CW1 Portfolio: Reflection, Action Plan, and Skill Development

This portfolio assignment, titled CW1, details a student's self-assessment of their professional development, particularly focusing on a group presentation experience. The student reflects on their role, the skills they utilized (such as conflict management and interpersonal communication), and areas for improvement, including public speaking and time management. The assignment includes an action plan to address weaknesses, outlining specific steps to enhance skills in teamwork, research, and presentation. The student analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, providing a detailed account of their learning process and outlining strategies for future development, with an emphasis on academic, professional, and personal skills. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of success, effective communication, and team dynamics.

CW1 : PORTFOLIO

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Reflection...............................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Areas to develop further.........................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Develop an action plan:..........................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Portfolio is regraded as the summarised form of different individual experiences related
to their self development and self learnings accompanied with the regular process of self
evaluation. Academic learnings is a process that is related with learning of skills and
development of attitude towards self evaluation based on current situation learning habits and the
support network that is required in the process. It is very important to understand the process of
self development as it is related with the way organisations are willing to understand the process
of self learning that takes place (Alajmi, 2019). It is based on the presentation that is preparation
for success. There is a reflective statement to indicate the different aspects of learning, its further
improvement and application of relevant knowledge in the coming future period.
TASK 1
Reflection
The group presentation is very helpful in development a detail understanding of the
success and now it can be achieved by a student. In this course 1, I got the opportunity to work
in a team where I was working with my other teammates based on the presentation. This was a
group activity that helped in development of presentation skills in front of my class mates along
with my other team members. This also helped in presentation of my views according to the
requirements (Koraneekij and Khlaisang, , 2019). This task has given me a opportunity to build
my self confidence level as the presentation was to be done in front of whole class. So there was
a need to work on my way of speaking and presenting my views related to the topic.
According to whole analysis of the situation I was recollecting the experience along with my
tutor that helped in learning of all the aspects starting from the process of collection of
information.
In in the initial stages of the presentation I was working for collection of all information
about the topic that was decided. In this stage there was use of decision making skills as we all
as a part of team had to work towards selecting the most appropriate topic. By making a detailed
analysis of pros & cons of selecting a single topic. After that the topic was finalised that is
success and its importance for a student. We all also used the conflict management skills so that
we were able to not face the situation of internal conflicts related to the selection of topic for
group presentation. After that there was starting of the process to deliver a effective presentation

such as proper assignment of roles & responsibilities was started at this stage. According to the
pre analysis of each group member there was assignment of the role. Personally there was
communication that was made to every team members that is about the work that has to be
performed by them in course of delivering the presentation. My role was to make each team me
members understand what basically they have to perform in the course of team performance
(Lukitasari, Handhika and Murtafiah, 2018). In this I used my interpersonal skills to
communicate with my team members and we all had a interaction until there was a clarity in
every members related to the task that they have to perform.
After there was proper & timely assignment of duties actual functioning of the It came to
my notice that till this stage we were working according to the allotted time and there was proper
utilisation of time that was taking place. Then after there was proper communication that was
taking place among all the team members related to similar task and activities so that there can
be no scope of overlapping or duplication of any activity that can take place in the entire process.
Then after there were some issues that were taking place related to personal differences that were
taking place in the course of their performing of work. So I had to use skills of conflict
management in order to solve all interpersonal conflicts that were taking place among all the
team members. There was use of collaboration & coordination as a technique to make all the
teammates to establish some proper communication channels that can help them in dealing with
all issues of improper communication. There were sometimes barriers of semantic
communication that also affected the flow of activities in a negative manner. All this have to be
solved properly in order to ensure that they are not posing any negative impact on the
productivity of activities that are being performed by all the group members.
I learnt about the importance of success for a student such as it helps in having higher job
sustainability, income confidence, protection from illegal activities and helping in being more
helpful and active. I also developed the insight of effective communication skills that is listening,
non verbal communication, controlling of emotions and helpful in proper stress management.
The most interesting aspect was the group practises that took place just before our final
presentation. I understood how to ensure effectiveness in a team by understanding the aspects of
formation of a team that is starting from forming (There is formation of team and establishment
opf ground rules in this stage), storming (All team members are willing to make
communication), norming (people are developing a insights that they are team part and are able

