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

This report provides an orientation for success in higher education through the use of an e-portfolio, a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plan, and a SWOT analysis. It explores cultural and behavioral learning, emphasizing the importance of respecting diverse cultures and ethical behavior in international markets. The report also highlights the significance of peer-to-peer support and team working, detailing how these elements enhance communication, understanding, and overall team productivity. Furthermore, the SWOT analysis identifies personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, focusing on improving communication skills and adapting to new technologies. The document concludes by referencing various books and journals that support the discussed concepts, providing a comprehensive guide for navigating higher education and professional development.

Orientation for Success in Higher
Education.

Table of Contents
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

E-portfolio-CPD plan and SWOT analysis.
Area of Learning Reflection of Learning Future implications Implementations
Cultural and
behavioural
expectations in
study degree of
business
management.
Cultural and behavioural
norms are the rules and
standards an individual
follow (Jiang, Zhao and Ni,
2017). These norms play an
important role in the aspect
of individual or social
groups. It may also provide
a variety of differences in
the culture of people. From
this I have learned about,
the key expectations while
studying business
management in the context
of students. According to
that, individual learner is
accountable to respect the
perspectives of others.
Moreover, I have also
learned about the student’s
various beliefs being
followed and respecting all
the different cultures and
their values. I have also
developed knowings for
supporting every culture
while working them various
As culture and
behavioural study aids
in developing many
skills for being capable
to work (Organ, 2018).
As of now may able to
gather more
information about
various behaviours and
cultures norms being
followed by all and to
support every one of
them. While working
in international markets
tend to get various
employees of different
cultures that may cause
in cross-culture
differences so, it's
important to respect
those different culture
and diversities. With
the help of new skill
will try to resolve any
issues arise while
working without
harming anyone's
I will try to
incorporate my
newly developed
skills by respecting
about different
cultures and norms
of people. As well
as trying to develop
and maintain an
ethical behaviour
while working with
people of different
cultures. I will also
take various
opinions from all
the employees
about some certain
things, as this will
aid me getting to
know more about
my co-worker’s
employees. With
knowing about their
opinions help me in
generating a clear
transparency in
between the

styles and their diversity. I
have also developed various
skills which aids me in both
academic and professional
regards like knowing and
respecting different cultures,
their way of working and as
well as about how they are.
I am able acquire various
ethical and behavioural
expectations needs to
require to be performed
while working in near
future. The study also made
me study and various
culture and differences in
culture present and how
they deal with cross-culture
issues. With the help of this
topic I have developed my
understanding significance
of culture exceptions and
practices apart from that I
have also known about how
to support different people
and their ways of
mentoring, teaching
working etc. My
understanding about this
topic also puts positive
impacts about varied
culture. I may also be
being able to
communicate easily
with employees, get to
know more about them,
their various beliefs
and their issues and try
to solve resulting in
effective working in-
between workers. With
my new enhanced
working abilities aids
me in future effective
team-leading by getting
to know more about
situations that may
arise and coming up
with preventive
measures for assessing
and lowering them.
workers thus
ending in creating
better vision and
easy and smooth
understanding
resulting in
effective working.
As well as,
assisting in creating
a cross-culture
problem free and
great behavioural
environment by
communicating
with others. Also,
try to work with
equal respect with
people of every
culture and
behavioural norms
and don't try to
negatively affect
any of them.

diversity and their ways
off effective workings.
While, in international
markets tend to face various
cultural diversified
individuals and their
separate beliefs
(Hawlitschek, Teubner and
Gimpel, 2018). I may able
to use this study while
working may tend to face
any cultural or behavioural
challenge and how to
properly deal with them. I
may be able to get to
understand more of different
cultural environment and
how they used to face and
resolve and lower down the
various differences.
Importance of
team working and
peer-to-peer
support for
enhancing
learning
experience
Peer-to-peer support and
team working simply
defined as the use of
expertise for aiding people
and maintains an effective
working in between team
members (Schneider and
et.al., 2017). I have learned
more about how affective is
this strategy for maintain an
equally work balance and
The importance of
peer-to-peer and team
working helps in
developing and
generating various
skills for future
implication while
working with different
people (Tsong and
et.al., 2019). Being
capable to gain and
From the study I'll
try to include
various skills I have
able to develop, as
with proper usage
in the future
working of a
company. I may
able to get more
new ideas and
experiences which I

