Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility Portfolio

This portfolio, submitted for the FY027 module 'Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility,' documents a student's exploration of personal and professional development. The introduction highlights the importance of success and the tools used to achieve it, such as SWOT analysis and personal development plans (PDP). The student details workshops attended and how they contributed to the development of employability skills, including communication, time management, and decision-making. The portfolio includes twelve appendices, such as a Personal Development Plan, SWOT Analysis, Reading Log, Time Management Schedules, Communication Skills assessment, Presentation Skills comparison, Academic Writing Skills, Employability Skills, and an updated CV. The conclusion reiterates the importance of these skills for career growth and the achievement of long-term goals. Each appendix is briefly described, showcasing the value and usefulness of each document in the student's self-assessment and development journey.

Module: (FY027) Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility
CW1 - Portfolio
Student’s Name:
LSST ID Number:
BNU ID Number:
Lecturer’s Name:
Submission Date:
Table of Contents
1 Introduction Page No.
2 Mini project workshops attended and how they contributed towards the development of my
employability skills.

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3 Importance and value of the Appendices (12 Documents) that I have compiled and provided as
part of my portfolio
4 Conclusion
5 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
Appendix 1 Personal Development Plan
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis
Appendix 3 Reading Log
Appendix 4 Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Appendix 5 Time Management Skills: Daily To Do List
Appendix 6 Communication Skills: Identification of the most effective skills
Appendix 7 Presentation Skills: Comparison between good and poor practices
Appendix 8 Academic Writing Skills:
Appendix 9 Employability Skills:
Appendix 10 Notes on Reflection
Appendix 11 Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Appendix 12 Action Plan on a specific academic or professional goal you aim to achieve
Optional - Cover Letter
Optional - Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops)
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1. Introduction
Success is important for an individual in all places whether university or office. There are different ways that
will help an individual in its growth and success. These are SWOT analysis, PDP plan, requirements of
different skills i.e. communication, time management, decision making etc.
2. Summary: Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why they
contributed towards the development of your employability skills (500 words).
I attended this workshop that was effective in my career growth and success. With the help of this
workshop, I increased my knowledge about the effectiveness of PDP plan, SWOT analysis and many
more. With the SWOT analysis, I easily identified my strengths, weakness, threats and opportunities that
helped me in my career development. I identified that I am weak in different areas including
communication, critical thinning and observation. These are main weak areas that have negative impact on
mine. In order to overcome these weaknesses, I used to prepare PDP plan that helps me in improvement
of my all weakness in systematic and effective manner. I increased my knowledge about the effective and
ineffective communication, poor and bad presentation etc. This knowledge and understanding helped me
in my career progress and growth and supported me in attainment of career goals within less time period
fulfilling and in effective manner. I developed my CV that helped me in my professional career. This is
beneficial for me in improvement of my employability skills. By using communication skill, I become able in
communicating of each and every information to my juniors and also high authority that turn to impact in
reduction of conflict among them and also supported me in accomplishment of my career growth. Decision
making is another skill that helps me in improvement of my employability skill effectively. Through, such
type of skill, I easily tack decision in all situations that turn to support me by enhancing my employability
skill. Decision making skill helped me in every situation that result in attainment of organisational goals and
objectives within minimum time and in successful manner. Time management is important skill that helped
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me in managing all activities or tasks within allotted time period. Time is important in my professional
career because with the help of time management skill I become able in completing activities provided by
company within given time and in successful manner. all these are important and essential skills in my
career progress and growth and also supported me in achievement of better outcomes within minimum
time. This workshop contributed me by increasing my skills and knowledge that have positive impact in my
career growth. With the support of this workshop, I am able in developing my professional career that will
be significant for me in achieving of better outcomes in less period of time and in successful manner.
Through employability skill I easily attract larger base of customers, improved brand image of company,
increased sales and so on. These are biggest advantages of having all skills that result in my growth and
development in successful manner. Therefore, employability skills are important and essential in my
growth and development as well as helped me in achieving of long term goals and objectives, which are
effective in my personal and professional development.
3. Summary: In a paragraph or two explain the value or usefulness of the Appendices (12 Documents) that
you have compiled and provided as part of your portfolio.
There are total 12 documents that re valuable and useful. All these documents are important. Along with this,
usefulness or value of the appendix will be explained as below:
Personal Development Plan: This plan is effective in overcoming the weakness easily.
