Business Management: Developing Academic & Professional Skills

This report explores the challenges of studying business management and the importance of developing both academic and professional skills. It identifies personal SWOT analysis as a particularly important skill, detailing actions to improve weaknesses such as time management through prioritization, scheduling, and effective planning. The report emphasizes the role of academic skills in building goodwill, reputation, and discipline, while professional skills are crucial for career development, team management, and increasing self-value. Ultimately, the report concludes that mastering these skills is essential for achieving personal and professional goals in the field of business, referencing various academic sources to support its arguments.

Developing academic and
professional skills

Table of content
 Introduction
 Challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice
 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 examples of the actions that would be taken to develop skills identifies as
weaknesses in SWOT analysis
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Professional skills are defined as the career competencies
as well as abilities that are used at workplace that help to
perform professional task in efficient manner. It is the
combination of various soft and hard skills and soft skills
that enable an individual to attain determined goals and
objectives.

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice
Business management is considered as key subject which is
helpful in increasing the knowledge related to business. In the
academic life, it is essential for a student to focus on developing
knowledge related to business management in order to lead the
competition. The business management subject is one of the
most subjects which also helps in career development related to
business studies.

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 Practical learning- The practical learning is required in
order to study the business management subject in an
advanced manner.
 Complexity in understanding- Business management is
a complex subject and require in depth understanding.
 Time-management- Management of time in studying
business management is also one of the key challenges
faced by a student.

The importance of effective academic skills
development
 Academic skills play a key role in development of an individual
in academic life. It is important for an individual to focus on
academic skills development to develop best solutions related
career and academic problem. The importance of effective
academic skills development is mentioned below:
 Goodwill and reputation- With the help and support of
academic skills, goodwill and reputation of a student also
increases.

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 Academic discipline- The academic discipline is one of the
major outcomes of academic skills development.
 Helps in professional and career growth- Application of
business management subject in professional life helps in
systematic professional and career growth.
 Personality development- The personality development is
improved with the study of business management in order to
achieve major growth based objectives.

The importance of effective professional
skills development
 Professional skills are most important part of an
individual's life which helps in increasing sustainable
growth. In the academic life, it is ethical role of a
candidate to develop professional skills in order to achieve
major goals and objectives.
 Career development-The career development is one of
the major aspects which is enhanced with the help and
support of professional skills.

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 Employee and team management- The team management and
employee management is most important in personal as well as
professional life.
 Growth and expansion- In order to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness in the student's life, it is important to focus on
communication skills.
 Increase value- It is very much necessary and important for an
individual to focus on increasing self-value by focusing on
primary considerations.

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important- personal SWOT analysis
Strength Weaknesses
 Communication skill: I have strong communication skills that
enables me to convey my ideas, opinions and through to others
in clear and effective manner. It helps me to understand others
point of view as well.
 Teamwork: Teamwork in my strengthen skills that facilitates
me to work in team and perform operations properly to attain
common goals and objectives in appropriate way.
 Problem solving: I am good in problem solving which help me
to resolve all issues that come during my performance. I have
analysed situation than solve it properly.
 Decision-making: I have realised that I am weak in taking
effective decisions according to situations that impact my
overall performance and efficiency. I have missed various
opportunities due to appropriate decisions are not taken on time.
 Time-management: I am weak in time-management that
impact on my ability to manage all activities and performance
according to time. Ineffective time-management impact on my
performance and efficiency.

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Opportunities Threat
 Leadership skill: Effective leadership skills will help me in
future to lead all efforts and actions of team to attain common
goals and objectives in specific time-frame. It will give me
opportunity to lead team and attain all professional goals in
best possible manner.
 Planning: I have realised that effective planning helps me to
perform all activities in systematic manner and attain all goals
and objectives. Planning will provide me direction to perform
future course of actions in best way.
 Creativity: I am not good in creativity that impact on my
performance as well as create threat for my from competitors.
Other students are good in creativity so they can perform in
more innovative manner that provide them competitive
advantages.
 Technical skills: In this era of digital technology, technical
skills are required to perform operations properly. I have
ineffective technical skills such as computer and other that
create threat for me.

Detailed examples of the actions that would be taken to
develop skills identifies as weaknesses in SWOT analysis
Skill Actions Assessment Time-frame
Time-management I have taken various actions to improve
time management skill such as priorities
my work, schedule task and deadlines,
develop effective planning, prepare
timetable according to time, set reminder
for tasks. All these actions help to manage
time and perform actions to attain
determined goals and objectives during
defined deadline.
Improvement in time-
management is
assessed by the
managers, team leaders
and mentors through
determined that project
or assignment
completed on time or
not.
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