Reflective Writing on Business Research and Personal Learning Journey

This reflective writing assignment explores the student's learning journey within a business research context. The assignment delves into the usefulness and effectiveness of learning new concepts like business research, data collection, and analytics, highlighting their impact on understanding business structures and operations. The student reflects on how these experiences contribute to collaborative learning, career advancement, and personal growth. The assignment emphasizes the importance of research in understanding business functions and the student's approach to learning through various methods, including classroom participation, discussions, and independent research. The student also discusses the methodologies used to gain insights into business research, the application of learned concepts, and the impact of these experiences on shaping personal goals and career aspirations. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of reflection in connecting new and existing knowledge, leading to continuous personal and professional learning.

Reflective writing
Introduction
It’s the formative years of studenthood that sow the seed for one to give back to the society
(anonymous 2016). Learning experiences are very important in a person's life as they help in
framing a person's individuality and personality. This assignment is a reflection on what I have
learnt in my course, how it has been useful and effective for me and how it shall help me in the
future, be it my career or life in general.
Answer 1
In my experience, learning new things have been very useful to me. I have been enlightened
about a number of things related to business research, data collection, analytics and much more.
How businesses function, what are they comprised of and their structure is a few of the many
things I learnt about. Learning experiences are essential as they provide an open door to endless
possibilities. It renders one with a starting point, from where an individual can indulge himself or
herself in as many new experiences as he or she wants. Learning experiences do not only
comprise of the things a student is taught when he or she is attending a lecture in a class room.
Every experience that renders a person with some sort of knowledge, where a person comes to
know about anything that he or she might not have known about before can be put into the
category of a learning experience. My experiences have helped me in a number of ways and will
be valuable to me for a lifetime.
Answer 2
There are a number of ways these learning experiences will help me, not only in my course or
studies but also in my future career and life in general. In my course and program, the learning
that I have experienced shall help me in exchanging ideas and my personal opinions with me
fellow classmates. These can prove to be a starting point of some very interesting discussions
and debates. Exchanging my knowledge with my friends can help everyone in a deeper
understanding of the concepts and also will lead to sharing of new ideas and personal thoughts
and opinions. This is called collaborative learning. Collaborative learning is an educational
approach to teaching and learning that involves groups of learners working together to solve a

problem, complete a task, or create a product (Marjan Laal 2012). In my future career, these
experiences will open doors of opportunities for me as I have able to reflect on my learning
experiences.
Based upon my experiences, I shall also be able to challenge myself to going further ahead,
pushing myself to grab opportunities and build a better career for myself. In my personal life, I
will be able to question the way things have always been done and try to incorporate new and
better practices in my daily life. This will allow me to gain a better insight into correcting flaws
and adapting to new and better behavior and practices. All of this will eventually help me
become a better, more responsible, compassionate, smart and a successful human being.
Answer 3
Business research is the process of gathering the necessary data for an industry to be successful
(Suttle 2015). It is a vast study of how businesses function in their day to day operations to
extract maximum profits while keeping the customers satisfied and at the same time also giving
back to the environment and acting responsibly, taking into account sustainable practices.
Businesses research enlightens one to the various aspects of running a business. It helps an
individual to understand what forms the core of an organization, how it functions and how it can
be improved over time. It also helps in the learning process in more than one ways. Business
research and research learning process are complimentary to each other. Research can be defined
as the learning of new facts, experimenting and arriving at new conclusions.
Answer 4
A learning process is a journey. Learning entails the process of discovery and of mastering what
one discovers (GOPNIK 2005). To enable myself to learn a lot of new things, I did a number of
things. These include making some considerable changes in my life. I believe learning is not
limited to a classroom section or a lecture hall. Even though paying attention in class and
imbibing the things taught to us by our teachers is of utmost importance, I have experienced
learning from discussions and conversations with my friends. I started reading more and more
books, apart from the ones in our syllabus. I more frequently started utilizing my time on the
internet for research purposes, rather than catching up on social media. It is already been said
that the Internet is a world of knowledge and how you choose to use it depends upon you. I saw

weekly progress in myself. I was able to grasp things more quickly and retain them for longer. I
was also able to discuss more topics in great detail with my friends and family, educating myself
and others in return.
Answer 5
The reason for doing assessment 1 and 2 was to gain insight into business research. Business
research is a systematic, objective collection and analysis of data about your target market,
competition, and/or environment (Marilia 2012). It helps one to understand what’s most
important to customers, allowing to improve the products, services, marketing efforts, and
customer service (Jansen 2013). There were a number of different methodologies followed to
understand complex systems and research done on various topics that helped me in
comprehending popular concepts and new terminologies. When students get insight into that
process, they learn a new dimension of analysis (Danos 2014).
Answer 6
There are a number of ways the research and my personal learning experiences shall help me in
my future career and life. As already mentioned above, the learning experiences that are an
individual's own, help him or her in shaping their personalities and identities. These also make a
human different from others. Obviously, no too people can have the same learning experiences
and therefore, no two people are the same. In my future and my career, mt learning experiences
will help me in defining my life goals, the career I want to pursue and the choices that I will
make on a day to day basis. Whether my decisions are good or bad for me or for other people
directly or indirectly affected by me, will depend upon the choices I make in my life. These
choices will tie back to my earning experiences. What a person learns in his or her life, is what
makes him an individual. It is also what helps him in understanding the world around him and
making positive or negative choices. From my learning, I hope to apply my knowledge to fulfill
my goals and become a successful person.
Conclusion
The purpose of learning refers to changes in student behavior that is experienced after the
implementation of the learning process (anonymous 2010). From my learning experiences, I

have gained a lot of knowledge. My personal experiences have defined me as an individual and
have had a significant impact on my personality. Reflection provides the opportunity to establish
connections between new and existing knowledge and to deepen their level of understanding
(PRIESTLEY 2015). If used effectively and purposefully reflection facilitates ongoing personal
and professional learning (Helyer 2015). I hope to be able to apply my knowledge and
experience to achieve my goals and be a successful, compassionate and a happy individual.
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