Skills Audit and SMART Objectives for Personal Skills Improvement

This report discusses the concept of skills audit and the use of SMART objectives for improving personal skills. It highlights the importance of communication, conflict resolution, time management, and creative thinking skills. The report also includes a comparison of Samsung Galaxy and iPhone prices.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
Brief description about skills audit..............................................................................................1
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................2
Brief explanation of SMART objective require to improve personal skills................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Comparison sheet of Samsung Galaxy and I Phone ..................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Skills are qualities which individual have to attain their life goals. To understand concept
of personal skills, this report has been formulated. It define the use of skill audit for identifying
my skills as well as SMART tool which help in find out way to improve skills and capabilities
which require improvement. This report also define the pricing rate used by Samsung and I
Phone.
TASK 1
Brief description about skills audit
SKILLS: The term skills refer abilities and qualities of a person have through which they
can able to attain their objectives (Tan, and Laswad, 2018). Theses skills are help in achieve the
desirable goals. Skills audit is the procedure of identifying and analysing individual own
qualities and on the basis of that finding out those qualities which help in attain personal
competitive business advantage as well as those skills which need to be improve. Following are
the skills
Skills Good Average Bad
Initiative ✓
Communication skills X
Emotional intelligence ✓
Decision making skills ✓
Professional
scepticism
✓
Conflict resolution X
Motivation ✓
Time management X
Creative thinking X
My initiative skills are good and even though I am emotional person but I am able to take
fair decision besides taken partial decision, my profession skills is also good as I have idea
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regarding how to behave talk within any working organization are any person whit whom I am
dealing during the time of fulfilling my responsibilities. Following are skills I need to work on
Communication skills: My communication skills are not good this is the main reason I
am not able to crack my job interviews, even though during the time of job premise due to lack
of communication skills I am not able to say any one no thus I am suffers from have work
burden, I am not able to share my tough perception regarding business,and it directly impact on
my work performance. Thus it is really essential for me to enhance my communication skills.
Conflict resolution skills: Due to lack of communication skills I am not able how to
solve issue arises within or outside the organization. There will be many times when conflict
arise during the time of working period and it is really hard for me to take decision and resolve
conflict.
Time management skills: This is consider as most appropriate skills as for being
successful in life person need to become punctual. I am not punctual person, this is the reason
that most of my project not competed with given time period and this also impact on my work
performance. Due to this I have to suffers from many issues (Zhang, Dai and Vasarhelyi,
2018).
Creative thinking: For become successful and achieve of life goals it is really
mandatory for individuals that they have creative thinking skills. I am not able to provides new
idea regarding innovation of some product or technologies or any idea which help in enhance
growth of working premises.
TASK 2
Brief explanation of SMART objective require to improve personal skills
For enhancing all the essential skills through which personal able to achieve their life
goals , SMART objective tool has been utilized. By applying this strategy person can able to find
out time required for improvising skills and strategies through which they can improves their
qualities.
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevance Time bound
Communication
is consider as
Communication
skills can be
For improving my
communication
By improving
communication
It require 4 to 5
months for
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most essential
skills at present
time scenario as
due to lack of
communication
skills person not
able to improve
their career cycle.
And it may lead
to
misunderstanding
at work place or
in personal life.
This by using
specific strategy I
can improve my
communication
skills to overcome
all the problems I
have face at work
premisses.
measurable by
evaluating work
performance and
relation or image
maintain or build
within the
organization.
skills I can took
session or event
or class which
help in improve
my
communication
skills. I also took
suggestions from
my seniors for
enhancing my
communication
skills (Kepuska,
and Bohouta,
2018).
skills person able
to motivate and
influence others
to work according
to their own
manner.
Communication
skills useful in
attain future goals
as well as built
positive image
within
organization and
place where I can
make strong
image. This
useful in build
social relation
which beneficial
for career growth.
