A Comprehensive Report on Academic and Professional Skills

This report provides an overview of the skills required for success in academic and professional careers. It highlights the challenges of studying business management, the importance of both academic and professional skill development, and includes a personal SWOT analysis and action plan for improvement. The report emphasizes the need for individuals to develop skills that are beneficial for attaining jobs in their desired fields, especially given the high unemployment rates among graduates due to a lack of skills and professionalism. It suggests that students should focus on developing these skills during their college years through participation in internships and other relevant activities. The report references sources on human resource management and digital entrepreneurship to support its analysis.

PROFESSIONAL
AND ACADEMIC
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Describes the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice
• Importance of academic skill development
• Importance of professional skill development
• Personal SWOT analysis
• Action plan
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
Business management is a skill which can be
developed through several ways, generally and the
most accepted way is through studying a
management degree, it not only develops the skills in
an individual but also make them job ready. Every
business requires a business professional which can
manage the organisation effectively and help the
company in achieving its goals

The challenges of studying business
management
• International Students
• Networking
• Developing professionalism

Importance of Academic Skill Development
The skill of self-studying help students as they
are able to interpret the meaning of the text
correctly and bale to understand the concept
which always gives them as edge over those
students who do not practise studying the concept
and theories by themselves
• Time Management :
• Collaborating :

Importance of Professional Skill
Development
Professionalism within oneself can be developed by
practising and developing a professional reputation, by
being productive, by initiating tasks, by developing and
maintaining work ethics, while managing the scheduled
tasks effectively.

Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Effective communication Time Management
Critical Thinking Insufficient Training
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Professionalism Internal Competition
Effective Leadership Laziness

Action Plan
Skills Resources to be used Judging criteria Time period
Discipline I will stick to one task and
will do it for 21 days
consistently as it will help me
in developing an habit.
I will an habit for the task that
I have been focusing on.
I will invest 21 days to see
visible results
Patience I will start mediating by
listing to the music that is
divide from nature, as it will
help the body and mind in
relaxing
It will improve my behaviour,
as how patiently I handling
situations
Approximately it will take 3
months in developing the
habit as well seeing visible
results within me.

CONCLUSION
• The presentation focused in providing the overview on the skills that are
required by an individual in his/her academic and professional career success,
different ways by which the individual can develop his/her skills were also
discussed in detail. This has been noticed that many graduates are still
unemployed due to lack of skills and professionalism, one should focus on
developing the skills that are most beneficial for one in attaining the jobs in
their desired field. professionalism is a skill which students can develop while
their college years through participating and by doing internships in their
interested fields.
•

REFERENCES
• Stone, R.J., Cox, A. and Gavin, M., 2020. Human resource management. John Wiley & Sons.
• Le Dinh, T., Vu, M.C. and Ayayi, A., 2018. Towards a living lab for promoting the digital
entrepreneurship process. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 22(1), pp.1-17.
• Barnes, D., 2018. Operations management: an international perspective. Bloomsbury Publishing