Developing An Action Plan: Reflecting On Performance And Setting Targets In An Essay. (70 Characters)

Reflecting on performance and developing targets are key aspects of preparation for success.

In this assignment, you will develop a portfolio that comprises a number of tasks on different areas that aim to demonstrate an understanding and achievement of particular learning outcomes.

It consists of the following tasks:

1. Reflect on your performance in the group presentation and in the module thus far. This should be in the form of a reflective statement indicating what you have learnt, aspects that went well, aspects requiring improvement and how you may apply the relevant knowledge in the future 

Some questions you might want to use as a framework when planning and writing the reflective statement include:

What have you learnt?

What new information has been presented? What was interesting?

How might you use the new information?

What did you not fully understand or confused you, and what did you do about it?

As this is a reflective activity, it can be written in the first person. This will be demonstrated in class.

2. Based on the reflections from Task 1, elaborate on the areas (academic and professional) that you need to develop further

3. Based on the above, you are required to develop an action plan: This should include targets for yourself that reflect how you intend to develop personally and professionally in the future Within this ,you are expected to demonstrate some awareness of the global context of higher education and /or employment.

Reflecting on Performance and Developing Targets

From our group presentation, I have learnt several skills. The first thing that is learnt by me is the effective time management. In time management, I have learnt that giving priority to the most effective thing. During the project also, I have given the major priority to the most important thing. After prioritization, we have done the scheduling. Under this, it is come to know that under what time which thing will be completed. By preparing to do list, a person always get motivated to complete the things. I learnt that it proves quite significant to always keep the things that are required to do. It helps in achieving the target on time. The importance of attendance is also included in our learning material. Several benefits are come to know about me. Firstly, it helps in improving the performance. At the same time, it also helps in achieving the higher academics by increasing the self esteem (Lee, Ahonen, Navarette and Frisch, 2015).

It is true that study pattern puts great influence on the student. It is significant to use books as well as pictures to effectively understand the lecture. When anything is being taught during the lecture, it is significant to learn it regularly. I come to know that every person has different tactics to learn something. From my own experience, I have learnt that it is significant to use the agenda.  It was the most interesting part for me. This keeps every work properly and systematically. By writing everything, it makes the team members clear what things are being done and what are required to be done in order to achieve the things (Talman, 2018).

Self discipline has taught me many things that are required in a person for the successful execution of any project. In our group project also, we all have track the progress time to time so that any deficiency being seen can be corrected at a time. we all have ensured the time to time progress during the project (Ratcliffe, 2019).  In every project, I have learnt that focus is the major key to bring the actual output that is being desired. I have seen that, our group focus has assisted or helped us in getting the real output that we all have decided. In every step, we have found every deficiency is required to be correct during the on going project because it identifies the possible reason due to which we are lacking. It also minimised the chances of obstacles in between of our project. I personally belies that it is better to correct the things during the on-going project so that it minimises the chances of failure of our project. I always ensure the tracking of progress in between of our project so that I come to know my weakness where I am lacking. I always note down the key points where I am lacking and where to improve. Every group project starts with setting up of a goal that is followed by each and every member of the group. From the group project, it is also seen that coordination with every member is significant so that it can improve the communication skill at the same time. Goal setting is the major element that keeps everything on track. I have always followed the concept of goal setting in order to achieve something and work effectively (Quirke, 2017).

Tasks in the Assignment

At the time of group project, we all have worked on the basis of cream strategy. Cream strategy stands for the creative, reflective, effective, active, and motivated. Similar to this strategy, we all were having confidence in whatever we were doing. At the same time, we were also reflective by analysing and evaluating everything. Effectiveness has helped us in being organised in everything what we were doing (Lancaster and Massingham, 2017).  I have seen that every team member in our group was active in taking lessons and using them. Motivation is also one such key that is learned by me as the major element for doing or achieving success in any project.

For ensuring the better teamwork, I also learnt that several things are essential. One of the essential things is coordination among all the team members. Coordination is the significant aspect in every project or work we are doing in project. In our group work also, everyone contribution was necessary for getting better results. Having the right people in-group is also most significant for completing the task on time. We have although started coordinating with all the members of the group by initiating some of the exercises. Brainstorming exercise is also one of the essential element for increasing the effectiveness and coordination among the team members. We all have searched the activities that help in team building. All the groups have founded that brainstorming is such a technique that used in generating the ideas that can address the problem and issue. This exercise is done for solving the specific problem. By using this, leaning has developed among all the group members. It is basically done in small group that is designed to generate various ideas about a problem. Through this exercise, everyone has searched regarding the solution that we have to give in next 48 hours. This has inspired my group members to bring innovation. Everyone had given their best efforts to find out the possible solutions for the challenge. It is crucial for the group members to bring some creative ideas for better results. Collaboration works in best manner when group members have better coordination among each other.

