ASSIGNMENT 2 FRONT SHEET

Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing

Unit number and title Unit 3: Professional Practice

Submission date 04/05/2019 Date Received 1st submission

Re-submission Date Date Received 2nd submission

Student Name Huynh Thai Hieu Student ID GCD18314

Class Assessor name

Student declaration

I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the consequences of plagiarism. I understand that
making a false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Student’s signature

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P7 P8 M5 D4
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 2019- RQF FORMAT ASSIGNMENT 2 BRIEF SHEET

Submission format
The submission is in the form of a completed essay report including the tasks set out in the Assignment Brief. This
assignment is an individual assignment.

Prepare a file of documents which relate to the individual which, for the purpose of this unit, is referred to as
your Personal Development Portfolio (PDP).

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO4 Demonstrate a range of interpersonal PD and transferable communication skills to a target audience. 


Assignment Brief and Guidance

Requirement
There is no generic scenario/case study for this unit, but there are specific tasks to be completed.

Students will examine different methods of learning and reflection, which will help them to
identify their own preferred style of learning. They will use this information as a basis for writing
an essay about learning styles, self-managed learning, the role of lifelong learning, personality
reflection and, aspects of time management.

Students will also compile a personal portfolio of information about themselves, which will help
them to identify and achieve their personal goals.

You will be assessed on the quality of the information provided in this assignment. You should
identify the above issues clearly and present professionally in a report format. Yourself evaluation
should be ‘SMART’ than a mere description. You may analyse qualities of existing business
entrepreneurs for you to carry out the self-evaluation

Part 2 : Guidance

Discuss your goal setting, personality and learning styles which can be implemented to overcome
the problems you have identified in personal development plan. You should seek to communicate
this information in an appropriate manner at various levels – strategic, tactical and operational.

Identify one work based problem, either where you work now or where you intend to work in the
future, where the solution requires individual training or qualifications.
Your PDP should identify your short term objectives and long term objectives, together with the
processes and activities required to implement your development plan.

Your PDP should identify your short term objectives and long term objectives, together with the
processes and activities required to implement your development plan.

The essay should be in 2000 – 2500 words in length.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO4: Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace
and for higher level learning

P7 Discuss the importance of CPD and
its contribution to own learning
M5 Compare and contrast
different motivational
theories and the impact they
can have on performance
within the workplace
D4 Evaluate a range of
evidence criteria that is used
as a measure for effective CPD.

P8 Produce a development plan that

outlines responsibilities,
performance
objectives and required skills,
knowledge and learning for own future
goals.
 ASSIGNMENT 2 FRONT SHEET
Qualification BTEC Level 4 HND Diploma in Computing

Unit number and title Unit 3: Professional Practice

Submission date 04/05/2019 Date Received 1st submission

Re-submission Date Date Received 2nd submission

Student name & code Final scores Signatures

Huynh Thai Hieu GCD18314

Class GCD0821 Assessor name Tran Minh Tung

Student declaration
I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the consequences of plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is
a form of malpractice.

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 Personal
Development
Portfolio

3 MAY 2019

University of Greenwich (Viet Nam)

Authored by: Huynh Thai Hieu
Code: GCD18314

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Outline

Part 1: Personal analysis

1. SWOT evaluation…………………………………………………………………………..4
2. Learning style …………………………………………..…………………………………..5
3. Motivators…………………………………………………………………………………….7
4. Myers-Briggs type indicator ..………………………………………………………..8

Part 2: Goals, objectives & Action plan

1. Goals & objectives……………………………………………………………………..….11

2. Action plan…………………………………………………………………………………….12

References…………………………………………………………………………………………………….15

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 Part 1:
Personal analysis

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 1. SWOT evaluation

Strengths Weaknesses
• Even-tempered & open-minded • Easily distracted
• Proficient english (IELTS band • Overthink things
6.5) • Get stressed easily
• Patient & careful • Lack of specialized practical
• Team leader experience
• Music instruments knowledge:
Guitar, Piano.
• Creative
• Self-learning skill
S W

