CPD Plan E-Portfolio: Orientation for Success in Higher Education

This e-portfolio provides a comprehensive reflection on the student's learning journey in higher education, focusing on cultural and behavioral expectations within a business management degree program. It emphasizes the importance of peer-to-peer support and team working for enhancing the overall learning experience. The portfolio includes a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) plan and a personal SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, outlining the student's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for skill development, and potential threats to academic and professional growth. The reflection covers various aspects, including cultural awareness, peer support, and team collaboration, with an emphasis on how these learnings will impact future studies and career prospects. The student details implementation strategies for applying acquired knowledge and skills in future scenarios, with a focus on continuous improvement and adaptability in the professional environment.

Orientation for
Success in Higher
Education
E-Portfolio Academic Year 2022-2023
Student ID number
Module name
Tutor name
Academic year/group
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Table of Contents
E-PORTFOLIO-CPD PLAN/ SWOT ANALYSIS.........................................................................1
SWOT ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

E-PORTFOLIO-CPD PLAN/ SWOT ANALYSIS
Area of
Learning
Reflection of Learning Future
Implications
Implementation
Cultural
and
behavioural
expectations
of studying
for a degree
in business
managemen
t
Before going to the module, I
know a very little about the
assumptions related to
behavioural conduct and culture
in education. Gradually, I have
come to comprehend what culture
is and what it means for the
student's way of behaving.' It will
be useful for accomplishing
development in future and will
contribute emphatically towards
my performance exhibition
(Mishra, 2020). To accomplish
development later on it is vital
that I am ready to work with
individuals from various cultures,
traditions and values, since I need
to work in the hospitality industry
as a senior supervisor of manager.
I likewise had perceived the idea
of intercultural cooperation;
however I had close to zero
familiarity with its benefits or
significance in working on the
smooth workplace for everybody.
I comprehended about Hofstede's
From my learning
of the behavioural
conduct and cultural
expectations I had
learned to
comprehend about
individuals from
various cultures for
coexisting together
for enhancing the
experience. With
the fulfilment of my
module, there are
different abilities
that are gained and
these abilities are
exceptionally useful
for making
academic and
profession growth
(Oppong Asante,
Meyer-Weitz and
Okafo, 2022). The
senior manager in
the hospitality
business needs to
With the assistance
of socio-cultural
and behavioural
conduct
assumptions I
learnt during the
module would be
useful in improving
academic and
profession
development. For
me, to acquire a
sound learning
environment the
apprehension of
behavioural and
cultural abilities
will be useful to
exist with
individuals from
various
communities and
cultures. To
accomplish further
growth it is vital
that I am ready to
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social aspects including
independence-cooperation, power
distance, manliness-womanliness
and uncertainty avoidance/ risk
taking for analysing different
societies across various locations
(Martens, and et. al., 2018). I
comprehended that determining
about cultural behaviour and way
of life is vital to communicate
with peers and finish the tasks in
a successful and effective way.
After I undertook this course I
comprehended about the social
conduct, community relations that
are expected for concentrating on
studies and improve performance
in higher education. Also I
require cultural and behavioural
relations for further developing
the learning environment inside
the higher examinations. I have
had some significant awareness of
different behavioural conducts
and cultural assumptions from
understudies like intercultural
respect, culture exchange,
positive behaviour and
understanding for all to develop
study experience. I found out
about different behaviour
work with
individuals from
various locations,
vivid cultures and
societies for
understanding their
particular
necessities. With the
understating of
social, cultural and
behavioural conduct
I obtained better
perception about
individuals from
different societies,
religions, nations,
race, statement of
faith, and so forth so
I can actually work
with them. Learning
of cultures and
behaviours while
studying for a
degree in business
management would
be useful in
upgrading
professional
development in the
hospitality sector.
With the assistance
work with
individuals from
various
communities,
places and beliefs
since I need to
work in the
hospitality industry
as a senior
supervisor. The
senior supervisor in
the hospitality
sector needs to
work with
individuals from
various
communities,
cultures and
societies for
understanding their
particular
necessities
successfully and
effectively (El
Alfy, 2021). I will
use the intercultural
blend to find
success at my
overall trough
vocation in the
hospitality business
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conducts necessary during the
module with the assistance of
different speculations and models
for improving intercultural blend
and better learning environment
in the university. I learnt different
things like being positive towards
different societies and protecting
my own ethics, culture and values
to turn into a viable student in the
college (Mozie and Che Din,
2022). I comprehended that I
must be enthusiastic about my
culture and behaviour and accept
other culture people for further
developing correspondence and
association with individuals from
various communities.
of the social and
behavioural conduct
I will have better
figuring out about
individuals from
different societies,
religions, nations,
race and so forth so
I can successfully
work with them
(Criado-Gomis, and
et. al., 2018).
while managing
individuals from
various cultures by
showing legitimate
way of behaving
and mentality
towards them.
The
importance
of peer-to-
peer
support and
team
working to
enhance
learning
experience
On-going through this module, I
advanced interestingly about
peer's help, support and group
