BMGT30460 Personal Development Portfolio

Academic Year 2020/2021

It can be difficult in a busy academic programme and especially in your final year to find time to think about what you are doing, where you are now, and where you are going. This module is an opportunity to do just that. Reflective practice, continuous personal and professional and career planning are life skills that improve personal experience and are valued by organisations. Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) takes the skills of strategic management (situational analysis, goal setting, planning, implementation, review) and applies them to the self. PDP is an opportunity to record and reflect on the tangible skills, experiences and achievements you have developed over the duration of your BComm degree, within and outside the curriculum; to engage with the career and development experiences and insights of others; and to focus and inform your further academic, personal, and career development.

During the PDP capstone module, you will be exposed to career and personal development lectures, workshops and learning materials, and are encouraged to develop and share additional resources. PDP is a process, specific to you, depending on your investment and initiative, to collect, review, reflect and act on your personal goals and career related capabilities and needs, drawing on the resources and opportunities within and outside your studies.

Teamwork, interpersonal communication, conflict management and leadership are some of the skills you will have developed during the two or three years of your studies to date. Your ability to articulate, demonstrate and use these skills will be instrumental to your securing employment and developing your career in the long term. In this module, you will be expected to interpret your experiences and competences using the theories and frameworks discussed in class and found in academic literature.

Assessment reflects the depth and quality of engagement with the PDP module, rather than levels of personal achievement.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing of PDP, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Recognise and articulate a sense of progressive development and integrated learning over the course of your Bachelor of Commerce, focusing on the three areas of academic, personal and career development.
2. Reflect on what they have experienced and learned from feedback received on tasks, and things that did not go according to plan.
3. Collect and select evidence as part of a personal portfolio and exploration of competence report that demonstrates the development of transferable skills.
4. Plan and set goals, informed by self-awareness and demonstrated capacity to work on strengths, challenges and personal objectives.
5. Identify and act on opportunities for development and contribution within the university and the wider community.
6. Understand and reflect on contemporary career dynamics and identify personal strategies for seeking, continuing or changing employment or creating self-employment.


Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

8
Small Group

16
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

124
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Blended 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

This module is core for the Bachelor of Commerce curriculum only and builds on stage 1 core module Effective Learning and Development (BMGT10190).

There are no elective places available on this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Personal Development Portfolio (SBUS30070)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: A comprehensive, cumulative, reflective, evidenced based 2,000 word narrative. Supporting evidence will be showcased in an ePortfolio. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

70
Assignment: Exploration of Competences Report Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

General feedback will be given within 20 days of assignment submission. Individual feedback will be given on request.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Maeve Houlihan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Brona Russell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer