Importance of Academic and Professional Skills Development

This report discusses the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice, importance of effective academic and professional skills development, personal SWOT analysis, and more. It also includes a detailed example of actions to develop skills identified as weakness in SWOT analysis. The subject is personal and professional development, and the course code and college/university are not mentioned.

Academic and
Professional Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK ...................................................................................................................................................3
Describe the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice..3
Explain the importance of effective academic skills development.............................................4
Explain the importance of effective professional skills development........................................5
Personal swot analysis................................................................................................................5
Detailed example of the actions that would be taken to develop skills identified as weakness in
SWOT analysis. ..........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES: -....................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The term personal development refers to the development of the skills which are utilised by
the individuals on everyday basis whereas the term professional development refers to the
development of those skills which helps a company in growing faster. The focal point of this report
is to have a brief study on professional as well as personal development of an individual and how
these skills assist an individual in accomplishing the targeted goals. This respective report will help
in understanding that how personal and professional development helps in developing various types
of skills, knowledge and talents in an individual and what tools and techniques is useable to achieve
the targets. With the assistance of this, a person can perform many type of activities in a very
sequenced and planned manner. This results in achieving the desired goal in an effective and
efficient manner. In this following report it is included that what are challenges an individual face
while studying the business management and thriving the professional practices (Prada, Mareque,
and Pino-Juste, 2022). Then the report discusses about the importance of having effective academic
as well as professional skills development in the life of an individual. Further, the report discusses
the effective team working skills.
TASK
Describe the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional
practice
The Business management is a basic and important part of education which gives knowledge
to an individual regarding the planning, implementing, executing, supervising and analysing of the
business and its activities. The various kinds of challenges which an individual faces in studying the
business management and thriving in professional practice are discussed below: -
 Adjusting to the new surroundings: - this is one of the most crucial as well as toughest
challenge which an individual have to face while studying the business management.
Shifting into the new place, new city sometimes results in clashing with the new
environment, surroundings, new people as well as new culture (Meissner, and Shmatko,
2019).
 Connecting with the new people: - interacting and talking with some new people becomes
a challenge for an individual sometimes. This happens because they have a regular social
life with their friends, family and neighbours. As there are various types of people with
various kinds of behaviour, mentality, languages, interest, culture and many more. This
result in increased gap in the communication among the individuals because of which they

can't socialize much with others.
 Scheduling: - the students who are currently studying the business management course has
to go through many problems in scheduling their various sorts of everyday activities. They
have to attend the regular lectures and keep an eye on their attendance, complete the
assigned tasks daily, complete given assignments, create presentations on topics and so on.
So scheduling the activities is quite a challenge for the new students in order to carry off
their everyday routine task in an effective way.
 Expenses: - everyday expenditure also act as a crucial challenge which is faced by the
students while studying the business management or committing any kind of professional
practices. They also take loans for their business management course and living but their
other everyday expenditure like food, travelling needs more money and for fulfilling theses
expenses they do part time jobs too (Asio, and et. Al, 2019).
Explain the importance of effective academic skills development.
The development of the effective academic skill makes a student much more efficient
learner which enhances the confidence in themselves in the completing the given project and task in
a very effective way. This is one of the most essential skills by which the productivity level of the
student gets increased. which results in the better future success of students. The requirement of
developing the effective academic skills in the student has been discussed below: -
 Good researcher - at the time of academic period, various sorts of researches are conducted
by the students to carry out the assigned project. This makes them an effectual researcher.
Developing these academic skills in students helps them in responding to the different kind
of questions by gathering the data form proper sources in an effective way (Sallati, de
Andrade Bertazzi and Schützer, 2019).
 Effectively manage the time - developing the effective academic skill in a student helps
them in delegating their activities and studies as well in appropriate manner. It is very
essential for the students to utilize their almost time in their studies, learning, carrying out
the several assignment and prep up for the examinations. As an outcome they are able to
carry out all the assigned task within the deadline period.
 Develop their critical thinking – developing the effective academic skill aids the students
in analysing the conditions and they can figure out the effective solution to different
difficulties which will come across in their future career. Because of this they can be a
critical thinker and capable of thinking out of the box and find out the best and impressive
solution to deal with various problems in a very effective way.
 Boost up the confidence: - developing the effective academic skill allows the students in

accomplishing all the given assignments in a very effective way. This results in encouraging
their confidence level and make them more capable to achieve the future success (McGill, ,
Heikkila, and Lazarowicz, 2020).
Explain the importance of effective professional skills development
Professional skills are the combination of various skills and capabilities which make an
individual competent in conducting their various professional practice in effectual way. If an
individual has these skills in themselves then it will help them in accomplishing the future success
easily and effectively. And they can also have the advantage of various opportunities. Below there
are some of the importance of developing professional skills in an individual: -
 Give competitive edge - developing the professional skill in individuals helps in making
then more capable to execute their professional activities in a very effectual way in
comparison with others. This competition helps them in having a successful professional
career.
 Opens up new opportunities- if an individual is having a same position and work for a
long span of time then they cannot use the different sorts of new opportunities and chances.
For instance, profitable packages and more. If an individual have these effective
professional skills in them, then they can explore and enjoy the benefit of new opportunities
and a successful position in future (Maisiri, Darwish, and Van Dyk, 2019).
 Enhance the productivity level – developing professional skill enhances the efficiency of
an individual for completing the assigned task and it also assist them in getting a good
experience. Basically these skills boost up the base of their knowledge and through this they
become able to think for various innovative ideas. As an outcome they have improved
productivity level.
 Makes individual confident: - the development of professional skill in an individual assists
them in creating transformations in themselves. This basically results in enhancement of
their confident level. They become able to complete the assigned task in a very confident
way. This also helps them in enjoying the opportunities for better career and professional
success for long period of time.
Personal swot analysis
Strengths
 my communication skill is good. This
assist me in communicating with any
Weaknesses
 my weak skill is decision making skill.
I can't take the appropriate decision for

person in effectual way.
 I have good interpersonal skill as well
as presentation skill.
the situations.
 Another weak point in me is marketing
skills.
Opportunities
 one of the big opportunity I have is to
interact with the various people and
boost up my knowledge base.
 In this era, the demand of digital
marketing is high, so I can develop
digital marketing skills in myself.
Threats
 Change and advancement in technology
is kind of a threat for me I'm not good
at adapting change easily.
 The high rivalry in the marketplace is
also a threat for me.
Detailed example of the actions that would be taken to develop skills identified as weakness in
SWOT analysis.
One of the weak point is decision making skills, which is needed to be developed. Decision
making plays an important part in the professional career. With the aid of this skill, an individual
can take effective decisions, which will result in increased profitability of the company. To develop
decision making skill in myself, I have to examine all the things which are required to make the
appropriate decision. Then I have to make a plan and analyse the benefits and drawbacks of all the
available alternatives and then choose the best one.
CONCLUSION
From this respective report it has been concluded that the it is very important for individuals
to develop professional as well as academic skills in themselves. personal development refers to the
development of the skills which are utilised by the individuals on everyday basis whereas
professional development refers to the development of those skills which helps a company in
growing faster. Some of the challenges faced by an individual while studying the business
management are surroundings, scheduling, expenses and more. Good researching, managing time
effectively are some importance of developing academic skills. Whereas Giving competitive edge,
getting new opportunities are some of the importance of developing the professional skills. Lastly,
through the personal swot analysis, few recommended actions have been described to develop the
skills which are weak.

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