Skills and Professional Development: A Digital Transformation Report

This report explores the impact of digital development on skills and professional growth. It defines digital development as the utilization of advanced tools and instruments to streamline business operations, highlighting trends like blockchain, data protection, hybrid workplaces, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. The report discusses the benefits of digital development in fostering industrial growth, including enhanced productivity, exploration of new business opportunities, improved market demand management, effective communication, and the hiring of skilled workforce. It emphasizes the importance of digital skills such as digital marketing and data science in today's job market, asserting that these skills improve career prospects and enable remote work opportunities. The reflection section underscores the importance of management skills in everyday life and leadership within team projects. Desklib provides access to this report and many other resources for students seeking academic support.

Skills and
Professional
Development

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Main Body..................................................................................................................................3
What is digital development...................................................................................................3
Trends of digitalization in recent years..................................................................................3
Benefits of digital development in industrial growth.............................................................4
Digital skills and their advantages.........................................................................................5
Examples of digital skills in industries and at the workplace................................................6
Reflection-..................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
Professional development of any employee depends on the numbers of skills he has
while working in a business organization. Skills are the important part of the business
functioning. A person who has all the knowledge along with basic skills will get the better
opportunities to select as the employee in a multinational company. It is not necessary that
skills are only developed after the completion of the study or while working in any business
firm. One can focus on building a set of good skills form the academic period when he is
studying in his college (Makovec, 2018). In recent years, digitalisation has become a new
trends in the skill development sector. Now, companies are concentrating on making their
employees informed about the technical skills, because it has several benefits. This given
report is about the development of digital approach in the skills and professional
development.
Main Body
What is digital development
The process of utilizing advanced tools and instruments to carry out the operations of
the business is known as digital development. It helps in bringing ease in performing any task
and improves the outcome. Moreover, digital development also provides new ways of doing
any particular thing which helps in enhancing the actions of employees also. Business
industries that are considering the need of advance digital tools will experience surprising
growth in the future. The activity of digital development includes various sub-plans or
strategies such as conducting research for the identification of the right technology that
should be utilized in the organization. Additionally, digital development also gives a
profitable opportunity to the employees by which they can improve and enhance their current
abilities. This will result in a good and effective workforce and will ensure the success of the
business among the different competitors. Digitalization is also helpful in making various
innovative and attractive changes in the product line of the business firm. It issues a strategic
approach to the administration by which they can enhance their work to attract the mass
customer base with the functioning of the business. To grab the marketplace with the help of
digital transformation, many companies emphasize the application of principles that governs
the framework of digital development (Boswood, 2020).

Trends of digitalization in recent years
Some of the digital tactics which are widely used by the companies for the betterment
of their departmental activities and operational areas are mentioned below-
 Blockchain- It is a digital form of ledger which stores the necessary transaction and
other details which has been done by the business. The reason due to which this
technique is utilised by the administration is the avoidance of any fraudulent
regarding the data and other important fact of the company.
 Data protection and security- It helps the company is securing its database from
online hackers. Such activities maintain the privacy of the consumers who are
connected with business. It also ensures the various finances and funds are saved in
the devices and tools which are used by the company. With the existence of these
digital tools, any business organization can take all the risky projects and work on
them without any threat of losing crucial information (Podolchak, Prokopyshyn-
Rashkevych, and Karkovska, 2019).
 Hybrid Workplace- Pandemic has given rise to the flexibility in the working
structure of the companies. Now, employees are not bind to complete their jobs in
office only, they allowed to manage the schedule form their home as well. This is the
right way through which employers can show their support and encouragement
towards the workers and employees can also enjoy a systematic balance in their social
as well as work life.
 Artificial Intelligence- The method by which companies can reduce their cost for the
hiring of the employees could be possible with the application of artificial intelligence
at the workplace. It helps in switching the duties of human labour with the machines.
This will help in making the working of the management smooth and all the work gets
completed within a definite time period (Sultonmurodovna, 2022).
 Internet of thing- When the business management is able to share the necessary
information with other department or the companies with which they want to do any
deal, then IoT can be taken into consideration. As it is the tool which helps in
transportation of the data from one branch to another with the help of certain tools and
software which are installed in the devices.
Benefits of digital development in industrial growth
 Generates the productivity of the business- It allows the employees to think over
the new ideas by which the company can work on stimulating the sales and

