Business Development and Learning Styles: A Self-Analysis Essay

This essay delves into the concept of development for success in business, emphasizing the importance of understanding learning styles for effective business management. The introduction highlights the challenges of success in contemporary business and underscores the significance of knowledge and intelligence. The essay explores various learning theories, including Cognitive, Behaviorism, and Constructivism, and categorizes lecture attenders based on Dolnicar's framework, with the author identifying as an idealist attender. The self-analysis section utilizes the Honey and Mumford learning styles, identifying the author's style as an activist. The essay concludes by acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the identified learning style, suggesting strategies for improvement. Overall, the essay provides a comprehensive analysis of learning styles and their application in the context of business development, drawing on personal experiences and established learning theories.

Development for Success in
Business

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Learning Styles Analysis.................................................................................................................3
Self-Analysis....................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Development of success in business refers to practice through which individual learn and
develop themselves in order to become successful in business. Success in business in present
times has become very difficult hence it is important that individuals have knowledge and
intelligence to manage business and become successful. This essay involves discussion over
learning theories and types of lecture attenders. Later this essay also involves individual learning
style based on Honey and Mumford learning styles. This also involves identifying type of
attender that I am explained by Dolnicar. This identification has been done on the basis of past
learning experience that I have had. Secondary education is recent and highest education
experience that I have had and during previous experience I had enjoyable learning experience.
In which I attended all the lectures as an enthused learner and participated in most activities.
With a high attendance I was also given different activities such as team-work, group discussion,
role-playing and self-analysis questionnaire. Positive experience that I have had made a
significant influence views on learning. I consider that learning plays an important role in overall
development of individual through which individual can gain success. I have educated in English
in and country that I educated in is UK. This also influenced my learning and this influence was
positive.
Learning Styles Analysis
Learning theories are of different types and these involve-
Cognitive Learning Theory- This is based on the way people think and considers that mental
process are important in learning.
Behaviorism Learning Theory- This is based on the idea that behavior of students is based on
their interaction with their environment.
Constructivism Learning Theory- This theory of learning is based on the idea that learning of
students is created on the basis of their previous experience.
According to Dolnicar (2004) different types of attenders are

Idealist- These are attenders who feel enthused by lectures and consider that knowledge make
knowledge meaningful.
Pragmatics- Pay particular attention to assessment tasks and do not miss relevant information
Averagely motivated students- similar to pragmatics but feel that lecture is easier than learning
alone
Fundamentals oriented students- These students think that attending lectures enable them to
learn fundamental principles of the topic
Minimalists- attend lecture to avoid missing any important information
Everything but pleasure- they have all qualities of other types of artenders except enjoying
lectures and feeling enthused by the.
These are six different types of students who are likely to attend lectures with their
specific characteristics and motives.
Self-Analysis
On the basis of Honey and Mumford learning styles there are four styles of are activist,
theorist, pragmatists, and reflectors. These learning styles have different characteristics. On the
basis of these different learning styles, my learning style is activist. The reason behind this is that
activist is those individuals who learn by doing and I also believe that I can learn better by doing.
This is one of the reasons that I am facilitated to learn through the activities such as group
discussion and brain storming. Such activities allow me to understand application of the
knowledge that I have learned and I have been taught.
On the basis of types of attenders according to Dolnicar I believe that I am idealist
attender. This is because idealist attenders feel enthused by lectures and feel that lectures make
knowledge meaningful. This involve those students who are active in learning, this means those
who actively learn when they are attending lectures. I also experience enthusiasm while
attending lectures and also try to understand actively and participate in learning through lectures.
These are some of the reasons that I consider me as idealist attender. I consider that I can gain

knowledge from anywhere but in order to make it meaningful and link with application it is
important that I attend lectures.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of discussion it can be identified that my learning style is activist. This style
also has few weaknesses. Weaknesses of these learning styles involve that effectiveness of
learning in this is highly based on the possibility to try the learned knowledge. Such learners are
always willing to try what they learn. This also involves risk that is often needless and
individuals with this learning style also do not delegate.
In order to overcome this weakness it is important that individuals keep an open mind.
This will enable me to learn and practice but also will ensure that I do not take unnecessary risk
and also is willing to delegate as required.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Clark, K.R., 2018. Learning theories: constructivism.
Hasibuan, M.S and et.al., 2016. A proposed model for detecting learning styles based on agent
learning. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). 11(10).
pp.65-69.
Moores, E., Birdi, G.K. and Higson, H.E., 2019. Determinants of university students’
attendance. Educational Research. 61(4). pp.371-387.