Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth
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Instructions
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
Rubric
Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth
Access the following to complete this Assessment:
This assessment has two-parts. Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.
Part I: MBA Program Executive Summary
- Review the broad range of topics that you have examined and what you have learned throughout the MBA Program.
- Select concepts or topics that resonated with you the most during your program. What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you’ve had in the MBA program with your personal and professional development goals?
Write an Executive Summary that spans the entire range of topics within your MBA program and addresses the following questions:
- Which content, conceptual ideas, frameworks, tools, and assignments in your MBA improved your understanding and skills in ways that will enable you to achieve your professional goals?
- What impact has your improved understanding had, or what impact do you anticipate your understanding will have, on the value you will bring to your role within an organization and the world at large, particularly with respect to being an agent for positive change?
- How have the content and assignments changed the way you think of your role within the organization and the way you will practice your profession?
Your “MBA Program Executive Summary” should be approximately 700 words (+/- 50 words).
Part II: MBA Program Assessment and Action Planning
MBA Program Assessment
For this Assessment, you are to complete a masters-level proficiency comprehensive exam provided by Peregrine Academic Services. This is a requirement for completion of the MBA program. The exam results are used to measure program-level learning outcomes as required by accreditation authorities.
Your assessment results will not affect your MBA program score/grade, but it must be completed in order to be eligible for the degree.
There is no need to prepare for the exam. However, we ask you to do your best so that the results will provide the best possible data for continuous improvement process for the program. Walden will use the results to guide future changes to the MBA program.
The exam assesses the foundational knowledge areas from MBA core content. As such, it is not expected that you will necessarily know the answer to every question. It is a standardized test used by many different colleges and universities.
- Register for the exam by following the on-screen instructions found at the following URL: http://www.peregrineacademics.com/walden
For students with ADA Accommodations from Walden University, please contact your instructor immediately if you have not already arranged for your assessment can be set up for you. Your instructor will give you information so you can make appropriate arrangements.
Your password is: WALCMBA-1001
The registration process should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Upon completion of your registration you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your exam/course link for taking the exam, at the e-mail address you provide.
Select the option SF007 Self Reflection and Continued Professional Growth.
If you have any problems with the registration process, please visit the technical support page at: http://www.peregrineacademics.com/support.
- Take the Exam. Once you access the exam, you will have a 48-hour window to complete the exam, and you may access it up to three times during that time period. The exam itself should take you a total of approximate 1–2 hours.
Important: Once you have completed the Assessment, save a copy of your completion certificate and store it in a safe place on your computer. You will need to submit this as part of this Assessment.
Reflection Journal: Action Plan
Recall the concepts or topics you selected as part of your Executive Summary in Part 1. It is now time to bring this commitment to life. To do this, identify concrete action items that will support your goal to deepen your personal learning experience in the coming year.
Then, consider the following:
- What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in the MBA program with your personal and professional development goals?
- What are the most important things you are taking from your MBA program that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?
- With these thoughts in mind, write a detailed action plan for one new, and ambitious, goal for professional and personal development (you will continue to build on the list of goals you started in your previous competencies).
Include the following in your action plan:
- A brief reflection of your self-assessment based on your experience completing the MBA Program Assessment.
- Your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation as to why you selected the goal. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the personal or professional value you expect from achieving the goal, and how the goal relates to your MBA experience.
- At least twoobjectives for the goal you have identified. Provide a rationale that explains how your objectives support the goal.
Your reflection and action plan should be approximately 500–700 words.
Note: Submit both your Reflection document and your Certificate of Completion for the Assessment