Business Management: Developing Professional and Academic Skills

This presentation delves into the complexities of business management, highlighting the challenges in mastering its models and theories, as well as the difficulties encountered in professional practice. It underscores the significance of academic skills, such as reading comprehension, research proficiency, and presentation abilities, alongside essential professional skills like flexibility, teamwork, and time management, in fostering career advancement. The presentation features a personal SWOT analysis and a detailed action plan for skill enhancement, emphasizing the importance of adaptability and continuous learning in the modern business environment. References to relevant academic articles are included to support the discussion.

Professional
and
academic
skill
development

Table of content
 INTRODUCTION
 Challenges in studying business management
and succeeding in a professional practice
 Importance of academic skill development
 Importance of professional skill development
 Personal SWOT analysis
 Action Plan
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

Introduction
Business management is one of the most extensively
studied fields in the world and contains all the major
and minor details, theories, techniques and models
concerning the operations and activities of
businesses all around the globe involved in every
industry. .

Challenges in studying business
management and succeeding in a
professional practice
 Outdated study material – Most of the syllabus
that students are taught at their schools and
colleges does not cover the intricacies in
conducting business in the modern day.
 Rise in costs and low market demand – Most of
the courses of business management have
ridiculously high costs associated with them.

Importance of academic skill
development
 Soft skills - Simply knowing how to
pronounce and make sense of a given written
material or visual cue does not make one an
efficient reader and in order to succeed in
professional careers and personal life.
 Business Forecasting - Firms regularly holds
important meetings discussing a lot of
information and forecasting of crucial
business documents.

Importance of professional skill
development
 Teamwork – Being able to properly
function in a group and having the
skills which enable the achievement of
results efficiently
 Time Management – Efficiency and
productivity are both important
concepts which are take into
consideration by most businesses

Personal SWOT analysis
Strengths
1. My public speaking and business
communication skills are well polished.
2. I possess immense self confidence and
stay intrinsically motivated at all times.
Weaknesses
1. I am not flexible in my thinking and
way of work and lack adaptability.
2. My teamwork skills and ability to
function in a group are not optimal.
Opportunities
1. I have been good at machine learning and
coding so I can take advantage of growing
demand of IT sector jobs.
Threats
1. Most of the industries in which I am
interested in working have been ravaged
by the COVID-19 pandemic making work
unstable and unsafe.

Action Plan
Skills and knowledge Current Proficiency Target Proficiency Development of skill and
knowledge
Judging Criteria Time Frame
Flexibility Low as I am quite rigid
in my thinking and
workflow
High, I want to be highly
adaptable to other people
and towards most
changes in the workplace
I will undertake exercises
and expert sessions which
makes me work on my
emotional intelligence
and boost my ability yo
think creatively.
I will be presented with
various organizational
activities and hurdles
which will disrupt my
workflow and my
attitude and way of
solving them will be
tested and analysed
2 months

CONCLUSION
The above concluded PPT went into detail regarding the complex nature of business management
and the various challenges associated with learning it's various models and theories along with the
difficulties faced by people engaged in professional practices. The definition and importance of
academic skills in developing an individuals' career were also listed such as reading comprehension,
research skills and presentation skills along with professional ones such as flexibility, teamwork and
time management

REFERENCES
 Dumitr, and et.al., 2018. A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and
dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century. UTAD.
 Eenshuistra, and et.al., 2019. One size does not fit all: A systematic review of
training outcomes on residential youth care professionals' skills. Children and
Youth Services Review, 103, pp.135-147.
 Gamble, and et.al., 2020. Students as co-authors of an academic development
service: A case study of the Study Skills service at the University of Bristol. New
Review of Academic Librarianship, 26(2-4), pp.275-290.