Personal SWOT Analysis: This is important in identifying the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
Reading Log: This is important in identifying the tasks and ways for achieving this in specific time.
Time Management Skills: This is essential appendix that is important in improving time management skill.
Communication Skills: This is valuable in enhancing communication skill.
Presentation Skills: This is important in improvement of presentation skill that result in improvement of employability skill.
Academic Writing Skills: This is essential for me in improving innovation within the workplace.
Employability Skills: This help in professional growth and development.
Notes on Reflection: This help in explaining entire information about the project.
Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae: This is essential in continuing job.
Action Plan: This plan helps me in improvement of my weak areas.
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4. Conclusion:
From the abovementioned information it has been determined that there are different skills i.e. time
management, communication, decision making, critical thinning etc. These are important skills that helped in
personal and professional development. SWOT analysis is important model that helped in identification of
strengths, opportunities, threats and weakness. Through PDP plan, weaknesses are overcome in effective
manner. Along with this, information was increased about the time management skills, presentation skills etc.
These are essential and important for professional growth and development that is effective in achievement of
long term goals and objectives within minimum time period and in successful manner. Action plan was prepared
for overcoming the weal areas that are essential in accomplishment of long term goals and objectives within
minimum time period and in essential manner.
5. 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
APPENDIX 1: My Personal Development Plan
My Full Name:
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For:
Name of Institution:
Level at which I am Currently
Studying:
Start Date:
End Date:
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My Reasons/Motivation for Doing
this Course:
Objectives for my personal
development
Actions required to
achieve my objectives
Support and/or
resources I need
Timeframe Estimated date
of completion /
achievement
Improving my communication
skill is a main objective for
my personal development.
In order to achive this
objective I used different
techniques of
communication
including be aware of
non verbal
communication, be open
to feedback etc.
Tutors and senior
management
support me in this
skill.
2 days 10/12/2020
Critical thinking skill another
need for me to improve this
in effective manner.
In order to improve my
critical thiniking skill I
mus practice active
listening.
I ask different
questions to my
juniors that will
help me in
improvement of my
critical thinking.
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Obervation skill is another
objective that will I need for
improving.
In order to enhnace this
skill, I try something
new.
In this I need the
support of by
family and friends.
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APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS (strong points) WEAKNESSES (weak points)
1 Team building is a biggest strength that I have.
This will help e in attaining of my career goals
and objectives easily.
1 I am weak in communicating information to my
friends, tutors and many other that impact on
my career growth and development.
2 Decision making skill is also good that will be
essential in making of any decision about any
field in effective and essential manner.
2 I am also weak in critical thinning that not help
me in enhancement of my career success and
growth.
3 My presentation skill is essential and main
strength that will help me in presenting of all
information effectively and systematically.
3 I am not good in observing any things that
impact in increasing conflict among team
members.
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains) THREATS (potential losses
1 For attaining long term goals and career
development is a best opportunity for me that
will be done through building team.
1 Having lack of communication skill is a main
threat because without this I am not able in
communicating important information to the
tutors, business managers and many more.
2 Decision making is also a main opportunity for
me that will support in making of effective
decision about the field.
2 Poor observation skill is also a main threat for
me because without this I am not able in
observing the needs of my juniors, employees
and many more.
3 Presentation skill turn to help me by providing
opportunity in achieving my career and
corporate goals within limited time period.
3 Lack of critical thinking is not good for my
career development because it not help me in
identifying problem or situation as well as
factors that may impact it.
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APPENDIX 3: Reading Log
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READING LOG
DATE TITLE AUTHOR TIME SPENT NUMBER OF
PAGES READ
12/12/2020
Personal development plan
Rubens, A., Schoenfeld, G.A.,
Schaffer, B.S. and Leah, J.S., 2018.
Self-awareness and leadership:
Developing an individual strategic
professional development plan in an
MBA leadership course. The
International Journal of Management
Education, 16(1), pp.1-13.
2 days 1 page
14/12/2020
SWOT analysis
Teoli, Dac, and Jason An. "SWOT
analysis." (2019).
1 Day 2 Pages
15/12/2020 Time management skills Obiekwe, S.M.S., Elizabeth, S.D.P.
and Ndanu, C., 2019. Students' Time
Management Skills on KCSE
Academic Performance in Public
Secondary Schools, Kiambu Sub-
County, Kenya. Journal of
Education, 2(3), pp.1-24.
