Essential Academic and Professional Skills for the Modern Workplace

Identify academic and
professional development
needs that are essential in the
modern workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
The Global Context of Higher Education........................................................................................3
Essential academic and professional skills needed in the modern work place................................3
Action Plan.......................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Over the period of time, working pattern of individual is also changing day by day for the
common motive of executing work in quicker manner. In order to perform so, individuals
indulge into self development so that they can improvise their working pattern and gain
maximum knowledge. It is important for every individual to develop their academic and
professional development skills in the timely manner so that they can easily survive at Modern
workplace. The present report provides description on global context of higher education. It
further specifies essential academic and professional skills needed in the modern work place. At
last effective professional development plan has been developed for improving weak skills in
quicker manner.
The Global Context of Higher Education
Higher education refers to the education provided to individual by university or college
level. With reference to the global context, it can be said that higher education is helpful for
individuals in their career advancement as it provides them support in developing their
knowledge in quicker manner. Higher education allows people in developing knowledge over
their latest technology, career, continuous flow of information among people etc. At international
scale, higher education provides range of opportunities to people as well as business association
as they are getting well developed and trained staff who will provide their level of contribution in
their growth only.
Essential academic and professional skills needed in the modern work place.
Academic skills refers to the set of skills that is required to be owned by individual so
that they could effectively accomplish their academic goals and responsibilities in effective
manner. Some of the main example of academic skill includes independent learning, self
management, presentation skill, research, etc. Whereas, professional skills are termed as career
competencies which learnt by individual during his/her coursework. These skills collaboratively
provides contribution in the career development and success of the individual effectively. Few
examples of professional skills are IT, communication and collaboration skills, problem solving,
time management etc.
With the passing period of time requirement of these skills were not that much required
but still it has been determined that over the period of time need and requirement of all skill are

very important as it makes it easier for individual to execute their job responsibilities effectively
at workplace which also improvises their sustainability within the company for longer period of
time. At the same time it also provides opportunity to the individual in enhancing chances of
growth and success in their professional life. With reference to modern workplace, it can be said
that employees have to go through several things and perform several things at the same, thus it
is required by them to execute all work in the smarter so that they wind up all of their work in the
provided time frame in effective manner. By analysing needs of the modern world it has been
analysed that individuals are required to have their strong command over few skills so that they
could easily manage up all their work effective manner. In addition to this, it can also be said that
by having effective command over these skills it is easier for the individuals to attain success in
success in their professional life in quicker manner. On the basis of required skills in the modern
workplace it has been determined that adaptability, communication and collaboration skills,
creativity skills, independent problem solving skills, IT skills, self management, team work skills
etc. Some of essential academic and professional skills needed in the modern work place are
explained as below in detailed manner:
Adaptability: Adaptability is concerned as the effective skill that shows ability of
individual in acquiring new things in quicker manner according to the requirement of
surrounding zone. This simply shows adjustive capability of the individual that helps them out in
surviving in new or unfamiliar conditions in effective manner. With reference to the modern
workplace place, it can be said that this skill is highly important for every individual seeking
their career in modern business world. It has been seen that if some has good command over this
skill then it is easier for them to grab new things at workplace. In addition to this, they can also
develop new skill according to their job role in quicker manner.
Communication skills: Communication is seen as one of the important skills in the
academic as well as professional life of the individual. Having good command over this skill
makes it easier for individual to convey their part of information or message to other and person
and also acquire same part of information from them in order to accomplish their specific targets
ineffective manner. According to the modern workplace, it essential for all to have good
command on the respective skill so that they maintain their relationship with one another and
also exchange the information at workplace. As per the requirement of modern culture, it is
essential for the professionals to make use of soft and polite spoken in the form of verbal