Personal Development: A Self-Reflection on Learning and Skills

This report presents a self-reflection on personal development, learning, and transferable skills. It discusses approaches to personal learning, the development of transferable skills through a business management course, and identifies skills for further development in academic, personal, and workplace contexts. The report includes a SWOT analysis, a personal development learning log, and an action plan for continuous improvement, focusing on skills like communication, time management, and team building. The reflection highlights the importance of self-awareness and proactive learning for personal and professional growth. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Self- Reflection on learning, development and transferable skills.............................................3
Approaches for personal development and learning...................................................................4
Development of transferrable skills by business management course........................................5
Skills that I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and workplace. .6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
Personal development learning log.............................................................................................7
Action Plan..................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Self- reflection is an ability of evaluate own skill and learning that can be help for assessing
oneself. It is analysis the own thoughts, behaviour and emotion that can be improve by self-
observation, also this enhance the skill of a person so that it improves the productivity at
workplace as well as it is necessary for gaining knowledge about our own life (Tufekcioglu and
Muran, 2019). In this report will discuss about the self-reflection on personal development and
learning with its transferable skills. Moreover, analysis through reflection on approaches for
personal learning and development of a person. Further, Identify the transferable skills that I
already developed by this module. Lastly, I would like to develop my skills during my academic
studies, personal life or workplace by making learning log and action plan.
Self- Reflection on learning, development and transferable skills
With the help of self-reflection, I will aware about my own learning and development
skills. Personal learning and development help to enhance my knowledge and skills, also through
this training I learn about my weakness and strength that help me for learning new skills and
perform on it (Travers, Morisano and Locke, 2018). It is necessary to identify the skills so that it
can help to increase in achieving good grade in qualification. Self- Observation also helps me to
understand the own techniques and strategies of learning. Everyone has their own style of
learning the things by self-reflection it also establishes knowledge about own adaptive capacity,
ability of transfer learning, well-being. Transferable skills are those skills which are necessary
for self attributes to learn about self-control and choose right path for promotional change. Self-
reflection helps me to in which areas I should work on and how to improve these skills by
gaining knowledge.
Through this training I working on my communication skills so that it helps me to
development of other skills. This skill helps me in maintaining good relation with the customers
and my colleagues, this will improve the engagement with person or with other things. For
expanding my knowledge, I research through online material and read new books for making
command on language (Silber‐Varod, Eshet‐Alkalai and Geri, 2019). Further I would like to
conduct SWOT analysis for acknowledge my skills such as professional as well as social.
Through this framework I like to work on my weakness and enhance my strength by obtaining

opportunities regarding this. Opportunities are help to get better option in life in order to gain
more knowledge for personal development.
SWOT analysis
Strength Weakness
 Learning quickly
 Basic knowledge of IT
 Problem solving skills
 Operation knowledge for warehousing
 High patience level
 Flexible with other while working
 Time management
 Ability for resolving questions
 Learning new technologies
 Not able to work under pressure
 Emotional
 Lack of command on language
 Lack of confidence
 Poor in team-building skills
 Not able to make decision
Opportunities Threats
 Marketing management
 Production & operation
 Personal growth
 Proactive in problem solving
 Encourage learning
 Identify potential
 Lack of visibility
 Negative feedback
 Increasing in competition
 Workload
Through this module I learn about various skills at personal level, such as academic
writing, also get knowledge about how to manage time because before this module, I am very
lazy of doing things but now I manage time according to the work. To work in a team and how to
coordinate with them that I also learnt from that. I get proper acknowledgement of setting goal
and objectives in life (Marzo, 2018).
Approaches for personal development and learning
I followed some approaches for learning and personal development for enhancing my
process of learning at the workplace also it boosts my skills by these approaches:
Intuitive approach- This approach helps me in learning new things by fast and in an
efficient way, it also increases the mental capacity of observed things by getting solution. It

