Professional and Academic Skills Development

This presentation discusses the challenges of studying business management and the importance of developing effective academic and professional skills. It includes a personal SWOT analysis and an action plan to improve decision-making and leadership skills. References are also provided.

Professional and
Academic Skills
Development

Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Challenges of studying business management
 Importance of effective academic skills development
 Importance of effective professional skills
development
 Personal SWOT analysis
 Action plan
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 Academic skills can be defined as the ability
of the individual that facilitates them to
enhance their communication process and
also helps them to gain the digital skills as
well.
 It helps the students to achieve their
academics goal in a effective manner. On
the other hand professional skills can be
defined as the skills that helps the students
to build an effective career which leads to
the future growth and more success.
 These skills helps the students to achieve
various tasks in a systematic manner.

Challenges of studying business management
 There are various challenges that are faced by the individuals while
studying the business management. Various challenges that are faced
by the students are mentioned below:
 Scheduling: It is one of the main challenge that business management
includes various kinds of subjects that has to be studied by the students
in a specific time.
 Main challenge that students faces is that they have to manage various
activities like presentation, group assignments, managing time for each
and every steps.
 Students faces difficulty in balancing the time for the academic task as

Importance of effective academic skills development
 Academic skills provides so much benefits to the
students through which they gain knowledge in a
effective manner.
 It facilitates the students to achieve more growth in
the future in the specific field.
 Academic skills includes various components such as
critical thinking, effective communication,
collaboration and the critically thinking.

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 One of the most important aspects of the academic
skills is that it enhances the communication and
the management skills through which the students
can achieve their academic goal in a effective
manner.
 It also facilitates the students to score good grades
in the examination and increase their performance
in the educational campus. It directly helps the
students to grab more opportunities in the future
through which they get jobs at a good position.

Importance of effective professional skills development
 Professional skills can be defined as enhancing the
practical knowledge of the individual in a specific
field.
 These type of skills includes various components
such as leadership, management, problem solving
and decision making.
 It is very important for the individual to develop the
professional skills through which they can achieve
the desire goal and target of their life. Various
importance of the professional skills are described

Personal SWOT analysis
 SWOT analysis is the appropriate analytical tools that helps to find our
the strengths as well as the weaknesses of the individual. Analysis is
mentioned below:
Strengths
 I have the potential to conduct the relatable research for the specific topics on which I have to make the
reports. It facilitates me in saving my lots of time while carrying out my studies.
 I have effective communications skills through which I become able to effectively conveys the ideas and the
information .
Weaknesses
 One of the main weakness that I have is the leadership skills because I faces difficulty in leading the activities
of the different individual towards the accomplishment of the task.
 Another major weakness is of mine is that I fails to complete the given project on time.
Opportunities
 The main opportunities is that I have the creativity skills. This can help me in solve the complex problems in
effective manner.
 Another main opportunity that I can grab is that in today''s time the digitalisation playing an important role. I
have the knowledge how to operate digital devices through which I can grab various opportunities.
Threats
 Ons of the main threat for me was of the COVID-19. Because of this I faces so many difficulty in getting the job
related to my specific field.
 Another threat for me is the decision making skills. Because I lack in taking effective decisions through which I
fails to achieve the goals and the targets in a effective manner.

Action plan
Skills Importance Actions
Decision making skills It is one of the most important skills
that helps that the individual to analyse
the best alternative from various
operations. It also facilitates the
students to bring the effectiveness in
the work through which they can reduce
the chances of the mistakes and the
errors.
For the purpose of enhancing the
decision making process I used to
collect the information from the various
sources through which I become able to
take the decisions effectively. It will
helps me in developing the decision
making skills.

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Leadership skills This means the ability of
the individual to lead the
actions of the employees
towards the
accomplishment of the
goal.
I develop an effective
communication skills
through which I able to
conveys the ideas and
the information to each
and every employee.
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Conclusion
 From the above presentation it has been concluded that professional as
well as the academic skills plays a important role in the student's life.
 It facilitate the students to achieve their academic goals as well as
future goals in a effective manner.
 Through this the ability of the individual is increases in order to perform
the activities.

References
 Faber, S., Coetzee, M.H. and Munro, M., 2020. The mediality of pre-
recorded digital performing arts on YouTube: a skills-development
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 He, Y. and Bagwell, D., 2022. Supporting teachers working with English
learners: Engagement and impact of a professional development
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 Lansdell, P., Marx, B. and Mohammadali-Haji, A., 2020. Professional skills
development during a period of practical experience: Perceptions of
accounting trainees. South African Journal of Accounting Research,
34(2), pp.115-139.

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