Importance of Academic and Professional Skills Development in Business Management

This report evaluates the challenges of studying business management and the importance of effective academic and professional skills development. It discusses the benefits of time management, research skills, computer skills, self-discipline, group work, and presentation skills. It also provides effective ways to develop academic skills such as researching information, using feedbacks effectively, developing sustainable studying habits, and being an effective remote learner.

Professional and
Academic Skills
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................4
Evaluate the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional
practice........................................................................................................................................4
Discuss the importance of effective academic and professional skills development...............5
Select one skill that you believe is particularly important and give a detailed example of the
actions you would take to develop that skill. .............................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are essential attributes which helps in enhancing abilities and aptitude of
an individual and it enhance person's personality physically and mentally and develops critical
thinking process. These skills helps in elevating persons professional lifestyle. A it makes a
person more confident and motivated and develop sense of prudence which helps in dealing with
intellect situations. These skills develops the ability to understand and share the feelings to
another my by of effective communication, leadership and many more skills (Menz 2020). It
cultivates the values such as, conscientiousness, self reflection, critical thinking and develops
motivation to cultivate commitment and dedication towards subjects which are crucial for time
management, leadership and management. This report will highlight the challenges which exists
in business management and how they are being solved by the individuals in complex situations.
To counter these situations professional skills are required. In this report demonstration will be
made how professional development and academic learning helps in business workplace.
TASK
Evaluate the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional
practice.
Business management is the study of learning various facets of business activities and
conducts. This learning helps in elevating the theoretic knowledge about the business and its
management. Moreover it equips a person with all the essentiality which are required to function
business operations at work place. It cultivates many skills which are essential for professional
practice.
 Helps in making connection with new people: Academic learnings comprised of various
attributes which helps in developing professional and personnel relation by interacting
with people having knowledgable and wisdom like professor, teachers, mentors and
many more. For any intersection a good communication is important as it gives a chance
to learn new things and experiences of experts.

 Adjusting in the new places and surroundings : learners are often choose to go far off
from their local zone in order to meet exposer and opportunities to learn and grow more.
Such new milieu or atmosphere gives learners a new platform to demonstrate their talent
and skills .
 Learning to work in the team: learning is a form of growth, learning with others gives a
sense of openness and it enables earners to think dynamically. Group learning or team
working provides different minds working on same and it brings productivity and
creativity in learning (Sotiriadou,and et.al.,2020).
 Balancing academics with the other activities of life: students who are at their learning
stage have to mange many things. Especially in their studies and projects assigned to
them which prevents them form indulging in other extra curricular activities. At initial
stage they find it difficult to manage time but with time they develop habit to manage
their time.
Discuss the importance of effective academic and professional skills development.
Academic and professional skills development helps learners to built their learning and
understanding abilities more efficient for further learnings. It makes learners ready and equip
with basic skills and understanding which helps them in move ahead. These learning offers
multiple benefits learners become more kind of multitasking and positively face challenges given
to them. They even become more sharper in their studies as they are active and confident
mentally. Following are the importance of effective learning and professional skills which helps
in developing professional identity:
 Time Management: This is the ability which helps learners in organising their effectively
and efficiently towards the thing which are most important for their professional
development. These skills makes learners completely devote their times in productive
activities. In this way they able to understand the value of time and they become habitual
to finish their time before time.
 Enhance the research skills: Students are required to go for several research in their
learning programmes in order to groom and brush up their practical knowledge in their
chosen field. All these research programmes enables learners to become more groom in

their learnings and clear concepts which makes learners develop strong understanding
about the subjects they they choose to pursue.
 Leading computer skills: Computer learning is important as it helps to broaden career
aspects. Computer learning should be integrated as an important subject at elementary
level so that learners can understand its basic and how it can help in profession.
 Develop self-discipline: self-discipline is a subjective matter, it helps individual to
manage their learnings in a well mannered. Developing self-discipline enables learners to
manage their time and work. Self- discipline makes learners active and motivated
towards their goals.
 Help in group work: Group study or group learning is the best way to share and gain
knowledge among group members. It improves many skills, it even helps in identifying
the flaws through accepting feedbacks and criticism. Skills like leadership,
communication can be improved by working in groups.
 Presentation and public speaking skills: this skill pertains to presenting work at meeting.
Learners are given assignment which they need to demonstrate in the form of
presentation verbally in front of their mentors, teachers or other persons. This skills helps
learners to improve their public speaking skills (Sousa and Rocha 2019).
Select one skill that you believe is particularly important and give a detailed example of
the actions you would take to develop that skill.
The most crucial skills which helps learner in their profession building is their academic
skills which they develop at their early academic phase or at elementary level. Academic skills is
the best skill which has the potential to make a person fit for higher profession. Learners with
academic skills develops the capacity to grasp knowledge and cultivate conscientiousness, self-
reflection, critical thinking and muster courage and confidence within to face challenges by
remaining content and easy (Komarova,and et.al 2019). By developing academic skills they
boost their mental capacity to learn and understand fast. Following are the several effective ways
through which learners can boost their academic skills.

 Researching information: research is critical and deep analysis of any subject, it clears
concepts and gives an inference at broad level. Research based information with relevant
sources helps in making best content. Therefore, learners must do research based
programmes and assignment in order to groom their knowledge.
 Using feedbacks effectively: Feedbacks can be denote as criticizing a person with the
view to bring improvement and not to repeat mistakes. For learners their teachers or
professors are persons who can evaluate their academics performance and if they find any
gaps or mistakes they give feedbacks about their mistakes and gaps. Feedbacks should be
welcomed and take in positive sense in order to identify mistakes and to improve them.
 Developing sustainable studying habits: It pertains to use of tricks and techniques which
improves and cultivates the ability to learn fast. Cultivating habits to learn and understand
helps learners to save their time and energy. By building these habits learners can
evaluate their capacity to understand to hold and utilize their knowledge. These habits
allows learners to focus on important contents. These skills helps learners most in their
professional life where they need to handle their work (HanYoon and Chae2020)
 Be the effective remote learner: learning is wide concept, there is no clear definition of
learning, it is a process wherein a person intake information from their surroundings.
Learning in context of academics where set of subjects are required to study. Learning
can take place at any place even at remote place where no physical presence is required at
institutions. Learners can develop the habit of remote learning.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that, for profession and career growth
academic skills are most important. These skills helps most for managing business management.
These skills enables a person to carry out all the professional tasks or challenges effectively and
smoothly. In this report an evaluation is made on the challenges that a learner has to face while
pursuing business management studies and other activities which helps in developing
professional skills. This report has covered all the situations and circumstances which a learner
needs experience in the process of learnings like adjusting new places, connecting with people of
different backgrounds, new learning environment, physical activities along with academics and
many more which helps a learned to develop academic skills. Learners during learning learns to
manage their time and work, self-discipline, working in groups, learn hoe to present their work in
front of their teachers or professors. They even improve their communication skills, further
learners also develop the habit to research based learnings, learn to accept feedbacks and make
improvements, develop habits of sustainable study.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Sousa, M.J. and Rocha, Á., 2019. Digital learning: Developing skills for digital transformation of
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Han, S.H., Yoon, S.W. and Chae, C., 2020. Building social capital and learning relationships
through knowledge sharing: A social network approach of management students’
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Komarova, A.and et.al., 2019. Organisational educational systems and intelligence business
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