Analysis and Development of Academic and Professional Skills Report

This report delves into the critical importance of both academic and professional skills for success in business management. It begins by outlining the challenges students face when studying business, such as developing curiosity, teamwork, and networking abilities. The report then emphasizes the value of academic skills, including effective thinking and time management, and how these skills contribute to better performance in academics and competitive exams. Furthermore, it highlights the significance of professional skills like leadership and problem-solving, and their role in increasing retention, building confidence, and adapting to new situations. A personal SWOT analysis is presented, identifying strengths and weaknesses in communication, creative skills, leadership, and problem-solving. Finally, an action plan is proposed to develop these skills, outlining specific steps and timelines for improvement.

Developing Academic
and Professional Skills

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Challenges of Studying business management............................................................................1
Analysing the importance of effective skills development..........................................................2
Analysing the importance of professional skills development....................................................2
Personal SWOT Analysis............................................................................................................3
Action Plan...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills helps the individual to achieve success in the future. They can focus on
improving different areas which can help them to become more productive. They can also
capitalise on different opportunities. The students are also able to achieve academic success in
the future. The report aims to analyse about understanding the importance of academic and
professional skills. On the other hand, in this report there will be evaluation about different
challenges which arises while studying the business management. Along with that, in this report
there is a framework which is called SWOT analysis. This will help the individual to asses the
critical points in which they are lacking. They can takes the necessary actions to improve the
skills. For further instance, in this report there is evaluation about different suitable actions which
can be formulated by the person to become more efficient while performing different activities.
The main focus of this report is to prepare action plan in order to develop the areas in which the
individual is lacking.
MAIN BODY
Challenges of Studying business management
Business management is one of the most vast topic it includes different aspects. There are
certain challenges which the individual might face while studying the subject. Business
management will also focus in helping the individual learn new things. The main focus of the
firm is to understand the new marketing conditions which is regulating. Different challenges are
mentioned below:
 Developing the curiosity to learn new things – The individual needs to adopt to the
new environment in which they are able to achieve an efficient growth. With the help of
new technology they can enhance their overall knowledge in an effective manner. This
the major challenge for the person which is shy. They need to develop an effective
relationship with different individuals. The individual can also indulge themselves in
different situations to become more creative. This will help them to improve their overall
knowledge in a significant manner.
 Working in the team – The students needs to perform well in the team there are
different aspects which can make them more effective. Business management helps the
individual to grow different skills. The individual needs to develop different team
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working skills to become successful in very task. There are multipole candidates which
might face challenges while working in the team.
 Socialising and Networking – The management course will help the individual to learn
about different people which have different cultures. The students needs to build healthy
relationship with the individuals in this they can focus about learning new things. This
will make them more effective in every manner. The students needs to develop a
behaviour in which they communicate well with different individuals. There are different
relations which can be made with multiple background people. The students also needs to
develop a positive attitude. This facilitates them to attract different other candidates of the
same culture.
Analysing the importance of effective skills development
Academic skills can make the individual to become more effective in every manner.
There are different skills which needs to be developed by the student it includes effective
thinking, time management, ;earning new language etc. These are the particular skills which
helps the students to perform best in different tasks. There are different carrier oriented
opportunities which can be arise in the future while developing different skills. The teachers
always focus with the help of enriching education experience the students could gain a
competitive advantage. There are multiple points which has been described below:
 The skills will help the students to perform better in their academics. In the University
they can complete different tasks prior to time. The skills which is time management and
problem solving could help them in every manner. They are able to improve their
performance and becoming more prominent in their academics.
 Academic skills certainly helps the students to deal with different competitive exams.
They can perform better and achieve better results in the future. It is also necessary for
the individual to focus on the writing skills. This helps them to get clear results and they
are also able to pass different objectives.
 The students can also become successful in their life with the help of different skills. In
the university they can simulate their work in an effective manner.
 Effective academic skills helps the individual to boost their morale. This will help them
to complete their task in an accurate manner.
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 With the help of these skills the students can learn different things in the given span of
time. They can also manage the time to achieve success in their academics. This is the
important criteria for the students to establish a command over on skills to perform better
in different situations.
Analysing the importance of professional skills development