O T
• Google Developer Students • Latency in graduation
Club • Knowledge of a specific area
• Learning new languages: does not enough to fit the
Japanese & Korean. job's requirement
• University's IoT club • Competitive career
• University's art club opportunity
• Facing too much task during
work

Opportunities Threats

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2. Learning style

According to Fleming J. (2001) in Pritchard A. (2008), there are four learning styles how people
collect information:

1. Visual: This kind of learners tends to learn by seeing things. For example: Charts, graphs,
diagrams or symbols.

2. Auditory: This type of learners prefers to learn by listening through lectures, tutorials or
group discussions.

3. Reading: This type of learners prefer to learn through reading books, novels, magazines
and newspapers.

4. Kinesthetic: This kind of learners prefers to learn by practically doing things. They very
good at remembering things and physical experiencing with memory.

I have done the VARK learning model questionnaire (version 7.8, 2019) to identify my learning
style, the results will be described in the figure bellow:

Figure 1. VARK test’s result (accessed through vark-learn.com [28 April 2019])

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The test’s score in Figure 1. proven that I am a multimodal learner. This means that I am
flexible about the way I give and receive information in each different activities/ learning
scenarios. I am keen to learn with several modes switched on to assist my learning, and I do
require a long time to collect all of the information that I require to learn a new task or take
on new skills.

In actual facts, I often try to listen and gather the information of the issue that the lecturer
described, then, investigate all of the components that may relate to the issue (through
books, webpages) and re-arranging them into graphs or mind maps. After finishing the
investing process, I can easily solve or finish the task without any problem.

With this learning style, the methods to solve a problem can be clearly described step by step,
by combining many learning styles. However, combining with one of my characteristics:
Overthink things, this learning style usually makes myself spending more time to investigate
things that sometimes not really related to the subject, so that will slowdown entire process.

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3. Motivators

I have undertaken a motivational behavior test (accessed through seemypersonality.com [28

April 2019]) and the results are as follows:

Figure 2. My motivational behavior report

Actually, I am a very motivated person. I’m usually have a strong drive for completing
important tasks, but only when I feel that the task is important enough. I’m very motivated by
seeking rewards. The offer of a reward (such as a promotion for working hard) will helps me
to focus on a task and get it done, disregard of its difficulties.

Moreover, I’m also motivated to avoid things that I don’t like (including activities or parties
that I don’t enjoy).

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4. Myers-Briggs type indicator

I have undertaken the Myers-Briggs Test (Accessed through 16personalities.com [28 April
2019]) and my result as follows:

Figure 3. Myers-Briggs test’s result

My type is: ENFP-A. That indicates that I am an extraverted person, fiercely independent and
always craving for freedom and creativity. I tend to see life as a big, complex puzzle where
everything is connected through a prism of emotion, compassion and mysticism, and always
looking for a deeper meaning.

I am always fascinated by new ideas, both in terms of developments in fields that I’m already
familiar with, and when new subjects come along. This characteristic makes me to propel
myself further and deeper than others are willing or able to go.

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As in the team-leader role, I would always prefer to establish real friendships, and use my
broad popularity to inspire and motivate, taking on the role of leader, working alongside my
subordinates, listen and understand their perspectives, rather than shouting from behind my
desks. I believe that this leading style will help to smooth things over and adapt to the needs
of my team.

