BMP4001 Semester 1: Academic & Professional Skills Development

This presentation addresses the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice, emphasizing the importance of developing both academic and professional skills. It identifies communication skills as a key area for improvement through a personal SWOT analysis. The presentation outlines specific actions, such as active listening and note-taking, to enhance communication skills. It references various academic sources to support its points, covering topics like evaluative judgment, talent development, student-faculty relationships, writing skills, classroom quality, and data science. The presenter concludes by thanking the audience and offering to answer any questions, highlighting a commitment to continuous self-improvement and academic excellence. Desklib provides access to similar presentations and resources for students.

BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills
Assessment 1 - Individual Presentation

Developing Academic And Professional Skills
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Content
• Challenges of studying business management and thriving in
professional practice (with appropriate examples)
• The importance of effective academic skills development
• The importance of effective professional skills development
• Identification of one skill that is particularly important – personal
SWOT analysis
• Detailed example of the actions that would be taken to develop
skills identified as weakness in SWOT analysis

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice (with appropriate
examples)
• The twenty first century has been a
period of major impact on change for the
various organizations and business
industries. It results in greater demand
for the managers with the technical skills
and traditional subject knowledge but
also includes individual business skills.

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• Closing remarks: The business school is
basically a place that offers the students
with a lot of opportunities for the objective
to improve their lives with the help of their
careers. In addition to that it involves the
student to commit to their work and
studies.

The importance of effective academic skills development
Academic skills plays a very important and
essential role for the successful tertiary
study. The major essential academic skills
includes writing, independent study skills,
communication and digital and numeracy
skills.

The importance of effective professional skills development
Professional skills are basically the
abilities that helps in succeeding in a
job. With good professional skills it
helps in benefitting the people in
the work environments, job
positions and industries.

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• Management Skills: Management is
basically the process of designing and
maintaining an environment in which
individuals working together in group
efficiently accomplish selected aims.

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important – personal SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
I have the ability to answer key questions and also finding the right
marketing angle.
I am very creative and I have the skills and capabilities to impress
with new perspectives.
I am committed towards my career and assignments.
WEAKNESSES
My communication sills are really poor and I need to work upon
them in order to complete my assignments and actively participating in
various professional and a
Academic skills in my university.
OPPORTUNITY
• I have strong team working skills that will help me in strongly participating in
my assignment and will help me in completing my projects and assignments
on time.
THREATS
Due to my ineffectiveness in communication this might become a big threat for
me
In future and I had to deal with various problems and challenge in order to
make my communication skills stronger.
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at: Communication Skills

Detailed example of the actions that would be
taken to develop skills identified as weakness
in SWOT analysis
Listening actively: In communication
process, listening plays a very important
role and it is important to ask for
clarification for the purpose to avoid any
kind of misunderstandings. Therefore, it is
important to listen carefully.

Summary
• In the above SWOT analysis, communication skills are identified as the
weakness and in order to improve my communication skills i will be
taking up following actions:
• Taking Notes: While communicating it is very important to take notes
when you are in a meeting or talking to other person.

References
Boud, D. ed., 2018. Developing evaluative judgement in higher education. London and
New York: Routledge.
Kerr, B.A. and Gahm, J., 2018. Developing talents in girls and young women.
Ingraham, K.C., Davidson, S.J. and Yonge, O., 2018. Student-faculty relationships and its
impact on academic outcomes. Nurse Education Today, 71, pp.17-21.
Ruane, S.G. and Chappell, S., 2018. Developing Students’ Writing Skills With the IDEAL
Framework. Management Teaching Review, 3(2), pp.107-117.
Lin, Y.C. and Magnuson, K.A., 2018. Classroom quality and children’s academic skills in
child care centers: Understanding the role of teacher qualifications. Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, 42, pp.215-227.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018. Data science for
undergraduates: Opportunities and options. National Academies Press.