BUS101 - Foundations of Business Success: Developing Learning Contract

This homework assignment presents a student's learning contract focused on enhancing essential business skills, particularly oral communication and time management. The contract details the objectives, resources, and strategies employed to achieve skill development. The student outlines the learning process, including networking events, interviews, presentations, and mock trials, along with specific strategies such as active listening, open-ended questions, and prioritizing tasks. The assignment also includes a reflection on challenges faced, such as finding appropriate resources and managing distractions, and how the student plans to overcome these challenges. The document also features a list of references used during the learning contract. This assignment is designed to provide practical insights into the development of these skills and offers a structured approach to personal and professional growth.

RUNNING HEAD: Foundations of Business Success
Foundations of Business Success
Learning Contract

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What are you
going to learn?
(Objectives)
How are you going to learn it?
(Specific Resources and the
strategies you need to learn)
Targe
t Date
for
Comp
letion
How are you going
to know that you
have learned it?
(Evidence)
How are you going to
prove that you have
learned it?
Oral
Communication
Resources: - I went to a
networking event
where I interacted
with people.
Talking to new
people gives great
learning in terms
of communication.
Books, Audio, Video, Online,
Speech Practice, Active
Listening, Ask Open Ended
Questions, Group
Presentations or assignments
and connecting with people.
Week
1
Strategies:- Tried giving an
interview where
Verbal skills were
important.
Issue should be on focus
instead of person. Nothing is
to be taken personally and no
one should be judged or
criticized. Rather things are to
be taken positively and
motivationally.
Week
1
No Room for Manipulation.
Being honest would be the
best thing to do while
communicating because then
it is easy to say what is in
heart rather than exploiting
things.
Week
2
Took delegates
and other
important people
around the campus
explaining all the
details.

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Never be detached with
people. Though professional
relations have boundaries,
communicating and
maintaining good relations
always help.
Flexibility is Important.
Others point of view should
always be heard and kept in
mind.
Week
3
Practiced giving
formal
presentations.
These
presentations
helped me gain
confidence to
speak in front of
public.
Experiences should always be
valued including oneself.
Week
4
Never act superior, instead be
down to earth. Learning new
things will be easy while
knowing that learning is much
needed.
Week
5
Worked on Mock
trials, assessment
papers as well as
mock videos.
Standing in front
of mirror and
practicing these
were of a real help.
Being Affirmative is also
important. Learning things
and communicating both
needs a positive approach.
Positivity brings motivation
which is most important to
learn anything.
Week
5
Time
Management
Resources:- I started making
list of activities to
be done.
Online Trainings Week Did the tasks on

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Book readings
Take Targets in completing
the tasks.
Learning to prioritize.
6 priority on the first
basis.
Week
7
Gave proper sitting
for the complete
day.
Week
8
Avoided
distractions that I
had.
Week
9
Reviewed the day
and corrected the
faults if there were
any the next day.
Week
10
Also Performed
new activities
again to practice.
Strategies:-
Planning the day keeping the
whole day in mind. Like
starting the day with reading
all the necessary or priority
scanning of the things to be
done.
Make a list of the tasks to be
done. By making the list, it
would be easy to prioritize
things that are important and
those which are of less
importance.
Prioritize the activities
accordingly. Doing the most
important things on the first

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basis will make things easier
and approachable.
Avoid using unnecessary
internet or any such
distractions. By avoiding
these diversions, tasks can be
completed on time, sometimes
even before time.
Complete the tasks according
to the deadline and avoid
delaying. By doing this, tasks
will be done accordingly and
no deadline will be missed.
Focus on one task at a time.
Multiple tasks can take more
amount of time and brain
storming. Hence, no task will
be finished because all of
them will proceed at one time.
Instead, doing one task will
consume less time and less
brain storming. Then the task
completion can be done one
by one.
Analyze the day by End of
Day. Make a list of the
corrections that can be done
the next day. By analyzing,
tasks will be done in a better
way and without any fault.

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Issues faced in Completing this contract:-
1. Faced issue in finding the right set of books and online videos to learn these skills from.
2. Faced difficulty in performing the set of activities to make sure that I have learnt the skills. Like
finding the right place to connect with people and showcase my oral communication skills.
3. Difficulty in removing the diversions while learning time management and when every task seemed
important then I felt difficult prioritizing the tasks.
4. Difficulty in finding the right set of people with whom I could practice both the skills and learn from
them as well.
I will try and perform at the bigger platform where I could show case my learning on a larger basis so that I
could get more confident with time and my learning becomes even more strong and infallible. Also, would
keep managing time by prioritizing my tasks and would want to implement it my personal life as well.

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References
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https://www.liquidplanner.com/blog/7-essential-time-management-strategies/. [Accessed on: 15
January 2018]
Mcquerrey, L. 2018. The Six Principles of Self-Management. Available at:
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Uwaterloo. 2018. Effective Communication: Barriers and Strategies. [Online] Available at:
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