Developing Academic and Professional Skills Presentation: SWOT

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 includes a personal SWOT analysis, focusing on identifying weaknesses and outlining specific actions to improve them, particularly in time management and decision-making. The presentation concludes that developing these skills is crucial for achieving success, increasing self-confidence, and improving productivity. It also highlights the importance of effective time management, reading skills, knowledge retention, and networking opportunities. The references cited provide further insights into business process management, knowledge management, and the integration of academic skills with employability.

Assessment 1 - Individual Presentation

Developing Academic And Professional Skills
•Name & ID

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

Introduction
Business management as the process of controlling or
managing the various activities of the organisations. It
helps in achieving different objective of the business
set by the higher authorities. The employees of the
organisation always perform the different activities of
the business in a very planned and organised manner
which help them in running the business effectively and
efficiently.

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice (with appropriate
examples)
•Time management
•Balance life, work and study
•Learn management of team
•Learn to socialise

The importance of effective academic
skills development
•Leads to success
•Increase the self-confidence
•Effective time management
•Reading skills
•Reduce stress

The importance of effective professional
skills development
•Increase the knowledge base
•Increase retention
•Boost the Confident
•Improved efficiency
•Provide networking opportunities

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important – personal SWOT analysisPersonal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
Communication skill
Listening skills
WEAKNESSES
Time management
Decision making
OPPORTUNITY
Confident
Support
THREATS
Problem solving
Dynamic market conditions
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at:

Detailed example of the actions that would be
taken to develop skills identified as weakness
in SWOT analysis
Skills Level Strategies Judging criteria Time period
Time management High To overcome from this
weakness, I will divide the
different activities into small
target and try to achieve the
set goals within the set time
limits
I will get the feedback from
my family members and friend
whether I achieved the target
within the set time limit or
not.
4 months
Decision making High To resolve this weakness, I
will take lots of decision on
daily basis and I will also
join the online communities
with the motive of
improving the decision-
making skills.
This should be measured on
the basis of outcome that I
take on the regular basis
7 months

Summary
From the above PPT it is concluded that the development of academic and professional skills in an individual is
very important to achieve a successful position in life. The development of effective academic skill in a student
make him more confident and allow them to take the responsibilities. On the other hand, the professional skill
development improves the productivity of employees and help them in achieving the set objectives in a very
effective manner.

References
•Vom Brocke, J. and Mendling, J., 2018. Business process management cases. Digital Innovation and Business
Transformation in Practice. Berlin et al.: Springer.
•Ferreira, J., Mueller, J. and Papa, A., 2018. Strategic knowledge management: theory, practice and future
challenges. Journal of Knowledge Management.
•Eide, D., Fuglsang, L. and Sundbo, J., 2017. Management challenges with the maintenance of tourism
experience concept innovations: Toward a new research agenda. Tourism Management, 63, pp.452-463.
•Menz, M., 2020. Integrating Academic Skills and Employability-Revisiting the Learning Journal. Journal of
Research in Higher Education, 4(2).

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