Self Development Portfolio: Workshops and Ethical Awareness

This portfolio documents a student's journey in self and professional development, focusing on ethical and social responsibility. It includes reflections on mini-project workshops attended, highlighting the development of social and ethical awareness through corporate social responsibility initiatives. The portfolio features twelve documents, including a personal development plan, SWOT analysis, reading log, work samples, time management schedule, communication skills assessment, comparison of ethical practices, notes on academic writing and employability skills, a reflection log, a CV, and an action plan. The student reflects on the value of each document in contributing to their academic and professional growth, emphasizing the importance of ethical knowledge, professionalism, and strategic planning in achieving personal and career goals. The reflection also covers the application of the Gibbs model and its impact on sustainable practice-related development.

Self Development and
Responsibility

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why they
contributed towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility. 1
Document for the portfolio .............................................................................................................2
Doc1- My personal development plan...................................................................................2
Doc2- Personal Swot analysis................................................................................................3
Doc3- Reading log..................................................................................................................4
Doc4- Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to
Social and Ethical Awareness................................................................................................5
Doc5- Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule..............................................................6
Doc6- Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication...............................7
Doc7- Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and bad practices.
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Doc8- Academic Writing Skills.............................................................................................8
Doc9- Employability Skills....................................................................................................8
Doc10- Notes on Reflection...................................................................................................8
Doc11- Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV).........................................................................10
Doc12- An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goal.................11
Explain the value or usefulness of the (12 Documents) that have compiled and provided as
part of portfolio.....................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development allows individual to set their goals, assess and
learn new skills and develop every individual qualities that will make them who they are. It plays
and important role in individual's personal development through systematic arranging of
techniques effectively and tools that can be a good development for personal growth. In this
project there are various dimensions for personal development plan that are taken into
consideration with individual effectiveness and a systematic growth. That are necessary for their
versatile growth. This also includes an overview of several strength and weakness of an
individual that can help in their overall growth. Lastly there is a summary regarding learning and
knowledge gain with the help of Swot analysis.
MAIN BODY
Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why they contributed
towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility.
In career and academic life, an individual should focus on participating in a mini-project
workshop to develop effective social and ethical awareness and responsibility. I completed a
mini project workshop on corporate social responsibility, which helped me develop my social
knowledge. I learned a lot about corporate social responsibility, the main one being that it is a
tool that a company uses to develop social services with considerable profit. I have learned from
my own experience that corporate social responsibility helps society in the main sense of serving
society. This will also help the development of the entire economy, which is the most important
for the overall growth of the company. The mini project workshops helped me understand the
various parameters of CSR and I believe it should be mandatory. The CSR application also
helped me to understand the needs of the poor sections of the society. The main needs of society
in CSR are clothing, shelter and food, which are very demanding.
CSR is also a key role of the business that also supports the business entity in creating
effective business standards in the economy. The government plays a vital role in providing
subsidies to the weaker section of society. I also participated in the workshop on various aspects
of CSR in major international and national companies. This also meant a duty for me to develop
effective subject knowledge which is essential for the growth of the company. The mini project
seminar was held at my university for 7 days and I mainly learned a few things about social and
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ethical awareness. This is the main responsibility of the candidate to focus on developing ethical
awareness to be good for the society. The candidate must also focus on effective and
development related skills to remain competitive in the market. A person's main focus in
academic life should be acquiring knowledge and using it in personal and professional
development. A company's CSR should be more ethical to provide optimal use of resources.
Also in academic life, it is the main duty of teachers and professors to focus on CSR so that they
can grow individually in the market. For me, the mini-workshop was a fruitful introduction that
made me more ethical and social in my long-term career goals. Bringing professionalism in
career related life is more important for an individual to achieve career growth in life. Also, it is
the main role and responsibility of a person to develop effective knowledge related to the topic in
a mini workshop for sustainable human growth. In the future, I would also like to focus on career
growth in order to develop a systematic approach in personal and professional development. An
individual's career growth is also facilitated through sustainable ethical and social measures.
