FINC6600 – Finance Capstone
Semester 1, 2023
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE – 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 500 words essay using the 5Rs framework described in the link below:
https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/46716/pages/5-dot-2-how-to-apply-reflective-
learning-in-a-finance-context
The structure below should be followed (create headings in your essay as per below; the
words ‘Step #’ should be omitted):
Step 1: Reporting
• Discuss one specific situation in which you believe you contributed to the group
work for the pitch presentation. Else, explain a situation in which you could have
contributed but rather preferred to stay silent.
Step 2: Responding
• Discuss whether you decided to be vocal (intervene) or remain silent (not intervene)
in relation to the situation identified in the previous step. What feelings triggered
your reaction?
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Step 3: Relating
• Discuss the connection between the situation reported (and your response to it) to
any previous experience you had in the past (or any significant factors that made
you behave in the same way across similar situations).
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) that you
reported in step 1, would you act in the same way? Why? Did you learn anything
working as part of a team for the pitch presentation that perhaps would change
your behaviour in the future? Was there anything that you have done that made
the group work more efficiently that you would do again in the future?
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 an 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 in order to understand how your reflective
practice will be marked.