Academic Skills for Business and Management (MGBBT0ASB) Report

This report analyzes key academic skills crucial for success in business and management studies, encompassing time management, referencing, note-taking, and planning. It begins with an introduction to academic skills, emphasizing their role in enhancing competence, confidence, and reducing stress related to deadlines and tests. The main body delves into each skill, defining and explaining their importance. Time management is presented as a method for efficient organization and prioritization, referencing as a means of acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism, note-taking as a tool for active learning and information retention, and planning as a strategy for goal setting and resource management. The report references various academic journals and books to support its findings and concludes by reiterating the importance of these skills for academic and professional success. The report emphasizes how these skills contribute to better academic performance, increased employability, and overall student achievement.

Academic Skills for
Business and
Management
(MGBBT0ASB)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Identification of a variety of academic Skills.........................................................................1
Time Management Skills........................................................................................................1
Referencing Skills..................................................................................................................2
Note-Taking Skills..................................................................................................................3
Planning Skills........................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic Skills are basically the habits, abilities and strategies which can support the
learners in succeeding in an academic setting. With the help of good study skills, it can help in
increasing competence, confidence and self esteem. It can also lead to reducing anxiety regarding
the deadlines and tests. Through developing effective study skills, it can be able to cut down on
the time and hours spent on studying and allowing more time to work for other things in life.
These skills plays a very important role as it helps in increasing the success and productivity at
school. A student who is academically successful is more likely to have more employment
opportunities, be employed and have a stable employment. There are various types of skills
which contributes towards the success of a student and these can be implemented in a better
manner.
MAIN BODY
Identification of a variety of academic Skills
In case of academic skills, there are various types of skills which plays a significant role
in contributing towards the success of the company. These skills generally comprises of time
management skills, referencing skills, Note taking skills and planning skills. The application
of these skills in the academics helps in contributing towards the overall success of the company
(Menz, 2020).
Time Management Skills
Time Management can be basically defined as the process of planning and organizing how to
divide time among various activities. With the help of good time management skills, it helps in
doing more with less effort and in less time. Also spending less time on a specific activity could
to lead staying more focused, lowering the level of stress and also learning new skills. With the
support of time management skills, it basically encourages to achieve more success and career
objective in life. When it comes to learning time management skills, it basically supports a lot in
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increasing the efficiency and productivity. With the support of effective time management, it is
basically related to greater academic performance and also lower the level of anxiety in students.
Through the application of these skills, it helps in preventing the procrastination, achievement of
goals in faster manner, breaking down tasks into small tasks, prioritizing and defining the tasks,
reducing the stress level, preventing procrastination, providing career opportunities, boosting up
confidence and helping in prioritizing the work. In reference to academics, the time management
can be very useful in life of students and their hectic schedules (Evans and Kerridge, 2021). In
addition to that, it helps in ensuring that the students are well focuses, prepared and organize in
order to manage their daily lives and also completing academic assignments in a timely manner.
In case of time management skills, these skills need to be practice and learn which could lead to
improved success. Furthermore, such type of skills helps in better forecasting and better
planning. Through better time management skills, it could lead to less anxiety and stress. With
the support of time management skills, it helps a student in planning and organizing how to
divide the time among various activities(Timane, Wandhe and Band, 2019).
Referencing Skills
In context to referencing skills, it basically involves how well you acknowledge the source of
data or information you have referred in your work. When it comes to academics, referencing is
considered to be an important academic skills it helps in providing sources used in order to
research about a particular topic and gives weight and support to the conclusions and arguments.
When it comes to writing thesis or an essay, the referencing to the sources is considered to be an
academic requirement(Lovett, Harrison and Armstrong, 2022). A student with effective
referencing skills helps to avoid any kind of plagiarism through making it clear which ideas are
someone else's and which ideas are own. With effective and efficient referencing skills, it helps
in better understanding and knowledge about plagiarism and also supporting evidence for the
opinions, ideas and arguments. In addition to that, referencing allows to basically acknowledge
the contribution of various researchers and writers in the work. It is also considered to be the
method of giving credit to the writers from whom you have borrowed ideas and words. Through
proper citation of work, it basically respects and acknowledges the intellectual property rights of
that researcher. It is very important for the students to be highly accurate so that it allows readers
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to trace the sources of information or material used. In Academic Writing, referencing plays a
very important role as it helps in indicating what material is original work and what material is
of another person or belongs to different source. When it comes to Referencing, there are various
styles and it is very important to follow a proper referencing style for a specific assignment. In
case of Academic Writing, it generally involves introducing other voices and presenting ideas.
