Skills Development & Challenges: Reflective Report for Business Mgmt

This reflective project report explores the skills and knowledge acquired through participation in business and management challenges, including the T-shirt challenge, apprentice challenge, and presentation challenge. It details the problems encountered during group work and the solutions implemented. The report covers the development of communication, teamwork, time management, and business skills, evaluating each challenge from a business perspective, including branding, finance, and operations. The application of Tuckerman's model to overcome challenges in group presentations is discussed, along with a three-year action plan for continued skills development at the university. The report concludes that training in business and management enhances abilities and knowledge, providing expertise in specific fields.

Graduate challenge

Executive summary
The reflective project report deals with various skills as well as knowledge that are
developed in my personality by being an apprentice in business and management department.
The report is related to various problems and solutions are faces in the group work. There are
various challenges are used in this project such as T-shirt challenge, apprentice challenge and
presentation challenge as well as relative skills also covered in this project report.

Table of Contents
Executive summary..........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................4
Apprentice challenges LSST presentation..................................................................................4
T-shirt challenge..........................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of each challenge for business angle ........................................................................5
Presentation challenges...............................................................................................................6
Action Plan .................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
This project report is about various skills as well as knowledges that are developed
through facing various challenges as well as skills that are enhances during face these challenges.
There are several heading are covered in this project such as apprentice challenges that states that
how an apprentice develop various skills to attain defined goals and objectives in best possible
manner. Apart form that presentation challenge and T-shirt challenge that enhances various skills
and capabilities to perform various organisational functions with effectiveness. There is proper
action plan for next three years are covered in this project report.
TASK
Apprentice challenges LSST presentation
As a student of business and management, I have established a business that enhances
various skills and knowledges, abilities, behaviour as well as skills that that allows me to attain
all pre-defined goals and objectives as business expert (Bussell, Schnabel, and Rinehart, 2020).
As apprentice challenge improves my communications skills, creativity, budget control,
innovative thinking, team sprite as well as various business skills that facilitates to attain various
defined goals and objectives in well-defined manner. I have attended all the lectures programmes
because to enhance various skills and capabilities in my personality through conducting proper
research in specific eras.
Communication skills: The apprentice challenge develops effective communication
skills that allow me to communicate with other as well as listen their views and principles
properly. Communication skills help me to resolve various conflicts properly.
Teamwork: In the apprentice challenge enhance the ability of teamwork that facilitates
me to work in future with other group members as well (Hagi-Mohamed, 2018). Through take
lectures as apprentice in group I will others as well to understand concepts that enhance the
ability of team sprite.
Time management and meeting skills: During the apprentice programme the skill of
time management and meeting skills are enhanced that allows me to organise all work according
to definite time period. Without proper time management, I am not able to attain all objectives
properly. It is defined as the process that defines time for completing specific task in defined
time limits.

Business skills: As a apprentice of business and management, there are various skills and
capabilities that are related to business are enhanced that facilitates me to become effective
business expert. The apprentice programme clears my various business concepts. There are
various soft as well as managerial skills are raised that help me to manage business properly.
T-shirt challenge
T-shirt challenge is defined as the task that involves the activity in which various arts are
created on the t-shirts for the purpose of advertising the brand. After the co0nsulations with all
team members, we chose to create clothing brand. For T-shirt challenge we brought t-shirts form
the market as well as analyse the same products on google to evaluate the pricing of products.
After getting the t-shirts we can process upon the production of brand logo and symbols on t-
shirts. We choose the first mane of our group and every member of group create several
proposals as per different approaches (Jian Marion, and Wang, 2019). After all suggestions we
all are agree on rock stars and print this on the T-shirt for advertising the brand among all
customers.
Communication skills: To decide the logo for T-shirt for advertisement purpose we,
communicate with all team members than take decision for clothing branding. As the
communication skills facilitates me to provide my suggestions as well as listen point of view of
other as well.
Teamwork: In the process of creating logo on t-shirt we work as a team and take
collective decisions in the process of creating t-shirt logos. Teamwork enhances my skills to
work together with various person and
Time management and meeting skills: The challenge enhance the skills of time
management as well as meeting skills. As all work is divided according to time that help to
achieve all defined in time frame (Kasmi, 2017). We conduct various group meetings to take
decisions helps to enhance adequate of attaining meeting as well.
Business skills: In the process of T-shirt challenge, I have learnt various business skills
such as knowledge and understanding about business advertisements, logos, branding and who to
influence others towards organisation are developed that facilitates me in my future to handle
business activities properly.

