Action Plan
The prime objective to develop this report is to illustrate the actions that I have planned to overcome some issues in my personality. The goal selection of the action plan is based on the feedback provided by my team mates and is developed for the time spans of 12 months. The report furthermore comprised of details concerning the benefits of developing an online professional profile and what I have learnt through the process of creating an online profile in DeakinTalent followed which I will discuss the details that I have experienced through teamwork experience. Lastly, I will review my team member’s contribution according to the peer review form.
The issues that has been identified by my team mates are poor verbal communication, improve the working style, being introvert, incapable of knowledge sharing with others and ability to solve more critical tasks that can be result in handling extra pressure with no additional benefits. This action plan will represent the actions that I have planned to take so that I can improve myself and work with ore efficiency by overcoming these issues.
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Goal 1 |
Action Steps |
Benefits from the actions |
Date to begin |
Due Date |
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Goal Statement |
Improvement in verbal communication |
Training in taking participating in communication activities of the workplace |
Helps in communicating with other team members and discuss the main objective of the work |
1st February, 2018 |
1st April, 2018 |
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Associate with group meetings and handling team debate |
The decision making power enhances that helps in depicting only valuable information |
15th March, 2018 |
30th May, 2018 |
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Goal 2 |
Action Steps |
Benefits from the actions |
Date to begin |
Due Date |
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Goal Statement |
Learn steps for managing the working style |
Maintain schedules through personal gnat charts- learn Microsoft projects |
Help in dividing the important work so that these work can be completed first |
1st May, 2018 |
15th July, 2018 |
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Meetings with managing authorities so as to prioritize the important works |
This approach will help to identify the crucial work in initial times |
1st June, 2018 |
30th August, 2018 |
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Take consultant from workplace experts |
They can train to manage the work according to the main objectives of the organizations |
15th August, 2018, |
30th October, 2018 |
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Goal 3 |
Action Steps |
Benefits from the actions |
Date to begin |
Due Date |
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Goal Statement |
Overcome the issue of being introvert |
Participate in voluntary activities so that more people can be communicated |
Communication with more people can help to overcome the shyness and representing the thoughts in front of many people |
1st October, 2018 |
31st December, 2018 |
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Host team-meetings |
It enhances the speaking power and develop contacts with more communal |
15th March, 2018 (With completion of Goal 1) |
30th May, 2018 |
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Joining to a speaker’s group |
Develop necessary practice and construct speeches ahead of time |
1st October, 2018 |
31st December, 2018 |
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Goal 4 |
Action Steps |
Benefits from the actions |
Date to begin |
Due Date |
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Goal Statement |
Learning approaches for knowledge sharing and management |
Identify the data/informational needs |
All the data that is important for the organization and work can be identified skillfully |
1st December, 2018 |
31st January, 2019 |
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Solicit feedback on the effectiveness of the work |
The feedback also help in identify the major information that need to be share |
1st December, 2018 |
31st January, 2019 |
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Modify the Information System with the new strategy |
The system like e-mails, social media sites updates make all the employee aware of the information |
15th December, 2018 |
31st January, 2019 |
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Goal 5 |
Action Steps |
Benefits from the actions |
Date to begin |
Due Date |
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Goal Statement |
Learn to divide the work pressure |
Evaluate workload study data and discuss strategies to streamline the work flow |
This process will help to complete every work with more effectiveness |
1st January, 2019 |
28th February, 2019 |
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Break down the major tasks in presence of working authority |
Prioritization of tasks allow to plan for all kind of work and complete it within deadline |
1st January, 2019 |
28th February, 2019 |
Table 1: Acton plan for overcoming the gap identified
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An online professional profile comprises all the information related to the educational and professional journey (Brigham 2016). This information allows all the other people aware of the education a person perused and their capabilities to handle a particular kind of job. In addition to that, Dvorak (2017) stated that an online profile can tell the story of career and help professionals to find a suitable candidate for their organization. The wok experience also helps professionals to locate their competencies and offer them a suitable post so that they can get the opportunity to enhance their knowledge base in practice.
Ramesh et al. (2015) stated that one advantage of developing an online profile is to get associated and connected with people across the world with same subject knowledge and information about professions based on it. The candidates themselves get the opportunity to build their contacts which on the other hand increase their chances of gaining wonderful career opportunities.
Everything in this technology driven world become digital and there are digital presence or platform for each business operation and aspects. Thus, if a candidate does not have n online professional profile, recruiters might find it suspicious (Rice and Hung 2015). This is the reason that a candidate has to mention their ability in their profile with every detail that is related with their achievements and educational qualifications. These details also help recruiters to ask questions on the projects and education a candidate belong and can make the interview process for precise and genuine.
Donelan (2016) stated that there is not doubt that talented people are present everywhere but everyone is looking for a great opportunity. The details from online profile allow the recruiters to make their choice more easily irrespective of the territory differences. The details also help these professionals to make a background assessment concerning the candidates.
