FY027 Portfolio: Self Development, Responsibility & Mini Workshops

This portfolio, created for the FY027 Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility module, showcases the student's engagement with various mini-project workshops and their impact on social and ethical awareness. The portfolio includes a personal development plan, SWOT analysis, reading log, and reflections on time management, communication skills, and employability. It details the workshops attended, explaining how they contributed to the student's understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses, time management, communication, and ethical attributes. The appendices provide supporting documentation and an action plan for future academic and professional goals. The student concludes that personal development is crucial for both personal and professional growth, enabling them to maintain high standards of productivity and plan for a long-term career vision. Desklib offers access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Module: (FY027) Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility
CW1 - Portfolio
Student’s Name:
LSST ID Number:
BNU ID Number:
Table of Contents
1 Introduction Page No.

2 Mini project workshops attended and how they contributed towards the development of my
Social and Ethical Awareness and Responsibility.
3 Importance and value of the Appendices (12 Documents) that I have compiled and provided as
part of my portfolio
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4 Conclusion
5 References
6 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
Appendix 1 Personal Development Plan
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis
Appendix 3 Reading Log
Appendix 4 Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating
to Social and Ethical Awareness and Responsibility.
Appendix 5 Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Appendix 6 Communication Skills: Identification of the most effective skills
Appendix 7 Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between Good and Bad
Attributes.
Appendix 8 Academic Writing Skills
Appendix 9 Employability Skills
Appendix 10 Notes on Reflection
Appendix 11 Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Appendix 12 Action Plan on a specific academic or professional goal you aim to achieve
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1. Introduction:
Personal development skills refers to the overall self assessment and improvement of an individual. The concept of personal
development basically consist of aspects related to personal and professional development that helps an individual in order
to achieve goals with support of effective utilisation of various abilities and skills. These are the skills that help in terms of
maximizing an individual potential. This kind of process also known as self development or personal growth. The
development of personal skills plays a very vital role as they provide an individual with a wider perspective to overcome
complex issues and task in an optimal manner.
2. Answer to the question: Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why
they contributed towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility. (500
words)
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The personal development is an essential part for an individual to develop their personal skills as it allows them
to grow and enhance their overall performances and provide them support in their professional career path. It is
crucial process for an individual to have self-improvement in order to gain new skills that will provide them
assistance in both their personal as well as professional life. In order to enhance my personal development there
were various workshop attended by me. The workshops provided me support to enhance my knowledge relative
to various areas. The fist workshop I attended provide me support relative to personal development as it allowed
me understand the necessary skills and abilities I require for personal development. This allowed me to take
necessary steps and actions that needed to be considered for the development of my overall skills within a
specific time frame. The next workshop I attended focused upon developing and understanding personal SWOT
analysis. This analysis allowed me to understand my overall strengths and weakness along with providing me
vital insight regarding my opportunities as well as threats. The next workshop I attended required me to read
logs that included various books that were focused in personal growth and development. The various books
allowed me to gain valuable knowledge and enhance my personal growth. The next workshop I attended
focused upon understanding the crucial nature of time management and why is is an important skill to have. The
time management workshop enabled me to develop a suitable scheduled for me and allows me to complete my
task in a time efficient manner. The workshop allowed me to develop and enhance my time management skills
that will provide me extreme support in my professional career path. The next workshop I attended paid
emphasis on communication skills and provided me insight relative to what effective and ineffective
communication skills are. I was able to gain valuable information relative to effective communication and how it
can be utilized by me in order to communicate my through and opinions to others. In addition to this the
communication skills allowed me to gain motivation to speak in front of a large audience. This skill will provide
me support in both my personal and professional life. The next workshop I attended provide me with information
relative to social and ethical awareness attributes consisting of positive and negative attributes. I was able to
learn that positive attributes are essential in the creation of a positive image in an individual. The next workshop I
attended focused upon employability skills and how vital they are in order to be successful in professional career
path. Identification of these skills allowed me to understand why personal develop is the key to not only have
self-enhancement but also be successful in professional career path. In addition to this I was able to understand
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what skills I need to develop in order to have a successful career path. The up to date curriculum also allowed
for the creation of successful career growth and development which is crucial.
3. In a paragraph or two explain the value or usefulness of the Appendices (12 Documents) that you have
compiled and provided as part of your portfolio.
The appendices in the document helps me in terms of understanding the personal development concept
in critical manner and also support in terms of development of overall personal and professional career
path. It also provided information that supports in terms of overall improvement and self enhancement in
productivity along with performance.
4. Conclusion:
It has been concluded that personal development plays a very important role in the context of overall
development and self enhancement. Personal development skills are helpful in terms of development of
personal and professional career path. It is a kind of ability to maintain higher standards which is relative to
productivity and performance. Personal development is also helpful in terms of planning a long term vision
for the future career path.
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5. References:
Bryant, J.C., 2021. MENTORED IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT. The Art and Science of Mentoring: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr.
Frances Kochan, p.135.
Dhull, P., SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION.
