Importance of Skills Development in Business Management Studies

This report assesses the significance of academic and professional skills in business management, addressing the hurdles encountered during studies and professional practice. It emphasizes the importance of skills like time management and research, highlighting academic skills as a foundation for further development. Challenges such as adapting to new environments, teamwork, and balancing academics with other activities are evaluated. The report concludes that mastering these skills is crucial for effective business management, supported by references to relevant academic sources. Desklib provides access to similar reports and study tools for students.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Table of content
 INTRODUCTION
 TASK
 Evaluate the challenges of studying business management
and thriving in professional practice.
 Discuss the importance of effective academic and
professional skills development.
 Select one skill that you believe is particularly important
and give a detailed example of the actions you would take
to develop that skill.
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are the skills which helps in making learner
develop the abilities for succeeding in the academic setting and
enhancing their critical thinking process. Professional skills are
the merger of both the hard skills which can be generated in the
training and the soft skills which are transferable skills such as
communication skills, leadership and many more.

Evaluate the challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice.
 Connecting with the new people- Studying comprises
various kind of interaction with the people such as with the
professor, classmates and many more. This interaction can
become a problem when there is no effective
communication take place.
 Adjusting in the new places and surrounding- In respect to
attend business school and any learning process a learner
choose , they have to go to the new location for the further
learning.

 Learning to work in the team- Studying can be conduct by
learning alone and sometimes required to work or learn in
the groups in respect to complete the class projects and the
tasks.
 balancing academics with the other activities of life-
Business students have to spend most of their time in the
learning concepts and doing projects which take their most
of the time.

Discuss the importance of effective academic and professional
skills development.
Having relevant academic and the professional skills develops
the learner abilities to learn but it also make them more efficient
for the further learning processes.
 Time management- It is the ability which organises the
time efficiently in managing all the things and the
activities. Development in the academic and professional
skills make student capable to devote sufficient time on the
different assignments.

Select one skill that you believe is particularly important and
give a detailed example of the actions you would take to develop
that skill.
The important skills that works particularly for the betterment of
the student is academic skills because this skill are the base for
enhancing any further skill. If a learner is having effective
academic skills then its being easy for them to inherit another
skills.
 Researching information- Studying and making research
about the concepts and the information gives proper
knowledge about the particular subjects.

Conclusion
From the above report it is concludes that academic and
professional skill is very important in managing the business
management. Effective Business management can be
implemented with the help of these skills. This report
evaluates the challenges of studying business management
and thriving in professional practice that are Connecting
with the new people, Adjusting in the new places and
surrounding, Learning to work in the team and balancing
academics with the other activities of life.

References
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 Hinojosa-Pareja, E.F. and García-Cano, M., 2020.
Excellence is not an island: team-based professional
development in Higher Education. Professional
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