Example Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 ( Module 3 ) 

 Challenge 

 The design tool I have effectively used during my Management Internship at a certain firm was the   Mind Mapping tool . I was expected to work in a team of three to produce a business plan for the firm   for the launch of a new product . This required rigorous research on various processing methodologies   to be used , marketing and branding strategies that could be used and approaching government bodies ,   getting grants and forming alliance with various organizations and associations . Due to involvement of   a lot of tasks in the processing , marketing and legalities section of this product , a clear depiction of   various tasks to be achieved and the proper order of approaching the tasks would help to develop an   effective business plan at the earliest via parallel execution of tasks in the required hierarchical order . 

 Selection 

 It is always useful to visually organize and arrange information available at hand , to find relationships   between them , which may otherwise be harder to spot and recognize , and to draw conclusions as to how   the problems should be approached . A mind map effectively helps to achieve this by looking for patterns   and insights in large quantity of data collected during exploration for current reality . 

 Since there were multiple processing methodologies involved for the said new product . Different   methodologies required were explored accordingly and various other organizations and research bodies   were approached to check for feasibility of usage of various methods to elongate the shelf life of the   product . Along with this , for the commercial sale of product , various government legalities would be   needed to be taken care of along with exploring possible government grants and subsidies the firm could   use by associating with various co - operative societies . Alongside to the prior two broad classification   of tasks , it was necessary to explore marketing and branding for the said product , its transportation and   storage and other miscellaneous topics for its feasibility as a venture for the company on the long run .   A mind map would help in visually aiding the hierarchical order to approach these tasks based on their   respective priorities . 

 Application 

 Our team sat down to create a mind map , by using a large poster , putting sticky notes on the chart under   colour codes for the three - broad classification of branches requiring major attention for the feasibility   analysis of the new product : legalities , processing and marketing . Once the major primary sources in   each of these categories were labelled on the chart , relationship between tasks and ordering of the tasks   was done for the first layer of available data . Sub - tasks were later added to the chart under the primary   tasks earlier marked and again , relationships between tasks and subtasks were identified and noted on   the chart . Upon execution of the tasks , certain unidentified tasks were introduced along the way which   were accordingly updated to the chart . 

 For the marketing section , mainly product logo design was to be made , and various creatives were   designed by hand and attached to the mind map and choice of the logo led to approaching graphic   designers for digital outsourcing and the cost quota was noted accordingly . Marketing means and   methods were explored . 

 For the processing section , a lot of research done to increase the shelf life of the product , required   approaching people and organizations who have previously tried those methodologies to check for its   feasibility and this was done to rule out the methodologies in the mind map which could not be explored   due to various reasons and this helped reduce the number of options to a few which were later explored   to proceed for a cost analysis . For this stage various data collected via calls , e - mails , research both   online and offline were incorporated in the chart . 

 For the legalities section , it was necessary to approach government bodies and recognize various grants   and subsidies options that the firm could approach for the product . Concurrent working of these   processes was initiated , and progress was noted . 

 Insight 

 By using the Mind Map technique , it was easy for our team to report progress to our supervisors . During   weekly meetings , progress being made in the matter was to be summarized and produced . Since , there   is time restriction in the Corporate world , this proved to be very helpful to summarize week long ’s   research and findings in the shortest possible time with maximum efficiency and clarity . It also helped   us to see how much we had progressed in the three categories for the product feasibility analysis . 

 Approach 

 Mind Mapping proved to be really useful for us to track how to approach the various categories research   and identify tasks and subtasks required focus based on their priority and hierarchical order of   completion to ensure maximum efficiency in the shortest possible time . IT gave a clear depiction of the   work involved in the product feasibility analysis and how to approach various options for the product . 

 An alternative to this method could be using Visualization and Learning Launch methods in   combinations . While Visualization would have helped in establishing a visual representation of goals   the firm wished to achieve with the product launch , its marketing strategies and logo design , it would   prove less effective to connect the relation between various processes and identify interconnected tasks   and sub tasks as compared to the method of Mind Mapping would . To support Visual Design with   Learning Launch would help in identifying target market and approaches based on assumptions of   customers thus practically putting the feasibility analysis to better use . Learning Launch would be a   more practical approach for later segment of this market study to put various methodologies , associated   customer selection , brand choices made to proper use to closely analyse if the product sale would be   feasible for the company and the cost analysis would prove to be beneficial to breakeven positively . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Example Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 ( Module 3 ) 

 Challenge 

 The design tool I have effectively used during my Management Internship at a certain firm was the   Mind Mapping tool . I was expected to work in a team of three to produce a business plan for the firm   for the launch of a new product . This required rigorous research on various processing methodologies   to be used , marketing and branding strategies that could be used and approaching government bodies ,   getting grants and forming alliance with various organizations and associations . Due to involvement of   a lot of tasks in the processing , marketing and legalities section of this product , a clear depiction of   various tasks to be achieved and the proper order of approaching the tasks would help to develop an   effective business plan at the earliest via parallel execution of tasks in the required hierarchical order . 

