Academic and Professional Skills Development: A Detailed Analysis

This report discusses the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice, emphasizing the importance of effective academic and professional skills development. It covers key challenges such as interacting with new people, working in teams, adjusting to new surroundings, and socializing. The report highlights the importance of skills like time management, research, and computer literacy. A personal SWOT analysis identifies strengths (adaptability, time management), weaknesses (communication skills, risk aversion), opportunities (sessions, new learning), and threats (competition, introversion). An action plan is presented to develop communication and team-leading skills, with specific strategies and judgment criteria. The report concludes that continuous skill improvement is essential in a rapidly changing technological environment.

Developing
Academic and
Professional Skills

Table of Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• MAIN BODY
• Describes the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professio
nal practice
• explain the importance of effective academic and professional skills development.
• skill that person believe is particularly crucial and give a example of the actions wou
ld take to develop that skill.
• CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
 In rapidly changing marketing condition having
a various skills that has been utilised while
studying and working in an organisation. So it is
crucial for everyone to work on there skills and
ability so that they can have the good living of
standard. It also increases the value of an
individuals also it assist in managing the capability
and professionalism in a respective life also it
introduces the new skills with in the person as of
the person come up with the new set of skills and
improved set of skills it also helps in developing
interpersonal skills and life of an individuals .

Describes the challenges of studying business
management and thriving in professional practice
Here are some points that is listed in below report
that will show what challenges have been faced
while learning the course.
 Interacting with new people
 working with a team
 Adjusting in a new surrounding
 socializing and networking

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explain the importance of effective academic and
professional skills development.
Here are some points that will show that how important academic
skill and professional development is -
 it increases the ability of time management and it also
increases the capability of accomplishing task on deadlines.
 It helps in raising the skills of researching and deep analysis
of the content and also gives the accurate message of the
business and theory that is explained in the session.
 These skills includes knowing the question that they want to
reply , searching credible sources and utilising even effective
study policy.
 It aids in learning the basic skills of computer also teaches
how it functions and act in the workplace . They may utilise
a computer skills to draft and many uses.

one skill that person believe is particularly crucial and give a detailed
example of the actions you would take to develop that skill.
 Personal swot - Strength
1. I have a powerful personal
skills, able of getting lessons
rapidly and adjust myself
according to the situation.
2. I have a time management
skills that provides a capability of
operating smartly and effectively.
Weaknesses
1. I have less communication
skills as I get nervous while talking
in front of huge public and also
while getting interaction with new
person.
2. I have a risk of taking
initiative, I personally feel
nervous of sharing my thoughts
and point of views.
Opportunity
1. I have a good opportunity
through the sessions and activity
that I have got from the trainer
that directly hit the skills and my
personality.
2. by learning new things I will be
more valuable in a institution.
Threats
1. I have a big threat of
competition as I have a skills but
other person have same skills can
be a big threat for me to do.
2. I am very introvert person
which is a huge threat to me as I
am unable to give my ideas and
communicate with my

Action plan -
Skills Ways to development Judgement criteria Time frame
Communication skills I am bad in communicating so I have
planned to start working on this skills
so I have working on reading skills and
starting reading new words and taking
part in competition and other activity
that is link with the communicational
activity.
This ability will be measured on
the basis of feedbacks and
results of the competition.
3 months
Team leading skills As I want to work in management and
for I have work on my leadership skills
so I decided to lead a team in
university and institution so that I can
learn how to lead a team in an
effective manner.
I will calculated on the basis of
the responses and output from
my team also it includes
feedbacks from my team
members.
2 months

CONCLUSION
It is concluded from above report that
academic skills ad professional development
is the activity which Is essential as the
technology is changing rapidly and it is
being analysed that ability of improving
skills as critical thinking and many others.
The above report has explained regarding
the importance of academic skill
development and also it explained about the
analysis of internal skills and according to
that what are action plan so that the lacking
skills can be developed.