Abstract
To be a competent manager, one should develop a set of essential management skills. The process of development is continuous and periodic reviews are required. In the first part of this journal, it shows my self-assessment results in three different aspects. Improvement in stress and time management are particularly important to me. An action plan showing continuous skills learning will be described. Lastly, to me, the most important part, videos learned from the lessons will be mentioned and how the learned skills can improve my competence will be explained.

1. Self- Assessment In table 1, it shows my personal assessment of management skills result. The skills are mainly categorized into three aspects – personal, interpersonal and group. The result shows my level of skill competence in these aspects and whether there is any weakness so that I can know how to tailor my continuous learning to improve particular weakness. The overall result, however, is disappointing. My total score, compared with the 5000 business school students score recorded in the textbook, is below 368. I am in the bottom quartile. It implies that I am below average. I need to strengthen the skills in all ten areas in order to be a competent manager in the future. Table 1. – Self-Assessment Results Self-Assessment Areas Personal Developing Self-Awareness Total Score 49

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Group

Managing Stress Solving Problems Creatively Communicating Supportively Gaining Power and Influence Motivating Others Managing Conflict Empowering and Delegating Building Effective Teams and Teamwork Leading Positive Change Total Score

44 98 85 123 92 110 127 94 90 362

Source: David A. Whetten and Kim S. Cameron (2011) Development Management Skills @ Pearson Education Limited 2011 Specifically, compared with other areas, I do well in managing conflict. I believe that it is partially the reason of