Developing Academic And Professional Skills

This presentation discusses the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice, the importance of effective academic and professional skills development, personal SWOT analysis, and detailed examples of actions to develop identified weaknesses.

BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills
Assessment 1 - Individual Presentation

Developing Academic And Professional Skills
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Content
• Challenges of studying business management and thriving in
professional practice (with appropriate examples)
• The importance of effective academic skills development
• The importance of effective professional skills development
• Identification of one skill that is particularly important – personal
SWOT analysis
• Detailed example of the actions that would be taken to develop
skills identified as weakness in SWOT analysis

Introduction
Business management is defined as an activity in
which it include the organisation, supervision and
coordination of any business resources and operation
to achieve their specific goal. It involve some
essential skills needed and the daily responsibility of
a business manager which make them to achieve the
organisation's objectives.

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice (with appropriate
examples)
Study of the business management is mainly concerned with
those ways, which an organisation operates and functions. it
involve marketing, financial and administrative aspects of
business. during the study of business management students
have to face various challenges.
• Adjusting to a new surrounding
• Connecting with new peoples
• Learn to work in a team
• Expense

The importance of effective academic skills development
Academic skills is a collection of the study habits, time
management tools and the learning strategies that help the
students in an efficient way. Some important skills are
communication skill, professionalism, decision making
skill, multitasking, adaptability, time management and
problem solving skills which are very beneficial for an
individuals.

The importance of effective professional skills development
The professional skills development change and improve
the learning outcomes of an individual. This skill open the
door of new opportunities for the employees. There are
some importance of the effective professional skills
development which are given below:
• Re- energize staff
• Increase the retention
• Improved efficiency

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important – personal SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT AnalysisSTRENGTHS
Adaptability
communication skill
WEAKNESSES
problem solving skill
time management
OPPORTUNITY
Decision making
Information technology skills
THREATS
Professionalism
multitasking skill
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at:

Detailed example of the actions that would be
taken to develop skills identified as weakness
in SWOT analysis
Skills Target needed Development of these skills The judging criteria Time frame
Problem solving High I will join some academy for the
knowledge of information technology
to gain this skills. It will also give some
test which may be helpful to generate
new ideas for any critical situation.
I will measure this skill by taking
feedbacks from my seniors and mentor.
01/05/22
Time management High I will gain this skill by taking setting
some short term goals in order to
achieve them with in a given time
period.
There will be time schedule to measure
this activity. It will be time based activity
with proper timing.
01/10/22

Summary
• From this PPT it is find out that, it is very essential for the students to study business management. During
this study, they face many challenges such as different environment, new peoples and expenses. But this
study is very effective and important for students, because it boost their confidence and make them a
responsible person. Professional development also important for an individual or workers at the work place.
This skill motivate the employees for work creativity and and make able them to increase their efficiency. By
gaining the professional skill development an individual work hard which increase their productivity at the
workplace. A personal SWOT analysis is very essential to identifies an individual's strength and weakness. It
make able them to use opportunities by minimizing threats. There are some skills which are beneficial for
learning and develop new skills.

References
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• Leshchenko, Y. and Yelizieva, A., 2020. System Model for Decision Making Support in Logistics and Quality
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