1009GBS Grand Challenges for Business Reflection (CCCCalvin: 5/8/2021)

1009GBS Assessment Task 1

This module will cover the following:

Assessment Task 1

· Overview

Reflection and Reflective Writing

· What reflection involves

· How to write reflectively

Employability skills

· Communication

· Critical thinking

Assessment Task 1: Overview

Title: Reflection on Group Work and Teams

Due Date: 16 August 2021

Weight: 20%

Word Limit: 600 words

Task Description:

Drawing from your learning in Module 2 and your experiences working in groups i.e., workshops, school, work, etc., write a reflection on "What makes a successful team formed to resolve a Grand Challenge problem?".

What does reflection involve?

Reflection involves:

· Being a critical thinker

· Self-awareness and willingness to examine skills, beliefs, values, attitudes, biases and assumptions

· Seeking deeper meaning and justifications for actions and opinions

· Revisiting prior experiences

Why is reflection important?

At University you are expected to examine and engage in the reflective process. Sometimes it will be built into an assessment task, other times it is something you should complete for your own academic, professional and personal development.

Reflection asks you to make a link between your experience and the course content. It’s a way of clarifying the relationship between theory and practice.  Taking time to reflect allows you to become more aware of your own values and belief system and any assumptions you may hold to support those.

How do you write reflectively?

The video below details more about reflective writing:

To reiterate, when it comes to language features:

· A formal style (i.e. no abbreviations, acronyms, contractions, slang)

· Avoid criticising or judging other people or yourself too harshly

· Well-structured paragraphs (i.e. no bullet points)

· Use of past tense (for events that have taken place)

· Use of present tense when referring to literature and making comments/reflections

· Use of future conditional (e.g. I would) when commenting on what you might change in the future

· People are added to the writing when the writer is expressing personal experiences or opinions (e.g. I, me, you, we, us)

· People (i.e. I, me, you, we, us) are removed when referring to the theory

· The actions (verbs) are usually those of feeling and thinking (e.g. feeling, felt, considered, experienced, wondered, remembered, discovered, learned)

· When reflecting, the language is usually modified (e.g. may, perhaps, might, could)

In summary

Adding to your Employability Skills

Reflection and reflective writing touches on several specific transferable skills that you will require in the workplace such as:

· Critical thinking

· Communication skills (by effective writing and using digital tools)

· Problem solving skills (by choosing what is important to include in your report)

· Ability to work independently