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Task 3: Individual Reflective Report & Professional Development Plan

Introduction

· Cover the purpose of the report and explain how it is structured.

· Indicate the experience(s) you have explored in the report mentioning the learning journal entry they are taken from.

· Indicate and reference the reflective framework you will be using in order to analyse your experiences (see Topic 1 for details).

· Mention briefly the broad concepts, models and theory you are drawing upon to create your analysis.

· Refer to the professional development plan that you have created and mention where in the portfolio it can be found.

· Support the introduction with relevant references.

· Include the total word count at the end of Task 3 for Task 3.

The Benefits of Reflection

· What is the purpose and value of this kind of reflection? Explain from your personal perspective how reflection can aid learning and help develop graduate employability. Use in-text citations to support this section.

Experience One

(Insert your own title here depending on the events(s) example(s) from your learning journal you have chosen to cover)

Each of the sections relating to your experience should include a reflective discussion. This is an analysis of your personal experience, observations and learning that is supported by the application of relevant theory.

Link your reflective discussions to relevant theoretical models and areas of study including the Guest Lectures, covered this year on the HR680 module:

· Models of Reflection

· The Employability Agenda; Management & Leadership (virtual); Understanding your Strengths

· Essentials of feedback and evaluation: Evidence and developmental feedback

· Emotions/Influencing and Persuasion in the Workplace

· Engagement & Commitment; Generation Z

· Conflict Management; Decision Making

As a reminder: refer to your study materials, including the Guest Lectures (these are part of the support for the assignment) and independent research for details.

· Which three (or more) concepts could inform the analysis of what happened?

· Critique these in application to your own experience.

· How did you perceived the event and what did you learn from it?

· How applicable or useful did you find the concepts in helping you to build insight or consider different approaches?

· Comment on the benefits, context or limitations of the theories you have discussed.

Discussion of Personal Learning & Insight Gained

· How might this experience influence your attitude or employability-related behaviours in the future?

· Where and how could this learning be used in the future?

· For example, what will you do the same or differently?

· What kind of situations could you foresee this being applied to?

Conclusion (to the reflective report)

· Summarise the keys learning points that have emerged from your analysis. Which elements of the concepts, model and theory have been particularly useful?

· How have you connected this learning to your professional development plan?

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Professional Development Plan

· Structure your Professional Development Plan according to the brief in the Lecture Topic 5: Writing SMART Goals. A clear link should be seen between your analysis, your development goal and plan. This is your chance to demonstrate that you have reflected on what you will do in the future and how you can develop further. An additional career development goal can also be included in this professional development plan.

Aims:

What do I want to learn/achieve?

Actions:

What will I do to achieve this?

Resources:

What resources or support will I need?

Measurement:

What will my success criteria be? How will I know I’m making progress?

Review & Time Scale:

Date and method of review

Include three or more development goals here. Ensure that the goals you set are SMART i.e.

-Specific

-Measurable

-Actionable/achievable

-Realistic

-Timebound

Connected to each goal, you will need to think about more than one method of learning or development. List at least three ways to develop per goal.

For each goal, include named resources and/or hyperlinks to resources.

Ensure that your plan refers to a variety of types of resources.

Consider objective and behavioural measures, depending on the nature of your goal.

The recommended timescale for the plan is 1-year. You can also refer to ‘milestones’ on the way. How often will you review your progress?

References

List these in alphabetical order and according to the guidance in your BBS Harvard referencing handbook.

Ensure that all in-text citations used are fully referenced in this list. The in-text citations and list should use the Harvard referencing style, as shown in your Brighton Business School Referencing Handbook.

Bourner,T. (2003) Assessing reflective learning, Education & Training, Vol. 45, No. 5, p.267-272

Appendices

Number these. Give each a title, which is shown in the table of contents.