supporting team. I have gain
proper knowledge about
how this study puts positive
and negative impact on as
individuals and in group and
also developed various
skills in regarding make it
more effective and efficient.
With this I have developed
various skills like effective
communications required in
every team management
work, also proper
understanding about
experiences that may affect
in working. With this I have
also gained learnings about
why these key learnings
plays an important role in
various functions, apart
from that also got access to
knowledge and experiences
needed by an individual for
normalizing and decreasing
any issue. With the aid from
this analysis I have gained
and developed presentation
skills which helps me in
delivering and gaining
proper knowledge required
in effective team working.
improve my
communication skills
which is required for
making better
understanding and
working with team
members. Apart from
this I have also learned
to make my
presentation skills
better and being able to
enhance the team
working for all. I have
also gained many
managerial skills
required for future
professional working.
As well as gaining
more acceptability
about how experience
with skills aiding in
accountability and
improving working.
With the help of newly
improved skills I am
able to deliver the best
and various ways for
respecting & maintain
a better and transparent
working with all the
team members for
may use for helping
team members in
various situations
which also aids in
management in
effective
functioning. With
the newly
incorporated skills I
try to enhance
efficiency and
productivity. By
improving
communication
skills aids in
understanding and
maintaining
equality and
effectiveness in the
working. Also,
improved
presentation skills
aids in delivering
and knowing more
about workings.
Apart from this
with an effective
team work
facilitates in
various idea
generation and

Moreover, I have also
known about various
advantages of both of them
essentially required for
improving working. Apart
from this as well as gained
lot of experiences required
for smooth functioning
support. Aiding my
capabilities on future
personal and professional
level, for delivering out the
best of my skills and also
making my working team
environment more effective
and efficiently. With the
analysis I have been able to
learning more about how
effective team working is
and so able to grab
opportunities, for enhancing
peer-to-peer supporting.
With the assessment of
impactful teamwork, I have
gained better understanding
about why it is an integral
part strategy and necessarily
required in normalize team
building and culture
diversity. The use of
analyses provides me with
delivering best results
and may able to
achieve its goal.
brainstorming for
future use while
working in
organization. I will
also try to
implement my
peer-to-peer
developed
experiences in
changing various
issues of
organization in
opportunities for
gaining more
profitability of
company.

an advantage in converting
my future into more
experienced and workable.
SWOT Analysis
Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats
I have better
understanding about
the knowledge I can
gain and also try to
incorporate such
into professionalism
as I am able to
gather more
information process
that, and able to put
that into use.
Another strength I
have inherited is
easy understanding
and analysing about
problems I am
capable enough to
observe any issues
brain storm and
come up with
various ways and
solutions for
solving that. With
the help of these
strengths assist my
Personal weakness consists
of lack in effective
communication skills as I
don't possess good
communicating skills. As
with this weakness I am not
being able to deliver my
thoughts or workings about
some particular subject.
Another weakness I have is
not being persistent enough
as I am not being able to
deliver anything with same
or exact content. Being in
consistent results in various
drawback of not being
properly achieved goals.
In the term of
opportunities both of
my weakness can be
converted into chances.
With improvement in
my communication
skills leads to an
effectiveness in my
talking and expressing
my thoughts with
others. With an
enhanced
communication skill, I
am able to deliver and
understands someone
which aids me in
effectual working in
organization. Also, my
other weakness is
another opportunity for
me with by improving
my inconsistency I will
be able to deliver more
effective working.
One of the major
threats is increasing
job market as with
always growing
market jobs are
getting decreased
and for grabbing
jobs I have to
develop more
specialized skills.
Another threat I
face is in regarding
the available
resources of new
technologies, with
the new
technologies and
software changing
day by day it
became hard for
access them all.

working
capabilities.

REFERENCES
Books and journals.
Hawlitschek, F., Teubner, T. and Gimpel, H., 2018. Consumer motives for peer-to-peer sharing.
Journal of Cleaner Production. 204. pp.144-157.
Jiang, W., Zhao, X. and Ni, J., 2017. The impact of transformational leadership on employee
sustainable performance: The mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior.
Sustainability. 9(9). p.1567.
Organ, D. W., 2018. Organizational citizenship behavior: Recent trends and developments.
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 80. pp.295-
306.
Schneider, B. and et.al., 2017. Organizational climate and culture: Reflections on the history of
the constructs in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Journal of applied psychology.
102(3). p.468.
Tsong, Y. and et.al., 2019. Suicide prevention program on a diverse college campus: Examining
the effectiveness of a peer-to-peer model. Journal of college student psychotherapy.
33(2). pp.131-144.