BAM4008 Academic & Personal Development Plan: Team Skills Audit

This document is a personal development portfolio for the FdSc Business Management BAM4008 module. It includes a team contract defining team operations, member expectations, and communication methods such as WhatsApp and online meetings via Teams. The portfolio features a team skills audit, outlining individual strengths and assigned roles like team leader, record-keeper, and spokesperson. Ground rules for the team are established to foster mutual respect, open communication, and conflict resolution. The portfolio also includes reflective statements on being an effective business management student, skill acquisition, and the application of academic and personal development models to improve learning. The assignment emphasizes the importance of personal and professional growth through teamwork and self-assessment.

FdSc Business Management
BAM4008
Academic and Personal Development Plan
Assessment 1
Personal Development Portfolio
Submitted by:
Name:
ID:

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Team Contract............................................................................................................................2
Name______________________ Signature ____________________..................................2
Team Name............................................................................................................................3
Team members.......................................................................................................................3
Teachers.................................................................................................................................3
Communication..........................................................................................................................3
Preferred Communication methods (e.g., Canvas forum, Messenger, WhatsApp)...............3
Team Meetings (where/how will you meet? How often? How will they be run?)................4
Team skills audit........................................................................................................................5
Team member.........................................................................................................................5
What are your styles, preferences or strengths?.....................................................................5
Roles and Responsibilities (these can be changed over time)....................................................5
Role........................................................................................................................................5
Responsibilities......................................................................................................................5
Ground rules for the team..........................................................................................................7
3. Reference list........................................................................................................................11
Portfolio evidence (4)...............................................................................................................11
Reflective statement.................................................................................................................12
Reflect on being an effective student of Business Management in higher education..........12
Reflect on how acquisition of skills through completion of this module would assist me to
achieve personal and future success.....................................................................................12
Explanation of two models of academic and personal development and how this has
improved my learning..............................................................................................................13
Model 1............................................................................................................................14
Model 2............................................................................................................................14
Reference List:.........................................................................................................................14
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Introduction
Personal development refers to the act of looking inward in order to achieve a purpose
or result specially into the context of pursuit of clarity, passion and purpose in life. Personal
development is bigger than the career development or development at self-level. Personal
development is very important from the personal and professional point of views so its very
necessary to make a proper plan so that results can be achieved within a set period of time.
Personal development basically support in terms of defining the personal vision and life goals
in a clearer manner. When targets have been set for themselves then it becomes easier to
make a proper plan and also work towards those objectives as well. There are basically five
areas of personal development which includes mental, social, emotional, spiritual and
physical level as well. The present report will cover discussion about team contract,
communication, team skill audit and roles and responsibilities as well.
Team Contract
Define team contract:
Team contract basically refers to the agreement between the individual and team
mates about in which manner team will operate and basically a set of conventions that has
been planned into effective manner (Santos and et.al., 2018). Team contract basically
includes certain parameters such as group members names, contact information, expectations
regarding preparation for, assignment of particular tasks, roles and responsibilities along with
due dates.
Its importance:
Team contracts are important because it help team member to work in a collaborative
manner so that they can truly honors each other and return to a sense of aligned purpose when
team has experienced the challenges of working on any project.
Its uses: Team contract has been used which is used to define the expectations of group and
forces people to be explicit about their assumptions. It is basically created before the team
starts working on the project in a collaborative form and also offers the framework for the
discussion of disagreements within the team.
Name______________________ Signature ____________________
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Team Name
Team members
Name Phone Email
PQR XXXXXXXXXX [e-mail]
ABC XXXXXXXXXX
GHI XXXXXXXXXX
JKL XXXXXXXXXX
MNO XXXXXXXXXX
TUV XXXXXXXXXX
EFG XXXXXXXXXX
Teachers
Name Email
Ms Annet Ogega [e-mail]
Communication
Importance of communication in establishing effective team (ref)
Communication is very important in terms of building a team because it improves the
employee engagement into positive manner and effective communication also help in terms
of creating bond with each other (Ponizovskiy and et.al., 2020). Communication basically
guides in terms of team formation that which individual is beneficial to include within the
team and which individual cannot be included within the team into positive manner. The
effective communication also helps in terms of bringing transparency within the team and
also at the time of team formation as well.
Preferred Communication methods (e.g., Canvas forum, Messenger, WhatsApp)
The team agreed to use a mixture ways to communicate. The main medium of
communication is via WhatsApp because it is easily accessible. The team agreed to also
communicate via mail when sharing documents and work completed.
