Management 5: Personal Networks, Priorities, and Development Report

This report, centered around the importance of professional networks, examines the role of networking in business and professional development. It begins by defining networking and its significance in the business environment, emphasizing its role in internal and external communication. The report highlights the benefits of effective networking, such as building trust, expanding social and business opportunities, and resource sharing. The student's personal experiences with various networks, including face-to-face meetings, online interactions, and strategic communications, are then discussed, detailing how these networks contributed to building strong working relationships and creating new perspectives. The report concludes by underscoring the importance of both strategic and face-to-face networking for continued professional growth and success, referencing relevant academic sources to support its arguments.

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Management of personal work priorities and professional development
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note:

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Table of Contents
Personal Networks of the past....................................................................................................3
How have they helped?..............................................................................................................3
Networks Involved with.............................................................................................................3
How were they helpful?.............................................................................................................4
Networks that are important for growth.....................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Personal Networks of the past
Networking relates to the use of the different kinds of the connections that help the
persons to stay updated and informed about the different things that happens in the business
enterprise both internally and externally (Agrawal Spraetz and Porro 2015). The presence of a
proper networking in the business organization helps the management to ensure the smooth
communication within the organization. The major elements of the
How have they helped?
The use of the proper form of networking in the business organization can ensure success
for the organizations (Agrawal Spraetz and Porro 2015). Some of the major types of the
benefits of the networking process in an organization are as follows;
a. Building of the trust both internally and externally
b. Rise of the profile of the organization
c. Expansion of the social contacts as well as the business opportunities
d. Sharing of the different kinds of resources and information
e. Expansion of professional contacts
Networks Involved with
I was involved with a number of different networks during my stint in the offices. This
involved the likes of the personal networks which were basically face to face meetings and
discussions with the managers as well as the different kinds of the online meetings like video
callings. Apart from this strategic communication involving meetings with the stakeholders
and the topmost supervisors in the management were the most common.

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How were they helpful?
The above mentioned networking procedure in the organizations I earlier worked in were
highly necessary for the success of the organization in a proper and efficient manner
(Johannisson 2017). This helped to build a strong working relationship as well as helped me
to create new perspectives.
Networks that are important for growth
According to me strategic networking as well as face to face persona networking, both are
important for the success of the networking process.

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References
Agrawal, S., Spraetz, R. and Porro, C., salesforce com Inc, 2015. Structured data in a
business networking feed. U.S. Patent 9,031,957.
Johannisson, B., 2017. Networking and entrepreneurial growth. The Blackwell handbook of
entrepreneurship, pp.368-386.