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MSM7039 Business solutions and transformation - Cardiff Metropolitan University

Reflective

You are required to complete a reflective report. The reflective report, approximately 4000 words in length, will consider your progress and development during the Business Solutions and Transformation module, and will be written as a personal reflection upon your own performance and development during this time.

Reflection in a programme of study or professional context is a purposeful activity - it drives learning and change. Purposeful reflection can change how we think about things, what we do and how we do it, and can lead to specific changes in planning for what we do next.

To be effective, reflection should be:
» Open to different ideas, seeing things from different angles
» Curious - asking questions
» Honest with yourself, your uncertainties, what you're getting wrong, or right, and your writing
needs to make this transparent to others, so they can see it too.
» Rigorous - being analytical and acting on the insights you gain.

There are a number of frameworks which may be used to assist with the reflection, including the following:
- Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by doing: a guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford: Further Education Unit, Oxford Polytechnic.

- Honey, P. and Mumford, A. (1986) Effective Learning. London: IPD

- Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall

- Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D. and Jasper, M. (2001) Critical reflection for nursing and the
helping professions: a user's guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

- Schön, D. (1983) The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books.

Your reflective report should be approximately 4,000 words in length and should evidence critical reflection and self-analysis of your journey through this module. You will need to reflect upon events and your experiences, and analyse them in sufficient depth and with sufficient criticality supported by literature. Remember, if you find yourself just describing events then you are neither being analytical or critical. Your reflective essay should be written in the first person, i.e. use I as you are writing about yourself and your feelings, actions, values, thoughts and practice.

Some themes or areas you may wish to consider and include in your reflective essay:
» Your learning journey throughout the module, how you learn and how you become an effective learner. For example by reflecting on threshold concept lectures, use and completion of Mahara etc.
» Your progression and development as a postgraduate student

» Team working and your performance within the team
» The completion of the business challenge project and its constituent tasks
» Your engagement with RSPB or NRW
» The development of the solution to your business challenge, and process by which it was achieved
Clearly, you will need to consider and reflect upon the level of detail and depth contained in these entries.

As a minimum your reflective essay should:

» Consider the process of teamworking within the context of completing the business challenge. The emphasis for this is reflecting on your role within the team. It should not be seen as an opportunity to criticise other team members. Remember this is a reflective essay.

» Consider your own personal performance, development and learning throughout the module. For example, you could consider analysing questions such as ‘what was the most challenging aspect of the module?

» Conclude with how the reflection has influenced how you think about things, what you do and how you do it, and what specific changes you are planning in relation to what you do next. This might be in relation to your own professional development and career aspirations for example.

Attachment:- Reflective Report Structure.rar