Business Psychology Report: Analyzing Skills for Career Development

This business psychology report provides a comprehensive analysis of essential skills needed for professional success, including teamwork, written communication, and assertiveness/conflict resolution. The report includes a self-assessment of these skills, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and proposes a personal development action plan to enhance these skills. It emphasizes the importance of continuous upskilling and career planning in the rapidly changing business environment. The report also highlights the significance of understanding human behavior in the workplace to create a motivated and satisfied workforce. The student explores how to improve their interpersonal skills, confidence, and overall effectiveness as a team player and communicator. The report's goal is to equip individuals with the knowledge and strategies necessary for achieving their career goals and excelling in the corporate world.

Business Psychology

Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Pro-forma of Team working skill...........................................................................................4
Pro-forma of Written communication skill............................................................................6
Proforma of Assertiveness/conflict resolution.......................................................................7
Summary and Action Plan......................................................................................................8
Personal Development Plan....................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

Executive Summary
The understanding of the self helps in the analysing the qualities which needs to
developed upon in order to remain efficient and effective in business world. The business world
is changing constantly and rapidly which demands the workforce to be skilled and updated. The
self career plan should be prepared in order to gain insight on path to be taken in order to achieve
the ultimate career goal. The analysis of this self needs to be done in detailed form by analysing
where are the skills which needs to be developed upon further to remain competitive. The
presence of the own weakness and strength should be known clearly so that it can developed and
can be used an advantage to grow. The organisations also understand the importance of career
path and gives due importance to employees career planning. The business organisation uses the
psychology approaches in understanding the training and development needs on individuals.
After, identification of the weakness the proper action plan is being made to improve the
weakness and acquire that skill set.

INTRODUCTION
The understanding of business psychology with the human behaviour makes the job easy.
The understanding of the human behaviour helps in attainment of satisfied and motivated
workforce, the needs and wants are better understood of the employees. The linkage between the
importance of skill and business psychology helps in setting the conducive workplace
environment which helps the employees to work better by specifying the importance certain
goals and objectives so set. The right application of the business psychology approaches helps in
identification of the skills which are being lagged by the employees and in providing them the
training and development programmes (Arnold, Kiel and Voigt, 2016). The aim of this report is
to analyse the important skill need to be possessed by an individual in their professional charter.
The personal development action plan is also developed in order to acquire those skills. The
analysis of one's own weakness and strength helps in charting the map where we are lagging and
developing the plan to acquire those skills.
MAIN BODY
The attainment of the specific skills set is required to develop the competitive edge in
career. The examination of self helps in analysing the opportunities and weakness lying ahead.
To have an competent career and to be successful professionally one needs to be aware of the
skills where there are lacking (Campbell and Wilmot, 2018). The continuous upskilling helps to
remain proficient in career and in organisation. The business world is changing rapidly therefore,
the proper planning of career path needs to be done.
Pro-forma of Team working skill
What is the core skill?
The Team working is the skill which enhances the collaborative spirit to work in group and
achieve the common goal efficiently. This skill enhances teamwork the working in larger
groups and increase the ability to achieve the decided common goal. The members of the
organisation forms the team and leader guides the members to achieve the organisational
objective. It increases the trust and creativity among members while working collectively.
Why is this core skill important?
This skill is important because of the collective and collaborative spirit it develops while
working in teams and groups. While working in the organisation this skill is important to

