Reference no: EM132313045 , Length: word count : 3000

Assessment  – Personal Reflection Journal and Report

You need to maintain a diary of reflections on your learning experiences during the semester.

You will then be required to collate these reflections into an integrated report (3000 words) that utilises theoretical concepts to analyse and interpret what you have learned about yourself and others, and the implications for your future career.

The reflection should also incorporate a key management challenge that you have witnessed or in which you have been involved. Critically reflect on how you could have addressed this problem/s as a manager using the soft and hard skills that you have examined in this subject.

You must also submit your journal

Present your findings as a report (3000 words) using the following structure:

Cover page: Your name, and the title of the report: this should be a concise description of your report

Table of contents: list all major sections with page numbers

Introduction: Cover the Background (what has come before the report to make it necessary for you to write it?), Aim(s) (what is the main aim(s) of the report?) and Scope (how will you cover this aim(s), discuss sections and what will and won’t be covered).

Main body: As mentioned above, in this main section you must utilises theoretical concepts to analyse and interpret what you have learned about yourself and others, and the implications for your future career of the topics and reflections you have journaled during this course.

These reflections should incorporate at least one key management challenge that you have witnessed or in which you have been involved.

You are required to critically reflect on how you could have addressed this problem/s as a manager using the soft and hard skills that you have examined in this subject.

You will need to then make empirically supported recommendations for the board. There need to be regular in-text referencing to support your writing.

Conclusion: Using the literature, write a short summary of your findings as well as some concise and practical recommendations for further research on the subject matter discussed in your report.

Reference list: use the APA referencing system

Appendix: You must submit your journal as an appendices item. There should be reflective entries that cover topics 2 to 13.

Please note the following important points:

The report should be in a clear, easy to read font, 12-point size, with 1.15 spacing. Overall presentation should reflect the appropriate
business format.

Unreferenced reports, or those that do not include a minimum of five (5) references, will receive a grade of 50% or less. The quality of your references will impact your grade (at least three (3) of your sources should be scholarly, i.e. peer-reviewed academic journal articles)