Personal Reflective Essay: My Personal Professional Development Strategies

INDIVIDUAL PAPER

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

ZWE PYAE PHYO

STUDENT ID: 315271006

INDIVIDUAL PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

MGN 590 STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS COURSE

STAMFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016

Personal Professional Development Strategy

Q1. Your Reflection on knowledge gained during the MBA courses

I have earned my first bachelor degree from University of Medicine-1, Yangon in 2014. Before I had settled down to Bangkok in 2015 November, I was working in community base civil societies in Myanmar as well as part-time job in Yathar-Cho Industrial Company as a Public Relations Officer. In civil societies, I actively participated

The problems are like emergences of a tree, but the real problems are under the ground. If I cut down the leaves or branches, my real problems will reappear and reappear in a few years later and it will never end. The underlying root causes are my weakness which can be shown by the following diagram.

Fig. Root Cause Analysis of Mr. Zwe Pyae Phyo to develop his Personal and Social Skills, Capacity Building and Empowerment

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

1. A quick learner

2. A great team player

3. A community youth leader in my country

4. Accustoms to teaching and knowledge sharing

5. Enthusiast in Sport Activities

6. I keep myself calm and can focus on the multi tasking while being patient

7. Have many experiences in handling the depressive illness

8. Strong academic background Weakness

1. Bad at Self-Management & Long-term Plan

2. Poor English Proficiency Skills

3. Weak in Judgment

4. Lack of Motivators

5. Laziness

Opportunities

1. A senior position managing important portfolio of my company in next five years later

2. Professionally advancement and good future

3. Have many leadership experiences in public health sector, educational sector, community base civil societies in my country as well as international programs

Your personal development strategy and rationale for choosing your strategy

I will utilize Kaizen strategy for my personal development plan. It is a Japanese strategy that pulls up from the bear market of Japan to reach 3rd World’s largest economy. I choose this strategy because I admire this strategy how they build their country from zero to hero and it will be consistent with me.

KAIZEN - A strategy where employees work together proactively to achieve regular and incremental improvements in the manufacturing process. (TOPICS: Kaizen, 2016) It includes 3 main parts –

1.Constant elimination of waste,

In general, we can gain the efficiency when the wastes are eliminated. Efficiency can only see when we can manage our plans and we reach our goals with minimum resources.

2. Involvement and empowerment of the employees

An excellent manager should give a hand to help his sub-ordinates to reach a higher level. When I become a leader position, I never hesitate to apply Kaizen in my business because empowerment is power sharing to our sub-ordinates. Sharing our knowledge, brainstorming activities and learning from my sub-ordinates can develop my knowledge, skills and attitude.

3. Continuous