Swinburne University Learning and Communication Reflection Report

This report is a student's reflection on the 'Learning and Communication for Innovative Business Practice' course. The student details how the course has shaped their professional and personal goals, highlighting the development of skills applicable to an accounting career. The reflection covers the identification of short, medium, and long-term goals, the evolution of these goals, and the importance of core values like integrity and cooperation. The student discusses the application of the innovation framework, the development of communication skills, and the recognition of personal strengths and weaknesses. The report emphasizes experiential learning, case studies, and the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings, concluding with the student's confidence in pursuing a career in accounting and the skills gained for problem-solving and effective communication within a business context. The student also references several academic sources to support their reflection.

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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFLECTION
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Learning and communication for innovative business practice
Personal and professional development reflection
Throughout my course in Learning and communication for innovative business
practice, I have been able to apply what I have learnt in class. The course has helped me to
develop my skills as it has offered a chance for me to practice some skills through
experiential learning and other activities. My instructor has been assigning work for the
course in and though handling the tasks, my goals, values have been shaped. I have got to a
situation where I can identify the short term, medium term and also long term goals and act
upon them. All in all, the experience in using the innovation framework in my course has
helped me develop my profession and my career. I am in a position to confidently say that, in
my future workplace or organization, I will be efficient, productive and a problem solver
through the skills I have acquired in this lesson (Spencer, Niles and Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013,
p.106).
I have been able to develop knowledge in setting long term goals. The goals have
been categorized in two. There is professional long term goals and also personal long term
goals. To start with the professional goals, they are approximated to take place after about
five years of practice. One of the long term goal is to start my own business firm and
accounting. This will help me develop my career and also expand the market in service
delivery. This goal has changed because before I did this unit, I had a mind of getting
employment and working under the organization.
However, I now feel that having a larger scope of accounting field of business can
help me grow and become a more productive person. I would also like to become a
successful and recognized financial partner, famous and considered in quality services
delivery. On the personal long term goals, I would like to have my own family. A loving
family is all what I need. A loving husband who will assist me chase my ambitions and

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dreams is my priority in long term goals. Having children is also a long term goal. I wish to
have one whom I will nurture for him to have strong values and ambitious. Finally, a nice
home for my family is in the list. The course I am pursuing has helped me in selecting the
kind of life I want to live. Since I have enough skills from Learning and communication for
innovative business practice, I am sure I will go far to achieve my long term objectives and
goals.
I perceived the experience in learning to be so different then I currently do. I thought
of attending the Swinburne University just to acquire education in business. My short term
goals in working in a big organization in Australia was baseless in terms of performance,
skills and development. However, after going through the course in Learning and
communication for innovative business practice, I am able to plan for the future in a more
concise way.
My short term goals are aimed to; becoming an accounting expert in the line
management so as I can be able to practice my skills in business field and communication
along the work force. I can be able to assist other business experts in solving some of the
issues pertaining social challenge. According to Quintanilla and Wahl (2015), establishing
good communication strategies would help in improving the performance of an organization.
When I am able to apply theories learnt in class to establish a communicative environment, it
would be a great achievement to my short term goals. It is approximated to take place few
years of practice after I am done with my studies.
According to (Barrett Value Centre, 2017), the person you are, what upsets you, what
underlies one’s decision are connected to one’s values. I have been able to identify my core
values and ultimately hold on to them. In the unit, Learning and communication for
innovative business practice, I have learnt values core ethical values which would shape my
profession and make me a successful business and accounting practitioner. I hold dear