I have seen that I am not able to communicate properly due to hesitation to speak in front of so many people. Communication is the major weakness that I have seen in me during my group projects. I need to work on my communication while talking in front of people or group of individuals. I come across my weaknesses. I need to work on my English as well as communication skill at the same time. Due to this, I have also started an online course for the communication skills. I am working hard for bringing improvement in my communication skills that will further help me in bringing best out of me. At the same time, speaking skills are also required to be improving so that communication gets more better. Due to the my hesitation, I do not able to reply effectively to the people. This thing create problem for me at the time of group project where every member is required to ensure the better communication with the members in order to achieve better results and desired output. In addition to this, I have seen that when any problem occurs, I do not able to understand how to solve it effectively. Due to this, I need to work on my problem solving skills so that I do not face too much problem at the time of working in future organisations. In this way, I understood that communication, English improvement and some of the problem solving skill is such aspects where I need to improve my knowledge (Ahmad, 2016).

What is my development Objectives? 

1. Active listening

• Activities that will be perform to achieve this objective: Group discussions with every team member and colleague in effective manner.
• A systematic and effective meeting with each of the person who are working in the group discussion as well as the project.
• One on one discussion with the members so that every member can share their ideas properly.
  

2. Problem solving skills
   

• Activities that will be perform to achieve the goals
• Ensuring time to time dealing with the problems as well as ensuring effective use of the learning methods so that it is easy to solve the problems (Meichenbaum, 2017).
• Collection of the data that is effective and putting all the facts for solving problem.
• Dividing problems in small part so that it is easy to understand the problem and can be solved easily.
  

3. Decision making ability

• Activities that will be perform to achieve this objective:
• By working on variety of technical aspect, I will work on my ability to take appropriate decision at a proper time(Babu, 2018).  
• Hanging out with different or unknown people who have different mind set and are of different age.
• Taking appropriate or proper training for ensuring the proper understanding of the importance of decision making in any of the group project or further working in organisation.
  

4. Stress management

• Activities that will be perform to achieve the objective
• By ensuring the different mindfulness workshop, it is ensured to reduce the anxiety. This will also effectively assist in reducing the stress at the time of working in the organisation.
• Will start taking break in between the project so that I can gain the fresh time for me.
• Sharing burden or responsibility is also one such activity to deal with the stress. At the same time, it also helps in reducing the stress to some extent.
  

• Intellectual skills
  

• Activities that will be perform to achieve the objective
  

• Brainstorming exercise. It will lead to the entire creative or innovative solution until the members reach to the final conclusion. In this way, it requires
• Sessions and seminars. It will lead to thinking of all the possible ideas that will assist in getting variety of viewpoint from different people.
  

• What resources or support do I need to achieve my objectives
  

• Active listening
• People who are interested for the face to face or effective communication.
• A proper space for peaceful meeting where each one can listening to one and another.
• Preparations of questions that will be discussed for the effective meeting.
  

• Problem solving skills
  

• Assistance of the entire team members that are facing problems at the time of group discussion or group projects.
• Support of seniors in order to solve the problems effectively.
• Necessary or most effective required for data collection as well as research.
  

• Decision making ability
  

• Support of team members for knowing the different facts behind the problem.
• Peoples from diversified background in order to get the different and creative ideas.

• Stress management
  

• Requirement of meditational practitioner who can cope with the stress . Besides this, it can also require the meditation app such as headspace. This app will help in getting relief from the stress effectively.
• Skilled and competent person to take the responsibility for sharing the stress.
  

• Intellectual skills
  

• Requirement of supporting and helping people who will help in effective discussion and seminar.
• Support of peers so that it will be easy to gain the skills.
• Effective group and team members for ensuring the effectiveness of brainstorming exercise.
• Target date for achieving the goals
  

• Active listening
• Right after the proper communication at the meeting, the target date for achieving the goal is around three or four months.
• Problem solving skills
• It seen that the solution of any problem is required to be solved quickly. Therefore, the target date for achieving the target directly depends on the target complexity.
• Decision making ability
• It is decided between one to two months.

• Stress management
• Right after taking the exercises, it is ensured to achieve the objective.
  

• Intellectual skills
  

• The estimated target date for the achievement of target is around three ro four months.
• Actual date of achieving my  objectives
  

• Active listening
• Around one month after the meeting, it is ensured to achieve the objectives.

• Problem solving skills
• After the solution of the problem, it is ensured the achievement of objective.

• Decision making ability
• Actual date for achieving the objective is by the end of December.
• Stress management
• The actual date for achieving the goal is at the end of November.

References

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Babu, M.R., 2018. Importance of communication in present society: Role and structure. Int J Acad Res Dev, 3(1), pp.1233-1237.

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Lancaster, G. and Massingham, L. (2017) Communications strategy. In Essentials of Marketing Management (pp. 209-242). United Kingdom: Routledge.

Lee, C.J., Ahonen, K., Navarette, E. and Frisch, K., 2015. Successful student group projects: perspectives and strategies. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 10(4), pp.186-191.

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