Assignment Sample on MBA_7_CEI Creativity Enterprise and Innovation
Introduction
The continuing professional development plan is a learning process that works as evidence to make continuous improvement in the professional area with various self-audit and self-reflection on the skills learned (Nyström et. al. 2018). CPD is a professional commitment towards enhancing personal skills and professionalism for better employability. This report will in the first part show the self-assessment audit of required skills in research and entrepreneurial area. Also, the digital competencies effectiveness with an online digital assessment tool. The second part will consist of short term and long-term action plan for the development of the required area in accomplishing the Capstone project and in career development as an enterprise manager.
Kolb’s reflective cycle
Here, the reflection of the skills will be through the analysis of the learning events with the help of Kolb’s reflective model. Refer to Appendix A and B for identifying the research and digital competency skills.
Concrete experience (Week 1 and week 2)
These two sessions were related to entrepreneurial skills and creativity. I was provided to make teams in this session for making class presentations regarding entrepreneurial mindsets. The various digital technology innovation, research sourcing information from the internet with digital information were taught in this class.
Reflection observation of the new experience
The particular thing I learned from the class of entrepreneurial skills and innovation is the importance of data access while also learning to communicate in teams to perform the entrepreneurial mindsets reports as part of the task (Guraya and Chen, 2019). The inconsistency in learning to access the data with safety protocols and collaborative research was difficult for me in teams. The teamwork especially did not go well to access the data and communication through the various mediums to access the required data to present the report.
Abstract conceptualisation
The experience I learned is about digital information retention for better research and innovative skills. The data collection through digital platforms was tough as I have few awareness regarding digital information and data literacy. The teamwork made it more difficult for me to access the required information as I lacked the collaborative practices online to combine the teams and meet up virtually to allot them work (Daniëls et. al. 2019). However, I have learned patience and also digital research importance as part of entrepreneurial managerial effectiveness.
Active experiments
The Plan must be to utilise online sessions for team collaboration and also digital research learning courses for the effective ability to source data.
Week 3 and 4
Concrete experience
The key customer segment analysis, the ability to analyse data, monitor, and also the power of pitching the customer segment was taught in this session. I have learned to digitally understand and identify the problem area with the business canvas model session (Brown et. al. 2018). The PPT for the customer importance and entrepreneurial innovation, creativity was a basic task provided to understand digital analysis importance and customer problem recognition for better creativity and innovation.
Reflection of the new experience
The new experience regarding the session of business canvas model and pitching has provided me the awareness of critical thinking, the process of analysing the problems area (Brown, 2021). This has improved my research skills. Apart from that pitching with customer segment specification have improved my ability to understand customer relation, marketing, and technological skills for effective success in building and pitching customer (Cooc, 2019). However, my problem was related to the usage of the digital platform to access the required information related to the research areas. Another problem was a lack of empathy while working in a group for the project of enterprise, creativity, and innovation.
Abstract conceptualisation
The above reflection has shown that I have to build my critical analytical skill in the digital platforms to retain accurate research area information. The team empathy while working must be improved from better learning in digital technology.
Active experiment
The active experiment must be to plan an action for attending courses online related to the critical analytical skills in accessing data effectively and safely (van Geel et. al. 2019). However, another plan is to attend seminars for participating in communication to enhance empathy in teams.
Week 5, 6 and 7
Concrete experiment
In this three-session, I learned about innovation in an enterprise that was focused on digital technology. I learned about reflective writing here to identify the gaps and access the online tools to identify my digital skills (Shepard et. al. 2018). I have learned about assessment tools and analysis for improvement in my professional career. I have learned about creativity in digital technology from the guest and innovation in enterprise sessions.
Reflection on a new experience
This has improved my ability to operate the internet for assessment analysis. The guest-spoken lecture related to the steps of digital innovation has improved my ability to think creatively and my critical thinking skills have increased (Modlo et. al. 2018). My listening ability has also increased while attending the guest lecture. The problem was my inability to learn practically about the digital technology operation in solving problems.
Abstract Conceptualisation
The above experience has provided me with the idea that I need to focus more on digital innovative technology for effective career growth. The problem-solving in the research area can be with the digital technical skills (Goldberg et. al. 2019). The solving of problems with area identification, the CRM, ERP solution needs proper practices for improving the digital innovative skills in handling teams.
Active experiment
The active experiment plan must be to add more digital learning classes for safety and data information protocols, collaboration, and communication via digital technology for better creativity and effectiveness in the enterprise.
Week 8, 9 and 10
Concrete experiment
The digital competency, problem-solving while using the digital skills were taught here. The session has helped me to understand the digital skills required to analyse, critically think, retain information, solve problems (Cai and Hwang, 2020). The session has provided me with the importance of analytics and statistic in research development area identification.
Reflection on the new experience
The experience to learn the digital competency and its importance in solving problems was effective and a new experience that has helped me to understand the digital technology and creativity importance in enterprise and research success. However, the problem is the lack of practical learning and application of digital competency in practices (Bush et. al. 2018). The two reports were only provided to enhance the creativity, innovation, analyse the customer segment. This has limited my digital technology skill to learn safety, data information process, collaboration process digitally.
