Developing Academic And Professional Skills

This presentation discusses the importance of academic and professional skills development, challenges faced while studying business management, personal SWOT analysis, and strategies to enhance time management skills.

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

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice (with appropriate
examples)
• Business management can be defined as a skill which could help individuals in coordinating and managing the business operations of
an organization. There are certain challenges faced by students planning to study business management or thriving in a professional
practice. They are as follows:
• Adjusting with new environment
• Many students move to different cities, locations or even moves abroad in order to develop a professional skill within themselves or
to study business management.
• Time management
• Studying business management or developing a professional skill within an individual is nor an easy task.
• Team working
• When the students are studying in schools, most of the assignment given by the tutor are to be completed by the students individually.

The importance of effective academic skills development
• Academic skills refers to those skills and abilities of an individual which helps them in succeeding in their school and other educational
institutions. The importance of effective academic skill development has been explained below:
• Boosts confidence
• It has been determined that the academic skills such as communication skills, management skills, coordinating and organizing skills helps
the students in enhancing their over all development and thus helps them in boosting their confidence.
• Enhancing performance
• Academic skills includes a number of skills such as time management skills, decision-making skills, problem solving skills, research and
analysis skills, and many more of such skills are included within the criteria of academic skills.
• Career
• Time management and decision-making skills are also a part of academic skills. These two skills helps an individual in excelling in their
careers.

The importance of effective professional skills development
• Professional skills refers to those skills within an individual that helps them in
achieving great heights in their career, workplace and carrying out a job activity.
The importance of professional skill development has been explained below:
• Make a living
• When an individual is efficient with certain professional skills within himself,
that skills could help the student in enhancing its career by using the professional
skills within the same and thus, make a living out of it.
• Carry out routine tasks
• The professional skills within an individual are not only used in professional
careers, but they are useful in carrying out their day to day functions.

Identification of one skill that is particularly important – personal SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
Effective communication skills
Good listening skills.
Problem solving skills.
Decision making skills.
WEAKNESSES
Time management skills.
Conflict management skills
Coordination skills
Negotiation skills
Receptive to feedback
Emotional intelligence
OPPORTUNITY
For the purpose of enhancing time management skills,
it is essential for an individual to avoid multitasking and
focus specifically on carrying out a single task, then
moving to another.
THREATS
• Fear of failing in development of a skill is a major
threat that restricts the individuals from trying to
develop a skill within themselves.
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at: Time Management skills.

Actions that would be taken to develop skills
identified as weakness in SWOT analysis
• Set specific goals
• Learn to prioritize
• Set a deadline to complete an action
• Take breaks
• Schedule tasks
• Eliminate not essential tasks

Summary
• This presentation is based on the academic and professional skill development of an individual. It studies the importance of
academic skills and professional skills within the life of a person. Also, discusses about the challenges that a student face
while studying business management or thriving for a professional practice within their lives.
• It has been noted that academic skills and the development of professional skills within a person helps them in their
professional as well as personal lives.
• Since, the professional and academic skills involve the skills such as time development, communication skills, coordination
skills, problem solving skills, they help an individual in effectively coordinating among the teams as well as with their
families and friends and proves to be important.
• Similarly, the presentation determines that I am weak in time management skills and therefore, includes a list of strategies
which can be used to inculcate and enhance the time management skills within an individual.
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