REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Part A

Critically analyse these subjects: Business communication, strategic human resource management, managing the value chain and strategic management and demonstrate how they interconnect to solve business problems and promote effective management practice using the four critical skills: theoretical skills, applied skills, practical skills, and reflective skills. You will offer examples of where you engaged with each of these skills in the associated subject and how it improved your level of knowledge.

Part B

Identify 4 theories and discuss the interrelationships and application of these 4 theories, and show how they can be used in analysis and the solving of business problems. The theories are: Value chain by Porter, leadership styles by Goleman, five forces by Porter and customer satisfaction model by Kano

Part C

4. Reflect on how your level of understanding of both the subjects and the theoretical models has developed an advanced level of knowledge for you as an effective manager. It is important to be guided by the following points:

Demonstrating theoretical skills requires you to identify some of the academic research, models, processes, and concepts that your chosen subjects share. What are the similarities and differences? How have they been integrated? Why do they span disciplines?

Demonstrating applied skills requires you to identify how these have been applied in varying contexts across your chosen subjects. What are some of the resource-related implications? How do they affect strategic decisions? What information do they provide?

Demonstrating practical skills requires you to think like a decision-maker. How does the identification of these connections, relationships and opportunities alter the way you make decisions? How do they affect your leadership style? What have you already changed?

Demonstrating reflective skills requires you to consider the person you've become. What have you learned about yourself? What did you find most challenging? What did you enjoy most? How has this study informed your values, beliefs and behaviours?

Since this is a reflective essay, you only need to include referencing when specifically referring to academic theories, all of which should be annotated as per the Harvard method.