develop as it helps in attainment of goals effectively. The organisation cannot work in
isolation it needs coordination and collaboration among members to a achieve the desired
goals. This can only be possible when there is integrity and spirit to work collectively.
According to Belbin theory of team working, every person possess certain quality and
behaviour that adds to the team working role. From perspective of psychology also one needs
to be collaborative enough to have the job engagement and security in an organisation.
How competent are you currently?
According to my analysis, I am hesitant enough to interact with new individuals. I am creative
enough with my new patterns of thinking and doing certain way in an innovative way. This
analysis helps me in knowing that I am well versed with taking the responsibility and
delivering the accountability of my own actions. I need to be work upon my interpersonal skill
and confidence level. While working in teams it is need to be confident enough and expressive
for proving and justify the ideas.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
This skill helped me in analysing that I need to be aware of different languages and cultures
which will help me in overcoming my interpersonal skills. This will enhance my confidence
level also in order which will help me in interacting easily. The knowledge of varied
background will help me in understanding the human behaviour more. The overcoming of this
weakness will allow me to be an more polished team player thus increasing team
effectiveness. I am working up on these skills through taking different seminars and lectures
on international business. These lectures are making me holistic towards an efficient team
player. I am taking the personality development sessions also which will enhance my overall
confidence will interacting at larger level.
How will this skill help me in the future?
This skill can help me in future in attaining different job roles in an organisation. The team
working spirit is required at every phase while working in an corporate world. This skill is not
only helpful in organisation infact it is required in every phase of life also. As, with my career
goals this skill will help me in becoming an effective manager and leader. To be successful in
corporate world one needs to possess the collective and collaborative spirit.

Pro-forma of Written communication skill
What is the core skill to develop?
The communication is an integral part to exchange clearly the ideas and messages. The written
communication is an formal communication method which requires the exchange of ideas and
messages in written. The written tools of communication includes resumes, emails, circulars ,
notices, minutes, letters etc. The professional writing style is required to formally draft it.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for your
development ?
This skill is very important in exchanging clearly the ideas and messages. The reflection of
this skill is important personally and professionally in order to communicate effectively. The
transparent and quick inference of communication leads to instant decision making. In order to
professionally excel the written communication must be worked upon. Because, in
organisations particularly the written communication is used to exchange the ideas. According
to seven C's of communication model, the communication needs to be clear, concise and
concrete leading to the proper exchange of messages which leads in the efficient cross
communication. In organisations, the correct and clutter free communication gives the
employees and employers satisfaction and increases the trust fro open communication.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
The analysis from peers and myself reflected that I need to work on my written aspect more.
The written communication main principle is that it should be correct and concise to exchange
clearly. I personally feel that I need to work on my grammar and punctuations in order to
make my writing more impactful. The peers suggested me that I need to little bit more
organised while expressing my point. I got to know about my weakness from the writing
competitions so organised ion the schools and colleges. Through that my mentors suggested
that I need to work on written efficiency.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I feel that I know the main communication essence of what I want to convey. I feel that I need
to be more proficient with my writing. To overcome this I enrolled myself with the institute

which provides training on professional writing. In order to more developed and skilled I
started reading the newspapers and watching English movies. This will help to me in
interacting more confidently. The written communication is not enough solitude of excelling
in communication there needs to proper body language and writing style to address. By,
reading the English magazines and journals it will help me in developing the gig in writing
patterns also.
How might this skill help me in the future?
The effective writing will help me in the clearly exchanging the information. By honing this
skill it will help to create the goodwill and of the business organisation also. The effective
written document act as the evidence of the legal document in business therefore, it represents
the credibility of the person who writes it. The acquiring of this skill will help professional in
eliminating the same work, properly delegating the responsibility and effectively interacting
with the higher authorities in the organisation.
Proforma of Assertiveness/conflict resolution
What is the core skill?
The assertiveness is the quality which requires the presentation of thoughts in calm and
justified manner. It is the skill which needs to be positively reviewed without being defensive
and aggressive. The conflict resolution is the representation of skill to resolve positively any
conflict. It is method to being in any dispute to an end in a peaceful and positive manner.
Why is this core skill important?
This skill is important in order to resolve the tensions in an peaceful and acceptable way. The
tensions arises between every individual at every place the skill to resolve it an justified way
is not been possessed by everyone. The presentation of one's idea sometimes is done in an
unacceptable way i.e being in defensive and aggressive mode while expressing their point
forward. The expression of one's own view is an art which requires an subtle way to present.
The presence of an knowledge when and how to speak without leading to any conflict is
necessary to be present. The conflict psychology lays the point that the active presence of

