BMP4001 Presentation: Improving Academic and Professional Skills

This presentation for BMP4001 discusses the challenges of studying business management and thriving in professional practice, emphasizing the importance of developing both academic and professional skills. It identifies key academic skills such as writing, communication, and reading, and professional skills like leadership and teamwork. A personal SWOT analysis highlights strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, focusing on improving confidence and flexibility. The presentation concludes that a combination of academic and professional skills is crucial for success in business management, referencing works on teacher professional development, AI in customer relationship management, and charitable donation willingness.

BMP4001 Professional&Academic Skills
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

Challenges of studying business management
and thriving in professional practice (with
appropriate examples)
For career planning, students who chose studying business
management after graduation consider the opportunities regarding
high income, job opportunities, scope of the career path chosen etc.
• Some of the challenges are described hereunder :
• Scheduling
• Interacting
• Flexibility
• Expenditure
• Teamwork

The importance of effective academic skills development
Academic skills contribute in the growth and success of the individuals by improving the basic learning and rational
skills such as research oriented work skills including reasoning and statistical skills, innovative and rational thing
skills, organising and managing skills.
• Academic Writing
• Communication
• Presentation
• Active Reading and Listening
• Note Taking

The importance of effective professional skills development
The professional skills refer to the specialised skills such
as decision making skills in a particular area of
specialization of the individual.
• Personal Skills
• Status
• Flexibility
• Leadership Skills
• Teamwork Skills

Identification of one skill that is particularly
important – personal SWOT analysis
Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
Creativity
Time Management
WEAKNESSES
Confidence
Flexibility
OPPORTUNITY
Communication
Decision making
THREATS
Uncertainty
Competition
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 Required Target Improvement Judging criteria Time Required
Confidence High I can boost my confidence level by getting advantage of
group projects by giving my perspective and
developing interaction with team members.
I can evaluate my confidence level by taking feedback
from the team leaders.
3 months
Flexibility High By improving communication skills through
participating in campus activities and executing group
projects to improve decision making skills, I will be
able to adapt to new situations that require skilful
individual to cope up with them.
I will take feedback from colleagues and team
members.
2 months

Summary
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that it needs a skilful and prudent individual to become a
good manager. For getting success in business management field, both academic and professional skills have
key role in the development of basic skills and critical thinking, decision making as well as leadership skills.

References
• Bukamal, H., 2022. Teacher Professional Development for Inclusion in England and Bahrain. In Global
Perspectives on Teacher Performance Improvement (pp. 91-107). IGI Global.
• Chatterjee, S. and Chaudhuri, R., 2022. Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Integrated Customer Relationship
Management in Organizations for Sustainability. In Business Under Crisis, Volume III (pp. 137-156). Palgrave
Macmillan, Cham.
• Chen, J. and Wei, H., 2022. Research on the Strengthening Path of Chinese Residents' Charitable Donation
Willingness‐‐Theoretical Model Based on the Microcirculation of Charity Resources. International Journal of
Social Science and Education Research, 5(2). pp.235-241.

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