Academic and Professional Skills Development: A Skills Report

This report examines the critical aspects of academic and professional skills development, highlighting their importance in career advancement and business management studies. It identifies the challenges faced by students in business management, such as adapting to a dynamic environment and pro...Read More

Professional and Academic Skills
Development

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional
practice
• The importance of effective academic skills development
• The importance of effective professional skills development
• Personal SWOT analysis
• Detailed example of the actions to develop weak skills
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
• Academic and professional skills both are different skills which are needed in
terms of developing the student to offer them effective career opportunities.
• In regard of academic skills, a student is needed to develop their writing,
learning, listening, analytical and critical thinking skills of group and
individuals.
• This academic skill also helpful for individual to develop their professional
skills in suitable manner.

Challenges of studying business management and
thriving in professional practice
It is not easy to study business management and put it into practice in the
workplace. Individuals confront numerous hurdles during their studies of
company management and driving in professional activities. The following are
some of the difficulties that people have encountered when beginning a business:
• Dynamic environment
• Monitoring Performance
• Providing effective Customer services

The importance of effective academic skills
development
• Academic skills are the skills and learning strategies which an individual
tends to use and learn in their overall courses.
• It is important for people to develop their overall academic skills as it is useful
for them to keep their motivation high and due to this they are able to
accomplish their overall targets and objectives in more effective and efficient
manner.
• Effective academic skills for an individual are useful for them to improve their
level of confidence and self-esteem so that the individuals are able to
eliminate their anxiety which are considered to the deadlines and test.

The importance of effective professional skills
development
Individuals must increase their professional skills in order to achieve success in
their careers and have access to additional job options in the market. The need of
obtaining excellent professional skills development and individual development
is explained using the following points.
• Boost Confidence
• Boost credibility in an individual

Personal SWOT analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Proactive Skills
• Effective Communication
• Knowledge of social media and best practises
• Inadequate time management skills
• Insufficient work experience
Opportunities Threats
• Government assistance to young entrepreneurs provides
an opportunity to grow as an entrepreneur and run a
successful firm.
• Enhancing overall competition in market for the business
organisation is the threat for new business in terms of
developing the overall market.
One skill that is particularly important, but I am weak at:
My largest weakness, according to the SWOT analysis, is my time management abilities, which are critical for running a
business. It is a crucial ability in which I am woefully lacking.

Detailed example of the actions to develop weak
skills
• An individual can take various actions to develop their overall weaknesses
which has been analyzed through SWOT analysis.
• It has been determined that the biggest weakness which is developed and
determined through personal SWOT analysis include time management skills
and development of the abilities which are needed to understand the
significance of time management skills.
• In terms of business management, it is important to take the important
information and essential decisions on time as the delay in decision making
can leads to cause high loss towards the business organization.

Conclusion
From the above discussion, it has been identified that the academic and
professional skills are important for a person to develop their skills and also get
effective career opportunities in the market and also face several challenges
which are faced by them during the study of business management and also
increase professional practices. The significance of academic and professional
skills is being developed which is also known and analyzed with the help of
SWOT analysis.

References
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Performance: A study with Executive Coaches, Senior Managers and HR Professionals in the Irish
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• Omar, S.O., 2019. Exploring Libyan English as Foreign Language University Teachers’(LEFLUTs)
professional development (PD) needs: supporting LEFLUTs through the provision of CPD material
(Doctoral dissertation, University of Glasgow).
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• O'Halloran, L.F., 2020. 'The talent is out there'Talent development in Irish football: an examination of
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