BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills: Presentation and Action Plan

This presentation delves into the development of academic and professional skills, particularly within the context of business management studies. It identifies key challenges faced by students, such as uncertainty about the future, scheduling difficulties, and the need to adapt to new environments. The presentation emphasizes the importance of both academic skills (note-taking, reasoning, technical literacy) and professional skills (adaptability, communication, teamwork) for success. A SWOT analysis is conducted to assess personal strengths and weaknesses, highlighting the need for improved leadership skills. An action plan is proposed to address these weaknesses. The presentation concludes that continuous development of these skills is crucial for achieving success in any field. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and past papers to aid students in their studies.

BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills
Assessment 1 - Individual Presentation

Developing Academic And Professional Skills
Name & ID

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• MAIN BODY
• Challenges faced in business management studies
• Importance of academic skills
• Importance of professional skills' development
• SWOT analysis
• Action plan
• CONCLUSION
• References

INTRODUCTION
• Professional development refers in improving certain skills so that needs of students might be meet in right manner.
• Also, present presentation is based on certain challenges that are faced by business management students along with various
examples.
• Moreover, significance to thrive for professional practice to achieve greater success will be also be covered under this presentation in
detail.

Challenges faced in business management studies
• Uncertainty about future.
• Scheduling
• Money management
• Adjust in surroundings
• Working in team

Importance of effective academic skills development
• Having good academic skills allows individual to become more effective learners by providing them enough confidence to solve certain problems in
well-defined manner. Also, such academic skills includes note taking, reasoning, technical literacy, reasoning skill and much more.
• Furthermore, these academic skills are developed in students systematically over period either through classroom or certificate courses.

Importance of effective professional skills development
• Professional skills are defined as ability or trait that positively affects performance at any workplace. Also, having right amount of professional skills
would benefit people in all kinds of job positions and roles.
• Moreover, it would also help learner to adjust in different work culture and environments as productivity levels are increased.
• Also, professional skills are known by soft skills as it can be easily transferred from one job to another

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• Thus, from above it can be said that professional skills foster continuous learning and knowledge among various persons that wishes to
achieve great height of success in the future.
• Moreover, ability to analyse certain data is also enhanced by linking with real life examples so that clear overview might be developed
regarding certain concepts.

SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT AnalysisSTRENGTHS
• Good working independently
• Have better time management skills
WEAKNESSES
• Lack of leadership skills in large and diverse groups.
• Not very good in researching skills
OPPORTUNITY
• Working in any reputed firm
• Attending professional seminars for better knowledge.
THREATS
• Difficulty in adjusting in actual work environment.
• Not able to work independently in complex projects due to
uncertain circumstances
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at: One weakness that I have analysed is my leadership skills are not very good because of
which I am not able to handle diverse groups at the same time. Also, due to this weakness I am not able to delegate certain tasks among groups of
people and take certain responsibilities with fear of not being to fulfil it on timely manner

Action plan
Particulars Action to be taken Resources required Success criteria Timescale
Leadership skill  Work more with
supervisors
 Work in groups
 Attend lectures
 None as such  Appraisal form
any seniors
 Accomplishment
of group project
on given deadline
successfully
5-6 months

CONCLUSION
• From above presentation it can be concluded that presence and development of various skills in any individual allow him to achieve greater success
in any field.
• Further, presentation had identified certain challenges such as changed environment, working in team, uncertainty about future etc. that are faced by
students while studying for any business management course.

References
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