manufacturing units of the business. Digital development makes it simple and easy to
introduce new products and services to all the customers in the target market (Sprott,
2019).
 Helps in exploring new business opportunities- With the help of distinct digital
tools a business firm can predict the upcoming opportunities in the industry. This will
help in making reliable planning and other risk management strategies, and executing
them properly. It should be used in an effective way through which all the internal
complication gets resolved and the company does not have to bear the extra cost.
 Improvisation in dealing with the market demand- Traditional methods of
fulfilling the expectations of the consumers are not suitable for the current advanced
industry. That is why digital development is being utilized by the organization as it
helps in providing the actual product that consumer is demanding in the marketplace
(Firth, 2020).
 Establish good communication- By making every phase of the department
simplified, digital technology also supports the business to maintain a good means of
conversation. The discussion among the employees will become more enhanced and
concentrated on the achievement of the set goals. Employees get more informed about
the task and activities which they have to do in the accomplishment of any project.
 Hiring of the skilled and talented workforce- As digitalization is high in demand
among the working of the business. So, there are several learning programs and
courses which will help the students in developing their knowledge about the working
and implementation of this new advanced technique (Mason,Wong, and Sari, 2018).
Digital skills and their advantages
Nowadays, digital skills are an important instrument that helps in making all jobs and
work relaxed and achievable. All individuals who want to grow their career in the corporate
field should have some digital skills as it can make them more improved by which they can
make several other profitable projects. It also supports avoiding that old and rigid work life,
because employees can apply for those jobs which are providing them with remote work.
Digital skills do not restrict the activities of the business to a certain area (Sweet, 2019).
Both a business organization as well as an employee needs to have a good knowledge
of digital skills. From the perspective of the business, digital skills minimize the wastage of
time in certain activities. It builds efficiency in the management working. It also allows a job
seeker to get the best position in a good business firm. When an employee has all the required

digital skills then it will help in boosting his confidence and make them more affianced in the
department’s activities (Shiyama, 2020). The presence of a good set of digital skills in the
qualification portfolio of a student will develop a high chance to get into the eyes of hiring
managers. In this way, employers are ready to offer high salary packages to those applicants
who have good knowledge about digital skills and have completed a certification program in
the same. The educational institution should focus on making their students known of all the
basic digital skills and assign some projects to them which help them in making them aware
of the same (Reiser, 2020).
Examples of digital skills in industries and at the workplace
Skills like digital marketing, data science, etc. are currently very famous in the
business area. Lot of speculation has been conducted by the professionals that these digital
skills have all the potential by which one can grow his or her career in any organisation.
Now, business analytics are also vital in the development of good career. Companies are
looking for those individuals who are good in doing the online research and other evaluation
which will result in the advantageous possibility for the management (Chaparro, Massar, and
Blakely, 2021). It helps in building the sufficient set of information which guide the company
about the common trends and futuristic opportunities. Hiring of social media handler which
assist the company on online platform by making creative updates and posts. This will collect
the positive feedback about work structure of the company from the people who are
following the business through these platforms. So, there are various digital skills available in
the business that helps in growing the overall managerial activity (Hall, 2018).
Reflection-
For me management is very important in our everyday life. With the help of a
systematic management in my routine, I am able to accomplish my every goal and target.
Management is not only related to certain studies or does not get limits to the business
function. I recommend to practice the framework of management in each and every activity
which one is doing. Even a good management can help me in my work place as well as my
education. By distributing the time according to preference and need of an activity I can save
enough time and utilize it in making my self more improved in certain other things. With the
help of good management while working on any project, one can ensure about the good
outcome and success of the task. Once I have also led a team for a group project which
requires contribution of different individuals. As a head of the group, I was responsible for
many activities which need to be completed before the given deadline. Here, I have come

across with the two main thing that help me in the proper working of the team and I was able
to offer the help to the members at the time of need. It has helped me in improving my
leadership as well as management skills.
After the completion of the given task, I felt that an effective leadership is necessary
while working in a team or bunch of people, because it is the leader who can control and
manage the immense amount of suggestion and ideas which are given by the members during
the project. A leader is not only liable for the managing the team work and distributing the
activities as per the skills and abilities of the members. But he should focus on identifying the
areas which are creating the complications for the individual to do the work in a proper way.
A leader has to focus each thing like the behavior of members with each other, they are doing
well in the work which have been assigned to them. In this way a leader starts conversing
with every member of the team, to take their feedback about the working of the team.
Moreover, there will be some situation where an employee or a team member not feel well
and energetic in doing the duties. Again, it is the moral obligation of a leader to ask them
about the issues which they are facing and must use the right instrument to motivate and
encourage them.
But I have also found few complexities with me as well where I was not able to
decide about the kind of things which might play a key role in the process of leadership and
management. Yes, I was able to manage all the things which were related to the completion
and attainment of goals. As I have already mentioned that practicing the management in day-
to-day life will give a better opportunity to implement it at the time of need. But leadership is
something which need some extra effort. It is due to the presence of individuals who have
different experience and opinions about the situation which has arose during the group
working.
So, for the better working io have to focus on take participating in the team work
where I can show and enhance my performance as the leader. As the situation which has been
arose where I didn’t perform well as the leader of the group is due to the lack of knowledge
about the quality which should be embraced by me. By identifying the set back as a leader of
a team, I will work on improving them for future. Apart from these two skills which are
leadership and management, I have also grown the other qualities such as a good
communicator who can understand the thoughts of other individual in the most effective way.
Next time while working as leader, I will concentrate on speaking less and listen more to my

