Skills Audit and Action Plan for Skill Development

This report discusses the importance of conducting a skills audit to identify strengths and weaknesses. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a skills audit and create an action plan for skill development. The report also includes a spreadsheet comparing the prices of Samsung Galaxy and iPhone from 2015 to 2019.

INDIVIDUAL
COURSEWORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Skills Audit..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
SMART Objectives.....................................................................................................................5
Action Plan..................................................................................................................................6
Importance of Time Management...............................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
Spreadsheet..................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Identification of skills and abilities which needs to be improved is very important task to
person for improving its overall performance and productivity at any place. This report includes
skills audit which has created for the purpose of identifying skills and abilities which are fully
developed and skills which needs to be improved (Carter and Varney, 2018). Then, some
objectives also have been created below in this report for the improvement of un-developed or
weak skills and abilities. An effective action plan has been created below for the purpose of
developing and improving various skills. At the end, a spreadsheet has been included in this
report for data and analysis.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Skills Audit
Skills audit is very important task to a person or learners for knowing about its existing
skills and abilities. Currently there are different models and tools simply available in the market
place which can be used for the auditing different skills and abilities. In this modern world,
millions of people conduct skills auditing task for the clear identification of abilities which has
fully developed and abilities which still needs to be developed. The SWOT analytical tool is one
of the most important tools which can be used for auditing different skills. This SWOT term
generally show four key internal factors of a business or individual, called; strengths,
weaknesses, threats and opportunities (Higgs and Dulewicz, 2016). In this situation, I have to
adopt this tool to audit own skills, and with the support of this tool I will be able to know which
skills I have to improved and developed.
Strengths Currently I have well developed skills of decision-making, people
management and technical skills, and this is why this all well-developed
skills are strength to me, and without these I cannot gain better outcomes in
the market place. The decision-making skills helps me for taking a very

productive decision at any place, and then team work skills help me for
working in a team work with enthusiasm, and lastly, technical skills
contribute in using different technological gadgets and tools in daily
operations.
Weaknesses My communication skills, time management abilities and problem-solving
abilities are not good enough, and that is why these weak skills are major
weaknesses to me. Basically, due to having poor communication skills,
currently I am not able to properly interact with different people, and due to
weak problem solving I cannot easily solve any problem (Jackson, 2018).
Lastly, I am not able to manage my precious time properly because of lack
of time management skills, so I have to take an effective action towards
developing these poor or weak skills.
Opportunities I have an opportunity to develop all my weak skills and abilities with the
support of an effective action plan. It means I have to make an action plan
for developing or improving various weak skills and abilities. On the other
side, after improving own different skills, I will have opportunity to
develop own personality and professionalism.
Threats There is competition within each sector is increasing regularly, and this is
the main threat to me, because currently I don’t have enough skills and
abilities to deal with deal with this competition.
Skills Ranking Scale
Skills Bad/Weak Below Average Average Good Excellent
Decision making
skills ✓
Communication
skills ✓

Time management
abilities ✓
Technical skills ✓
Team work ✓
Problem solving ✓
On the basis of above skills ranking scale, I have to take quick actions towards
developing skills, like; communication, problem-solving, time management. Currently I have to
improve these all three skills for gaining better outcomes in the university course (Lin and
Sanders, 2017). After having proper skills of communication, will be able to interact with anyone
in very proper manner. Time management skills will give me chance to manage own time in very
proper manner. Lastly, when I will be succeeded in improving own skills of problem-solving,
then I can simply resolve different problems and challenges under the university course.
TASK 2
SMART Objectives
For improving own poor or weak skills and abilities, I have to use the concept of SMART
objectives for setting some specific objectives for the improvement of different skills. Basically,
smart objectives are similar as other objectives, but they give a proper framework to a person for
achieving different objectives. SMART term generally refers five areas of objectives, called;
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time oriented. In this situation, I have to consider
these all five areas while formulating own objectives relating to skills improvement (Kneale,
2019). There are four major smart objectives has been mentioned below;
 To improve different skills by making an effective action plan.
 To develop own personality and professionalism by using own well-developed skills.
 For organising required resources in the operation of skills development.

 To gain better outcomes in the university course with the support of own skills and
abilities.
Action Plan
I have to a very effective as well as productive action plan for developing own all three
poor skills, named; communication, time management and problem-solving. Basically, an
effective action plan always informs different people about how to improve and develop own
skills which are currently ineffective or undeveloped. In this situation, a very productive action
plan to me has been created below;
Skills Activities Resources Time Period Evaluation
Communication
skills
For developing
own skills of
communication,
I will read
different books
and journals,
newspaper
articles, etc.
which has based
on the topic
“how to develop
own
communication
skills”. These
activities will
definitely help
me for
improving own
skills of
communication.
I will be
required
different books
and journals and
newspaper
articles as
resources in
order to develop
own
communication
skills. This will
very mandatory
to me for
choosing books
and journals of
different good
authors who
knows how to
develop these
skills.
3 Months In the time
period of three
months, I will
definitely be
able to develop
own
communication
skills. These
skills are very
important in this
dynamic world
for interacting
with different
people
effectively in
market place
(Albelbisi,
2019).
Time Improvement of There is internet, 5 Months I have required

management time
management
skills also very
necessary task to
me, in which I
have search
different internet
blogs
informative
videos on the
internet which
has based on the
time
management
skills.
smart phone,
personal
computer etc.
will be main
resources to me
for improving
own skills of
time
management.
Basically, there
are many experts
has shared their
point of views in
these videos and
blogs on the
time
management, so
these resources
can play a very
important role to
me.
the time period
of five months
for developing
own skills of
time
management. In
this time period I
will put own
huge efforts for
developing own
skills of time
management.
Problem-solving
abilities
Problems-
solving is
another major
strategy to me,
in which I will
participated in a
training centre
where a coach or
a trainer can
support me for
There will books
and journals and
human resource
(trainer) play an
excellent role to
me for
developing own
skills of
problem-solving.
9 Months Problem-solving
is one of major
employability
skills., and that
is why I have
required total
mine months to
develop this
skill.

developing own
skills of
problems-
solving (de Boer
and et.al., 2019).
I will read some
books and
journals as well
for developing
own skills of
problem-solving.
Importance of Time Management
There is time management is very important task to me, and that this why recently I have
created an action plan for developing own skill of time management, and after few months I will
be succeeded in developing own skill of time management. Basically, time management is very
important in order to achieve a decided goal in the decided time period (Muja and et.al., 2019).
There are Establish Prioritized Goals, Proper Scheduling and Effective Planning some major
techniques for managing own precious time in different activities.
TASK 3
Spreadsheet
This is spreadsheet generally representing the data and analysis of Samsung Galaxy and
iPhone for the year 2015 to 2019.
Year Samsung
Galaxy (£) iPhone (£) Price
difference
2015 99 539 440
2016 269 669 400

2017 299 999 700
2018 778 1,149 371
2019 1,099 1,149 50
Average 2,544 4,505 1961
Data Source: (Barber, 2015)
According to this spreadsheet, prices of iPhone was always be higher than the Samsung
galaxy, because iPhone generally produces very hi-tech smart phones which mainly afforded by
people who comes from income group.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that identification of own skills is very important to a person, and
skills auditing helps people for ensuring which skills are currently developed and which skills
still needs to be developed. In this dynamic and modern world, most people or learners believes
in doing skills audit, because when a person conducts the task of skills audit, then it will be able
to ensure that which skills are currently developed and which skills needs to be more improved
or developed. It can be also concluded that an effective action plan always plays an excellent role
to a person for developing its different poor or weak skills and abilities.

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