Part I

(500 word limit in total)

Short reflective answers

1.

How has the simulation helped you in understanding the challenges of working in a

team?

How do you think this might translate to the

workplace? (300 words).

It was an airlin

e

simulation in which w

e

had to mak

e

a group of 5 p

e

opl

e

and manag

e

an airlin

e

. W

e

had to mak

e

d

e

cisions tog

e

th

e

r in daily

operations

of th

e

airlin

e

.

Ov

erall

th

e

t

e

am got along r

e

ally w

e

ll.

A

ll

m

e

mb

e

rs contribut

e

d

e

q

ually.

How

e

v

e

r

th

e

r

e

w

e

r

e

f

e

w

disagr

e

e

m

e

nts

and how w

e

resol

v

ed

was by list

e

ning to

e

ach oth

e

r

e

xplain

why th

e

y stand with

a

sp

e

cific d

e

cision

and th

e

n lat

e

r

final

decision

is mad

e

by voting.

2.

Reflect on your professional development activities during your

programme of study. What do you understand by the concept of personal

resilience? Give an example to evidence your own capacity for resilience using your work or personal experience. You can use

the PDP

template at Appendix VII to help you but you do not

need to submit the PDP template as part of the portfolio (200 words).

Part II

(500 word limit)

Critically reflect on your strengths and weaknesses around your self

–

awareness and personal resilience. Consider how these may impact your

personal and profess

ional development and your personal challenges in engaging in organisational change. (Here you might consider your

learning across your programme of study, for example Managing Organisational Change, Strategic Management and options).

APPENDIX VII

–

Perso

nal Development Plan Template

Development need /

Learning Objective

Choose

one

need

and

define what the need is

clearly

–

make it specific

Activities to be undertaken

What are the

options

that you

could choose to meet the need?

(Courses? E learning? Reading?

Work experience? Mentoring?)

Resources needed

Cost? Time? What

other resources

would be needed?

Support available

Who could help you with this? What

other support is available?

(e.g. web

based resources, University support,

people where you work?)

What do you need to

do, by when?

What are the specific

steps that need to be

taken in order?

Date to be done

by

Specific dates for

each of the steps

Part I (500 word limit in total)

Short reflective answers

1. How has the simulation helped you in understanding the challenges of working in a team? How do you think this might translate to the

workplace? (300 words). It was an airline simulation in which we had to make a group of 5 people and manage an airline. We had to make

decisions together in daily operations of the airline. Overall the team got along really well. All members contributed equally. However there

were few disagreements and how we resolved was by listening to each other explain why they stand with a specific decision and then later

final decision is made by voting.

2. Reflect on your professional development activities during your programme of study. What do you understand by the concept of personal

resilience? Give an example to evidence your own capacity for resilience using your work or personal experience. You can use the PDP

template at Appendix VII to help you but you do not need to submit the PDP template as part of the portfolio (200 words).

Part II (500 word limit)

Critically reflect on your strengths and weaknesses around your self-awareness and personal resilience. Consider how these may impact your

personal and professional development and your personal challenges in engaging in organisational change. (Here you might consider your

learning across your programme of study, for example Managing Organisational Change, Strategic Management and options).

APPENDIX VII – Personal Development Plan Template

Development need /

Learning Objective

Choose one need and

define what the need is

clearly – make it specific

Activities to be undertaken

What are the options that you

could choose to meet the need?

(Courses? E learning? Reading?

Work experience? Mentoring?)

Resources needed

Cost? Time? What

other resources

would be needed?

Support available

Who could help you with this? What

other support is available? (e.g. web

based resources, University support,

people where you work?)

What do you need to

do, by when?

What are the specific

steps that need to be

taken in order?

Date to be done

by

Specific dates for

each of the steps