BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills Development: SWOT & Action

This report provides an analysis of professional and academic skill development, highlighting its importance for both professionals and students. It explores the challenges encountered while studying business management and thriving in professional settings, emphasizing the significance of adaptability, teamwork, and work-life balance. The report further details the benefits of professional skills development, such as increased knowledge, confidence, and efficiency, as well as the advantages of academic skills development, including time management, research skills, and self-discipline. A personal SWOT analysis identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, leading to an action plan focused on enhancing detail orientation and presentation skills. The report concludes by underscoring the role of skill development in improving capability and efficiency, supported by relevant references.

BMP4001 Professional & Academic Skills
Developing Professional
and Academic Skills

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Challenges of studying business management and thriving into professional practices.
• Importance of professional skills development
• Importance of academic skills development
• Personal SWOT analysis
• Action plan
• Conclusion

Introduction
Professional and academic skill development refers to developing the
skill of professional individuals and students. These are basically abilities and
strategies that is helpful for professional individuals and students in order to
succeed in the specific environment(Lambey, 2020). This report will analyse
the various challenges of studying business management. It will further
explain the importance of professional and academic skills development along
with SWOT analysis and action plan to overcome from weaknesses.

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving into professional practices
 Adaptability
 Learn to work in a team
 Work life balance
 Expenses

Importance of professional skills development
Professional skill development defined as to provide opportunity to
the professional individuals to learn new technologies and skills which is
helpful for their respective field(Nijhuis, 2019). It is basically refers to career
training and continuous education after an individual enters into the
workforce. Professional development skill helps to:
 Increase the knowledge base
 Boost confidence & credibility
 Increases the efficiency and effectiveness
 Promotion
 Increases versatility

Importance of academic skills
development
Academic skill refers to the abilities and strategies involved in the academics help to
become better knowledgeable student. This skill play an important role during the
academic period which is helpful for the career and it makes the students stay focussed
and self motivated to achieve their goals(Beagon and Bowe, 2018). Academic skills
are essential in order to enhancement of productivity and efficiency in the academics
or at school. There are following benefits of development of academics skills as:
Time management
Increases research skill
Self discipline
Multitasking

Personal SWOT analysis
Strengths
• Multitasking
• Leadership quality
Weaknesses
• Detail oriented person
• Lack of presentation skill
Opportunity
• Take presentation skill course
• Involve in company project
Threats
• Overworked
• High competition

Action plan
Skills Resources to be used Judging criteria Time period
Detail oriented person To overcome from this weakness, I am particularly
involved in the company's project in which time period of
completion is less. It helps me complete the project on
time rather than focussing on unnecessary details.
It is judged by the project head, team leader
and my subordinate who involved in the
project.
4 Month
Lack of presentation skill To overcome this weakness , I enrolled in the
presentation skill courses and also started to participate
in public speaking program.
It is judged by the my mentor, friends and
seniors.
5 Month

Conclusion
From the above analyses it is concluded that how professional and
academic skill development increases capability and efficiency of professional
individuals and students. The analysis explains various challenges of studying
business management. It further analyses the importance of professional and
academic skills development along with SWOT analysis and action plan to
overcome from weaknesses.

References
 Beagon, U. and Bowe, B., 2018. The Academic Perspective: A study of academic
conceptions of the importance of professional skills in engineering programmes in Ireland.
In Spring Colloquium of the UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network
Symposium.
 Bryant, J.C., 2021. MENTORED IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT. The Art and Science of
Mentoring: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Frances Kochan, p.135.
 Byrnes, M.K., 2021. Professional Skills Teaching Within Veterinary Education and Possible
Future Directions. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, p.e20210038.
 Lambey, L., 2020. Skill development of professional accountants in the digital economy.
In Developing the Workforce in an Emerging Economy (pp. 136-151). Routledge.
 Nijhuis, D.O., 2019. The business of studying business. Business Interests and the
Development of the Modern Welfare State, p.163.