Reflective Learning: Study Skills, Leadership, and Management Insights

This reflective writing assignment details the student's learning journey across several weeks, focusing on study skills, academic integrity, presentation and listening skills, management and leadership theories, human resource management, operations, and environmental analysis. The student reflects on the importance of citing sources to avoid plagiarism, utilizing the CRAAP test for evaluating academic sources, and employing effective presentation techniques. Furthermore, the reflection covers leadership styles, management functions, HRM strategies, and the application of PESTEL and SWOT analyses for environmental assessment. The student aims to improve future writing by planning and proofreading meticulously and intends to apply transformational leadership for better organizational management. The assignment shows a comprehensive understanding of the course material and a commitment to applying learned concepts in practical scenarios. Desklib offers a variety of solved assignments and study resources to support students in their academic endeavors.

Appendix A
Week Learning
Hours
Title & Type of Activity
(e.g.
Workshop, lecture,
etc)
What did you learn What do you want to improve in
future
Week 1 5 hours Study skills Meaning of study skills and its importance for the
writers. Within this, principles, practices such as
citing and referencing to make the information
useful has been learnt.
In the future, to avoid plagiarism in my
work, I will adhere to cite my work along
with providing appropriate references.
Week 2 2 hours Principles and practices of
academic integrity.
Referencing conventions and Scanning and
skimming techniques, appropriate sources of
information, paraphrasing personal tutorial
system and golden rules necessary to be followed
has been learnt.
To include information from academic
sources only by evaluating it with the help
of CRAAP test.
Week 3 3 hours Presentation skills Designing, delivering, demonstrating effective
communication skills, poster presentation, group
presentation and dos and don't associated with
presentation has been learnt.
Beginning of presentation must be done
with a short introduction and ends with a
strong closing summary to gain attention
of the audience.
Week 4 4 hours Listening skills and note
taking skills
Strategies for effective listening, predicting and
identifying the main ideas and specific details,
note making styles and its shortcuts.
Recognition of context could be helpful in
improving listening skills. Making notes
through applying outline method makes
the presentation and understanding more
effective.
Assessment
Week
Week 5 2 hours Management and
leadership, Strategy and
environmental analysis
Models of management, theories of leadership,
functions of management, principles of
management as suggested by Fayol, Roles of a
For the better management of an
organisation, Transformational leadership
style would always be recommended

Appendix A
manager given by Mintzberg, leadership traits,
leadership styles, Strategy and its different level
has been learnt.
because it allows for inspiring staff by
facilitating collaboration and effective
communication and accordin, provides for
the path of success.
Week 6 3 hours Human Resource
Management and
Operations
Definitions of HRM, Organizational and
environmental aspects of HRM, Strategies of
HRM, Operations functions, organizational and
environmental aspects of operations and
strategies of operations.
For the development of employee, it is
necessary to provide them with training
and appropriate pay. Also, the
combination of selection methods should
be used for acquiring potential talent
within the organisation.
Week 7 4 hours Internal and external
environmental analysis
PESTEL analysis allows for learning political risks,
economic risks, technological risks, etc. SWOT
analysis allows for learning how to analyse
internal and external environmental aspect of an
organisation. Identification of threats and
Opportunity from which an organisation is
exposed to has also been learnt.
For identifying and mitigating risks from
which an organization is exposed to will be
done through PESTEL model, so that
management can make appropriate
decisions for the same to avoid any kind of
threats on its survival.
Week 8 2 hours Writing skills and Feedback POWER writing, considerations for writing
process, procedure to be followed for writing
assignment, drafting, re-drafting, editing,
reorganising and proof reading.
For the next time before writing I will plan
for it by outlining an action plan and timing
in which it must be completed. Also, after
completing it, I will undertake editing and
proofreading for avoiding any king of
mistakes.
Assessment
Week