Challenges and Importance of Skill Development for Business Management Students

This presentation discusses the challenges faced by business management students during their university program and the importance of skill development for their academic and professional growth. It emphasizes the significance of effective team working skills and problem-solving abilities. The presentation also highlights the role of communication and time management in team performance.

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Introduction
 Skill development is very required for any individual as it would help in both personal and
professional growth in the future.
 Also, the present presentation will describe about various challenges that are faced by the
business management students during any kind of university program.
 Moreover, it is known that such challenges that will be described will only create fear of
learning and unnecessary stress among the individual in long run.
 Furthermore, the presentation will also discuss significance of various academic and
professional skills that are required by any student to grab best opportunities in the future.

Challenges of studying business
management and thriving in professional
practices
 Business management is one of the most knowledgeable professional
degrees in one's career and there are various challenges which are faced by
the students while pursuing the same.
 Due to the high competition in the every area of the professional students
faces difficulties in establishing there way in the tough competition. They
face many difficulties and challenges in performing the best academically
and professionally.
 Very first challenge they face is difficulty in working in teams. Team
work is one of the most crucial things expected of the students. As a lot of
assignments, tasks and practical things are required to be done in team.

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 Business management undertakes a lot of group task and students find it often difficult to be
productive enough working in a team. Many institutions try to build the team working skills
in the candidates which can accommodate the professional growth and academic growth.
 Another such challenge faced by students is building network and socializing, shifting to a
new environment requires ability to gel up with new people and build strong connections
which can help in the future.
 Yet many students find it very difficult to make friends and connections in the universities.
As making these connections will enhance the knowledge of the students by sharing and it
builds confidence in students.

Importance of effective professional and
academic skills development
 In the modern era skill development is considered to be the most
important criteria for an individual to secure a great career.
 Not only it enables a great professional career but also it secures
great academic performance of an individual. Skill set represents how
well an individual can put his efforts towards learning something new.
 It helps in securing a great career, students who build skills tend to
have better chances of growing well in the careers than others. As
skills are part of the resume which remains most important for the
employers while hiring. It is how well an individual can shape
themselves.

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 Skill development enhances the academic performance of the students as well.
Professors at the university determines various skills which can help students in
improving the performance at the university.
 It can directly reflect on ones score card and creates a positive impression in
performance. Improves knowledge of the individual, while studying management
students sometimes identify their shortcomings and areas where they need to focus
specifically.
 This helps in strengthening such areas where students personally lacks. It may vary for
different people such as communication skill, interpersonal skill, speaking and listening
skills, information technology skills etc.

Effective team working skills
 There are various significant team working skills which are vital
for the effective working in team yet the communication remains
one of the most important skills which plays a vital role in
overall team performance.
 Communication seem to be the foundation of the effective team
work which facilitates the flow of information in the team which
enables coordination among different team members.
 In a team when a task or activity needs to be informed to the
team members it is important that they comprehend well and for
that communication is very important.

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 Time management is another such skill which plays vital role in an effective team working.
 Setting of goal which are aligned with the times and must be tracked to be completed within
the times is important in group tasks and hence time management is very important skill.
 Time management is not only going to help in the professional life but also in the personal
life.
 Problem solving, a team member is expected to be a problem solver, and he must think
outside the box.

Conclusion
 From the above presentation it can be concluded that skill development is very much
important for any individual as it allows in learning new things in life.
 Also, presentation had described in detail about certain challenges that could be faced
by business students when studying for university course in the future.
 Also, presentation had discussed importance of effective team working skills that are
required to achieve complex group tasks in the future

References
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Development of Professional and Academic Skills. In Integrating Professional Skills into
Undergraduate Chemistry Curricula (pp. 105-146). American Chemical Society.