to access other views), performing (in this team is working in a trusted atmosphere and there sui
high flexibility) and final stage is adjourning in which team is dissolved. In this every team
member including me was confused and I was not able to understand some of the stages in team
formation and team management. There was lot of ambiguity regarding whether we will be able
to convey the actual scenario that was our main aim throughout this report. The main Confusing
part was that how are we going to deal with any type of misconceptions that might take place in
minds of our audiences related to my presentation. But then I made sure that I overcome this
weakness by understanding the arises that I am not good at language flow and its smoothness.
So, I started working on it by practising for at least 1 hour every day so that on the day of my
final presentation so that this weakness is not reflected.
TASK 2
Areas to develop further
According to the analysis of my personal experience it can be said that in the group
presentation activity I had a strong command on some necessary required skills.
Academic skills:
Conflict management: Such as in the initial stages I was able to deal with major shortcoming of
conflicts that are part of every team activity.
Time management skill: There was a need to make use of certain skills like time management.
There was also a need to work on improvement of time management skills as there was a
shortage of time period that was felt in some stages of the planning of whole task of presentation.
Researching: In academic aspects it is very necessary to make a detailed research of every
aspects related to consumer magazines and academic journals (Rodriguezand Briones, 2018). It
will help in easily determination of differences and also familiarize with the authentic sources of
making research.
Notes making: For all the classroom lectures and self study that is invested by a student. There
should be a regular habit of making proper notes. This habit of writing regularly will help in
keeping a permanent record of all the aspects. It is also going to lead towards being prepared for
lectures in advance .
Professional skills:

From the presentation there were certain skills that have to be improved further as discussed
below:
Leadership: Leaders are most crucial for any organisation to ensure all the activities in the group
to be started timely and then completed according to specified time period (Huhn, 2017).
Public speaking: It is a skill that is required in every professional environment for long
presentation. Speaking during meeting and sharing informational with colleagues. For this there
is a need to develop certain skills like projection, creation of presentation slides and development
of social skills.
Time management: It is also very necessary to complete variety of activities according to
available time in provided deadlines (Dean,Little and Dunn, 2017). For this there has to be
attention to every details, self starting and high intrinsic motivation.
Flexibility: Every job requires higher flexibility so that there can be insights of various
perspectives so that workflow can be adjusted. Mental ability and having a higher adaptability
level is also very necessary to manage different activities in corporate world.
Personal skills: There has to be improvement in some personal skills that are regarded as soft
skills such as critical thinking, creative implementation, networking skills are very crucial for
managing the career growth (Tricio, Woolford and Escudier, 2016). Apart from this certain
person attributes include persistence, perseverance, integrity, humility, self management,
resilience and stress management in order to deal with high work pressure.
TASK 3
Develop an action plan:
For the purpose of working on key weakness it s very necessary to focus on overall
competencies and skills so that there can be working on areas where a individual is lacking. This
is a analysis that can help in determination of core strength and weakness of a individual in order
to develop their skills and fill all knowledge gaps (Mulvogue, Ryan. and Cesare, 2019).
Individual are willing to work on a action plan that helps in understanding the weak areas and
making a self analysis so that there can be further evaluation of techniques to improve such
areas.
Action Plan for evaluating the present level of Working Skills & Conflict Resolution Skills
Skills Current Target Course of action Time

rating rating Period
Conflict
resolution
6 10 I will be discussing with my lecturers and
colleagues about the way conflicting
situations can be managed. How can the best
course of cation be selected in case of
dilemmas.
30 days
Working in
a team
4 10 For the purpose of enhancing team working I
will be focussing on group studies. I will be
taking guidance from my supervisors to gain
insights of way teams can be managed. I will
be focussing on taking insights from online
attending of online webinars that are related
to team management theories.
There will be mock assignment that will be
worked in a team. It will help in dual ways
such as there will be development of team
management skills and at same time there
will be more emphasis on how to work in a
team.
45 days
Researchin
g skills
3 10 There is a need to depict the differences
between a consumer magazine and academic
journals. It will help in getting familiar with
different areas from where detailed research
can be made by collection of require
information from authentic sources only. For
this there will be continuous research made
on regularly by selecting a new topic and
searching for sources. There will be
verification down with help of superiors
whether such sources are reliable or not.
20 days

Presentatio
n skills
6 10 There will be working on presentation skills
and confidence level of public speaking. For
this there is a need to work on improvement
of language flow, voice modulation, control
of speech and body language while
presenting in front of large audiences. For
this there will be presentations, classroom
activities so that there can be enhancement in
Present level of communication skills.
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From the above mentioned action plan there can be working on different actions that have
been planned by the organisation for the purpose of developing insights related to
implementation of action plan and undertaking different activities that are part of the action plan.
Above discussed action plan will help in the course of higher education for students in their
professional & academic skill development.

CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above mentioned points that a portfolio consist of different
experiences of a individual thorough their specific activities. Reflection is very important for
making timely evaluation of associated strength and weakness if a individual. It is very necessary
for carrying on skill analysis, it helps in identification of weakness and strength. It also assist in
development of a cation plan that can be adopted by a individual in order to deal with their
stakeholders.

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