Study Skills for Business and Management Students
1st Edition
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© 2009 | Published: April 16, 2009
This practical handbook is an essential course companion for business and management students at degree level. It contains case studies, exercises, tips and self-assessment tools that will help students with their personal and professional developme…
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Editor’s preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Introduction
- Getting started on your degree programme
- What do you study on a business or management degree?
- Subjects NOT covered in this book
- Topics covered in this book
- Summary
Chapter 2. Personal management skills
- Introduction
- Identifying your skills
- Becoming organised
- Managing your time
- Looking after yourself
- Managing your emotions
- Gaining help and support.
- Summary
Chapter 3. Different approaches to becoming a success in the workplace
- Introduction
- Overview of theories of learning
- Becoming a reflective learner
- Making the most of different learning opportunities
- Developing your portfolio
- Summary
Chapter 4. Studying at university
- Introduction
- Tutor-centred and student-centred approaches to teaching and learning
- Making the most of lectures
- Contributing to seminars
- Using e-learning
- Getting the most out of tutorials
- Independent Study
- Experiential Learning
- Working on case studies
- Inquiry-based learning (IBL)
- Action learning
- Learning and developing using a learning journal
- Summary
Chapter 5. Finding and using business and management information
- Introduction
- The production and dissemination of knowledge
- Searching and finding business and management information
- Identifying and selecting relevant information
- Academic reading skills
- References and referencing
- Summary
Chapter 6. Assessment
- Introduction
- Examinations
- Online assessment activities
- Assignments – essays or reports or case studies
- Posters
- Presentations
- Oral exams or viva voce examinations
- Portfolio
- Learning journals
- Plagiarism and other forms of cheating
Chapter 7. Planning and carrying out your project, dissertation or independent study
- Introduction
- Project management
- Getting the most out of supervision sessions
- Working with public or private sector organisations
- Getting started and identifying your topic
- Writing your research proposal
- Identifying your research approach
- Research methodologies and methods
- Writing up.
- Summary
Chapter 8. Working in Groups
- Introduction
- Reasons for using group work
- Effective student groups
- Organising and getting the most out of meetings
- Working in diverse groups
- Virtual groups
- Common problems in group work
- Managing the emotional aspects of group work
- Summary
Chapter 9. Professional experience and study abroad
- Introduction
- Professional experience
- Study abroad
- Assessing the professional experience or study abroad experiences
- Summary
Chapter 10. Where do I go from here?”
- Introduction
- Gaining Employment
- What do you want to do next?
- Searching for employment opportunities
- Developing your career as a reflective manager
- Keeping in touch- professional networks
- Further study
- Summary