Academic and Research Skills: Assessment and Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic and research skills, focusing on self-assessment, setting SMART objectives, and developing a personal development plan. The report begins with an evaluation of the author's strengths and weaknesses in areas such as team building, communication, critical thinking, and managerial skills. SMART objectives are then established to improve communication, listening, and managerial skills within specified timeframes. The report further delves into note-taking techniques, including the Cornell strategy and outline methods, and discusses various research methods, such as primary and secondary research, along with the importance of customer research. Finally, the report explores strategies for enhancing academic and personal skills through workshops and group activities, and it details the skills learned, the rationale for learning them, the resources used, and the time taken for skill development, including communication, research, and time management skills. The report emphasizes the importance of communication skills for career development and effective time management for task completion.

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH
SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Assessment of own strength and weakness...........................................................................1
1.2 Set SMART objectives ........................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ...........................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Skills can be defined as the ability of a person to do something exceptionally well. An
individual is expertise in many skills like communication, negotiation, academics, research etc.
Among all these skills, academic and research skill play key role in the formulation of a personal
development plan of an individual (Becker and et. al., 2014). Research skill refers to the
capability of to search for, evaluate, organize and use information that is relevant to existing
topic. On the other Academic skills also known as study skills or strategies that is applicable to
improve the learning of a particular person. It generally means getting or scoring good marks in
school, college or university. In addition to that, high knowledge of anything aid in growth and
development of a person both personally and professionally. This report talks about assessment
of own strength and weakness, drafting SMART objectives, developing personal development
plan that brief about individual progress.
TASK 1
1.1 Assessment of own strength and weakness
Having a proper and better understanding regarding own strength and weakness help in
carrying out things or activities in a structured and thorough manner. Knowing your strength
means keep yourself ahead in lot of things which is beneficial for future growth and
development.
Strength Weakness
 My key strength is Team Building i.e. I
believe that any task can be
accomplished in a better manner if it
has been carried out by all team
members.
 In terms of academic skills, I am good
at doing research as I thoroughly cover
each and every aspect related with the
topic so that I can attain all possible
knowledge for the same.
 Another main strength is critical
 My major weakness lack of effective
communication skill. As I am lacking
in speaking proper language, slang or
accent. As a result, I started facing
issues while communicating with
others .
 My listening skills are also very weak.
This also signify that my patience level
is very poor. Sometimes it led to create
conflict in the organization. With this
weakness, it become difficult for me to
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thinking and maintaining healthy inter-
personal relationship with other
employees or colleagues. Healthy and
friendly relationship among others
builds trust among employees.
to know what is the thinking or
perception of other people and which is
not good.
 Another weakness is managerial skills
which leads to increase employee
turnover rate as workers are dissatisfied
with the performance of management.
A good manager is the one who earn
significant profits by satisfying the
needs and wants of both employee and
customer.
1.2 Set SMART objectives
In order to ensure that goals set by company are clear and reachable, SMART objectives
are formulated by company which stands for:
 Specific (simple, significant)
 Measurable (meaningful)
 Achievable (agreed)
 Relevant (realistic, result-based)
 Time Bound (time limit, time-based)
From the above mentioned my own strength and weakness, I can prepare SMART objectives that
help me growing and developing in an effectual manner.
My SMART objectives are discussed below:
1. To improve my communication skill within 3 months
2. To enhance my listening skill within the time period of 2 months
3. To modify my managerial skill within 4 months
TASK 2
Note Taking: It refers to the practice of recording relevant and useful information that is mainly
captured from other sources (Brown, Wolski and Richardson, 2015). It has been believed that
with written information, it become much easy to recall everything. It usually gathers through
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oral discussion, lecture or meeting in which these notes are recorded. Note taking can be
consider as an another way of self-discipline. Some of the common sources of getting notes
includes lecture, meeting, video, audio, experiments, internet etc. For proper note taking, there
are various that needs to be taken into account by every individual are explained below:
1. Always prepare new page while taking new notes.
2. Try to listen what the speaker is saying and then write notes in your own wording as it
easy to recall and understand something written in your language.
3. Leave space for adding extra information for later on.
4. Develop your own abbreviation
5. Use bullet points or cues
However, these skills can be improved by focusing on it as it help in the growth and
development of an individual. LISTEN means:
L: Lead
I: Ideas
S: Summarize
T: Talk
E: Ends
N: Notes
This can be expressed as key elements which further assist in adapting such sort of
aptitudes in compelling way and this can be expressed as the most effortless way (Bryman,
2016). .. According to the idea, this is basically being used at the time of meeting and bringing
introduction which has the colossal way and consequently it can assist in driving the ideal
working. Some of the common methods of taking notes are discussed below:
 Cornell strategy
 Outline Method
 T-Notes
Henceforth, with the help of these methods, it become much easier for an individual for taking
notes in a better manner. There are a portion of the fields where the idea is considerably more
high and it is very helpful and those are basically universities, Schools,, at time of introduction
etc. There is the note taking abilities which are being required for having dynamic perusing and
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listening aptitudes and consequently it helps in changing over everything usefully. This sort of
idea assists in rethinking and outlining the basic information for the association learning also.
