Assignment 2: Reflective Report (60%) This is an individual piece of assessment and constitutes 60% of your overall mark. The word count for the written main body is no more than 2500 words. However, tables, figures, visuals, references, appendices, workshop exercises etc. are not counted. This assignment gives you the opportunity to reflect on your learning on the Management Skills and Personal Development module. You will have the opportunity to draw upon your experience in classroom activities that you completed individually as well as in your group work. You should focus on the positive achievements as well as the setbacks that you have encountered on your learning journey. This module essentially helps to develop the following management and employability skills, which are what employers, are seeking HEA (2005): Problem solving skills Communication skills Analytical skills Data analysis Critical appraisal Time management Team working Therefore, you need to document your learning, reflections, and skill development in relation to multiple skills/issues/topics below: Teamwork (Team stages forming, storming, norming, adjourning) Communication (Different styles and patterns, such as assertiveness) Leadership (Different styles of leadership? Your own?) Personality (Different personalities?) Motivation (Content and process theories) Decision making (Consensus based or another pattern?) Team roles (Belbin) Thinking Styles (Six Hats Thinking) Time management (Coveys time management urgency-importance grid) Try to read/cite/incorporate relevant literature: 1) to make sense of your experiences & 2) to demonstrate your learning/knowledge in the areas/topics above. An indicative structure for your assignment: 1. Executive Summary 2. Reflection Section Application of Reflective Theories (such as Gibbs Cycle – see below): a. Description of the event/critical incident b. Feelings Include what you were feeling at the beginning of the project and how your thoughts regarding the project. Have your views changed as you have completed the project. c. Evaluation Determine what was good about the experience and what was bad about the project. Discuss what went well and what did not go so well. d. Analysis All projects have distinct phases so it may be useful to break down your project into the various phases and reflect on each section. e. Conclusion You should make conclusions from your analysis. You should provide some honest reassessment of your own behaviours and what you would have done differently and given the opportunity in an employment context answer the questions. Would you react in the same way and/or what would you have done differently? f. Action Plan Provide an action plan for what you plan to do in the next twelve months to develop your employability skills and secure your dream job. 3. Skills/Knowledge Section Documentation of skills, knowledge, learning, and development: How did you experience/develop the following skills and knowledge as a professional? How did you experience these individually or in your team (use and cite relevant resources/theories appropriately) You can come up with a table summarizing relevant knowledge/literature/research and your reflections/application/skill development/learning regarding selected domains below: Teamwork (including team stages forming, storming, norming, adjourning) Communication (different styles/patterns of communication, such as assertiveness) Leadership (different styles of leadership? Your own?) Motivation (content and process theories) Decision making (individual and group based) 4. Appendices: Workshop Exercises Workshop 1: Attach your Top 10 Skills Evidence Attach your Time Management Grid Attach your Personal and Professional Development Plan Workshop 2: Attach your Personal Brand Canvas Attach your Cover Letter and Job Advertisement Attach your Evidence Table for Self-Directed Learning Activities Tools and Frameworks from Spring Semester (optional) Apply six hats thinking for your career (optional) Apply design thinking toolkit/frameworks for your career (optional) Apply Gantt Chart or Benchmarking for your career (optional)
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