enhances the decision-making skills as well as increases the skill for sixth sense. For example,
job evaluation.
Retrospective approaches- By this module I can different my past skills and also learn
that where I need to enhance it. It can be in a quantitative as well as qualitative manner, through
this I develop my accounting skills that was not as much good but I am working on it for
learning new framework of doing. Further, by this I m able to compare employees’ performance
from past year. Also, I train employees at workplace for boost up their skills, by improving new
skills.
Deep approach- By this approach I lean how to manage the work by making permutation
and combinations, also this application helps me to gaining knowledge and learn new content
that can be help at any workplace (Le Goc and et.al., 2018). This concept helps to concentrate on
what I learned by the module. That can be involves many things such as experience for everyday
life, knowledge that get from training and development session. Being a manager, this approach
is used for seeking the principle and organising the approaches.
Development of transferrable skills by business management course
Team work- I develop my team work skill that enhance my perspective for others and
building good team that can be winning by innovation. Team work help to achieve goal and
objection withing given time. This also divide the work among all of the employees that can
helps to grow skills by facing workload together.
Communication- In any business it is necessary to communicate with all kind of
stakeholders such as employees, HR, subordinates etc, through this module I learn
communication skills effectively and efficiently. Being a manager this skill helpful while
coordination with others in meeting. This is beneficial for communicate with team member
efficiently. Communication also defines the nature of the person how he tolerates things while
workload or critical situation. Being manager is necessary to motivate other employees towards
the goal of the organisation so that they can follow the right direction for completing the goal.
Problem solving skills- For any manager it is essential to learn problem solving skill
because in context to organisation these skills are helps me for avoiding confusion and
misunderstanding between subordinates. Also, it is necessary for workload situation where
employees hesitate to doing the work (Eysenbach, and et.al., 2018). It is also built cooperation
between manager and subordinates so that they feel motivated while working.

Technical skills- I learn technical skills that helps me while training others, this enrich my
skill by learning new according to the advancement in technology. It helps me by getting new
opportunities for job in technical field, it is also help in further planning and expansion of the
business. By this I learn many techniques that can work accordingly.
Creativity critical thinking- This skill will help in key success of in my career, also by this
I am able to take better decision for my team and for achieving the goal. It also building curiosity
of learning new things for my career. It helps me to being good citizen for the nation as well as
positive person. Organisation always need those candidates who has this skill so that they can
perform well at the time of critical workload (Costa, Castaño-Muñoz and Kampylis, 2021). It
builds confidence for doing thing right, it is a perfect tool make better decision in favour of our
team.
Skills that I would like to develop during my academic studies, personal life and workplaceSkills development for Workplace-
Time management skill- These skills help me to learn about how time is important for us,
how important to manage it for our workplace life because it helps me to do the projects on time.
By this I will understand the value of time that how important it is, this also helps me to achieve
objective on time. Time management skill also helps to get motivate other employees for their
work.
Team building skills- I always to become manager in a reputed company so this skill will
help me there by working with team in an efficient manner. I want to become good manager in
future, that is why it is important to handle a team in right direction. Also, I will identify my
skills by deep approach and KPI index for estimating the level of team capacity of doing the
work.Skills development for personal life
Communication- In my personal life it is necessary to maintain good relation with other
people at workplace, also helps to maintain positive relation with other clients (Black, Sileo and
Prater, 2000). Soft tone and well language attract towards them, this is important skill for
coordinate with others. In any professional they want to recruit those candidates who have good
communication skills so that they can able to maintain the decorum of the office.
Motivation skills- I should learn how to motivate other employees at the workplace so
that they can feel comfortable while working. For manager it is necessary to motivate other in a

positive manner in order to appraise them, increment in salary etc. This can be most beneficial
for skill any organisation because it improves the productivity and efficiency of the business.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized that self- reflection is very important part for our life for personal
development and learning with transferrable skills. Also, identifies the transferable skills that I
have already developed by attending this module that skills are communication, team
management which helps to enhance my knowledge. Moreover, discussed about the skill that I
developed my academic studies personal life and the workplace by such skills such as
motivation, time management etc. It has been concluded by action plan and personal
development learning log.
Personal development learning log
Date of event Developmental
activities in event
Learning obtained
from event
Implementation of
learning in personal
and professional
life
23.10.2021 Analysis on
personal skill by
SWOT
Weakness
24.10.2021 Online research Resources available
for optimising it.
Time management
and communication
skill
25.10.2021 Set goal For setting goal that
enhance my
personal
development
By improving
productivity.
26.10.2021 Deep approach Permutation and
combinations
In decision making
skill
27.10.2021 Team work Coordinate with
team member
Building good
relationship at

workplace
Action Plan
Requirement of
learning
Works to be
done
Support and
resources
Measuring
success
Target for
review
Formal and
informal
writing
Various
courses
Reading Practical exam November
2021
Fear of failure Face the
problems
Increasing
confidence
level
Feedback from
top level
management
January 2021

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