Document for the portfolio
Doc1- My personal development plan
Name : XXX
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For: Professional development
Name of Institution: XXX
Level at which I am Currently Studying: High
Start Date: 01/07/22
End Date: 01/08/22
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing this
Course:
Self learning and development
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Objectives of my
personal
development
Action required
to achieve my
objectives
Support or
resourced I need
Time frame Approximated
date of
completion
Problem solving
skills
Framework
planning
Reading surveys 4 months 15/10/22
Time
management
Focused approach Reading journals 8 months 10/02/23
Leadership skill Develop objective
and aims
Seniors 5 months 22/11/22
Decision making
skill
Framing goals Articles 3 months 15/09/22
Research skill Framework Web resources 10 months 25/04/23
Organising skill Creating schedule Online journals 9 month 20/03/23
Doc2- Personal Swot analysis
Strength Weakness
1. Communication skill  Leadership skill
2. Team management  Software knowledge
3. Business knowledge  Grabbing knowledge
4. Technical knowledge  Decision making
5. Professionalism  Organising skill
Opportunities Threats
1. Expansion in academic  Huge competition
2. Effective career  Hard academic life
3. Soft skill  Colleagues growing higher than me
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Opportunities Threats
4. Technical knowledge  Career related
5. Leadership growth  Maintaining discipline
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Doc3- Reading log
Date Title Author Time spent Number of pages
read
04/02/22 Bridging the gap:
A training module
in personal and
professional
development.
Hildebrand, J.,
2018
20 days 80
14/07/22 Family therapy in
focus. Sage.
Rivett, M. and
Street, E., 2002.
7 days 40
15/01/23 Personal
development in
counsellor
training. Sage.
Johns, H., 2012. 15 days 62
04/12/22 Becoming a
therapist: A
manual for
personal and
professional
development.
Routledge.
Cross, M.C. and
Papadopoulos, L.,
2003.
10 days 40
12/05/22 Personal
development and
clinical
psychology. John
Wiley & Sons.
Hughes, J. and
Youngson, S.,
2009.
24 days 24
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Doc4- Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to
Social and Ethical Awareness.
I have accompanied various
workshops in my academic life that
helped me in development of my
skills and helps me achieving
objectives related to my career.
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Doc5- Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Time Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
05:00:00 Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
06:00:00 Running Running Running Running Running Running Running
07:00:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
08:00:00 Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper
09:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
10:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
11:00:00 Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar
12:00:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00:00 Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar
14:00:00 Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career growth
workshop
15:00:00 Time
managemen
t assessment
Time
managemen
t
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
manageme
nt
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
management
assessment
16:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
17:00:00 Friends
time
Friends
time
Friends time Friends time Friends
time
Friends time Friends time
18:00:00 Family time Family time Family time Family time Family
time
Family time Family time
19:00:00 Leisure
time
Leisure
time
Leisure time Leisure time Leisure
time
Leisure time Leisure time
20:00:00 Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work
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21:00:00 Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online research
22:00:00 Book
reading
Book
reading
Book
reading
Book reading Book
reading
Book
reading
Book reading
23:00:00 Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time
Doc6- Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
Effective communication Ineffective communication
This generates a positive connection between
people.
This can lead to frustration, low morale,
confusion and conflict.
This is relay on a particular message which
results in mutual understanding.
In this the the power to hurt, misinform and
confusion will be created to the listener.
In this the there will be a development of
writing skills.
In this the coordination is lacking.
In this employee have analytical knowledge. In this there is an inappropriate growth.
Benefits of effective communication
 It helps in promoting loyalty.
 This help in enhancing the engagement.
 This helps in resolving the issues.
 This will helps in increasing the productivity.
 It will promote trust between individual team members.
Doc7- Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and bad practices.
No. Good attributes Bad attributes
1. Focused on growth Negative impact on professional growth
2. Calmness and focus Impact on a career life
3. Increase on interactive with a society There will be rudeness
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4. Traditional and ethical behaviour Unethical behaviour
5. There will be discipline There will be aggressiveness and avidness
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Doc8- Academic Writing Skills
No. Academic skills Advantages Disadvantages Benefits
1. Referencing Provides an
overview on
topics.
