MBA Program Reflection: Enhancing Business Acumen and Leadership Role

This essay presents a student's reflection on a management course within an MBA program, emphasizing the understanding of business operations, leadership roles, and the development of managerial skills. The reflection covers the initial perceptions of business, the challenges faced during the course, and the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical experiences, particularly concerning a family business. Key topics such as communication, leadership, marketing, financial management, and risk management are highlighted as crucial components of the course. The student anticipates applying these learnings to enhance decision-making, manage workforce productivity, and mitigate risks, with the ultimate goal of becoming an efficient manager capable of driving organizational modifications. The essay also underscores the importance of communication, collaboration, self-assessment, and shared learning in achieving the desired course outcomes.

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The different modifications in the management of an organization are based on the
leadership roles. The delineation of the leadership roles helps an individual in understanding the
needs of the organization and thereby guides the operations of the same. I am pursuing an advanced
course on the Master of Business Administration and thereby the discussion with hold an
assessment of the key attributes that were introduced during the course and the manner in which it
will help me in future.
The course provided me with a broader understanding of business and the manner in which
the operations are undertaken in order to facilitate the sustenance of the same. In a lecture, my
assessor defined business to be a profit making organization, which aims at maintaining its
sustainability through production of quality offerings in accordance to the needs of the same. It has
helped me in identifying the different systems that are undertaken by the businesses in order to
uplift the smooth functioning of the same as per the needs of sustainability. The basic idea of
business is developed through the delineation of the different processes that are designed by the
entrepreneurs. A lucid concept of business undertakings helped me in relating the role of the
different departments while achieving the common objective of ventures. The major objective of a
business is based on retaining the brand name and reputation in a market (Weske, 2012). I believe
that the different operations that are undertaken by the businesses aims at maintaining eth
efficiency of the operations while developing the brand image of the same.
I chose the advanced learning course of business administration, as I believed that I had a
better understanding of the business environment. However, during the course I faced several
issues relating to managerial decision making lessons which contradicted with my mentality. The
course provided me with a detailed view of the different processes in an organization from its
inception to risk management. On the other hand, I chose the course simply because my father had
a small business workshop, which I dreamt of expanding since my childhood. I believed the course
would help me in identifying the different steps that might be undertaken by an individual while
managing the processes of a business enterprise. I watched my father, since my early childhood, as
he worked for his business along with all recordkeeping and analyzing activities. Naturally, I

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believe the idea of supporting my father’s business occurred in my mind, which led me to take this
course. On the other hand, since my high school days I was fascinate with accountancy and
business management, which led me to the course of knowing the overall process of a business
administration.
The course is designed in an extensive manner, which incorporated every aspect related to
business administration. Topics include communication, leadership, marketing, financial
management and risk management which would help me in identifying the activities that are
undertaken by the different departments. I will take steps to relate the different topics with my early
life experiences, which will help me in identifying the different elements that will be discussed in
the course. The different topics on management of organizations, introduced during the course,
helped me in identifying the managerial needs of a venture. Relating the activities and assessing
my capabilities will help me in understanding the different elements of the study and thereby
implement the same in the real life situation of my father’s business. On the other hand, I might
have several doubts, which I will clarify from my assessors. Clarification of the doubts will help
me in supporting my understanding of the different lessons that will be taught during the course.
Laguador (2013) stated that self assessment and reflection on the activities helps in identifying the
future course of actions. Therefore, I believe that clarifying from the lecturer and the reflections
would help me in ensuring the required outcomes of the course are met.
On the other hand, I will undertake discussions and debates with my peers on the topics,
which will help me in enhancing my knowledge of the context, and provide with better
understanding of the course materials. The different challenges that I might face during the course
will be clarified through the assistance of my peers and lecturers. Weske (2012) noted that shared
learning helps in enhancing the outcome of the study. Therefore, I will take steps to facilitate the
shared learning attributes, which will help me in identifying the course content more efficiently. I
will monitor the progress of the study through constant assessment of the different chapters and
debates with my peers. Monitoring the progress will be helping me to prepare myself efficiently as
per the course outcomes.

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The course on business administration will be helping me to identify the value of
communication and collaborative functioning with the stakeholders while holding the role of a
leader. Communication and collaboration with the stakeholders will be helping me to develop
coherent insight of the leadership role relating to decision making in accordance to the needs of an
organization. On the other hand, by completing the course I believe I will be able to assess the
financial condition and the uncertainties that might be faced by an organization while will support
my decision making skills. The course will also help me in identifying the different ways in which
I might manage the workforce in order to maintain the productivity of an organization. The course
will help me in identifying my role as a manger and an entrepreneur in managing the workflow and
mitigate the risks in order to maintain the smooth functioning of the business operations. The major
goal that I would like to set by the end of the course is to become an efficient manager who will
identify the needs of the organization and bring forth modifications. Therefore, I believe that the
business administration course would assist me in identifying the values of suitable leadership and
implement the same in an organizational context at future.

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References
Laguador, J. M. (2013). A correlation study of personal entrepreneurial competency and the
academic performance in operations management of business administration
students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social
Sciences, 3(5), 61.
Weske, M. (2012). Business process management architectures. In Business Process
Management (pp. 333-371). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.