Description of the assignment:

1. Write a reflective essay demonstrating your learning from this module and how it has helped you develop your study skills as a Business Professional. Your reflective essay should be written in the first person (using ‘I’ and ‘me’) and should focus on you rather than other people. You may want to refer to theory to support your conclusions, using well referenced books and journal articles.

Using Kolb’s experiential learning cycle, your essay will include the following:
• A description of your experiences of learning during this module. You may want to think about:
o Which learning activities have you taken part in? (Including assignments)
o How have you approached them?
o Which CASE workshops have you attended based on your plan in assignment 1? (your stamped passport forms part of the overall mark for this assessment)
• Your thoughts (reflections) about your experiences. You may want to think about:
o How did you feel about the different elements of the module? Which stand out the most and why?
o What have you learnt from them?
o In your involvement in them, what do you think went well and why? What could you have done differently and how? You should refer back to your GANTT chart and plan from Assignment 1 – did it go to plan?
• Your analysis and theory – You may want to think about:
o What new things have you learnt from your reflections (about the module themes and about yourself)?
o What extra research have you done around these themes?
o Why are these important to your development as a Business Professional?
• A summary of new ideas and actions, based on your conclusions, to take forward into Semester B. You may want to think about:
o What conclusions have you reached about your skills and how they have developed?
o What will you do differently?
o What new approaches will you try and why?

2. Use your conclusions and action summary to develop a Personal Development Plan (PDP).
Your PDP report could be in the form of a table and will include:
• A list of the key skills covered in this module that you consider important
• An assessment of how well you have developed these skills
• SMART objectives for improvement in those you need to develop further
• Actions and deadlines for meeting your SMART objectives I.e. how, by when and with what resources (this could include further use of CASE resources and workshops)
• Any challenges or obstacles that you might need to consider


Specific instructions:-

Reflections must be a total of 600 words, one side of A4, maximum (+/- 10%. We will stop marking above 660 words). Arial 10/12, single line spacing.

Books and journal articles must be correctly referenced.

The PDP report must each be one side of A4 (Arial 10/12, single line spacing).