience level so that I start focusing on career. In terms of employability
goals I need to spent most of my time with professionals who have good knowledge within the
aspect of job career. In terms of being happy and healthy I will now focus only on one
perspective to deal with all stress in an efficient manner so that future can be good.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bali Swain, R. and Yang-Wallentin, F., 2020. Achieving sustainable development goals:
predicaments and strategies.International Journal of Sustainable Development & World
Ecology,27(2), pp.96-106.
De Guimarães, J.C.F., and et.al, 2020. Governance and quality of life in smart cities: Towards
sustainable development goals.Journal of Cleaner Production,253, p.119926.
Giannetti, B.F., and et.al, 2020. Cleaner production for achieving the sustainable development
goals.Journal of Cleaner Production, p.122127.
Kopnina, H., 2020. Education for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable
development goals.The Journal of Environmental Education,51(4), pp.280-291.
Naidoo, R. and Fisher, B., 2020. Reset sustainable development goals for a pandemic world.
Rasoolimanesh, S.M., and et.al, 2020. A systematic scoping review of sustainable tourism
indicators in relation to the sustainable development goals.Journal of Sustainable
Tourism, pp.1-21.
Santika, W.G., and et.al, 2020. Implications of the Sustainable Development Goals on national
energy demand: The case of Indonesia.Energy,196, p.117100.
Swain, R.B. and Karimu, A., 2020. Renewable electricity and sustainable development goals in
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van der Waal, J.W. and Thijssens, T., 2020. Corporate involvement in sustainable development
goals: exploring the territory.Journal of Cleaner Production,252, p.119625.
Zeng, Y., and et.al, 2020. Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable
Development Goals.Nature Sustainability,3(10), pp.795-798.

APPENDIX
Swot analysis
Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats
 I always had
the good
experience in
my education
and has
effective
confidence in
terms of
communication
skills.
 I have a strong
work
experience and
my all talents
match with my
personality.
 I am living an
healthy
lifestyle and is
able to sort all
difficulties.
 I was not able
to plan
everything on
the basis of my
academic skill
and at the same
period of time I
was not able to
manage both
my time and
job.
I has many
opportunities to
achieve development
like enhancing my
learning in order to get
a effective job due to
which I can be happier
and live a healthy
lifestyle.
The main threat is that
due to certain negative
situations my job can
be not in my hands
and due to this I can
face lot of stress.
Smart goal table
Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time bound
To achieve all Due to certain I was able to I made lot of Before setting all

three goals I have
always been
specific in
developing
myself in
particular sector
in order to
achieve such
goals.
kind of positive
situations I have
achieved success
which is been
measured and it
all happened
because I focused
on one specific
goal.
achieve
everything in
terms of my
studies, job and
remain happy.
efforts to deal
with negative
aspects and did
everything at the
right period of
time.
type of goals I set
up my target and
on the basis of
that I worked on
my skills.
GEP Points
In terms of all my GEP points I focused on the perspective of career guidance as it was
been helpful in developing my academic skills and at the same period of time my employability
goals were getting achieved.