BMP4001: Professional & Academic Skills - Development Portfolio

This personal development portfolio provides a comprehensive self-reflection on learning and development, focusing on transferable skills acquired and those targeted for future improvement. It includes an identification of the student's approach to personal learning, a detailed personal development learning log documenting activities and insights gained, and an action plan outlining steps for future skill development. Key skills highlighted include communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal abilities, with specific examples of how these skills are being developed and applied in academic and professional contexts. The portfolio also contains a CV, showcasing the student's qualifications and experiences. This document is available on Desklib, where students can find a variety of solved assignments and past papers.

Business Management
BMP4001
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Personal Development
Portfolio
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Contents
1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development,
and the transferable skills 3-4
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal
learning and development 3
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module 3
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace 4
2.0 Personal development learning log 4
3.0 Action plan 5
4.0 CV 6
References 8
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1.0 Self-reflection on personal learning and development,
and the transferable skills
1.1 Identification and reflection on my approach to personal
learning and development
From my erudition, I believed that individual learning and development plays a
pivotal role in a person's life. It is primary to develop personally and professionally.
For a person, it is fundamental to increase skills and cognition at every phase of life.
I understood that acknowledging the requirements and aspirations of oneself that he
or she want attains in his or her life. It makes an individual capable of doing
something in the most effective as well as in productive way. I sensed it as the
evolution of my full potential to attain any chore. It is an on-going process that starts
as adolescent children in the teen years of life and lasts till the last breath of life.
Through this learning and developing sessions, I am competent to know my strong
and weak areas. I analyzed my skills, qualities and abilities as well as the area
where I am lacking or want to grow myself in that area. I found that knowing such
things is very helpful to me as it helps me to experience the ways through which I
can attain my life aspirations. Additionally, attending such sessions helped me to live
what I want to succeed in life and makes me competent to do any job with my full
potential. There are three types of goals that a person can set to achieve in a
specific time duration. These aspirations are short-term, medium-term and long-term
aspirations. By establishing these targets, I can be able to experience what object I
want to achieve at what certain time duration. I came to know about various things
involved in personal learning and development that it involves several activities and
opportunities in which I can participate to grow and improve my craved field. As I
want to grow my vocation in the field of management and want to become an
enterpriser of my organization I will be required to develop and improve some of the
essential skills and knowledge through I can show my potential and handle my
management activities in a well manner. In my learning sessions, I came to realized
that PDP will be very helpful for me to reflect on my skills and abilities in which I want
to develop and improve myself. Therefore, I will form an efficacious plan of action
through which I can find ways and routes of my personal development.
1.2 Identification of the transferable skills I have already developed
by attending this module
Skills I meant as the individual's attributes and qualities which I person
needed to reach his or her set goals. As I want to become a good entrepreneur and
want to look forward in management domain I was needed to focus on my areas
where I need to grow and improve in order to get my personal and professional goals
attained. While I was doing my sessions, I realized some of the main skills which I
have already developed and will be useful to me as an entrepreneur. The skills
which I have developed are as mentioned:
 Communication skills: I realized that I have good communication skills
within me and very well I can put my view upfront and talk with each other
effectively. I completely understand that a good entrepreneur should have
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good communication skills through which he or she can communicate
decisions, orders, guidelines or updates related with the company. While
attending my sessions, I took participation in several group activities which
involved interactions and inter-personal talks as well. I communicated with my
fellow members, mentors to ask any questions, initiated to talk with my juniors
as well.
 Ability to learn new skills: I learned that learning and developing me as a
whole individual is a never-ending process and for me it is vital to learn new
things. In order to become an entrepreneur, I needed to grow as a whole
person and mostly important to deal with new changes. It is fundamental for
an entrepreneur to accept new changes, failure or success, circumstances
and many more. I developed this ability to learn new things and mould myself
as per the situations so that I can handle and face it. It believed in learning
new things, obtaining new knowledge and skills as all such things will be
useful for my and help me to deal and face any situation.
1.3 Skills I would like to develop during my academic studies,
personal life and the workplace
From my personal learning and experience, one thing I learned is that one
should never stop learning new things from others. There are many drawbacks I
found within me which I thought I should develop and improve so that I can better
able to perform tasks and activities. As I saw my dream career in management and
want to become a successful business owner, it is essential to know the areas which
needs development and improvisation. The following are some areas which I think I
should grow and improve:
 Problem solving skills: As a good manager in my company, I should grow
problem solving skills within me. I think that a manager must have this skill as
there are many issues and problems rises in the company on regular basis. I
need to be outstanding in my domain and must have the ability to remain calm
even in stress and pressure. I would like to develop problem solving skills
within me as I need to provide innovative solutions to the problems that I
might face in the management.
 Interpersonal skills: I would like to improve my interpersonal skills within me
as I found that a good manager must be get interacted with their employees
and with other people who are associated with the organization. It helps in
building good relationships with others. Moreover, if I grow in the interpersonal
skills then it will help me to gain respect from my employees as I better deal
with them.
2.0 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?
10th January 2022 Seminar This seminar
was
organized
I have learned
that
employees
This
learning will
apply in my
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with an aim to
indulge
guidance
about the
employees
satisfaction.
satisfaction
plays an
important role
in an
organization. It
is also
important to
know that
factors that
satisfy them in
the business.
Hence, I
learned that
there are many
factors which
affect the
employees
satisfaction
such as
benefits,
compensation,
work culture,
leadership,
management
and many
more.
organization
by knowing
the
requirement
s of
employees
so that they
can be
better
served by
us.
13th February 2022 Webinars This webinar
session is
done with an
aim to give us
direction to
lead and
influence
people in the
management.
I have learned
that there are
lots of
leadership
styles and
patterns used
by the leader
or manager of
a company
such as
participate or
transaction
leadership
style. I also
learned that
there is not
single
leadership that
can be applied
in all the
situations.
Therefore, I
should analyze
the facts
I will apply
this learning
in my
organization
by analysing
the issues
or situations
that better fit
with the
leadership
styles.
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before
applying my
leadership
style on
employees.
3.0 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?
Problem-solving
skills
My teachers and
mentors
I would like to
ask my mentors
and teachers to
indulge with a
team so that I
can better get
the
opportunities to
resolve the
issues and
problems that
may rise within
the group.
It might be seen
through my
feedback on
leadership which
provided by my
team-mates and
fellow members
that how better I
can lead a team.
4th January 2022
Inter-personal
Skills My friends and
classmates
I would like to
grow inter-
personal skills
within me by
making more
conversations
with my
classmates and
friends. I try to
communicate
my views over
something and
then listen
others' view as
well. It also help
me make
healthy
relationships
with them if I
better able to
interact with
them.
I can measure my
success by
seeing the depth
of relationships
with my fellow
members and
friends. If my
friends would to
like connect me
then it shows the
success and
improvisation in
this skills.
9th February 2022
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4.0 CV
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References
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