Reflective Report on Learning Experiences

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Requirement

Reflective report on learning experiences.

Solution

Introduction:

Business researches are important for getting a true insight of the larger business world. The learning from a business research not only helps in carry out particular course or program, but such experience assist a learner in future activities also (Bryman & Bell, 2015). The current assignment deals with evaluation of the learning experiences while completing the previous assignments. The assignment also includes planning how the learning experience can help the researcher in the future.

Evaluating effectiveness and usefulness of the learning experience:

The learning experience of a business research has multiple benefits. Here, the effectiveness of the previous assignments done by the researcher is analyzed.
Opinion about the experience: The previous assignments helped the researcher to realize how the businesses implement latest technologies such as cloud computing in their organizational activities and how these technologies assist the businesses to gain competitive advantages. From the assignments, the researcher also became aware of the issues that the organizations face while implementing the modern technologies and the plans for mitigating those issues are also identified in the research. 
Implementing the latest technological trends into organizational activities is necessary for every business. An organization requires knowing the right techniques to introduce a new technology to the   and get the most benefits from it. Business researches help a researcher to understand the practical implications of bringing any change to the organization (Greenland et al. 2016). It can be stated that the business researches help the researcher to realize the actual scenario within the organizations.
The previous assignments help the researcher to get an insight of the processes which the large businesses use for implementing the latest technologies. The previous researches also help the researcher to know the issues that large organizations have encountered while bringing new technologies. 
Value of the experience: In the contemporary business world, the organizations face intense competition (Hair, 2015). To gain competitive advantage the businesses requires changing their operational activities regularly. However, managing change is crucial for every organization for obtaining the most benefits from it. The previous assignments provided the researcher to get an idea on how the large organizations manage change in their activities after implementing new technologies and obtain competitive advantage from it. Therefore, the learning experience is valuable as it provides the researcher with a holistic idea on the change management techniques after introduction of latest technologies in a business. In addition to making the researcher able to see the real-life business scenarios, the learning experience enriches the researcher with better ability to analyze situations, identify problems and make more effective decisions. 

Evaluating then ways learning process is helpful:

The learning process consists of several stages which help the researcher to complete the course or program successfully. Even the learning process is effective for future career and life of the researcher also.

• Course and program: The initial stages of a research deals with identification of the problem and collecting detailed information regarding the problem through literature review (Sekaran & Bougie, 2016). Carrying out these two stages help a researcher to stay informed about the practical issues the businesses face and the previous studies done to mitigate the problem. The theoretical knowledge gained in the initial stages of research help a researcher to complete the course or the program successfully.

• Future career: Collection of data and situation analysis are two critical parts of the research (Eriksson & Kovalainen, 2015). By undertaking these two stages, the researcher becomes able to understand the practical issues businesses encounter. It helps them to adjust with the real-life business situations easily in future career.

• Life: In a research, the researcher has to analyse the collected information and making decisions on basis of it (Cortina et al.2015). It indicates that the learning process in a business research helps the researchers to develop their decision making skill which can be applied in later stages o life.

• Transferring new knowledge in the future: The knowledge transfer process takes place in several consecutive stages including capturing the knowledge, realizing its value and identification of areas where the knowledge can be applied, validating the knowledge, sharing the knowledge and finally applying it in different situations.

The knowledge transfer is a continuous process. While undertaking the research, the researcher can develop new skills. During the research, the researcher becomes aware of some situations in the business world. In future, the researcher can make decisions easily in similar situations using the prior knowledge and also help others in better decision making by sharing own experience.

Describing objectively activities in the learning process:

The following activities were performed by the researcher in the learning process:
Identification of problem: In this case, the researcher had gone through different business cases and identified the issues that businesses are facing.
Literature review and data collection: Literature review is crucial for getting deeper insight of a business problem (Babin & Zikmund, 2015). In this case, the researcher read different books, journals and websites to gain knowledge on the research issue. The discussions with the lecturers also helped a lot to get a clear idea on the research issue. The data collection provides the researcher with an idea on the real implications of the business issue. Therefore, the researcher collected data on organizations from websites and journal publications also for getting in-depth knowledge on the research problem.
Analysis and decision-making: The analysis was made on basis of the previously gained knowledge. Discussion with the lecturer on the research issue helped the researcher in this case also.

Evaluating the learning:

Judgements on the observations in business: The business research helped the researcher to identify issues faced by the organizations in real-life situations. It assisted the researcher to problem-identification and situation analysis skills. In the research, on basis of the collected data and practical situation analysis, the researcher has to draw conclusion. It improved the decision making skill of the researcher.
Usefulness of business research in the research learning process: The business research facilitates the researcher to analyse practical situations, reviewing the previous studies related to the issue and make conclusions on basis of that. A business research helps the researchers to analyse practical situations more effectively (Easterby-Smith et al.2016). Business research also facilitates the students interpret real-life data effectively and reach conclusions on basis of that. It also improves the analysis and decision-making skills of the researcher which are useful for other research activities also.

Explaining the learning process:

Reason for doing the particular activities: The previous activities were undertaken to get familiar with the larger business scenario. The researcher also aimed to identify the problems that businesses face while bringing changes in the organization and finding out possible strategies to mitigate those issues.
The learning process was effective for the researcher in various ways (Hair, 2015). Firstly, it provided the researcher with new insights on the business situations. As a result, the researcher became more aware on the bigger scenario in the business world. During the research the researcher gained knowledge on the broader aspects of the research problem. The knowledge gained in this phase can be applied in later part of the course also. Finally, the data interpretation and analysis improved the analytical and decision making skill of the researcher. These skills can be effective for future career of the researcher. 

Plan for applying the learning in future:

The previous researches dealt with analysis on the implementation of disruptive technologies such as cloud technology in the large organizations and managing the changes associated with these changes. Undertaking the research helped the researcher to realize the impacts of bringing a new technology to the organization (Wilson, 2014). On completion of the research, the researcher also realized the issues an organization faces while implementing new technology and the possible ways to eliminate the issues. The knowledge on real-life business scenario can help the researcher to manage similar situations in future career easily. The data interpretation and analytical skills can also help the researcher to understand a situation in future effectively and respond quickly. Finally, in the research, the researcher made conclusions on basis of the interpreted data and the situation analysis. It improved the decision making skill of the researcher which can be applied in all cases of life.

Conclusion:

The above discussion indicates that the research learning experience enriched the researcher in various ways. The researcher has developed skills for problem identification, situation analysis , data collection, interpretation and analysis in different stages of the research. The knowledge gained in the research can help the researcher to complete the course and the program more effectively. The developed skills can help the researcher to solve problems in future career also.

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