SWOT Analysis

Strengths:

• Logical minded
• Creative
• Able to perform well when working under pressure. (Exam enviroment)
• Able to quickly grasp new topics, and complete tasks based on the new information provided through lectures/ tutorials.

Weaknesses: 

• Tendancy to leave things till the last minute.
• Unwilling to research around the subject for a greater understanding. (Unwilling to go the extra mile)
• Often puts social activities before work.

Opportunities:

• Gaining a BSc Hons Business Information Systems degree.
• To perform admirably should the required amount of work and research be carried out.
• Entering the workplace with the foundations required to become a reliable worker, with an adequate salary.

Threats:

• Being too lazy to reach my full potential.
• Failing to achieve a high enough level degree for certain potential future jobs.

The VARK Questionaire

The VARK Questionnaire is designed to help students identify the learning style that best suits them. After identifying your learning style, students can then look up certain approaches to learning, that if implemented may benefit them in their future studies.


I took the VARK Questionnaire and got the following results:

• Visual: 3
• Aural: 8
• Read/Write: 2
• Kinesthetic: 11

Suggesting that I have a mild Kinesthetic learning preference

Kinesthetic learners prefer to actually carry out a physical activity, rather than listen to a lecture. People with a kinaesthetic learning style are also commonly known as do-ers. Kinesthetic learners concentrate better and learn more easily when movement is involved.

This link shows more methods that strong Kinesthetic learners should use:

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=kinestheticprint

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assesment designed to analyse how people perceive the world and make decision.

There are 16 MBTI types. After taking the test I got the result, ENTP. The summary of this type is:

"Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. Good at reading other people. Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another."

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.asp#ENTP

Learning Line

Here is a Learning Line to show some of my achievements made so far in my life:

Primary School

(Loyola Preparatory School - Became a Prefect)

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Football Team

(Played For Roding Valley FC for 11 years from 1999-2010)

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Secondary School

(St. Edmunds College - Achieved 10 GCSE Grades)

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Work Experience

(Jigsaw Head Office - Stock Control Merchandising Assistant)

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Sixth Form

(St. Edmunds College – Achieved 3 A-Levels and 1 AS-Level)

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Passed Driving Test

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Miller and Carter

(Front of Bar Team Member)

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Started University

(BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems)

About Me

My name is Joe Owers.  I'm 18 years old and I am studying Business Information Systems at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford.  I have chosen this course because I have always had an interest in, and been relatively succesful in ICT, and the business side of the subject is also an area that appeals to me.  However, I do not know exactly which field of work I am aiming for a career in once I have finished my degree, but hope to work out a more specific target as I progress through my course.