Evaluation of each challenge for business angle
Branding: Branding is defined as the marketing process that involve the activities of
developing the name of company that differentiate the organisation from others. It includes
create a specific symbol that represents the whole brand. Effective branding facilitates customers
to differentiate the brand form other competitors and help to understand organisational offerings.
It is important for business to influence customers perceptions as well as raise the value of brand.
As in t-shirt challenge various brands and logos are printed for the purpose of advertising the
specific brands in particular market segment.
Finance: Finance is the essential for running business operations properly. As all
departments of organisation need finance to perform business operations for attaining all goals
and objectives. There are various financial decisions are taken by the organisation for attaining
long term business success. Manager of organisation allocate necessary finance to all
departments to run business properly. Through investing money in various other sectors for
gaining opportunities and gaining higher revenue (Okuda and Anderson, 2018). For handling all
challenge proper budget is being prepared that facilitates to complete them on time with effective
outcomes.
Operations: As there are various operations are included in business regular activities for
the purpose of attaining organisational goals and objectives. All these operations are done for
acquiring income, cover all cost as well as gaining profits. There are various performed by the
employees of organisation such as bookkeeping, showcasing and fabricating. All these functions
are performed for run business in efficient manner and provide better quality products and
services for satisfying needs and demands of customers. In these respective challenges various
activities are performed to gain various learnings and knowledge.
Presentation challenges
To complete whole work and assignment in well-presentable manner, we decided to
adopt Tuckerman's model as working method. There are various challenges are faced by us in
completing group work but by applying Tuckerman's model we are able to overcome various
challenges and problems efficiently. The presentation challenge enhances my communicate, time
management, teamwork as well as business skills.
Forming: In this level we have faced various difficulties to conduct group presentation,
in the phase of corona virus our group communication is being paused that unable us to meet

physically. Due to these difficulties and lack of communication various group members are
terminated from group work. On the hand, other members of group feel reluctant towards work.
We have established proper organisation to complete assignment and we divide all work in
different parts according to group members skills and capabilities.
Storming: As the internship is not so easy but we all are agree on the aspect of timing
that enables us to contribute in the efforts of groups. All group members raise their concerns
about the challenges which is not allows us to maintain strict timing. As a result, we are able to
complete work with efficiency before two days of submission date.
Norming: In this stage, I have overcome all challenges or difficulties to perform
properly. All group members exchange their ideas and concepts for smooth working. Every
group members contribute to complete work properly that is left by others (Rahmanpoor,
Liaghatdar and Afshar, 2017). We are able to maintain effective relationship among all group
members at personal as well as professional level.
Performing: In the stage of performing me and other group members are enthusiastic as
well as focus on the work. All group members constantly support other members who face
difficulties to perform their work. Every group members give their best to complete the
assignment efficiently.
Action Plan
I have developed a well-defined and appropriate action plan for next three years at
University that develops various skills and capabilities (Tomlinson, 2017). Effective course of
action allow me to enhance various knowledges, understanding as well as potentiality to perform
functions properly. Smart objectives are mentioned below:
Specific: As my objective is to enhance the skills of communication, time management
and teamwork so I have attended various training programmes and seminars. These skills help
me to attain future goals and objectives in three years.
Measurable: There are various measures or benchmarks are set by me that help me to
attain defined objectives accordingly.
Achievable: Definite objectives motivates me to complete work with full effectiveness
and efficiency. I have set reasonable objectives that can be achieved in defined period of time.
Realistic: Objectives are realistic or they are not based on the ambitions so I have follow
the action plan to enhance various skills in my personality.

Time-bound: I have set objectives that are achieved in the time period of three years. So,
I have organises all activities according to time.
CONCLUSION
As per above report, it can be concluded that training in business and management which
enhances various abilities as well as knowledges such as communication, time management,
business skills, teamwork and various others. As there are various challenges that facilitates to
enhance deep understanding about various skills that enhances expertise in specific field. As
Tuckman's model provides various knowledge and ability to organise work.

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