A Self-Assessment And Reflection Paper
Lifelong learning is a requirement for every business professional. Times are changing. Therefore, the need to learn new things and keep pace with these changes has become imperative. This makes me realize that I need to become more serious about my professional development. In order to plan my professional development, I need to perform a self-assessment upon myself; discussing my personal learning style, my strengths and opportunities for growth, and create an improvement strategy based on my assessment.
Group or team studying has never been a favorite of mine. I have often thought that I tend to learn best alone. My study environment usually consists of me sitting at a table or some area with enough space for me to spread my materials out. Light background noise comforts me while I study. The background noise allows me to concentrate more on the subject matter, therefore, making my intake of information more valuable. Due to the fact that I have a short span of attention, I usually do not study for long periods of time. Or if I do study for long periods of time, I find that the amount of material covered does not adequately match up to the amount of time investing into studying. When given an assignment, I generally read through the assignment first. While reading through the assignment, I take brief notes. These notes are in no particular order or set pattern. I jot down key ideas and reference them for later. In preparing for the next class period lecture, I review the subject areas that are being lectured on. This allows me to have a better understanding of the material before the lecture. While in class, I again take brief notes of key points and mark them for follow-up. After class, I often rewrite my notes adding additional information from the textbook or other references. My own personal style of learning allows me to be in contrast with the ideal of team learning. According to the textbook, Tools for Teams, it mentions how...
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