BMP4001 - Personal Development Portfolio for Business Management

This personal development portfolio reflects on personal learning and development, transferable skills, and future skill development in academic, personal, and workplace contexts. It includes a self-reflection on learning approaches, identification of developed skills such as teamwork and communication, and desired skills like interpersonal abilities and public speaking. The portfolio also features a personal development learning log, an action plan for skill enhancement with specific goals and support mechanisms, and a CV. The document references various books and journals related to portfolio development and assessment.

BSc (Hons) Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
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Contents
Self-reflection on personal learning and development...........................................................3
Reflection on my approach to personal learning and development.......................................3
Transferrable skills I already developed................................................................................4
Skills I would like to develop during my workplace, personal life and academic studies....4
Personal development learning log........................................................................................5
Action plan.............................................................................................................................5
CV..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................6
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Self-reflection on personal learning and development
After seeking the profession in the field of business and management, it is crucial that a
person has certain skills and capabilities through which they can achieve all their liabilities in
a valuable way. The person should have relevant information on specific field of career in
order to follow the profession as this helps in gathering the proper information about overall
understanding of the jobs. There are several business and management requirements in order
to have large scope of all kinds of aptitudes and capacities. With respect to my career in the
course of business and management, I learned lot of things that enabled my personal learning
and development in a more positive way. During my learning I also enhanced my transferable
skills especially the team work and communication abilities. At the workplace, the most
important thing was interaction only and it got developed because of my personal learning. I
participated in various tasks and activities which helped me in improving and gaining new
talents and abilities. My goal was always to expand all my skills and learn new things which
would help me in future. My career helped me a lot in processing and developing new talents
also. There are many transferable skills that are needed by an individual at complete journey
of their career. In the phase of personal learning, both academic as well as professional skills
are important because through that only all talents can get enhanced. In relation with
academic skills in the career, it is the most crucial approach in the learning aspect. During my
educational qualification, it was important for develop my skills so that I can easily assess in
the learning environment. When I got involved into the field of business and management,
my overall technical, language and knowledge got enhanced.
Reflection on my approach to personal learning and development
In terms of personal learning and development, I identified several things during my
career. I was learning about the concept of management which is very much beneficial in the
future aspects of business. I always had the positive feeling because my all kind of skills and
talents were being developed. I felt confident that I would achieve success in terms of
personal learning. At the first stage, I set up my goal in relation with my all kinds of
academic skills. I recognized all my strengths as well as weaknesses and on the basis of this I
used different approaches. My main strength was with respect to the development of certain
technical abilities and was being flexible with the course but at the same point of time, I was
lacking in making different decisions in accordance with my career. While developing
myself, I was gaining support and cooperation from all other executives. The most ability
which I developed and through which I can achieve success was the level of confidence.
During my complete journey of career, I assessed that my professional skills also got
encouraged because I studied about the concept of business and proper management of it and
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through this; I upgraded my other level skills. In context with achieving career goals and
leading to success, the significant talent which is needed is the aspect of problem solving.
There were many challenges that I faced during personal learning as it was the first time
when I was working in a team. During the initial stage of my career aspects, it was not easy
for me to tackle each situation. When I took part in the module, I was getting indulged into
different activities which were beneficial for me in improving all kinds of skills and abilities.
Transferrable skills I already developed
During my career in the field of business and management, I developed many talents
and skills which was useful for me in the future aspects. There were different skills like
leadership, communication, time management and many more. In order to achieve career
goals, these roles are the most important things. While developing personal learning, I was
working with certain other people and on the basis of that I enhanced both of my interaction
as well as team work abilities. Besides this, I developed my leadership skills in terms of both
self-development and innovation. During the career, it is very important that innovative
things are being done and the talents of own individual is enlarged. For example, when I was
learning about the concept of both management and business concerns, I analyzed that the
most important thing which is needed as a leader is that an individual should have the ability
to influence other people. By attending the course, I developed this specific skill which
helped me a lot in formulating certain other projects. There are many roles and
responsibilities that are associated with the phase of personal learning and development and
for this proper time management is required. It is important that everything is being done
with proper planning, mission and within the set deadline. I developed this skill because there
were certain projects which were organized and whole team need to work together and time
period was being given. On the basis of it I learned that an individual can achieve success
only if they are completing the work as per the time period. When I was participating in those
projects I developed this skill because now I am completing all the things within the deadline
and effective team work is being done. During the field of my business and management, I
assessed that everything is being done in a positive way and different transferable skills were
getting developed.
Skills I would like to develop during my workplace, personal life and academic studies
There are many skills and abilities which want to develop during the phase of my
personal life, academic studies and the workplace. Though I enhanced many skills during the
career but there were many other capabilities also which I wanted to seek. In relation with
academic studies, I would like to develop interpersonal abilities. As working in a team, it is
important that effective relationship is there between all the people and proper team work is
being done. During studies, there are many projects which needs group of members and
proper relation so on the basis of that I would like to develop my interpersonal skills. In terms
of workplace, I would like to develop public speaking talent because while doing a job
employees need to give presentations on continuous basis due to which they have to speak in
front of large group of people. I will seek to enhance my creativity and the speaking skills.
Besides this, I also seek to encourage flexibility in teams of patience, adaptability and so on.
In context with the career aspects, several consequences may get arise so on the basis of that
it is significant that everything is being tackled with patience. In context with personal life, I
would like to develop the skill of self-confidence. It is important for my personal life because
through this only I would be able to achieve success and would believe in myself. In all the
three cases, I would seek to enable different abilities and develop them in a positive way. In
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my personal life, confidence is very much important because on the basis of that only I will
be doing good work in the job.
Personal development learning log
Date of event What was the
development
activity?
What was I
expecting to
learn?
What have I
learned?
How will I
apply this
learning?
1st august 2021 Presentations confidence Communication
skills
I will apply
this learning
in my future
college
projects and
while doing
presentation.
10th august 2021 Team work Flexibility and
patience
Public speaking I will apply
this learning
while
attending
seminars.
Action plan
What do I want
to learn?
What support
and resources
will I need?
What do I have
to do?
How will I
measure
success?
Target date for
review?
Presentation skills
In order to
improve my
presentation
abilities, it is
significant that I
participate in
different training
sessions so that I
get to know about
the presentation
skills
The most
important thing is
to initiate
improvisation in
my interaction
skills which can
be done through
presentation
seminars so that I
will be able to
assess all the
areas that are
needed. Besides
this I can also
take feedback
from other people
on the basis of
basis of which I
can make certain
improvements
Through talking
with tutors so that
feedback can be
received.
31st July,2021
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Communication
skills
To consider
different obstacles
that comes across
during my
interaction period.
My
communication
skills were good
enough but it was
yet to be
successful so in
relation with that
I am participating
in different
conferences.
Feedback from
teachers and other
senior executives
10 the August, 2021
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Peter Watson
Email id: - [e-mail]
Career objective: - To get an entry level job in the field of business and management where I
can use my interaction skills, selling abilities within the organization as well as outside
customers.
Work experience: -
 Started as an operation executive at William industries Plc.
Education: -
 MBA in marketing from bucking university.
Skills: -
 Public speaking skills
 Communication skills
 Marketing skills
Hobbies: -
 Exploring new markets
 Attending seminars
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