Professional Skills Portfolio Analysis and Discussion

This professional skills portfolio presents a comprehensive analysis of an individual's career intelligence, encompassing self-assessment, professional ethics, and project management capabilities. The portfolio begins with an introduction to the concept of skills portfolios, highlighting their importance in showcasing an individual's skills, qualifications, and work ethic. Section 1 includes portfolio evidence, a self-perception inventory, and a discussion on professional ethics, emphasizing the importance of ethical boundaries and their impact on team management. The project management section includes a Gantt chart, illustrating project timelines and resource allocation. Section 2 focuses on professional skills in action and a personal skills assessment. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and insights. The report emphasizes the importance of ethics and project management in the workplace and the development of an individual's professional skills, providing a valuable resource for students seeking to enhance their career development.

Professional Skills
Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
SECTION 1 .....................................................................................................................................1
Portfolio Evidence 1 .......................................................................................................................1
DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................................5
Portfolio Evidence 2- Professional Ethics.......................................................................................7
Core of Conduct .........................................................................................................................7
Discussion........................................................................................................................................8
Portfolio Evidence 3- Project Management ....................................................................................9
Gantt chart: ...............................................................................................................................10
Discussion .....................................................................................................................................11
SECTION 2....................................................................................................................................13
TASK 1- Professional skills in Action......................................................................................13
TASK 2- Your Professional Skills............................................................................................15
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
A skills portfolio is consisting to be a representation of an individual's career intelligence.
This can only be inferred through an individual's behaviour, attitude and skills. A portfolio is
referred as a compilation of materials which exemplifies an individual's belief, skills,
qualifications, education, training and experiences (Cajander and et. al., 2011). It basically
provides insight into an individual's personality and work ethics. Professional skills are a crucial
part of an individual's career and it is necessary for people to develop their skills in respect to
attaining growth and development in their career. The present report is based on portfolio
analysis as in this the process of analysing individual’s skills is discussed.
SECTION 1
Portfolio Evidence 1
SECTION A
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When involved in a project with other people: Points
 I can be relied upon to see that work that needs to be done is
organised.
✓  I pick up slips and omissions that others fail to notice. 7
 I react strongly when meetings look like losing track of the main
objective.
 I produce original suggestions.
✓  I analyse other people’s ideas objectively, for both merits and
failings.
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 I am keen to find out the latest ideas and developments.
 I have an aptitude for organising people.
 I am always ready to support good suggestions that help to resolve a
problem.
SECTION B
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In seeking satisfaction through my work: Points
✓  I like to have a strong influence on decisions. 5
 I feel in my element where work requires a high degree of attention
and concentration.
✓  I am concerned to help colleagues with their problems. 5
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 I like to make critical discrimination between alternatives.
 I tend to have a creative approach to problem solving.
 I enjoy reconciling different points of view.
 I am more interested in practicalities than new ideas.
 I particularly enjoy exploring different views and techniques.
SECTION C
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When the team is trying to solve a particularly complex problem: Points
✓ 1. I keep a watching eye on areas where difficulty may arise. 6
2. I explore ideas that may have a wider application than in the immediate
task.
3. I like to weigh up and evaluate a range of suggestions thoroughly before
choosing.
4. I can co-ordinate and use productively other people’s abilities and
talents.
✓ 5. I maintain a steady systematic approach, whatever the pressures. 4
6. I often produce a new approach to a long continuing problem.
7. I am ready to make my personal views known in a forceful way if
necessary.
8. I am ready to help whenever I can.
SECTION D
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In carrying out my day-to-day work: Points
1. I am keen to see there is nothing vague about my task and objectives.
2. I am not reluctant to emphasise my own point of view in meetings.
✓ 3. I can work with all sorts of people provided that they have got something
worthwhile to contribute.
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4. I make a point of following up interesting ideas and/or people.
5. I can usually find the argument to refute unsound propositions.
6. I tend to see patterns where others would see items as unconnected.
7. Being busy gives me real satisfaction.
✓ 8. I have a quiet interest in getting to know people better. 5
SECTION E
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If I am suddenly given a difficult task with limited time and unfamiliar
people:
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1. I often find my imagination frustrated by working in a group.