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 Part 2:
Goals, objectives & action plan

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1. Goals & objectives

Short term goals (next 12 months)

• Achieve the IELTS certificate with the result of at least 6.5
• Achieve at least 1 more Certificate of Merit for the Best student of semester
• Become one member of Google Developer Student Club
• Prepare all necessary knowledge to process to the “On the Job Training”
phase
• Find an opportunity to do the internship programme in a foreign IT company

Mid-term goals (next 2 years)

• Successfully graduate Bachelor Degree of Computing from University of
Greenwich (on time)
• Improve the IELTS certificate with the result from 7.0 to 7.5
• Achieve the Korean language certificate with the result of at least Topik II –
Level 3
• Become a professional Website GUI designer
• Find an opportunity to gain scholarship to study Ph.D degree (in Website
development) in another country

Long-term goals (beyond 3 years)

• Successfully graduate Ph.D degree in Web development (on time)
• Have a job in a foreign company (with the starting salary of $1500 per
month)
• Be given a responsibility for leading and managing a small team
• Gain promotion to middle management and gain a support of work
colleagues and senior managers

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 2. Action plan

Priority Objective Current status Target Development Time scale Criteria for judging
no. opportunity, success
method & status Begin End
date date
1 Achieve the • Haven’t taken • Improve • Self-study with 1 May 26 • Complete
IELTS any IELTS academic the data from 2019 October improving
certificate course before Writing skill internet & 2019 Writing skill by
books from reading and
• Haven’t • Achieve the university’s cover all
participated IELTS library (Doing) required
in any IELTS certificate details in
testing with total • Ask friends “Improve your
program score of at with high IELTS writing
least 6.5 IELTS score for skills” book by
• Current tips advices, Sam McCarter
English level especially in and Norman
(based on the Writing skill Whitby before
results taken (Doing) 1 September
after English 2019
Enhancement • Setting up a
Programme’s fixing date to • Complete
final test in participate an practicing
KDU official IELTS Reading skill
university, test with IELTS
Malaysia): (26 October band 6.5 books
Equivalent 2019) to focus before 1 July
IELTS band 6.5 on study 2019
(Completed)
• Lack of • Complete
experience in practicing
academic Listening skill
Writing with IELTS
band 6.5 books
• Good at before 1
Listening and August 2019
Reading

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 • The results
after test
should be at
least 6.5 in
total
2 Become • Passed the • Approved • Complete the 2 May 15 May • The application
one first round by Google CV 2019 2019 form & CV are
member of (CV approved to become (Completed) approved by
Google by University one Ms. Nhi
Developer of Greenwich member of • Have a Nguyen (after
Student (Vietnam)- Da Google meeting with adjustments)
Club Nang campus) Developer Ms. Nhi to apply
Student Nguyen (GDG directly to
• Lack of Club lead in Da Google
experience in Nang) to
applying any • Having an adjust the • Approved by
big project experience application Google to
of applying form & CV (9 become one
• One last to a big May 2019) member of
round project (Pending) Google
remained: Developer
apply to • Having an Student Club
Google experience
to write a
decent CV
&
application
request
3 Find an • Not complete • Having an • Completing 1 May 1 May • Application
opportunity all of the experience necessary 2019 2020 approved by
to do the academic’s to apply qualifications targeted
internship fundamental into a & courses foreign
programme courses yet foreign (including company
in a foreign (expected to company IELTS &
IT company complete academic
(Korea if before Fall • Having an courses)
possible) semester experience (Doing, 1 year
2020) of working left)
as an intern
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• Not having in other • Having as
any necessary country much
qualifications beneficial
yet (including • Having an activities &
IELTS opportunity gain as much
certificate) to apply all experience as
of my possible to
• Not yet found academic attach to the
any target knowledge CV (including
company to to work joining Google
apply into Developer
(too early) Student Club)
(Doing)

• Find a target
company &
send
internship
application
(Pending)

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REFERENCES

16Personalities. 2019. Introduction | Campaigner Personality (ENFP-A / ENFP-T) |

16Personalities. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.16personalities.com/enfp-personality.
[Accessed 28 April 2019].

UKEssays.com. 2019. Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) for Education Studies. [ONLINE]
Available at: https://www.ukessays.com/essays/education/personal-development-portfolio-
education-essay.php. [Accessed 29 April 2019].

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