Higher Education Success: E-Portfolio, CPD Plan & SWOT Analysis

This report presents an e-portfolio and CPD plan incorporating a SWOT analysis, focusing on orientation for success in higher education. It reflects on learning experiences from the module, detailing cultural and behavioral expectations in business management studies and the importance of peer-to-peer support and teamwork. The SWOT analysis identifies personal strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for skill development, and potential threats to academic attainment. The report emphasizes the practical application of these learnings in future studies and career development, highlighting the significance of cultural awareness, collaboration, and continuous improvement in achieving business objectives and enhancing organizational performance. This resource, contributed by a student, is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and solved assignments.

Orientation for success in Higher Education

Table of Contents
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

E-portfolio-CPD plan/ SWOT analysis:
E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis.
Area of Learning Reflection of Learning Future Implications Implementation
(Identify topics of learning from
this module)
(Detail what you have learnt about the topic)
This refers to your own learning as an individual. It is
different from what was taught so avoid presenting a write up
as you would in an essay!
(Identify how learning will
assist in future studies and
career)
(Identify how you will
practise and apply what you
have learnt)
Cultural and behavioural
expectations of studying for a
degree in business
management
Cultural and behavioural expectations of
studying is important for the business
management because it means to understand
about what is or what is not acceptable,
which provide the degree of behaviour and
cultural norms put away by our social
system. Managers and employees should
aware about each other expectation in an
organization because the expectations of
business communication might different
from culture to culture. Particularly, the lack
of understanding between managers and
employees and their culture norms of
business can result in unfair judgements,
misunderstanding and communication
breakdown. Cultural is a system which
shows employees values, belief in aspects of
what is appropriate and inappropriate
behaviour. Employees cultures and
behaviour may be based on gender, relative
age and their interaction communication.
Business culture is a young but fast growing
area within the organization behaviour.
Several learning about this topic, these have
Cultural and behavioural
expectations are implicating
in future in aspect of
understanding the human
culture and behaviour which
helps in business
management. It can help to
emphasize the achievements
in the business and
encourage experimentation
and risk taking (Shao, 2019).
In general way, cultural and
behavioural helps in making
the right decision aspect of
business management and
good leader can involve
employees in making
decisions for business.
As well as it helps to easily
manage business without any
misunderstanding and
conflicts. In order to accept
and follow the principle of
management in
I will apply the cultural and
behavioural expectations
implement in business
organization and its helps to
achieving and resulting
business objectives and its
goals. Leader can make
different cultural team easily
which lead coordination and
corporation in the
organization without any
misunderstanding and
conflicts. Manager and
leader must be behaving
politely with the employees
and try to understand its
culture and explain their
business culture. Leaders in
successful companies lives
their business cultures and
communicate their cultural
identities to employees as
well as new hires
employee’s. Business can

two hypothetical organizations which
illustrate that business have different
cultures, and culture speak that what is right
and acceptable behaviour as well as what is
appropriate and inappropriate. The
importance of understanding human groups
and their behaviours can be clearly seen by
considering the range of awareness
(Shepherd, 2019).
Organization cultures are always matter for
the business management which help to
understand the business environment and in
other aspects relationships between the
employees and managers.
In other words, business having a right
cultural and management may be result in a
competitive advantage for the business
management. Thus, having wrong cultural
and behavioural expectations may lead to
performance difficulties, it may responsible
for business failure and also result in
changing ad taking risk for the organization.
Cultural is an effective control on
mechanism for guiding employee’s
behaviours. In further illustration cultural
expectations are powerful way of controlling
as well as managing employee’s behaviours
regarding rules and regulations of business
management.
organizations. It’s difficult
for the employees to
understand and identify the
other employee culture and
not communicate because of
cultural inconsistencies so,
understanding organizational
culture are important for
everyone and describing
cultures which helps in
include customers focused,
family-friendly, ethical, fun,
risk taking and innovation
for the business
management. It helps to
business run in effective and
efficient way which are the
profitable for the
organization.
build common platform for
the future and moves toward
specific business objectives
as well as right business
plan which helps develop
strong corporate culture and
behavioural management
naturally as well as it helps
to improve the organization
overall performance.
Employees whose
organization have strong
defined cultures can helps to
justify their behaviour at
work because those
behaviour fit the culture
which helps to easily
manage the business
management.
The importance of peer-to-peer
support and team working to
enhance learning experience
The importance of peer-to-peer support refer
as the support which given by a person
belongs to the same team or group that share
the same learning experience. It is built on
common trust among individuals and
enabling them to express issues to classic
The peer-to-peer support and
team work helps in future to
enhance the development
and growth of the company.
Group of people understand
their responsibilities and
I will apply the peer-to-peer
and team work in the
business management where
team can work together and
helps one another in their
issues which helps to