✓ 2. I find my personal skill particularly appropriate in achieving agreement. 3
3. My feelings seldom interfere with my judgment.
✓ 4. I strive to build up an effective structure. 7
5. I can work with people who vary widely in their personal qualities and
outlook.
6. I feel it is sometimes worth incurring some temporary unpopularity if one
is to succeed in getting one’s views across in a group.
7. I usually know someone whose specialist knowledge is particularly apt.
8. I seem to develop a natural sense of urgency.
SECTION F
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When suddenly asked to consider a new project: Points
✓ 1. I start to look around for possible ideas and openings. 5
✓ 2. I am concerned to finish and perfect current work before I start. 5
3. I approach the problem in a carefully analytical way.
4. I am able to assert myself to get other people involved if necessary.
5. I am able to take an independent and innovative look at most situations.
6. I am happy to take the lead when action is required.
7. I can respond positively to my colleagues and their initiatives.
8. I find it hard to give in a job where the goals are not clearly defined.
SECTION G
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In contributing to group projects in general: Points
1. I think I have a talent for sorting out the concrete steps that need to be
taken given a broad brief.
✓ 2. My considered judgement may take time but is usually near the mark. 6
3. A broad range of personal contacts is important to my style of working.
4. I have an eye for getting the details right.
5. I try to make my mark in group meetings.
6. I can see how ideas and techniques can be used in new relationships.
✓ 7. I see both sides of a problem and take a decision acceptable to all. 4
8. I get on well with other and work hard for the team.
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Scoring Key for Self-Perception Inventory
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A 3. 7. 4. 6. 5. 3 1. 8. 2. 7
B 1. 5 6. 5. 8. 4. 7. 3. 5 2.
C 7. 4. 6. 2. 3. 5. 4 8. 1. 6
D 2. 3. 5 6. 4. 5. 1. 8. 5 7.
E 6. 5. 1. 7. 3. 4. 7 2. 3 8.
F 6. 4. 5. 1. 5 3. 8. 7. 2. 5
G 5. 7. 4 6. 3. 2. 6 1. 8. 4.
Total 5 9 0 5 9 11 13 18
DISCUSSION
Team refers to a group of people in which individuals are selected as per their unique
skills and work for attaining some common goals and objectives (Fang, 2012). I have identified
my team members as per their unique skills and ability, which are effective for the purpose of
completion of the work. The details about the assigned roles and responsibilities of my team
members are described as below:
Charity:
Primary Role Secondary Role
Co-ordinator Team Work
Assigned Roles and Responsibilities
I have assigned the role to the co-ordinator to implement coordination among team
members in respect to completion of the work in effective manner.
Omoniyi:
Primary Role Secondary Role
Resource Investigator Team Work
Assigned Roles and Responsibilities
Resource investigator is consist to be a person with lots of contacts inside and outside of
the team. Team-worker is the most sensitive member of the team, who is helpful in
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accommodating and focused on creating an effective and friendly environment for their co-
workers. Team worker has the power to taking decision on conflict situations.
Michell:
Primary Role Secondary Role
Team Work Implementer
Assigned Roles and Responsibilities
The primary role of the person is to handling the team through implementing
coordination within the team members. Secondary role of the person is to implement all the
activities of the firm in a practical action.
Chakupa
Primary Secondary Role
Resource Investigator Team Work
Assigned Roles and Responsibilities
This person will also work as a resource investigator and collect appropriate data through
their internal as well as external sources in respect to completion of the work (Gider and et. al.,
2012).
The secondary role is to establish an effective environment within the team members as to
completing the tasks with proper coordination of team members.
I am working as a coordinator of team and handling all the operations which are held with the
team. I assigned different task to people based on their skills and ability.
As a team manager I must perform various roles and responsibilities to manage the team in
appropriate manner. My primary role is to help colleagues with their problems as to overcome
with the issues so that they can work with more encouragement and collaboration.