working and comprehended that I
wouldn't just learn from my
coaches yet I will also learn from
my peers. Group Working is
portrayed as the interactive
abilities advancement program
that works on the working of
individuals together inside the
collaborative teams with shared
By fostering the
basic
comprehension
about peer to peer
learning and group
working it would be
able for further
developing the
group execution and
working in teams
inside the
organizations for
I will use the peer
to peer shared
learning and group
working abilities
for working on the
cooperation among
the team exercises
for finishing the
responsibility and
tasks with higher
collaboration and
productively. I will
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cooperation of endeavours. At the
point when the team tasks are
given, I am ready to comprehend
the coordination with my peers
for further developing the group
working and accomplishing the
best outcomes (Cohen, 2019). I
comprehended that relational
abilities are vital for working with
one another and upgrading the
experience by common trust,
genuineness, regard and
understanding towards one
another for accomplishing the
assignment successfully and
effectively. I have found out
about the idea of shared learning
and utilization of productive
hypothesis of learning in the
course with the utilization of
conceptualizing process among
the understudies for working on
the team learning and
advancement in university
education. I have likewise found
out about different benefits and
advantages that I can acquire
from peers fur learning and group
working throughout the course. I
had the option to create and
cultivate specific abilities and
improving in
general execution at
the work. It will be
useful to work on
cooperative work
among the
colleagues and
assist me in working
in my group with
abilities and
capacities for
fostering a more
elevated level of
execution. The
acquired learnings
from this course
will be useful to
have higher
scholastic execution
and improved
brings about the
team building
exercises and
completing group
tasks doled out to
us. It will be useful
to further develop
the administration
and management
capacities,
leadership qualities,
likewise use peer
learning for
fostering the group
productivity
through
conceptualizing
and engaging with
others while
creating
significance for
relations among
team members for
working on the
performance in the
future (Cohen and
Jody, 2019). I
enjoy acquired
specific benefits of
peer to peer
learning and team
collaboration that
could be useful in
growing better
relations,
correspondence,
coordination,
awareness, critical
thinking for
expanding the
learning activities
and team
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individual ascribes that could be
useful in drawing in individuals to
cooperate in teams and
developing solutions for the
issues to developing viability and
proficiency of work. The shared
learning and group working adds
to better execution of people by
incorporating their endeavours for
accomplishing higher
development (Harrell and Capco,
2021). Also, peer to peer learning
and cooperation will assist with
teaming up to gain common
endeavours and gain more
elevated level up execution of
performance in different tasks.
correspondence
exercises,
inspiration among
the colleagues,
coordinated effort
of work, higher
proficiency
(Winstone and
Carless, 2019).
With the assistance
of peer to peer
learning and group
working I will
actually want to
upgrade the overall
performance for
making more
prominent progress.
motivation. I will
likewise utilize the
peer to peer
learning and group
working for
creating more
elevated levels of
coordinated effort
among the
colleagues and
further develop
their team
execution by
spurring them to
cooperate for
accomplishment of
group goals.
SWOT ANALYSIS
S
Student’s personal
strengths in relation
to learning
W
Student’s personal
weaknesses in
relation to learning.
O
Identified
opportunities on
gaining skills and
degree
T
Threats envisaged
in relation to
student’s
attainment of
opportunities
Strengths.
I have excellent
capability in my
correspondence that
can be useful in
Weaknesses.
I might be working
sure with my
capacities and it
might prompt over-
Opportunities.
With the assistance of
persistent learning I
can acquire better
information and ways
Threats.
Enormous
competition for a job
role in the hospitality
industry is one of the
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associating with
individuals from
different communities
and societies (Mittal,
2021).
I have extraordinary
innovativeness,
creative and liberality
that make me versatile
to any sort of
circumstance and help
to upgrade social
experience and
conduct cooperation
(Fischer, and et. al.,
2019).
I'm great at learning
new things hence I
will actually want to
conceive about new
aspects and ideas all
through the vocation.
I'm additionally ready
to make effective
teams and have
information and
abilities for
assimilating what is
happening and
adjusting to it.
committing at
specific social
circumstances.
I'm adaptable with
my viewpoints
however it could be
hard for me to take a
different path while I
have pre-arranged
activities for
finishing specific
responsibility.
I'm a decent scholar
and have learnt about
numerous things
however it might be
challenging for
anyone to answer
unprecedented
situations (Solimun
and Fernandes,
2018).
Level of certainty for
accomplishing the
tasks is nearly low as
a result of fiery
contemplations about
its disappointment
parts.
of behaving for
upgrading academic
and profession
growth.
With the assistance of
better relational
abilities I can likewise
upgrade my social
linkage and improve
cross cultural mix
(Santos, and et. al.,
2020).
I likewise have
chances of turning
into a decent leader
and general manager
in future in view of
better team abilities
and skills to manage
executive capacities.
I have great social
ways of behaving that
can assist me with
further developing my
profession
development in the
field of hospitality.
dangers that can be
identified by me.
Because of the
deficiency of
mechanical expertise
and fast
modernization I am
ready to not grasp the
constantly changing
elements of
hospitality
organizations
(Beltran, 2019).
Interest for
individuals from
different foundations
and culture is
expanding yet
controlling
individuals from such
an immense exhibit
of cultures and
behaviours is
challenging for
anybody (Felten and
Lambert, 2020).
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