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integrity, fairness, trustworthiness, honesty, respect and also cooperation. In the
communication skills lesson for example, I was taught to be effective. I was able to develop
and experience the change of these values. In the innovative framework, I was able to
familiarize myself with the organizational culture whereby, it demanded an application of
cooperation principle. The course engaged me in real organizational practice. I was able to
determine the values that any of my friends needed to improve and as well, I was in a
position to work for my side. However, there are issues that I don’t like. Overdependence and
overconfidence and anxiety are enemies to development. I try so much to exterminate them
so that my career can be successful and at the same time, achieve my objectives.
Through the course, I have as well got to a position to identify the change in my
strong points. I have come to realization that a focused and ambitious accountant needs to
identify his strengths and weaknesses while still building on those strengths and overcoming
then working harder for the weak areas. Among my identified strong points, there is the love
for learning whereby, I am driven by quest to acquire new skills in my field of to enhance the
existing knowledge in business.
The course has also led me to realize my strength to perseverance in terms of
challenges. Challenges in accounting and learning related challenges. Of them all, the
abilities to work in a team is my strongest point. I believe in team work as team work
motivates one another and creativity is enhanced. I am therefore, able to apply the point in the
field and achieve my success. I have demonstrated a great deviation. I previously thought that
I would be independent and handle my tasks alone due to my temperaments. However, I have
changed in how I respond to issue and I am ready to work with cooperation with any one and
anywhere for the better.
The experiences in using the innovation framework during my study of this lesson has
exposed me to the understanding of the constituents of this framework in alignment with the

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corporate strategies in the organizations. The constituents such as; people, tools and
processes, the metrics, communication: which I spent much time on, recognition and
sponsorship contributed to the vast knowledge that I could successfully use to communicate
various social challenges (Hoskin, Fizzell and Cherry, 2014, p.73). Reflecting on what I have
studied in class has a positive implication to the prospective workman I will become in the
near future. I can therefore base all my future studies on the notion of innovative business
practice.
Through the course, I have learnt that for innovation to take place, one should be in a
position to access learning and update the knowledge and become more productive in the
workplace. My career in business is subjected to improvement as I feel that I am fully
capable of performing innovative business performances. Having adequate skills in learning
and communicating, I can as well be able to train, orient and also promote communication
skills in a real phenomenon. I have as well been equipped with creativity skills as it is clear
that innovation in business practices are intertwined. Therefore, if I may get a chance to
unlock my potential as a business expert I can have ample time as the course have equipped
me with the relevant skills required.
I have been able to develop knowledge and skills through Learning and
communication for innovative business practice lesson. I have come across the ideas of
Sindell (2015) who suggests that, it is possible to fly without motor but not without
knowledge and skills. This has helped me to develop skills in, prioritising and scheduling
different tasks, planning and organizational skills and also innovation and creativity
competency. I can comfortably handle activities in the accounting firm, may be in future, and
also carry them through sustainably. The course unit has been full of case studies and
experiential set ups like engagement with real organization through the class works and

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assigned work. The engagements have made me develop my profession and whenever I get a
related task, I am confident to approach it.
In conclusion, Learning and communication for innovative business practice lesson
has been so engaging and helpful to potential business and accounting learners. It has been
learner cantered as I count the number of times I had to conduct research in the university
library, consider different organizations and their culture and finally, I have come to a point
where I can directly apply that knowledge in the workplace. Since my medium term goal is to
seek a job in my field of accounting, I am hopeful that presenting myself to the managers will
guarantee me an opportunity to give my services. For the case where I used a value
proportional pitch in my assignment to address some social change, I made an advancement
in problem solving skills which I am purposing to apply for my short, medium and long-term
goals (Ryan and Ryan, 2013, p.244).

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References
Barrett Value Centre, 2017. What are Values? Darret Value Centre, Viewed 08 August 2017.
Gould, N. and Taylor, I., 2017. Reflective learning for social work: research, theory and
practice. Routledge.
Hoskin, R.E., Fizzell, M.R. and Cherry, D.C., 2014. Financial Accounting: a user
perspective. Wiley Global Education.
Kolb, D.A., 2014. Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and
development. FT press.
Quintanilla, K.M. and Wahl, S.T., 2015. Business and professional communication: Keys for
workplace excellence. Sage Publications.
Ryan, M. and Ryan, M., 2013. Theorising a model for teaching and assessing reflective
learning in higher education. Higher Education Research & Development, 32(2), pp.244-257.
Sindell, M. and Sindell, T., 2015. Hidden Strengths: Unleashing the Crucial Leadership
Skills You Already Have. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Spencer G.. Niles and Harris-Bowlsbey, J., 2013. Career development interventions in the
21st century. Pearson.