Developing Academic And Professional Skills - BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills Assessment 1 - Individual Presentation

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
Name & ID

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 refers to
managing and organizing the
administrative operations of business
by effective decision making and
leadership skills. A business manager
needs to have knowledge about various
areas such as finance, marketing,
budget analysis to perform his
responsibilities in a better manner
(González and Rendon, 2022).

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice (with appropriate
examples)
Every Business organization needs a proficient and skilful manager who does not
only possess conventional knowledge of business management but should have
technical, specialised and personal business management skills as well. The following
are the challenges that individuals need to overcome while studying business
management :
• Innovativeness
• Teamwork
• Schedule
• Networking
• Adaptable
• Technology

The importance of effective academic skills development
Academic skills are very crucial in the life of student for increasing learning skills
as they provide students with theoretical as well as practical knowledge of external
environment. The importance of Academic skills development are described
hereunder :
• Communication
• Reading
• Active listening
• Note taking
• Reasoning
• Data Analysis
• Technology

The importance of effective professional skills development
Professional skills play a key role in promoting the success of the individual.
These skills help to be specialised in a particular educational stream such as
law, finance, medicine etc. The description of importance of professional
skills development is provided hereunder :
• Leadership Skills
• Efficiency
• Career oriented
• Status development
• Versatility
• Promotion
• Comprehend

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important – personal SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT AnalysisSTRENGTHS
Innovative
Teamwork
WEAKNESSES
Time management
Communication
OPPORTUNITY
Confidence
Leadership
THREATS
Dynamic Environment
Rising Competition
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 Required Target Improvement Judging criteria Time Required
Communication High I can improve my communication
skills by maintaining interaction with
team members and understanding
their perspectives.
I will obtain feedback from my team
leader .
2 months
Time management High I can utilise the day off s for planning
the schedule and can attend virtual
seminars for saving time to
complete the assignments.
I will evaluate the time taken on the
projects with previous schedule.
3 months

Summary
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that for studying business
management, students need to overcome multiple challenges such as
teamwork, technology etc.. Academic skills play crucial role in the life of
students to enhance their communication skills, reading and technological
skills.

References
• Alabdulrahman, M.A. and Ahmad, S.Z., 2022. Dar Al Zomorod Strives to
Sustain the Operation During COVID-19. SAGE Publications: SAGE
Business Cases Originals.
• González, D.M.L. and Rendon, J.G., 2022. Opportunities and challenges of
mainstreaming distributed energy resources towards the transition to more
efficient and resilient energy markets. Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Reviews, 157, p.112018.
• Hamlin, M.D., 2022. Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills for Lifelong
Learning. In Self-Directed Learning and the Academic Evolution From
Pedagogy to Andragogy (pp. 209-234). IGI Global.

Any Questions?

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