BA Business Studies: Task 2 Reflective Statement Analysis

This report presents a reflective statement focusing on the achievement of employability and study skills, using the Gibbs' reflective cycle. The student analyzes their experience in completing a task based on Sir Richard Branson's leadership styles, identifying the development of communication, research, and problem-solving skills. The reflection highlights the challenges faced, such as lack of time management and ICT skills, and evaluates the overall effectiveness of the strategies employed. The student outlines areas for improvement, including the development of teamwork, ICT, and time management skills, and proposes an action plan for continuous professional development, setting SMART objectives to enhance these skills. The analysis emphasizes the importance of these skills for personal and professional growth, aiming to improve future performance in similar tasks.

Personal and Professional Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Achievement of employability & study skills in form of reflective statement by using Gibbs'
reflective cycle............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development process aid to manage current own learning and
progress throughout career. In this study, task 2 will describe reflective statement that will
discusses how completion of previous work has contributed to achievement of study and
employment skills.
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
Achievement of employability & study skills in form of reflective statement by using Gibbs'
reflective cycle
I am accountable for completing previous task based on Sir Richard Branson, leadership
styles, through which I have analysed that he has mixture of three different leadership forms such
as transformational, participative and democratic. I need to do this task not in a team, I am
responsible for analysing whole thing and providing desire outcomes. In order to accomplish my
work I had to use relevant sources. I decided to make an effective plan through which i would
conduct overall analysis based on leadership styles of chosen business leader. After making all
preparation I have started my work and during it I have achieved some employability and study
skills.
I can say that while gathering information about Sir Richard Branson leadership styles, I
feel really very nervous and did not know how to gather data about this concept as it can affect
my performance in negative manner. But after communication with others and collect data I
analyse that I have a good communication skills, which help to gather a lot of information related
to leadership styles of business leader. It is really very important for person to have a good
communications skills because it makes an individual able to communicate and interact with
others in order to collect data or essential info about topic in which they are highly interested
(Shubhda, 2020). My nervousness goes eliminate when I feel that I have good research skills, as
I feel that I can make an appropriate plan through which data has been gathered and analysis of
Sir Richard Branson leadership styles has been done. On same note, I also feel that I cannot be
able to accomplish my work as I have lack of teamwork skills because I am not working in a
group of members who works together and manage time in effective manner.

I was evaluated that while performing task and gathering data at individual level
everything is going good. I was communicated with people effectively because I have both
written and verbal communication skills. I was able to find data and write in appropriate form
which allow me to analyse that Sir Richard Branson has and used democratic, participative and
transformational leadership style while managing his company. All these happen because of my
research and communication skills. But on the same time, I was analysed that I could not be
capable to use the latest technologies in context of data collection process due to lack of ICTs
skills. My data gathering process can be effective when I develop this skill, it affects my work
and way of collecting information about leadership styles. I think it was going bad about overall
experience. I also evaluate that work was not managed according to the plan due to lack of time
management skills. Because I am not performing in team of skilled applicants or team members,
I cannot be able to manage time and achieve task on timely manner. By using my
communication, research and problem solving skills I have completed above task.
I can say that data collection procedure, had goes well because of research and effective
communication skills, which I have. A communication skill either verbal or written is defined as
capability to efficiently achieve one's interaction aims. It allows me to make an effective
discussion with whom who knows more about Sir Richard Branson leadership ship styles. This
skill helping to understand others point of view and make me capable to understood give
information in systematic manner. Data collection is part of research skills that makes my work
more productive and strengthen my ability to analyse forms of leadership in context of Sir
Richard Branson. With above things, there are something that does totally against my plan. I
analyse that I cannot be able to obtain desire outcomes accordant to plan and schedule due to
lack of skills such as time management, and use of ICT skills, which are really very important
and beneficial for my personal as well as professional career development & growth. I can make
sense of these skills, which make me capable to deliver work on timely manner. According to my
situation I can use the latest information technologies.
While conducting analysis based on democratic and other two leadership styles of
Richard Branson, I learned how to gather data by using communication skills, ways to
interpretate gathered data or information and providing final results in effective manner that is
actually quite important and beneficial. Furthermore, along with this learning I have also learned
how to solve problems such as selection of sources in ethical manner by using my research and

problem solving skills that contribute in other activities as well. I analysed some sort of skills
such as time management, ICT and team work I needed to develop in order to make my current
and further work more effective. I examined that by developing these skills I can perform even
better and cater outcomes without wasting time. It can be more beneficial and useful for me as
with these skills especially ICT I can find out more options and use sources where data in regard
to my work already available. All these skills I need to develop for me which makes me capable
to complete leadership styles analysis process appropriately. I can develop a right and excellent
action plan after analysis the skills' development needs.
When I had to do same tasks again, I would like to develop my time management, team
work and IT skills without making any kind of mistakes. I need to develop these skills because it
is really very important and helpful in my professional and personal development. I will develop
these things with the help of making action plan, which is one of the best way for everyone who
want to develop and improve specific skill. By developing continuous professional development
or action plan I will turn my vision into reality and increase my efficiency even better. It will
clearly describe right ways to me that will meet my objectives through detailed actions steps or
approaches that describe how and when skills will be developed. I will set benchmark to achieve
my aims and that is development of team work, IT and time management skills. I will set
SMART objectives for achieving my three require skills.
CONCLUSION
From above analysis, it has been summarized that while completing current work
communication, time management, problem solving skills, research, team work, self
management and use of ICTs skills has been developed in effectively.

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