There are different kinds of communication methods which include canvas forum, what’s
app and messenger as well. In today's period of time what’s app is the most effective way
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of communication. Through what’s app it is easier to share information on the fast pace
manner and it is easier to do video calls in result oriented manner. Canvas forum is also
one of the effective ways of communication which provides an integrated system for the
discussion of class. It also allows both students and instructors to contribute and start to as
many discussions topics are desired. Messenger is also one of the effective way of
communication where the individual has carried the message and is also employed to carry
messages.
Team Meetings (where/how will you meet? How often? How will they be run?)
Due to covid 19 and different dynamics among the team members such as work, child care,
travel etc, the team agreed to utilize online meeting platforms so as to accommodate
everyone
The team meetings will be conducted online via Teams,
In this pandemic situation, at the organizational level it is very difficult to conduct team
meetings into result oriented manner. According to technological changes and launch of
new apps lead towards the positive development of an organization. So with support of
video conferences, video calls and with support of Zoom apps, the meetings have been
conducted into successful manner (Holtbrügge and et.al., 2015). These meeting can be
conducted on the frequent basis and for any period of time. There is not any requirement of
time bar which is required within these video calls. These video calls can be run for longer
period of time with proper back up of charging, internet connectivity as well. These
meetings have been conducted on the online basis and can easily be conducted while sitting
at home without any kind of disruption.
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Team skills audit
What a team skill audit: Team skill audit basically refers to the process of measuring
whether the member of staff has the required skills, background, competencies and
knowledge to perform effectively within a specific post.
The importance of a team skill audit: Team skill audit basically help in terms of
determining that the employee still possess the required skills for the particular role
(Zinovyeva and et.al., 2020). Through this parameter it can also be identified about
unidentified skills which basically qualify the employee for a better-suited position.
In the first meeting, a team audit was conducted as shown below
Team member What are your styles, preferences or strengths?
Ann ben Research;
xxxx Editing
ABC Analysis
DEF Brainstorming
PQR Critical thinking
XYZ Problem-solving
MNO Technical skills
STU Evaluations
Roles and Responsibilities (these can be changed over time)
According to Cottrell (2015), Importance of assigning roles and responsibilities
Role Responsibilities
Team leader; Sharon To manage the daily activities of the
team and motivates the team towards
achievement of organizational goals. Team
member is also responsible for implementing
and developing a timeline for achieving
targets and also tasks to team members as
well
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Record-keeper Record keeper has to maintain and create the
records management system and also
perform the data entry tasks as well. Record
keeper is also responsible for updating the
existing records.
Timekeeper Time keeper is responsible for maintaining
the time sheets and accurately input the time
and attendance data within the computer.
Spokesperson The main responsibility of spokesperson is to
communicate information the public
requirements and needs as well. They are not
only responsible for conveying messages but
also responsible for development of key
messages as well.
Questioner The main responsibility of questioner is to
ask relevant questions according to subject
matter in order to evaluate the individual into
deeper manner.
Creator Creator main responsibility is to take
responsibility into appropriate manner of
their own creation. Creator is also
responsible for protecting their creation into
effective and efficient manner with proper
legalized rules and regulations as well
Other? Mentor basically provides advice, guidance,
and feedback and support the men tee into
positive manner. Mentor also act as adviser,
counselor which is basically dependent on
the particular objectives and goals negotiated
with the men tee
Other? The main responsibility of performance
evaluator is to address the issues of
performance and also determines whether an
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employee requires skills training or
corrective action to return to an acceptable
level of performance. These are the
responsibilities of a performance evaluator.
Ground rules for the team
Due to the different dynamics of people working in a team (e.g. differences in
opinions, skills, experiences,) the ground rules are set. Ground rules for teams are the specific
standards and norms that are helpful for enhancing the performance of the teams or groups
where people have different skills, ideas, opinions, etc. Ground rules are helpful to support
and communicate with the team members and it helps to establish better performance of the
team by standardizing their work processes. Ground rules for team that should be considered
for enhancing their performance are elaborated below:
1. Treating and developing mutual respect among the team members can be helpful
for improving the mutual respect among the groups and promote positive characters
and traits among the members.
2. Communicating openly with each other can help to develop better coordination
among the team members for developing effectiveness and efficiency in their
performance. Communication plays an important part in combining the efforts of
the team members by expressing their ideas, views, opinions, questions and
expectations in open manners.
3. Constructive feedback by the team leaders is also a very effective way to enhance
the performance of the team members by eliminating their mistakes. By
encouraging constructive feedback the team members can be provided with
solutions, suggestions, strategies and ideas for improving their work performance.
4. Treating the coworkers and managers equally in terms of their background,
ethnicity, culture, race, gender, age, etc. can enhance team work. Treating everyone
equally within the team is very helpful for improving the overall performance of the
team fellows.
