Managing Your Competencies Business Skills

Question: Discuss about the Managing Your Competencies for Business Skills? Answer: Reflective learning log Weeks My learning Learning method Skills developed Week 1 : Personal Development Planning I learn to develop my communication skills I was taught to develop effective planning skills I also learnt self-improvement skills (Grit, Guit and Sijde 2012) Group discussions Role play on different social topics Real life case analysis The PDP session helped me to develop my analytical skills, study skills, identify my personal weaknesses and planning skills Week 2: Reflective learning log In this week I learnt the process of group formation. I also learnt the Dos and Donts of team work In this week I had to form my own personal learning groups for presentation purposes (McKeever 2012) I learnt the five stages of group formation I became aware that it is necessary to make suggestions and adopt specific roles within groups I also learnt that it is not feasible to dominate the group conversations Week 3: Importance of employability In this week I became aware of different employability skills and their importance for an individuals career Employability skills were developed by developing the Personality skills, team working skills, communication skills and personal management skills This weeks learning helped me to develop my : Leadership skills Job searching skills Resume and interview skills Week 4: Business model Canvas I learnt about the process of getting jobs after graduation Formal training, business culture and case study analysis I learnt about corporate cultures, business etiquettes, business communication process Week 5: Business model canvas I learnt about the 9 building blocks present in a business model canvas To help us identify the 9 major building blocks we were given the task of business report preparation (Grit, Guit and Sijde 2012) I was able to identify the partners, revenue sources, customer segments and key resources within a business Week 6: Business model canvas I learnt the process of developing marketing plan and strategy (McKeever 2012) We were allotted separate groups that will help us to analyze the key activities of a business case I learnt the process of developing marketing strategies for companies and use of marketing mix Week 7: Reflective learning log I learnt the process of business negotiations that will help in getting desired outcomes I was given business cases and were asked to provide necessary skills of negotiation I developed persuading, negotiation and decision influencing skills (McKeever 2012) Week 8: Science of persuasion I learnt successfully the process of persuasion I was assigned a role in a play where I needed to persuade a business entrepreneur to accept my business proposal I learnt about the 6 major principles of persuasion Week 9: Delegation and empowerment I learnt about the process of delegation and empowerment I was give the role of team leader and I had to delegate tasks to my team members as per their capabilities I learnt the process of work distribution and the process of taking responsibilities Week 10: Group presentation I learnt the process of delivering high standard presentation I was asked to prepare a presentation on my personal learning I acquired necessary presentation skills (Grit, Guit and Sijde 2012) References Grit, R., Guit, R. and Sijde, N., 2012.Managing your competencies. Groningen [etc.]: Noordhoff. McKeever, M., 2012.How to write a business plan. Berkeley, CA: Nolo.