team mates. Here I want to do a detail analysis or I can say a personal SWOT analysis
through which I can acknowledge other internal strengths and weaknesses of mine which will
support me in doing better in certain areas.
First considering my strengths, then I am very good in managing the task in the
systematic manner. Even this quality has helped in making various successful projects at
individual level. It has also allowed to find the different skills and abilities in which I can do
better. Moreover, I am very good at distributing the task by identifying the capacity and
potential of an individual. Considering my weaknesses then it is the inefficiency in doing
well as the leader, along with taking time while constructing any decision or planning. This
can adversely impact my overall performance in a business working or any other career.
Lagging behind such skills can hold me back to do well at by job place too. So, it is important
for me to work on all these things and find the right ways to solve them. Moreover, I have to
focus on some other skills which has emerged in me by working as the leader. These small
and basic skills can support me in identifying the good job and will help in directing my
actions towards the accomplishment of goals in the firm. Not only this, some skills such as
communication and listening are type of those abilities which is required for every individual.
These skills reflect the personal growth of the individual and his behaviour while working
with other. The idea of personal development is driven by some of the skills which one learn
at his academic places. Such skills which helps in maintaining the good image of mine and
helps me in embracing the positive confidence while dealing any challenging situation. By
acknowledging two main weaknesses which might affect my performance, a action plan has
been given to improve them-
 Action Plan-
Weaknesses Steps to improve Review of the
performance
Duration
Leadership Focus on maintaining a
systematic schedule for
the application of any
activity.
Examining the success of
the projects while
controlling the team as a
leader.
2 months
Decision-
making
By analyzing the positive
and negative sides of each
function.
Effectiveness in
confronting the complex
situation.
1.5 months

 Personal development plan
There are few skills which are important in the current competitive period, where
companies want such employees with the them who have all the skills either it is digital or
traditional one. Such skills are ensuring the development of a person at his workplace and in
the task which has been assigned to the by the higher authority. I have also found some skills
which might assist me in future. For this a personal development plan has been formulated
which shows the necessity of these skills in my life and in what way I can achieve them.
Skills to be
improved
Objectives Actions
required
Measurement
of the
performance
timeline
Social Media It helps in
understanding
the news of
conducting
marketing.
Understanding
the concepts and
selecting the
suitable medium
for connecting
the people.
By analyzing
the engagement
of the people
with the
activities
conducted on
online media.
2 months
Web based
research
Supports in
collecting the
relevant and
reliable
information to
solve any
problem.
By implementing
the unique search
techniques and
finding the
suitable content
for the topic.
Taking the
reviews of other
people about the
same situation
and compare
their feedback
with the
research.
1-1.5 months
Adaptability Assist in
performing
well even in
dynamic or
adverse
situation.
Embracing the
idea of working
with different
peoples and
gather the
knowledge for
Evaluation of
the performance
and compare it
with the last
project while
working in the
1 month

the
improvement.
group or team.
Motivation Provide a
support to
other and help
them in
developing
zeal to do the
task.
Constantly
develop the goals
and stay in touch
with the right
people who
respect and value
the advice.
By counting the
number of
people who will
come to discuss
their issues and
complication in
any work.
2 months
Organization Eliminated the
waste of any
resources
during the
activity.
Start with the
preparation of a
list that consist
all the task along
with the time it
will take to get
complete.
Checking out
the productivity
and
management in
accomplishing
the goals.
1 month
Conclusion
The above given report went into a detail discussion on the skills development in the
new trends of technological advancement. It has stated the meaning and importance if digital
development in the business sector and how it may help the companies in making their
working more efficient in the market. Varieties of new methods ahs been introduced in the
digital which tends to minimize the work pressure on the employees as well as the business
management. By following the concept of digital development in the skills of the employees’
company is working in raising the enhanced and informed work force in the global market.

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