Abstract conceptualisation
The above discussion has shown that I need improvement in the area of practically applying the digital competency to retain data, manage problems, communicate and collaborate with safety.
Active experiment
The active experiment is to attend the course for 1 year related to digital competency to increase creativity, innovation, access data also analytical skills for research work, and entrepreneurial effectiveness.
The above reflection has shown that I have to develop digital competency in terms of safety, analytical, problem solving, data access. The teamwork was also another issue due to my inability to cooperate with teams while project work (Mizuno and Bodek, 2020). I need to focus on communication and empathy to enhance my employability skill in future research accomplishments alongside the retention of enterprise manager jobs.
Short term action plan to be an effective researcher
| Target | Specific activity | Methods (Measurable) | Achievable (Deadline) | Who/what is involved | Attainable | Reflection |
| What I intend to achieve | What will I do to achieve the specific objective | How am I going to do the activity | When by? | What resources and who will the activity need? | When will I actually achieve the target? | What am I going to learn as an opportunity from the plan |
| Digital analytical skill | The specific activity will be to attend an online course of analytical and statistical for research interpretation (Falloon, 2020). Another is freelancing courses to learn SPSS, regression analysis for a better understanding of analytical statistical skills for solving research problems. | The first method is applying for online course for 6 months. Attend regular classes for 6 days a week. The 2 hours regular online classes with regular practices will help enhance my research skill in analytics and interpretation (Ilomäki and Lakkala, 2018). Another way is to attend freelancing regular 1-hour classes for better statistical quantitative methods knowledge. | 6 months | The resources will be an online access to the course with the help of a laptop (Iatsyshyn et. al. 2020). Another resource will be the books and journals for guidance in analytical process. The spoke guide must be provided to complete the whole course alongside various freelancing videos. | I will easily achieve the target within 6 months with regular practices related to the analytical skills | The plan helps me learn about the analytical skills, the process of retaining the data information, the methodology to use to statistically interpret the research information (Rubens et. al. 2018). The problem of the research area will be effectively accomplished with this plan. The target of Capstone project can be easily accomplished with this action plan. |
| Lack of teamwork and empathy | Teamwork is very important to work in research projects for better outcomes and data retention (Stieler‐Hunt and Jones, 2019). Therefore, teamwork and empathy skills can be improved with the activity of regular group communication. Attending seminars twice a week for teamwork practices. | The specific method to accomplish this skill is to attend seminars twice a week for 5 months. To practice online meet up for meetings and discussions related to the project for a better understanding of the team (Valverde-Berrocoso et. al. 2020). To learn to freelance and read books related to effective leadership practices for building team coordination. | 5 months | The resources will be books, magazines, internet access for freelancing, and meeting up for online meetings to discuss problems (Bond et. al. 2018). A guide to providing classes in seminars regarding teamwork, leadership style, practices for enhancing empathy. | I will achieve the target of teamwork and empathy by 5 months with access to books, the internet, seminars. | From the action plan, I will be able to improve my ability to cooperate digitally and in person with the teams for project success (Vanoostveen et. al. 2019). A researcher has to have the soft skills of communicating and solving problems to bring relevant information for accomplishing the project work. |
Development plan to be an effective enterprise manager
| Target | Specific activity | Methods (Measurable) | Achievable (Deadline) | Who/what is involved | Attainable | Reflection |
| What I intend to achieve | What will I do to achieve the specific objective | How am I going to do the activity | When by? | What resources and who will the activity need? | When will I actually achieve the target? | What am I going to learn as an opportunity from the plan |
| Digital safety operational skill | The specific activity to attend the safety operational awareness in retaining data will be a 1-year course related to digital operation for better data retention and problem-solving outcomes (Gorbunova, 2019). Another is the YouTube freelancing videos, online mock tests regularly for accessing the data with safety measures. | The method is to attend regular classes for one year. Practice the safety operation process while retaining data and using freelancing videos to acquire updated information. | 1-year course | The resources to an online internet connection, books, desktop for practicing the operation of the safety measures and online mock test weekly related to safety measures. | It is attainable by 1 year with regular class and practices. | From the action plan, I have the opportunity to retain data effectively for better innovation and creativity, solving problems as an enterprise manager. |
| Digital collaboration and communication skills | The activity is to attend again a course for 1 year regarding the communication and collaboration process. | The method is to use the course of digital competency for one year related to communication and collaboration. | 1-year course. | A mentor to guide the course for developing collaboration and communication for better performance in the future. The resource of online video, internet access will help achieve better outcomes. | The target is easily achievable with regular classes. | The opportunity from this action plan is to attend the entrepreneurial innovativeness and creativity (Cushion and Townsend, 2019). Communication and collaboration digitally will help to increase efficiency and transparency in work enhancing better creativity and new ideas. |
Conclusion
Therefore, from the above reflection and self-assessment tool, it is clear that I had some development areas that I need to address for short-term and long-term accomplishment. The action plan for researcher, long term action plan for enterprise manager employability skills has been shown to develop the required areas for better employability.
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