mentorship. Peer-to-peer support consist of
sharing experience and its knowledge,
providing team social and emotional support
which enhance the learning experience as
well as team working are also essential for
the business which lead to improve the
communication and social skills between the
employees and leaders (Geffen, 2019).
Teamwork is important more than just work.
In order to both aspects, peer-to-peer support
and teamwork are correlated to each other
because of teamwork brings people together
to works toward a common goal thus, in the
team or group peer-to peer allows for new
opportunities and connections to develop
between the two peer and it helps to leads to
more learning. This provide a two way
learning opportunities between the team,
where not only one peer learns to another but
rather both can learn something new from
each other and themselves which can be
called reciprocal peer learning. The
beneficial of team is one peer receive more
time with their peer, allowing for more
personalized learning experience as well as
active learning between team work
encourage the interaction between peers.
Peer-to-peer support helps to gain a deeper
understanding of what they teach to other
peers. In other word, which beneficial for
themselves as well as the peer they are
helping. Both peer get greater connection
because of their similar team work. Working
together with peer-to-peer support helps to
enhance the learning experience because in
group of people have different points of
clarify the roles of
individuals. Leader can
promote the positive mind-
set in the team work which
helps when problems arise,
people feel empowered to
solve each other’s problem
(Bakker and Albrecht, 2018).
Peer-to-peer and team work
is important to manage time
efficiently in the
organization which helps to
grow rapidly in the business
and everyone feel
comfortable as well as feel
free to share their opinions
and speak candidly with
each other’s and also help
one another in a team
without hesitations. In
future, peer-to-peer and
teamwork consider no any
complaints because
complaint is just a problem
that has a solution, rather
than complaining they solve
the issue between team and it
also known as peer-to-peer.
Allow everyone contribution
in the decision making, no
matter what role they are
play because it helps to make
team stronger.
coordinate and cooperate the
business management. Peer-
to-peer helps business
management to save the
time efficiency and proper
optimizing team work. I will
motivate and encourage the
teamwork which will help in
the focus on organization
objectives as well as remind
everyone about the goals
regularly. In further aspects
also encourage with the
reward and recognize which
improve the efficiencies of
works. I also can use the
collaboration tools to
support team working
together, as well as share
enthusiasm which helps to
feel everyone better when
they receive positive
feedback. It is really
important to motivate and
train a positive mind-set,
just like work. Peer-to-peer
and teamwork helps to
expand the development of
organization and enhance
learning experience and
their capabilities
individually.

skills, views and their knowledge. The
importance of teamwork and peer-to-peer
support are leaders motivate their team,
communicate with each other’s which helps
to share and express their concerns, generate
new and creative skills, benefits of mixed
skills set, and problem solving is maximized
(Nicholson and McGlasson, 2020).
S
Student’s personal strengths in
relation to learning
W
Student’s personal weaknesses in relation
to learning.
O
Identified opportunities on
gaining skills and degree
T
Threats envisaged in
relation to student’s
attainment of
opportunities
SWOT Analysis
Strength:
I learned essential aspects from
the cultural and behavioural
expectation as well as peer-to-
peer and team working which are
self-motivated, self-directed,
confidence, self-esteem and
active learner in discipline.
Being a learner, I learn how to
manage the time and measure the
success by seeing goals.
Understanding about the cultural
and behavioural which helps lead
to business management in
effective way. I also work with
cooperatively as well as with the
positive mind-set to enhance the
business performance.
Weaknesses:
My biggest weakness in the learning is not
understand others culture easily and it
creates misunderstanding with them, also
facing issues to understand the group work. I
have an impatient issue which are problems
for the teams and peer-to-peer as well as
behavioural issues. I am not able to
understand the rules and regulation and its
organization cultures as well as changing
demand of employees also become difficult.
I facing difficulties in understanding cultures
and behavioural of others employees in
group which are big problem.
Opportunity:
Peer-to-peer and teamwork
will help to receive many
skills and development being
a learner. Many cultural and
behavioural expectations
help to understand the other
cultures and their behaviour
which lead in the business
coordination and their
management. Peer-to-peer
helps to enhance the deeper
learning and knowledge by
helping others and learning
something from other peers.
Team work also an
opportunities to gain friend
and learn something from
the group of people that how
to coordinate team and
management.
Threats:
In Peer-to-peer support, it
can be possible that peer not
able to understand the other
peers what they want to
explain. In a team work,
human is not comfortable
with group of people which
can lead in a big conflict
between team members as
well as arise
misunderstanding. Not
understand other Cultural
and their communication
can also arise the
misbehaviour with each
other’s as well as create
frustrating atmosphere
which are not good for the
business management.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Bakker, A.B. and Albrecht, S., 2018. Work engagement: current trends. Career Development International.

Geffen, L.N and et.al.,2019. Peer-to-peer support model to improve quality of life among highly vulnerable, low-income older adults in Cape Town, South
Africa. BMC geriatrics.19(1). pp.1-12.
Nicholson, J. and McGlasson, J., 2020, July. CyberGuardians: improving community cyber resilience through embedded peer-to-peer support. In Companion
Publication of the 2020 ACM designing interactive systems conference (pp. 117-121).
Shao, Z., 2019. Interaction effect of strategic leadership behaviors and organizational culture on IS-Business strategic alignment and Enterprise Systems
assimilation. International journal of information management.44. pp.96-108.
Shepherd, S.M., 2019. Cultural awareness workshops: limitations and practical consequences. BMC Medical Education. 19(1). pp.1-10.