Professional and Academic Skills Development

The purpose of this presentation is to understand the challenges related to studying business management and the significance of developing academic and professional skills effectively. It covers challenges in studying business management, challenges in professional practice, importance of effective academic and professional skill development, definition and importance of team working skill, recommendations for developing and improving team working skill, and references.

Professional and Academic
Skills Development

Table of
Content
 Introduction
 Challenges in studying business management and thriving in
professional practice
 Importance of effective academic and professional skill development
 Definition and importance of team working skill
 Focused and justified recommendations for actions for developing
and improving team working skill
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Business management emphasises towards key functions including
planning, organising and analysing activities of a venture which are
needed to efficiently manage as well as run a business. Purpose of
the presentation is to understand challenges related to studying
business management and significance of developing academic and
professional skills effectively.

Challenges in
studying
business
management
and thriving
in
professional
practice
Business management is a course in which a student learns about
range of business concepts, terminology, tools and framework to
common situations. Studying business management provides
academic knowledge along with skills for developing wider
understanding of businesses and pursuing career opportunities.

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 Studying business management assist a student to grow
career addition to create prospects for becoming future
leaders and managers in company to become influential in the
world of the field. Some of the challenges that a student
faces while studying business management are as follows:
 Being open to learn new things
 Working in a team
 Socialising and networking

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Professional practice is conduct along with work of others from
specific profession. While thriving professional practice, some of
challenges faced by a student are as mentioned:
 Different service requirement by clients:
 Failure to invest in good people for maintaining service quality

Importance
of effective
academic and
professional
skill
development
 Academic skills are said to aspects of behaviour which are learned
by a student at the time of studying academics. Development of
academic skills are essential for successful operation at level of
higher education and practising the skills results in developing
graduate attributes, for example, analytical ability, creativity, team
working, problem solving, innovation and hence forth.

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Professional skill refers to competences which assist in
succeeding in job. It described a personality trait or habit that
positively impacts on performance of a person at workplace.
development of professional skill is significant as it gives
professional opportunity for learning as well as applying new
skills sets. For example, when professional skills of a person are
developed, it influences them to apply them in job or field to
make working more comprehensive.

Definition
and
importance
of team
working skill
Team working skill is one of selected skill which is believed to be
important in business management. Team working skill is important
among students and professionals because of following reasons:
 Increases work efficiency
 Improves accountability
 Provide wider learning opportunities

Focused and
justified
recommendat
ions for
actions for
developing
and
improving
team working
skill
Development and improvement of team working skill results in
boosting abilities of members for better communication and
being comfortable while showing vulnerabilities to others.
Some of ways to develop and improve team working skill are
as recommended:
 Dealing with change positively
 Clarifying goals
 Celebrating teamwork recognition programs

Conclusion
 From the presentation, it is concluded that academic and
professional skill comprises learning to learn, working with
others, communicating effectively, managing tasks and
solving problems. Being open to learn new things, working in
a team, socialising and networking, different service
requirement by clients as well as failure to invest in good
people for maintaining service quality are some challenges
faced in studying business management together with thriving
professional practice.

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