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FINC6600 – Finance Capstone

Semester 2, 2024

REFLECTIVE ESSAY – Individual – 15% of overall grade

Background

Reflection is a very important practice that allows us to build on past experiences to identify

areas of strength and opportunities to self and collectively improvement, particularly so in

the context of teamwork. In this assessment, you will reflect individually on your

contribution to the team, what you have learnt in the process of working as part of a group

and suggest venues for improvement for the remaining of the project.

Task

You need to write a 750 words essay using the 5Rs framework described in the link below:

https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/60374/pages/6-dot-1-learn-about-reflective- learning?module_item_id=2430170

The structure below should be followed (create headings in your essay as per below; the

words ‘Step #’ should be omitted):

Step 1: Reporting

• Based on the feedback you received from your colleagues via the Feedback Fruits

platform, discuss a situation that illustrates what you believe was your main

contribution to the group work leading to the video presentation. Else, elaborate

on a situation that you believe you could have behaved differently but

unfortunately did not have the opportunity to.

Step 2: Responding

• In relation to the situation reported in the previous step, was there anything specific

that caused you to be vocal (that is, a factor that triggered you to intervene and

express your views) or, else, that you did not feel comfortable participating in (and

hence remained quiet)? What caused that? How would you describe your emotions

in that situation?

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Step 3: Relating

• Discuss the connection between the situation and response you described in Step

2 to any previous experience you had in the past (or any significant factors that

made you behave in the same way – factors either related to the situation itself or

associated with your personality).

Step 4: Reasoning

• Explain why you chose to deal with the situation reported the way you did. Why

was it important for you to act/behave that way? Why was the situation itself

important?

Step 5: Reconstructing

• If in the future you were to face the same situation (or a similar one), would you act

in the same way? Why? Did you learn anything working as part of a team for the

video presentation that will change your behaviour in the future? What is

something that you learned that you could apply in the workplace?

Format

- Font: Calibri

- Font size: 12

- 1.5 line spacing

- Write in the first person (“I did this, I suggested that”)

Marking Guide

Reflection via the 5R framework

/10 marks

Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaborate with others

/10 marks

Written communication

/10 marks

TOTAL MARKS

/30 marks

Please refer to the marking rubric on Canvas to understand how your reflective essay will

be marked. Please notice that a minimum of 2 references is required (reference list not

counted towards the word count).

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