GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE PLP

Personal Learning paper (PLP) is an important component of the course that captures tacit
learnings and outcomes of the experiential learning methodology; and makes them explicit and
beneficial to the participant of the course. PLP will have two components. Session-wise PLP
written at the end of every class and a case study written ant the end of the course based on all
the daily PLP’s.

I. SESSION-WISE PLPS:

Each of the 20 sessions will have deliberation on a particular behavior and its impact in the
organization. At the end of the class, the participant based on the class of the day is
expected to write a PLP using the following format.

1. Name and roll number:

2. Session in brief: This serves as an introduction and the same should not be more than
five sentences.
3. What have I learned? This is the body of the PLP and must be elaborated well so that
anybody who reads will comprehend the session in its entirety. This should not be more
than half the page in single space.
4. Action plan: What is that I am planning to change in my behavior from today onwards?
This is the conclusion of the PLP and should not exceed more than five sentences.

Please note that this is only a suggested format. Participants can work around this format and
bring out papers written in the form of a poem, essay, role play, skit etc.

Moving from one PLP to another there should be continuity and linkage. The center of the PLP
is the person who is writing it. In the final analysis the way OB is being experienced by an
individual must be seen. Learning is a process; and the individual must move towards becoming
what s/he is capable of becoming.

II. FINAL PLP: CASE STUDY

The final PLP is a case study about oneself written in around 5000 words towards the end of the
course. The first part of the case is an autobiography written from the earliest a person can
remember till the day the person joined XLRI. In the second part, the OB student is expected to
examine individual behaviors carefully to shape one’s own managerial behavior before moving
into the corporate world. Session-wise PLPs written at the end of the every class will be
appended to the case study that will give a detail account of a student’s efforts in bringing
about desired changes. The case however will have summary of some highpoints from the
session wise PLPs. A short autobiographical sketch of the participant from the early life is
meant to give a context to the case. The final PLP (Case) may have the following format:

1. Name and roll number:

2. An appropriate case title: The title should be captivating and capture the case in its
entirety in a phrase
3. The biographical sketch: This should begin from the earliest participant can remember
from his/her childhood to the day of joining XLRI. An overall context of the case writer is
crucial in understanding the case. This section should not be more than one page.
4. My profile: These are instrument based profile done in the class.
4.1 My learning styles: (kindly list all the seven multiple intelligence dimensions and provide
your scores)
4.2 My attitude Analysis: (Kindly provide a small write up - one paragraph- on your personal
attitude analysis that was done in the class)
4.3 Mention your personality profile based on the MBTI test and the scores on all eight
dimensions
4.4 List the value system (rank ordered list) that you got from the exercise ‘the girl and the
sailor’.
4.5 Provide the motivational story that you have wrote in the class keeping in mind the
completion of first end-tem in September
4.6 Provide your score on ‘test of imagination’ on all three dimensions of achievement, power
and affiliation
4.7 Indicate your emotional intelligence score
4.8 My Johari window based on the perceptional analysis of my team and self
4.9 Provide your interpersonal style score on all 12 dimensions indicating the OEQ scores on all
the odd numbers
4.10 My personal effectiveness score
4.11 My vision and Epitaph for life
5. The Reality of my behaviors: This is the body of the case – a careful analysis of your
behavior in the context of the class room and group discussions. The focus of the
writings should be what is learned from the analysis and reflections. The struggles that
one may go through and the successes and failures in experimenting with the desired
behavior also may be outlined.
6. The manager in Me: How am I shaping my individual behavior to become an effective
manager? What are the visible changes that others or I have observed in me along with
the progress of the course? This is the conclusion of the case and should not exceed
more than one page.
7. Enclosures: All the 20 session-wise PLPs will be enclosed along with the case. However,
the same is not counted for the 5000 word limit for the Individual written assignment.
 III. DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSIONS:
1. Daily Session: The session-wise submission of the PLPs must be submitted on the same
day before midnight. Ms. Shabnam Ansari who is assisting us in the course will get back
to you with the details.

2. Final submission: The Final PLP case shall be submitted on September 1, 2023, before
midnight. Ms. Shabnam Ansari will provide you further details of the same.

To conclude, a good PLP will have an account of struggles a participant may have gone through
while bringing about desired changes in behavior to shape oneself to be a good manager. The
case must project what the course has done to the participant in terms of learning and change.