Taking advice
with seniors and
sessions for
improving
communication
skills help in
increase
communication
skills.
improving
communication
skills by
implementing on
working plan
objectives.
Most of issue
arises in personal
This skills can be
measure by
To improve my
conflict resolution
Having skills of
solve issue useful
For attaining
conflict resolution
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as well as
profession life
due to
misunderstanding
this become the
result of
conflicts . Thus
personal need to
have skills of
conflict resolution
which is essential.
Without this skills
they can not able
to find any
relevant solution
and this may
become cause of
creating negative
image among
personal as well
as professional
working place.
recognizing the
rate of conflicts
arise between
employee as well
as maintain the
relation with
people.
skill I have to
attend session of
some
psychological
events and with
the use of google
and You Tube
video can able to
understand how
person behave
and strategies
which help in find
out way to
resolve conflicts.
in build positive
image. By taking
sessions of
improving
communication
skills and took
session of
psychological
help in enhancing
skills of analysis
and understand
psychology and
perception of
people. This will
useful in resolve
issue within and
outside
organization
(Chen, and
Scanlon, 2018.).
skills it took 2
month of time
period for attain
the session and
learn the art of
resolve conflicts.
Time
management is
relevant as
without
formulating and
working
according to the
timing schedule.
Without
By checking the
time and target
completed within
given time period,
I can easily
measure
improvement in
my time
management
Time
management skill
can be improve
by making a fixed
schedule and on
the basis of that
divided time for
each actively
within or outside
Improving time
management
skills help in
maintain the work
life balance,
though which I
have time for
myself and for
my family. This
More then 1 year
required to learn
time management
skills as it is
totally depend on
myself that need
to focus and
follow my
particular timing
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managing time it
is really hard for
work in ethical
manner and
person not able to
formulate
strategies which
help in attain their
personal goals.
skills. the work
premises.
will help in
completing my
work within given
time period and
manage all the
things.
schedule.
Having creative
thinking is
essential as at
present time the
rate of
competitions has
been increase thus
organization hire
or prefer person
who have great
skill regarding
innovation or
suggest creative
idea. Thus person
need to improve
creative thinking.
By identifying all
the new
innovation idea or
suggestion or
produce new
product , I can
measurement
improvement in
performance.
By taking degree
of management or
having some
certificate of short
term professional
courses , I can
able to improve
my skills of
creative thinking
(Sitaula,
Žurovec,, Luitel,.,
Parker and Lal,
2020).
By taking class or
having degree
useful in increase
skills of creative
thinking which
useful generating
idea for
innovation as well
as finding out
those value
through which
person can able to
find out new
opportunity
which help in
career growth.
This will useful in
increase
performance
within the
organization and
For improve
creative thinking
skills 2 years are
require.
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build reputation.
TASK 3
Comparison sheet of Samsung Galaxy and I Phone
Price Compression table
Particular
Samsung
Galaxy I Phone Formula Formula
Price
difference
for I Phone
(Samsung
Price - I
Phone's
price
% of
Price
difference
s( Price
difference
/ Original
price of I
Phone*10
0)
Price 2015 500 1200 700 58.33
Price 2016 600 1500 900 60
Price 2017 700 1800 1100 61.11
Price 2018 900 2000 1100 55
Price 2019 1000 2500 1500 60
Average price 740 1800
Samsung and I Phone both are rival industries in market. Both organization are situated
as multinational corporation and phone is the essential product for their revenue purpose. This
table showcase that value of Samsung's phone is comparative low and I Phone is high, how ever
Samsung 's revenue rate is high but there will be specific and positive image has been built
which help in make I phone as top brand ion phone.
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CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it has been concluded that for improving skills and qualities
individual need to audit their own skills by formulating audit skills sheet on the basis of that
personal for enchaining their skills use SMART tool which help in recognize the reason of low
capabilities and strategies through which person can improve their communication, creating
thinking, and time management skills.
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