 Selection 

 It is always useful to visually organize and arrange information available at hand , to find relationships   between them , which may otherwise be harder to spot and recognize , and to draw conclusions as to how   the problems should be approached . A mind map effectively helps to achieve this by looking for patterns   and insights in large quantity of data collected during exploration for current reality . 

 Since there were multiple processing methodologies involved for the said new product . Different   methodologies required were explored accordingly and various other organizations and research bodies   were approached to check for feasibility of usage of various methods to elongate the shelf life of the   product . Along with this , for the commercial sale of product , various government legalities would be   needed to be taken care of along with exploring possible government grants and subsidies the firm could   use by associating with various co - operative societies . Alongside to the prior two broad classification   of tasks , it was necessary to explore marketing and branding for the said product , its transportation and   storage and other miscellaneous topics for its feasibility as a venture for the company on the long run .   A mind map would help in visually aiding the hierarchical order to approach these tasks based on their   respective priorities . 

 Application 

 Our team sat down to create a mind map , by using a large poster , putting sticky notes on the chart under   colour codes for the three - broad classification of branches requiring major attention for the feasibility   analysis of the new product : legalities , processing and marketing . Once the major primary sources in   each of these categories were labelled on the chart , relationship between tasks and ordering of the tasks   was done for the first layer of available data . Sub - tasks were later added to the chart under the primary   tasks earlier marked and again , relationships between tasks and subtasks were identified and noted on   the chart . Upon execution of the tasks , certain unidentified tasks were introduced along the way which   were accordingly updated to the chart . 

 For the marketing section , mainly product logo design was to be made , and various creatives were   designed by hand and attached to the mind map and choice of the logo led to approaching graphic   designers for digital outsourcing and the cost quota was noted accordingly . Marketing means and   methods were explored . 

 For the processing section , a lot of research done to increase the shelf life of the product , required   approaching people and organizations who have previously tried those methodologies to check for its   feasibility and this was done to rule out the methodologies in the mind map which could not be explored   due to various reasons and this helped reduce the number of options to a few which were later explored   to proceed for a cost analysis . For this stage various data collected via calls , e - mails , research both   online and offline were incorporated in the chart . 

 For the legalities section , it was necessary to approach government bodies and recognize various grants   and subsidies options that the firm could approach for the product . Concurrent working of these   processes was initiated , and progress was noted . 

 Insight 

 By using the Mind Map technique , it was easy for our team to report progress to our supervisors . During   weekly meetings , progress being made in the matter was to be summarized and produced . Since , there   is time restriction in the Corporate world , this proved to be very helpful to summarize week long ’s   research and findings in the shortest possible time with maximum efficiency and clarity . It also helped   us to see how much we had progressed in the three categories for the product feasibility analysis . 

 Approach 

 Mind Mapping proved to be really useful for us to track how to approach the various categories research   and identify tasks and subtasks required focus based on their priority and hierarchical order of   completion to ensure maximum efficiency in the shortest possible time . IT gave a clear depiction of the   work involved in the product feasibility analysis and how to approach various options for the product . 

 An alternative to this method could be using Visualization and Learning Launch methods in   combinations . While Visualization would have helped in establishing a visual representation of goals   the firm wished to achieve with the product launch , its marketing strategies and logo design , it would   prove less effective to connect the relation between various processes and identify interconnected tasks   and sub tasks as compared to the method of Mind Mapping would . To support Visual Design with   Learning Launch would help in identifying target market and approaches based on assumptions of   customers thus practically putting the feasibility analysis to better use . Learning Launch would be a   more practical approach for later segment of this market study to put various methodologies , associated   customer selection , brand choices made to proper use to closely analyse if the product sale would be   feasible for the company and the cost analysis would prove to be beneficial to breakeven positively .
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