Developing Academic and Professional Skills: A Detailed Report

This report delves into the crucial aspects of developing academic and professional skills, particularly for students pursuing business management courses. It highlights the challenges encountered during academic pursuits, such as connecting with new people, adjusting to new surroundings, teamwork, socializing, networking, and scheduling. The report emphasizes the importance of effective academic skills in enhancing learning speed, confidence, problem-solving abilities, and communication skills. Similarly, it underscores the significance of professional skills in career advancement, expertise development, improved work methods, and gaining a competitive edge. A personal SWOT analysis is included to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, with a detailed action plan for skill development, focusing on communication and management skills. In conclusion, the report emphasizes the necessity of these skills for personal and professional growth, leading to a stable and successful future. Desklib offers a wealth of similar resources and study tools for students.

Developing
Academic and
Professional Skills

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal development planning is the term which states the program of developing the skills and
abilities of an individuals. It assist a person by giving benefit in attaining the personal goals and
objectives, career growth and professional skills. Academic skills are the bunch of time
management, learning techniques and impressive team working skills which help the individual
in learning and capturing knowledge regarding the objective (Mcdonnell and Sikander, 2017).
The abilities are develop with the expertise in academic writing, presentation and referencing
that hold high term of analysable skills as critical thinking skills etc. The following report is
based on academic skills that are required for higher education business management courses,
developing personal attitude and team working skills all these are needed in future and personal
success.
MAIN BODY
challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice.
While completing or having a academic courses the individual faces a various
challenges. Now days the technology is changing rapidly, specially for entrepreneurs.
During studying a business management courses the students have to struggle in many
ways. These all challenges are discussed below.
 Connecting with new people- the person is creature who is socially connected.
The person need to build a connection to live in the surrounding. Universities
students have many friends outside but in new environment they feel shy or
uncomfortable to connect with new people. The individual should create a new
bonds through this they both can resolve the issues and hurdles together in
academics.
 Adjusting in new surroundings – the most usual challenge faced by the person
is to adjusting themselves In the environment. Most of students have to move out
for studies from their home town. Its hard to sustain in new area in many ways
like weather, environment and living hood products(Chomphookarwin, 2021), so
it is necessary to have a preview of campus before joining.
 learning to work in a team - Managing a business concern include the
cooperation and coordination with the co-workers with in the business concern.
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While learning management, student will be needed to set up with others in team
and this can make a expected challenge for someone is not Is not really usual
with working in a team.
 socializing and networking - during studying a professional courses the
person will come across with different culture and interest. It is an essential to
socialize with the mates as they are helping hands during the curse period.
Similarly it is also important to develop the networking skills is crucial because it
will help in building professional network and boost the career.
 Scheduling: Management is all about doing the right thing at the right time. A
possible manager will have to be really good in carry off their own tasks and
programming their day. Accommodative all the daily academic tasks will be
difficulties as well to the students studying business management as B-schools
usually provide with a lot of assignments after the regular classes(Yu and Brown,
2019).
Importance of effective academic skills development.
Academic skills are important for students, lecturer and guides to utilise their efficiency
fully and learn or assist others to learn. These are the set of study habits and learnings
scheme and time administration method. These ability plays a vital role in person life.
The importance of having effective academic skills development are as follow.
 Academic skills give a power of learning things quickly. They give confidence in
the individuals, by allowing them to take part in courses outside of the area.
 It does not only assist at university level even though it also assist in upcoming
life.
 It helps In boosting the level of confidence, ability of resolving issues and self
esteem.
 It educate people which can contribute further in specific conversation on specific
academic topic by analysing and sharing a prospective view(Nelson and Ahn,
2018).
 It gives an improvement in personal skills or overcome of fear by the short
models and activities. Basically it teaches a way of communicating or managing
time while performing a professional action or personal activity.
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 It helps in increasing and imp roving the ability of focusing towards the goals and
power of learning things. While competing a management course the individual
go through many obstacles which gives a lesson of problem solving or smart
working ability.
 The student who accomplish the assessment properly feels that his time is used
at good place or on good course. These kind of people use the knowledge
effectively and efficiently.
 It gives the knowledge of making effective notes and in summarized way that can
be understand by any one easily.
 It helps in developing a coherent argument it is important for learning in higher
education, it include the written arguments and creative writing activity(Fang,
2021).
Importance of effective professional skills development.
Professional skills explains the technical skills which include expertise in specific
subject. These are the capacities of the person who can posses his acquired knowledge
effectively and efficiently by experting. For example a software engineer required to
understand the every use of software and their actions. The importance of the
professional skills are listed below.
 By using the gained knowledge at the workplace the individual can get a good
promotion and rewards I honour of working well in organisation.
 It creates a confidence in person in order to have a expertise in a particlar
subject.
 It improves the working method of an individual in company and assist in
achieving a companies objectives.
 It gives a positive competitive advantage over others.
 It gives a better opportunity of personal growth and chance of self development
in many ways.
 Improved problem solving skills and learning of new skills including the
professionalism. The need of these skills are the same regardless of the
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business person work for, the co workers and the cooperative environment
within the company.
 It creates a competitive edge for an individuals persons.
 It helps in increase the level of understanding adapting things as per rapidly
changes in technology and working style(Deba and Shuaibu, 2019).
 It makes the person well equipped and sounder of the areas or department.
 It makes the person versatile and knowledable more for future and personal
agenda.
Identification of one skill set that is particularly important- Personal SWOT analysis
SWOT Analysis
It is an evaluate strategy where the person can identify their abilities and drawbacks to
overcome and improve the personal skills.
Strength
 I have strong personal skills, capable of
learning things quickly and adjust
myself as per situation.
 I have a time management skills that
gives ability of working smartly and
effectively.
Weakness
 I have lack of communication skills,
not have an ability of speaking in front
of audiences.
 I have fear of taking initiative, I
personally feel hesitate of sharing my
ideas and views.
Opportunity
 I am good at adapting modern and
contemporary technology in a rapid
manner.
 I have to become socialize because
connecting the people on social sites
can give me a improvement in
communication skills.
Threat
 In today's time competition is rising in
every field so in order to keep myself
ahead of my competition I need to learn
various different skills which can help
me in shaping my career and give me
an edge from my competition.
 I am very introvert person which is a
biggest threat to me as I am unable to
give my ideas and interact with my
subordinates and seniors.
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Detailed Example of the actions that would be taken to develop skills identified as weakness
in SWOT analysis
SKILL WAYS TO BE
DEVELOPED
JUDGING
CRITERIA
TIME OF
ACCOMPLISHMEN
T
Communication skills I lack in this skill, I
will start taking up
initiative of talking
others and discussing
on other topics.
This skill will be judge
constantly as I involve
more in activities as a
coordinators.
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Management skills As I want to improve
my managing skills by
sharing my views in a
team amd managing a
project and teams.
Undertaking a
responsibility of
completing a project
assigned on time by
executing a plan and
activities or team
meetings.
It will be judged by
my senior subordinates
and managers to
evaluate my
performance.
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CONCLUSION
From above PPT it is conclude that academic and professional development presentation, it is
determined that various skills of a person. The discussed study is about that all skills are very
mandatory for every person. These lead to grow personal growth and professionally. The major
aim of attaining the personal development and growth of skills for making a stable future.
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Nelson, M.E. and Ahn, B., 2018, October. Virtual reality activities for teaching engineering
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Fang, Z., 2021. Demystifying Academic Writing: Genres, Moves, Skills, and Strategies.
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Deba, A.A. and Shuaibu, B., 2019. Effectiveness of Activity-Led Learning as Pedagogy for
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