There are large
number of
resources
available.
There is proper
usage of journal
and books
2. Paraphrasing Develop a career
growth.
Hard in different
cases.
This will help in
increasing the
knowledge
3. Data analysis Increase in
developing the
knowledge about
software
Cybersecurity and
safety issues
Helps increasing
the professionalism
Doc9- Employability Skills
No. Skills Advantages
1. Time management It will helps in completing the routine
work.
2. Soft skills Helps in developing the personality for
the job.
3. Professionalism Helps in career life for being
professional.
4. Leadership skill Helps handling the team in professional
level.
5. Organising skill Helps making the work systematically.
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Doc10- Notes on Reflection
Reflection is a critical process that helps in developing effective subject-related
knowledge. It is the process of writing about a topic, developing knowledge about oneself. In the
academic life of every student, reflection plays a very important role by increasing the practical
knowledge of the subject. Observations are also important for one to form a brief idea in a given
situation. Observation is related to the student's psychological knowledge in which the student
develops an effective perception of the material. This is the main role of a person in developing
effective observation of a particular subject to do well in academic life. This experience helps
one to focus on providing appropriate knowledge that helps in the growth of the individual. It is
one's highest responsibility to provide effective knowledge related to all lessons. The lessons are
considered as a good source of career related knowledge to succeed in academic life related
parameters. A person's perception is most important in developing a good or bad attitude related
to a particular situation. Recently, the importance of reflection is increasing day by day, which
helps students to develop accurate knowledge. All this helped me in developing good knowledge
in my academic life. Practising reflection with the Gibbs model has also helped me achieve
personal goals and development. Practising reflection has also helped me increase sustainable
practice-related development. This is the main responsibility related to the work and the culture
that should be developed in a specified period of time.
The candidate's main responsibility and duty in both personal and professional life is to
strategically manage planning to obtain effective goals. In the long and short term, the
application of personal and professional development helps in the development of systematic
growth. In most cases, it is important to focus on career development in one's career and
professional life in order to effectively manage various functions and operations. Knowledge
related to professionalism helps the student develop accurate gains related to social development.
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Doc11- Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
NAME- xxx
ADDRESS- xx, xxx
CONTACT DETAILS- *******
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY- Have key knowledge and skills related to career and
organizational life. Knowledge of leadership professionalism and management styles to help me
compete with others. Deep knowledge of career related discipline and patience to assist in
workforce management.
EDUCATION- completed professional and personal development from xxx university.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS-
 Leadership
 Dynamic personality
 Technical knowledge
 Soft skill
 Communication skill
WORK EXPERIENCE-
 2.5 years of experience in business management.
 Internship in business development.
 3 years of experience as a business consultant in London.
REFERENCES-
xxx
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Doc12- An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goal
Date: 12/06/22
Name: XXX
Course enrolled: Business management
Level of study: Higher
Goal to be accomplish: Achieving research skills
Actions needed: Reading online journals and doing web-research
Resources needed: Reading books and articles related to different topics
Time frame: 7 months
Success criteria: I will take help from my mentors and seniors for
performing the assessment of my knowledge
Evaluation: I will be able to develop a knowledge related to subject
matter and help in researching different topics.
Explain the value or usefulness of the (12 Documents) that have compiled and provided as part
of portfolio.
To develop the overall growth of an individual it is important in order to focus on
developing various values. The values should be developed by individual through preparing
depth analysis with the help of SWOT analysis. As the utilization of practical knowledge it is
also essential for person to maintain effectiveness in several competition scenario. In corporate
world, there is a powerful need of various skills which can be developed in academic life. To
gain career growth in personal and professional life, it is important for individual to develop
specific skills. That are a part of professional development. Decision-making skills will also help
a person formulate risk-free decisions related to operations. Ethics is very important in the
overall development of a person, which develops systematic traditions and beliefs in an
individual. In academic life, the main focus of institutes must be to improve knowledge to
achieve various goals and objectives. Also, the presence of various internal analysis tools is the
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main procedure that one should follow to achieve effective growth in organizational and
academic growth.
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