My major secondary role is to handle the team and implement all the tasks as per the
priority and I am having the ability to pick up slips and omissions that others fail to notice this
helps me in handling the conflict situations in effective manner.
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Portfolio Evidence 2- Professional Ethics
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Core of Conduct
The name of our team is OMC, as it is created as per the appropriate coordination of team
people.
Respect: This consist to be the major element which needs to be followed by the team members
in respect to performing the task in friendly manner (Kulturel-Konak and et. al., 2013). In this
people with high responsibility are responsible for taking effective decision with the purpose of
carrying out the activities of team in effective way.
Listening: This also consist to be an another effective element which needs to be followed by
the team members as to performing in more effective manner through implementing appropriate
coordination within the team members.
Responsibility: This is determined as the essential value which needs to be followed by the
team members as to accomplishing the team objectives in effective manner.
Domain
Decision making
Situation At the time of making decision regarding the implementation of the activities
team is not able to take appropriate decision which is beneficial for the completion of the work.
Solution Decision making is consisting to be the major element on which the growth of team is
based so it is essential for team to implement good relationship among team members is
respecting to making effective decision as to attaining higher growth and success.
Poor Communication
Situation
Team member may interrupt or talk over one another and this creates conflict within the
team. There may be consistent silence from some members during meetings, allusion to issues
but failure to formally address them and false agreement.
Solution Communication determined as the most essential aspect which needs to be
maintained in appropriate manner. As a team head I am very much focused on developing the
communication channel within the team members through conducting various activities. This
creates value in resolving the issues through effectively coordinating with team members.
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Discussion
Professional ethics is refers as the personal as well as corporate rules which govern
behaviour in regards to a particular profession (Litchfield, Javernick‐Will and Maul, 2016).
Ethics are consist to be the fundamental requirement of any profession. Professional ethics are
important for each individual, basically it is a fundamental requirement of business manager as
to managing the operations of team. The major benefits of professional ethics for a business
manager are described as below:
Establish Boundaries: Professionalism within the work place implement boundary among what
is right and what is wrong behaviour. Within an organisation managers support to the enjoyable
and friendly environment as to avoid issues and misunderstanding.
Encouragement Improvement: Good ethics helps the manager in motivating people as to
contributing their significant efforts in completion of the task. Business managers are concern on
establishing a good working environment through creating an appropriate structure in which
employees are dressed in a professional manner.
Importance of ethics as a project manager:
Professional ethics plays vast role in day to day behaviour and interaction. Ethics is
important for the project manager who is responsible to execute complex projects and interact
with large number of people or stakeholders. There are some red flags which project managers
have to be aware of in all phases, are associated as below:
 Professional ethics helps the project manager in elevates the profession and raise the
career standards. It also effective in imprints on an individuals moral mindset and behaviours.
Own Ethics:
I am working as a team manager and I have developed various ethics, which are effective
in assisting the team in right direction. I am always focused on the performance of each
individual as to improvise them as per the need of the task. I usually keep searching the things
that are complicated in nature as to providing support to the research team members.
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Portfolio Evidence 3- Project Management
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Gantt chart:
This consist to be the most essential part of a report and it is the major responsibility of a
team manager to design an appropriate time frame in which all the activities are implemented in
well planned and systematic manner. This create value in completion of the work within a
desired period of time (Passow, 2012). This area of the report is based on planning a proper
time allotment in which every one of the activities of investigation are actualize in suitable
way. This comprise to be the essential commitment of an agent to outline a powerful time scale
in which every one of the exercises of research are allocated according to the need of the
examination work. A proper time scale helps the examiner in finishing the work in an arranged
and orderly way. This additionally make an incentive in diminishing additional time for
execution of research exercises. Some exploration exercises are tedious in nature so it is
fundamental for an analyst to make a time span in regard to giving suitable time to
endeavouring errands of the examination. A project time frame is effective in assigning the right
task in right manner as to completion of the work within the given time frame.
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