Dolhey, S., Dash, M.K. and Patwardhan, M., 2018. A literature review of entrepreneurship, skill development and training from 2000
to 2016. Prestige International Journal of Management & IT-Sanchayan, 7(1), pp.44-65.
Farkhari, G., 2020. Skill Development/Employability Enhancement Programs for Marginalized Youth in Kerala (Doctoral
dissertation).
Mathunni, S., Sharma, S., Kohli, A. and Ghai, S., 2018. Skill development programme of teachers for identification of attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder among primary school children in selected government schools of Chandigarh. IJAR, 4(6),
pp.256-261.
Mattesen, A.R., Shea, J.E., Frigo, J. and Rigney, R.J., 2017. Laying the Tracks for Soft Skill Development at TransNamib.
Motkuri, V. and Revathi, E., 2021. Skill Development in India.
Nguyen, T.T.K. and Phan, H.M., 2020. AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT: A REAL LIFE APPROACH TO WRITING SKILL
DEVELOPMENT. International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, 2(1), pp.20-30.
Skoura-Kirk, E., Brown, S. and Mikelyte, R., 2021. Playing its part: An evaluation of professional skill development through service
user-led role-plays for social work students. Social Work Education, 40(8), pp.977-993.
Temple, K.M., 2017. Teen Leadership Skill Development through the Junior 4-H Camp Counselor Training Program.
Zardo, Z.K., 2015. A mixed-methods (quantitative-qualitative) study to identify the perceived level of transformational leadership
skill development by students enrolled in a doctoral program in organizational leadership (Doctoral dissertation, Brandman
University).
6. 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
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APPENDIX 1: My Personal Development Plan
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For: BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation
Level at which I am Currently
Studying:
Foundation Level 3
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing
this Course:
Why are you doing this course?
Objectives for my
personal development
Actions required to
achieve my objectives
Support and/or
resources I need
IT skills Become familiar using
the microsoft package
Laptop or
computer to
practice my skills
at home
Improvement in terms of
public speaking skills
Interaction with large
number of people and
participation in public
activities
Practice classes,
participation in
seminars and
conferences
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Improve time management I will need to avoid
multitasking.
Google
calendar,boullet
journaling.
Develop emotional
inteligence.
I need to improve my
social skills.
Internet, books.
Coultivate resilience. I need to practice
relaxation techniques.
Reading books.
Learn new things Take note in class and
review them.
Support from
teacher, laptop,
notebook.
APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS (strong points) WEAKNESSES (weak points)
1 Research skills 1 Self-control
2
Communication Skills
2 Decision-Making
3
Problem Solving
3 Spontaneous
Nature
4
Patience
4 Writing Skills
5 Discipline Nature 5 Concentration
power
6 Honesty 6 Deep thinker
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7 Public speaking skills 7 Time Management
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains) THREATS (potential losses
1 Library full of resources 1 Working full-time
2 Achieving personal growth and contribute to
improvement in society.
2 Stress rates are
much higher.
3
Gain a professional qualification that is
recognized on respected worldwide.
3 For new positions,
there is a lot of
competition.
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Work for a large company with lots of new
vacancies.
4 Flexible working may
be difficult for more
jobs.
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Availability of training.
5 Managing work and
school.
6 There are many mentors available. 6 Economic limitations
APPENDIX 3: Reading Log
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READING LOG
DATE TITLE AUTHOR TIME SPENT NUMBER OF PAGES
READ
29/11/202
1
The Mindful employee and effective
employee
Flaxman, P,
E,. Bond, F,
W,. &
Livheim, F.
30 minutes 20 pages
20/04/202
1
"Harvard University shows LSST how cats and
nature are propelling pandemic progress."
(“Harvard University shows LSST how cats
and ... - LSST Connect”) (“Harvard University
shows LSST how cats and ... - LSST
Connect”)
Francesca
Tomassini
30 minutes 3 pages
19/03/202
1 “Lessons from a Pandemic Year: LSST’s
roadmap to recovery”
Kunal Chan
Mehta
30 minutes 3 pages
11/01/202
1
"LSST Students: 2021 will be challenging but
there is still hope!" (“LSST Students: 2021 will
be challenging but there is still ...”) (“LSST
Students: 2021 will be challenging but there is
still ...”)
Kunal Chan
Mehta
1 hour 8 pages
19/07/202
1 “LSST celebrates strong NSS 2021 results
based on enhanced student support and
mental health service focus”
Kunal Chan
Mehta
10 minutes 1 page
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APPENDIX 4: Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to Social and Ethical
Awareness.
Caption: A TED talk explaining the bystander effect: The
bystander effect is....
Caption:
APPENDIX 5: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
6:00 AM Running Running Running Running Running Running
7:00 AM Bath time Bath time Bath time Bath time Bath time Bath time
8:00 AM Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 AM Travel to university Travel to university Travel to
university
Travel to
university
Travel to
university
10:00 AM Attending Uni Attending Uni Work Work Work
11:00 AM Attending Uni Attending Uni Work Work Work
12:00 PM Attending Uni Attending Uni Work Work Work
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