mind to settle the disputes in an innovative way should be present.
How competent are you currently?
This skill is an important part that needs to be possessed. In order of analysing myself I
gathered the fact that I have that skill to put forward my point in an acceptable an impactful
way. I have that calmness and presence of situation fact which leads to effectively analyse the
tension and solve it in an creative way. The point of understanding the facts from all sides and
then analysing it profoundly to settle it in best way is being presented in me.
Can you identify any contradictions, or allowable weaknesses from your analysis?
The contradiction in this skill I found that it takes lot of time for me to resolve the issues. The
familiarity with both the sides needs to be known to me for resolving them. Therefore, I need
to work on time taken to resolve the conflict. The irritation is being created when I am being
interrupted on my point. The familiarity case needs to be ended while solving the issue. To
overcome, this I am taking the motivational sessions to build my calmness more.
How will this skill help me in the future?
This skill will help me in gaining the loyalty and trust of the members of organisation. The
conflict resolution will enhance my following which will help me in being an good manager
and leader.
Summary and Action Plan
The analysis and identification of strength and weakness of oneself helps in developing
the competence which will help professionally to grow. For examination of this I have taken the
personal audit which will help me in analysing the my weakness (Chung and et. al., 2016). Based
on that I can plan well my career path. Therefore, the analysis of my strength and weakness area
s follows;
Strength : From the above proforma being developed I got the fair opportunity in knowing
which quality will help me professionally to grow. The collaborative spirit to work will energise
me in dwelling good team player. The innovativeness and creativity of the ideas will help in
fostering positive culture of organisation (Franco and Haase, 2017). The ability to resolve the

conflicts and putting boldly the ideas and opinions will help me in good manager in future. The
honest and open communication will help the people in organisation to trust me more.
Weakness : The knowing of weakness helps in to acquire that skill and use it as opportunity to
grow further. The calmness in order to be developed while dealing with people is being honed
up. The confidence and proficient written communication is being learning to take it as point to
develop professionally (Zheng and et. al., 2016). The coping with negative situations is an must
have to make an impactful impression on someone while interacting with. Therefore, the
weakness is being overcome through various training mediums such as by enrolling in
specialised sessions and courses specially to overcome it. The weakness so overcome will be
used as an advantage to achieve the professional objectives.
The strengths and weakness so identified will help in future growth and will help in attainment of
career objectives so set for personal growth. The mapping of these skills will help in projecting
the current standing and developing further plans to be improve further to be professionally
competent (Wong and Wong, 2017).
Personal Development Plan
Development
Area
Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time
Team working I have
targetted this
skill so that I
can develop
the leadership
and
collaborative
skills to
achieve the
goals in an
efficient way.
This ability
This can be
measured
using the
performance
standards by
attainment of
the objectives
so set.
The skill is
very much
needed in
organisation
for the
coordination
and
achievement of
the
organisational
objectives.
The application
of this skill will
help in
increasing the
productivity
and
organisational
efficiency.
3 months

will help in
coordinating
the actions
and will help
the team to
achieve the
objectives.
Written
communication
I want to
develop such
skill in order
to gain
proficiency
and excellence
in
communicatio
n.
This can be
easily
measured
using the
views of
peers,
superiors and
subordinates.
This skill can
be acquired by
taking up some
trainings
sessions and
courses. By
reading the
newspapers
and magazines
this skill can
be enhanced.
It will help in
gaining the
confidence and
will increase
the clear
exchange of
ideas and
messages.
5 months
Assertiveness/
conflict
resolution
By acquiring
this skill the
trust and
cohesiveness
in workplace
will be
increased. The
positiveness
and free flow
of exchange of
ideas will take
place.
It can be
measured by
consulting
with
immediate
peers. The
Human
Resource
manager or
counsellor
can best
analyse this
This skill can
be acquired by
taking
specialised
course in
conflict
resolution and
assertiveness
can be
developed by
counsellors
and by
This skill will
help me in
gaining the
trust and
satisfaction of
the colleagues
in
organisation.
2 months

aspect. motivational
sessions.

CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it can be inferred the skills sets which are important to be
acquired in corporate world. To remain competitive and successful in professional world one
needs to acquire certain skills and must brush up them to remain updated. The career analysis
should be taken up in order to map the skills where one is lagging and can improve on to grab the
opportunity lying ahead. The career path is important aspect which organisations also take up to
satisfy the individual growth and development need. In order to satisfy there development needs
the path is designed in a way that it helps to increase the individual skills resulting in increased
organisational efficiency and productivity.