Benefits of developing an online professional profile
I have learnt a new method for creating a professional profile. All of us are aware of the social media profile and it is similar to it but the only difference is that professional profile is for preparing a way to get appropriate job after academics. The online profile seems to be digital curriculum vitae (CV) and I have put all the relevant information in order to make my profile more presentable. The information section comprises of the data like area of study and broader interests. I have mentioned that I have perused Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) for getting the practical knowledge of handling workplace operations. I have also give some sub-points mentioning the details of practical works, literacy, numeracy and personal skills developments classes. My teammate JinLe Zhou gives me the feedback to mention every detail in the profile so that a perfect profile can be created. SiYuan Su on the other hand ask me to explain the job role that I used to perform at 7/11 organization. I have learnt that this information help professional to offer me job similar to that or offer me better job opportunity that demand similar type of working operations. I have been performed as Sales Associate in 7/11 organization, where I have to provide proficient, and considerate customer service within small amount of time. I have also mentioned my tenure period that is 1 year. Hua Zeng give me the suggestion that mentioning the period of associatively also help professionals to judge their seriousness towards the working operations and organization.
Moreover, I have prepared a transcript for preparing a video. I have mentioned all the details in that 1 minute video and mentioned my paid work experience. I have mentioned precisely what my job role in the organization and why I am the suitable candidates for such kind of job. I have learned that the video has to be precise and contain all i have trim it via DeakinAir in order to make the video a 1 minute long video. I have also learned from my team mates that professional portray an impression in the very first minute and thus presenting all the details that can best express my ability is very important.
Our team comprises of 4 people and apart from me other three members are JinLe Zhou , SiYuan Su and Hua Zeng. We have accomplished a project on wine industry and present details whether or not we are able to establish ourselves as a professional in that industry. There are some factors of team dynamics based on which team performance can be measured- leadership quality, ability to taking desired roles and responsibilities, setting effective goals and objectives, establishing ground rules, utilization of reliable tools that can enhance the performance of the team and ability to start and finish the work within given time (Kolowich 2013).
Throughout the journey, I have noticed and evaluated all these aspects to assess whether or not we are an ideal team. I have also noticed that JinLe Zhou and Hua Zeng are great leaders as they can direct all the team members in a correct way. I personally believed that a team leader is someone, who always direct and impose their thought for accomplishing a work but these two team mates make me realize that participation of the team members are equally matters for the success of the team and I have developed this sense from the article written by (Ollier-Malaterre et al. 2013). This is the first reason that I want to work with them also in future. On the other hand, SiYuan Su has very good quality to handle all the crucial decision and make notes for prioritize all the roles and responsibility. I have learned from the article written by Prestridge, (2017) that this division of work helps in set time and resource for each role and all the work can be completed within deadline. However, this decision making ability help us to set some crucial rules that all of us have to follow (Yu et al. 2016). This proves our team binding and I am sure that I future we can collaboratively accomplish any kind of work. JinLe Zhou has another quality for researching on tools that can be used to improve the performance or complete the desired work more easily. This approach helps us in start and finishes the work more effectively.
What you learned
Student providing review (Your name): Xuanxu Jin
Student being reviewed (Your team member): JinLe Zhou
Other team member/s names: SiYuan Su , Hua Zeng
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Performance Criteria |
Needs Improvement |
Satisfactory |
Excellent |
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Worked collaboratively Did the student provide feedback that lead to the development and improvement of the profile and video elements? |
JinLe Zhou- Yes, Xuanxu Jin has done very well and learnt to divide all the workload and list down all the job roles according to priority of the task. I think this will help him to grow further in his professional journey. SiYuan Su- I have asked him to put sub-points so that all the details can be understood on the first attempt. I personally advice him to improve further for extra-ordinary results. |
Hua Zeng- I have gone through his progress throughout the journey and he has performed well and take all the feedback positively and bring required changes in his attitude and working ability |
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Showed commitment and responsibility Did the student meet deadlines and attend all meetings? |
SiYuan Su- Yes, he has attend all the meetings but he can also take notes and jot down all the required notes so that next time the project can be completed with more effectiveness. |
JinLe Zhou- Yes, Xuanxu Jin has done exceptionally well in this case and attend all the meeting and was excited to develop the team binding Hua Zeng- Yes, Xuanxu had attended al the required meetings and try to implement all the constructive points for future improvements. |
Table 2: Peer Review Form feedback
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Conclusion
Thus, I can conclude that I have some problem that is poor verbal communication in front of many people, proper management of the working style, being introvert and nor able to share my views in front of others and divide the work pressure. I have also planned an action schedule in order to improve myself. The major change that I have found and I have to implement is public speaking and hosts my team meeting. This will help me to gradually develop myself and prepared for the kind of job that I am used to with. I have also concluded that creating an online profile is beneficial as it help the recruiters to find suitable candidate more effectively.
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