With context to Referencing, it generally comprises of enhancing the writing in academics and
also offering support to readers in different method. Also referencing plays a very important role
in literacy and academic integrity as in case of students they find it very difficult to do
referencing. As the students are not familiar with norms and academic conventions (Livas and
Karali, 2022).
Note-Taking Skills
In reference to Note Taking, it basically comprises of the practice of recording information from
various platforms and different sources. With the help of taking note, the writer basically records
the information and its essence, freeing their mind from having to recall everything from the
start. In reference to academic writing, the note-taking skills plays a very important role and
forces to focus in the class and pay much attention (Midgley and Bak, 2021). In context to
academic writing, the note taking is basically the practice of recording data or information from
various platforms and different sources. In relation to academic writing, note-taking is basically
the process of compiling and obtaining information that usually supports and answers the
research paper's topic and questions. The skills of Note-taking provides various benefits. With
the help of effective note taking, it helps in keeping you well aware and alert and also supports in
avoiding feeling of distraction and drowsiness. Through such type of skills, it helps in deciding
and listening carefully what to include in notes while keeping the mind actively involved with
what you hear. Also such type of skills are highly critical in college settings and secondary
school. It generally comprises of organized outlines, effective listening, recording of key points
and clear handwriting which are considered to be the major key points in note-taking skills. In
academic writing, through effective note taking it helps in making connections, organizing ideas,
staying engaged and active during the revision, lectures and reading. Also it helps in
remembering the materials, identification of the key ideas, being selective, structuring and
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planning the written assignments. When a student actively take notes during class, it helps in
better understanding of the major concepts and helping to stay focused. Through good note
taking, it will help in improving retention, active listening and material comprehension.
Planning Skills
The skills related to planning generally involves setting and identification of objectives,
prioritising and managing the other resources and workload. With the support of planning skills,
it helps in managing resources, tools and time in order to reach a particular objective or goal. The
skills related to planning plays a crucial role in overall success of the company as well as
individuals. Planning is basically described as the thinking skill which supports individuals in
developing strategies in order to achieve certain objectives or aims. Planning skills is highly
essential for students and supports them in prioritizing tasks in a effective manner. In case of
academic writing, the planning skills are basically described as the cognitive skills also known as
executive function (Gunarathne, Senaratne and Herath, 2021). Such skills plays a important role
in making decisions and setting up goals and also supports in self regulation and critical thinking.
With reference to academic writing, before you begin the writing process, it is a good idea to
have better understanding about the tasks and have a good knowledge about how will you
manage the time as you work through assignments. In academic writing, planning is really useful
as it helps in prioritising the way you basically present information and organizing thoughts.
Through proper planning skills, it helps a lot in getting the work in a accurate manner and also
avoiding any kind of mistakes or errors. Through better planning and organizing work, it helps in
becoming more productive and efficient. Through developing effective plans and being well
organized, it allows you to achieve important objectives and goals.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that academic skills plays a very important
role when it comes to success of students. With the support of academic skills, a student can
actively carry out day to day activities and also helps in having better knowledge about the
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assignments and courses in order to achieve success in the company. It also helps in deeper
understanding about the four major skills which is note taking skills, referencing skills, time
management skills and Planning Skills.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Evans, J. and Kerridge, C., 2021. Business simulations to develop employability skills in
Strategic Management students. In Games, Simulations and Playful Learning in Business
Education (pp. 113-125). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Gunarathne, N., Senaratne, S. and Herath, R., 2021. Addressing the expectation–performance
gap of soft skills in management education: An integrated skill-development approach for
accounting students. The International Journal of Management Education, 19(3),
p.100564.
Livas, C. and Karali, N., 2022. Examining the concurrent impact of teaching and assessment
format on undergraduate students' academic performance in marketing. Higher Education,
Skills and Work-Based Learning, (ahead-of-print).
Lovett, B.J., Harrison, A.G. and Armstrong, I.T., 2022. Processing speed and timed academic
skills in children with learning problems. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 11(3), pp.320-
327.
Menz, M., 2020. Integrating Academic Skills and Employability-Revisiting the Learning
Journal. Journal of Research in Higher Education, 4(2).
Midgley, J. and Bak, O., 2021. A preliminary investigation into senior management skills: the
context of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers. Benchmarking: An International Journal.
Salaan, N.D., Job Enabling English Proficiency (Jeep) Program: Its Implications to Students'
Academic Performance and Employability Skills. Available at SSRN 4183175.
Timane, R., Wandhe, P. and Band, G., 2019. A Study of Analysis of Gap in the Employability
Skills and Attributes of Management Students with Respect to Academic Output and
Industry Requirement. The International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal
analysis (ISSN No. 0886-9367) pg, pp.4335-4346.
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