Professional skills could help the individual to perform best in their future. There are
multiple career oriented opportunities in which they could gain competitive advantage among
other candidates. The professionalism includes different skills like leadership, problem solving,
effective communication etc. The importance of developing different professional skills is
mentioned below:
 Increasing the Retention – The individuals which have the professional skills could be
beneficial for the organisation. The company is able to retain them for a longer period of
time. There are different assigned tasks which can be completed by them in an accurate
manner. The firm is also able to achieve different goals and objectives in the market.
 Building the confidence – Developing excellent professional skills helps the candidate
to become more confident. On the other hand, the employees which are confident could
help the company to achieve different targets. They re more productive which is
beneficial for the organisation.
 Excellent efficiency – The individual is able to become more efficient when they have
the necessary skills. They have the confidence to complete the tasks in a proper manner.
The employees are able to critical factors this will benefits the future operations of the
firm. There are multiple goals which can be accomplished by the individual. Most of the
firm recruits the skilled workforce which can use the technology. It helps the firm to
achieve better results in the future.
 Adapting to the new situations – Professionalism helps the candidates to deal with
complicated situations in an effective manner. The skills which includes critical thinking,
problem solving, leadership etc. There are different situations in which the individual
needs to adapt to achieve great results in the market. These are the major skills which the
company expect form the individual.
 Teamwork – The individual needs to perform better in the team. In this new era most of
the organisation needs the candidate which works which regulates the team towards
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success in the workplace. The employees needs to communicate well with the team and
needs to focus by working in a systematic manner. There is a team development process
which the form established. This helps them to gain a competitive advantage in the
market.
Personal SWOT Analysis
 Communication skills - I have the
communication skills I helps me to
communicate with different people. I
can motivate them in order to complete
the work in an effective manner.
 Leadership skills – I am able to
provide the path to the candidates
which help them to achieve an efficient
growth in the future. The leadership
skills helps me to carry out the working
operations efficiently in the
organisation.
 Problem solving skills I lack in the
problem solving skills. In the critical
situations I cannot provide the valuable
solutions to the team members
 Creative skills – This is the skill in
which I am lacking in every manner. I
need to become better to regulate new
ideas to achieve great results for the
firm. Creative skills will also change
the attitude of myself and I can perform
better in different exceptional
conditions.
 Digital Implementation skills - This is
the factor which generally the company
expects in today's world. I can use the
new technological tools which helps the
firm to become more profitable in the
market.
 Critical thinking skills – These skills
helps me to perform better in different
situations. These skills helps me to take
the good valuable decisions for the
company in order to gain a competitive
advantage.
 Competition in different jobs – there
is an extensive competition in various
fields. In order to become more
competitive I have to become better in
every manner to capitalise on different
opportunities in the future.
 Covid-19 Impact - It has been
evaluated that due to the Covid -19
pandemic there are various candidates
which lacks for the suitable jobs for
themselves.
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Action Plan
Professional Development plans are the skills which is required by the candidate in order
to perform best in different situations. It has been evaluated that these skills will help the
candidate to achieve a effective growth in the future. They can also complete the tasks at
excellent level. The cation will help to improve certain areas and the individual can achieve
better growth for the future. These skills will help them to improve different areas by optimising
their performance in a systematic manner. The development plan is described below:
Skills Importance Actions Time taken
Problem Solving
Skills
There are multiple
organisations in the
market which need the
skill from the candidate in
order to solve various
problems. They focus on
achieving an effective
growth in the future.
In order to develop
this skills the main
focus is to indulge in
the difficult situations
to gain competitive
advantage and perform
better. There are
exceptional results
which can be achieved
in the future.
3 Months will be taken
in order to develop this
skill.
Creative skills While working in the firm
there is an internet need
to become more creative.
The main focus is to
achieve better results for
the firm. Creative skills
will help to formulate
better ideas and there are
multiple functions in the
which the candidate can
perform expectationally
well.
To enhance the
creative skills the main
focus is to enhance the
thinking procedure
which helps to achieve
better results. There
are multiple new
situations in which
there needs to be
focused to complete
the work in a concise
manner. The main
2 Month could be
taken to develop this
particular skill.
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thinking procedure
also needs to be
creative.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that Academic skills will help the students
to complete the tasks in a concise manner. They can also achieve academic success in the future.
On the other hand, professional skills will help the individual to perform better in different
situations. They can manage the working operations for the firm with help of these particular
skills. Along with that, the main focus of this project is to understand the importance of both the
skills. There needs to be a proper balance between both these skills which the individual needs to
be established in a strategic manner. For further instance, in this report there is discussion about
the Swot analysis. It is the framework which helps to improve different skills. The individual can
implement this framework in the life in order to develop the necessary skills. These skills will
further benefit the candidate in the future.
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