5. Recognition and acknowledgment to each other's efforts is also helpful to
improve the performance of team members and promote their growth within the
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teams. When the team members provide recognition and support to each other for
their exceptional performance, the bonding among them becomes stronger.
6. Addressing conflicts and problem solving is a very important part for improving
the team performance and creating efficiency and effectiveness in the work of the
team members.
7. Increasing time utilization and completion of work on time is very important for
the team members to achieve the targets effectively. It promotes the scheduling,
task division and task priority activities within the team members so that their work
can be accomplished effectively.
8. Celebrating the accomplishments of each other is also important to strive
towards better team performance of the members. The team members feel more
comfortable when they celebrate accomplishments of others and get the same
reward for their effective performance enhanced their overall team performance.
Focusing on the tasks is very important to complete the work within a given deadline.
The team members should focus on tasks assigned to them so that employee motivation and
employee engagement can be improved by providing appropriate accountability for a given
task. These ground rules for the team can be helpful in combining the efforts of team
members to accomplish their works effectively and efficiently.
 A reflection on my contribution to the Team Contract
I believe that higher performance refers to the reflection of successful collaboration
and an indicator that our team is performing well by simulating the strength of the team
members effectively and efficiently. For optimizing the individual team members’ strengths I
utilized these rules for improving their performance at higher levels. I utilized
communication skills in a very effective manner for explaining my ideas, feelings, opinions
to others and carefully listening to others for raising questions and queries to make the team
performance effective. I utilized constructive feedback for focusing on improvement of ideas,
behaviors and performance by suggesting better working of the team members. I also
improved the problem solving abilities by identifying the critical problems and conflicts
among the team members so that that can be resolved and team performance can be
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improved. I was also involved in the equality practices by treating everyone equally within
the team and developing better teamwork among each other. Tuckman (1965) team formation
2. Forming Effective Habits
Effectiveness can be explained as the utilization of time in optimum ways so that
tasks can be achieved in a given time frame. Effective habits can be explained as the ability
and practices of an individual to complete their work on time and still having enough time for
recreational activities. Effective habits like scheduling of work, arranging life cycles,
eliminating wasteful activities etc. are helpful to complete the task on time and give enough
support to an individual to save time for other activities.
Effective study habits are important because it can help to complete the assignments
on time, prepare for examinations beforehand and save time for other activities. There are
many habits that can positively encourage our studying abilities and provide better results in
the academic career. Time management is among the most important skills that help to
promote the success of a student in their academic life.
The effective study habits are also helpful in improving prolonged professional career
growth because it helps an individual to manage time in better ways and attain their
objectives before the deadlines. The use of time in optimum ways is also helpful for
promoting a successful professional career as it creates a sense of time management among
the students.
Habits for Effective Study Application Resources/Support
Waking up early It is applicable in promoting
early rising habits and it can
improve the time efficiency
and reduce wasteful habits.
Alarm support
Study Schedule/Timetable Scheduling is applicable at the
various stages for enhancing
the personal and professional
career growth.
Schedule table
Going to the library 2/3 It is applicable to demonstrate
good research abilities and
Nearby library
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improve the knowledge and
abilities of an individual.
Booking a 0ne-one
consultation
This is applicable to develop
better understanding about the
concepts and bring better
ideas.
Consultation facility
 A study plan for effective completion of the two module assessments in this
module. You should also include a short reflection on the decisions you made,
including the work done with your team.
I utilized Time management skills in a very effective manner for explaining my ideas,
feelings, opinions to others and carefully listening to others for raising questions and queries
to make the team performance effective. I utilized constructive feedback for focusing on
improvement of ideas, behaviors and performance by suggesting better working of the team
members. I also improved the problem solving abilities by identifying the critical problems
and conflicts among the team members so that that can be resolved and team performance
can be improved. I was also involved in the equality practices by treating everyone equally
within the team and developing better teamwork among each other.
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3. Reference list
Santos and et.al., 2018. Personal and ecological factors in school sport: a multilevel approach.
South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation,
40(1), pp.125-140.
Ponizovskiy and et.al., 2020. Development and validation of the personal values dictionary:
A theory–driven tool for investigating references to basic human values in text.
European Journal of Personality, 34(5), pp.885-902.
CRAAP
[e-mail]
Portfolio evidence (4)
 Your team descriptive reading list + a short reflection on your
contribution to it.
Source Author Relevance/Reliability Purpose
Book Stella Cottrell, 2019 -Author’s credentials
-Year of publication
-Discuss study skills for HE
Chapter 10;
Chapter
Journal Burns, T., Maier, S. and
Sinfield, S., 2020.
Global university,
Local issues: Takin a
creative and humane
approach to learning
and teaching.
In Improving classroom
engagement and international
development programs:
Website
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