1 Day 1 Page
16/14/2020 Increased knowledge about the effective and ineffective
commendation
Blackstock, F.C., Lareau, S.C., Nici, L.,
ZuWallack, R., Bourbeau, J., Buckley,
M., Durning, S.J., Effing, T.W., Egbert,
E., Goldstein, R.S. and Kelly, W., 2018.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
education in pulmonary rehabilitation.
An official American Thoracic
Society/Thoracic Society of Australia
and new Zealand/Canadian thoracic
society/British Thoracic Society
workshop report. Annals of the
American Thoracic Society, 15(7),
pp.769-784.
2 Days 4 Pages
18/12/2020 Increased understanding about the presentation skill Berry, K., Russell, K. and Frost, K.,
2018. Restricted and repetitive
behaviors in autism spectrum disorder:
A review of associated features and
presentation across clinical
populations. Current Developmental
Disorders Reports, 5(2), pp.108-115.
3 Days 3 Pages

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APPENDIX 4: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
6:00 AM I walk up I walk up I walk up I walk up I get up early
morning
I get up early
morning
I get up early
morning
7:00 AM I ready I ready I ready I ready I ready for
going the
university
I ready for
going the
university
I ready for
going the
university
8:00 AM I go to the
university
I go to the
university
I go to the
university
I go to the
university
I go to the
university
I go to the
university
I go to the
university
9:00 AM I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
I attend fist
class of time
management
10:00
AM
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
Lecture was
completed
11:00
AM
I increased
my time
management
skill
I increased my
time
management
skill
I increased my
time
management
skill
I increased my
time
management
skill
I increased
my time
management
skill
I increased
my time
management
skill
I increased
my time
management
skill
12:00 PM Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time
1:00 PM Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time Lunch time
2:00 PM I attend
second
class of time
I attend second
class of time
management
I attend second
class of time
management
I attend second
class of time
management
I attend
second class
of time
I attend
second
class of time
I attend
second
class of time
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management management management management
3:00 PM I increase
the time
management
is important
I increase the
time
management is
important
I increase the
time
management is
important
I increase the
time
management is
important
I increase the
time
management
is important
I increase
the time
management
is important
I increase
the time
management
is important
4:00 PM I attend
practice
class of time
management
I attend
practice class
of time
management
I attend
practice class
of time
management
I attend
practice class
of time
management
I attend
practice class
of time
management
I attend
practice
class of time
management
I attend
practice
class of time
management
5:00 PM Help me by
increasing
my practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing my
practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing my
practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing my
practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing my
practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing
my practical
knowledge
Help me by
increasing
my practical
knowledge
6:00 PM Class is over Class is over Class is over Class is over Class is over Class is over Class is over
7:00 PM I go to my
home
I go to my
home
I go to my
home
I go to my
home
I go to my
home
I go to my
home
I go to my
home
8:00 PM I take a rest I take a rest I take a rest I take a rest I take a rest I take a rest I take a rest
9:00 PM I sleep I sleep I sleep I sleep I sleep I sleep I sleep
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APPENDIX 5: Time Management Skills: Daily To Do List
Item Priority Action to be taken Timeframe Done
(tick)
1 I identified
that I am not
good in time
management
I make sure that all activities are
completed in given time.
1 day ✓
2 I improve my
time
management
quality
I used Gantt chart that supported
me by providing information
about the starting and ending
time of tasks.
2 Days
✓
3 I understand
that
management
of time is
important in
my career
growth.
I collect feedback from my
supervisors. 1 Day
✓
APPENDIX 6: Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1 Effective communication helps in
communicating all idea in
effective manner.
1 Ineffective communication within
workplace is increase the conflict
among team members.
2 Effective communication support
in increasing different types of
skills such as time management,
decision making and many more.
2 Lack of clarity and conciseness is
a major negative image of
ineffective communication.
3 Effective communication
increases the innovation in
workplace that result in improved
performance and productivity
level.
3 Lack of collaboration and poor
teamwork is a main negative
impact of ineffective
communication.
BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1 Better productivity: This is one of the main benefit of effective
communication because proper communication among team members
increase the productivity.
2 Increased performance: Effective communication help an individual by
increasing their performance level. As proper communication about the
important information help in improvement of performance level.
3 Preventing and resolving problems: Effective communication help in