TASK 3
There are different sort of techniques which an organization embraces for the advertising
exploration and in this manner it can assist in gathering the required information in incredible
and culminate way which thus can assist in increasing strong and methodologies and choices
(Cormier and Hagman, 2014) . This can be expressed as something which can make the
organization for battling out with the opposition inside market for achieving the objectives and
destinations in better and adequate way. Different techniques are discussed below:
Primary research: These can basically be expressed as the truth and the direct record which is
composed and led by the specialist which thus is the piece of such sort of study. Albeit such sort
of research is predominantly being improved the situation ebb and flow issues inside
organization and the produced cost from this sort of research is substantially more high and
successfully filling in also yet this sort of methodology is time consuming or takes much time to
accomplish the respective task.
Secondary research: This sort of technique which assists in investigating and essentially
deciphering structure the examination directed. Alongside this, strategy which is being required
for working out the optional research from the information which is being gathered from the
essential research. This sort of idea is for the most part only inverse of the essential research and
this predominantly incorporates the information gathered and the information from the books,
daily paper and the previous history which is being used twice or some more. Alongside this,
examine is being gathered and directed by another person and this cost less. By and large, this
won't for the most part set aside the more extended time for leading the examination. Customer
Research inside market is a fundamental factor which is being done before detailing the plans
and procedures in legitimate and efficacious way (Krueger, 2014). Along these lines the plans
and procedures which are being detailed gives better sort of results and in this way help in
increasing high measure of benefit and profitability too. Conducting research is highly influential
for conducting research plan which is also useful in formulating effective strategies and action
plans are discussed below:
 Specific aims
 Research Strategy
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 Assets
 Research bolster
 Fundamental examinations in better way.
This is for the most part something which must be incorporated while making any sort of plan
for the examination. Main steps that are mainly taken into account are discussed below:
Research plan
Design and structure of research
Research must have proper title
Points should be clear and specified
Proper Procedure to investigate about
research topic
Guidance for end results
Need to have proper recording and structure
for research
Advancement and approach
Track spending plan on timely basis
Prepare report in advance
Put reference also
Survey about research work
Have an accurate story
TASK 4
There are numerous techniques which can be used for bringing act of spontaneity inside
scholastic and individual abilities and those strategies are predominantly workshops, gather
action and meetings. For this, I can request authorization from the specialist. Additionally, there
is the need of growing actually too with the specific level of self-awareness with time plan for
the most part association of exercises and therefore make changes(Nelson and et. al., 2011). It is
basically being required for improving the aptitudes of research and correspondence which thus
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can assist in bringing smooth level of working inside organization. Subsequently, abilities can
for the most part be created and control can be purchased for enhancing the level of execution
and in this way thing sort of thing will basically assist in procuring high measure of benefit
alongside generation proportion. Aptitudes of correspondence absolutely helps in development
of vocation. Alongside this, it is principally being required for deciding the abilities which are
being adapted adequately too.
Skills which is
learned.
Why it was
required to be
learned
Sources required
to learn skills
Time taken to
learn
Did applied
somewhere in
working
Communication
skills
It is expected to
learn and
communicate as it
will help in
conveying to each
movement and
this thus can assist
in limiting the
odds of getting
confused.
Communication
Skill can be learnt
from different
sort of sources
like web, by
talking and
perusing the daily
papers and some
more.
Time which is
being taken for
taking in the
expertise was 5
months
Communication
can be expressed
as the steady
factor which can
help individuals
for understanding
issues.
Research skills Research skills is
an idea which
thusly assists in
uncommon issues
which emerge for
appropriate
method for
working.
There are look
into aptitudes
which can be
learnt from the
books, addresses,
workshops and
some more.
6-7months This sort of
abilities can be
executed which is
should have been
in an effective
manner.
Time
management
My time
management
Going to the
workshops on the
This sort of action
will take just
Effective skills
which can give
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skills skills are good as
I carry out task
according to the
given schedule.
which I have
made for different
exercises. We as
group has done
arranging of
getting together
the due dates for
the exercises and
undertakings.
Alongside this, I
have dealt with
the ideal
opportunity for
low maintenance
thinks about also
alongside
acquiring for
getting together of
my costs.
tips for the time
administration
and in this way
influencing it to
some portion of
the investigation.
Perusing the
books on the time
administration is
another way.
about 3 to 4
months.
points of interest
for finishing the
exercises
previously the
day and age. So
there will be shot
of making audit
for the general
work and make
required
adjustments in it.
CONCLUSION
According to the above mentioned report, it can be concluded that skills play key role in
personal and professional development of an individual. This help person in sharpen their skills
in most effective and efficient manner. There are various ways through notes can be obtain like
meeting, lectures but it is up-to the person to chose most suitable and appropriate among them. In
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addition to that, with the assistance of personal development plan it has become much easier for
an individual to grow and develop both personally and professionally in a viable manner.
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