Professional Skills Development and Action Plan Report

This report delves into the critical aspects of professional and academic skills development, highlighting their significance in a business management context. It begins by outlining the challenges encountered while studying business management, such as connecting with diverse individuals and adapting to varied perspectives. The report emphasizes the importance of effective professional and academic skill development, showcasing how it enhances career progression and enables individuals to stay current with industry trends. A key component is a personal SWOT analysis, identifying the student's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Based on this analysis, the report focuses on developing decision-making skills, presenting a detailed action plan to achieve this. The report concludes by reiterating the pivotal role of skills development in an individual's career and academic journey, offering valuable insights for students seeking to enhance their professional and academic capabilities. References to supporting literature are also included.

Professional and Academic
Skills Development

Table Of Content
 Introduction
 Challenges of studying business management
 Importance of effective professional and academic skills development
 Select one skill which is very important and give example of the detailed
action plan to develop that skill
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 Professional skills refers to the abilities and career competencies which has
been used within the work place which are beneficial for any job.
 Without having academic skills, it becomes very challenging to stand at the
initial level professional life.
 Academic skills refers to the strategies, habits and abilities which can help
learners in terms of succeeding into the academic setting.
 For an individual, both the kind of skills are very important in order to achieve
success at the larger scale.

Challenges of studying business
management
There are different kinds of challenges of studying business management which
are defined into the following manner:
 Connecting with new people: At the university level, people comes from
different backgrounds and it is difficult to make the cordial communication
level. It becomes very challenging as well to understand the language of the
people who are from different background. As different people have different
point of views so its very difficult to connect with people in order to learn
about the topic of business management.

Importance of effective professional
and academic skills development
The effective professional and academic skills development has been defined into
the following manner:
Professional skills development importance: It becomes very instrumental
which enables the career progression and also empowers the individuals to truly
shine in their future and current roles.
 This kind of development enables the individual to stay up to date with the
latest trends in their industry and learning the new skills as well.

Select one skill which is very important and give
example of the detailed action plan to develop that
skill
 Personal SWOT analysis: It is a method of individual assessment which can be done at any stage
of life whether to determine the self improvement, career paths, educational choices.
STRENGTHS
 I am good in terms of communication skills due to which I can make good
network level whether it is about the professional or academic life
 I am strong in terms of time management skill due to which I can easily
manage my academic and professional life as well
WEAKNESSES
 I am weak in terms of critical thinking skill due to which I can't easily analyse
the business situation into deeper terms
 I am not strong into context of decision-making skill due to which it is
challenging for me to reach towards the conclusive decision at the
organisational level
OPPORTUNITIES
 I have opportunities in terms of making good network level and connection
which will help in my career path
 I have opportunities into context of managing number of tasks whether it is
about the academic life or about the professional life
THREATS
 I have threat from my colleagues because they are good into certain kind of
skills which gives me a tough competition level into the professional life
 I have threat into context of decisions taken at the organisational level
because I am not sure that whether these decisions will work or not

Continue
 From the SWOT analysis, I have analysed that I need to develop one particular
skill so that it not only help in my professional life but also contribute into
context of academic life as well. I have analysed from this analysis that I need to
develop my decision making skill so that I can properly grow into my career
with the right kind of approach.
 Action plan: An action plan basically refers to the definite check list of
resources or tasks which are required in order to complete the project or achieve
a goal.

Conclusion
The above stated report concludes that professional and academic skills
development plays a very significant role into the career life of an individual. It
has been concluded that there are certain challenges while studying the business
management so it needs to be resolved into fast pace manner.

References
 Batman, D. and Saka, A. Z., 2021. The Effects of Micro-Reflective Teaching Practices on the
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 Hu and et.al., 2022. Examining Coaching Skill Development During Preservice Teachers’(PSTs)
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 Scott and et.al., 2019. Bridging the research–policy divide: Pathways to engagement and skill
development. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(4), p.434.
 Shtaltovna, Y., 2021. Can a skill be measured or assessed? 6-level skills development approach to
skill assessment. GiLE Journal of Skills Development, 1(1), pp.12-24.

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