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The Business Student's Handbook

The Business Student's Handbook

Skills for study and employment
5th Edition

Sheila Cameron

Jul 2009, Paperback, 464 pages
ISBN13: 9780273730712
ISBN10: 0273730711
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The Business Student’s Handbook integrates study skills, interpersonal skills and work skills to help students gain better marks in their study and to transfer those skills for success in the workplace.

The book covers a broad range of topics including: essential skills such as essay writing, exam technique and managing one’s studies, interpersonal skills such as working in teams, communicating and presenting, and work skills such as exploring problems, managing projects and improving creativity.

Brief contents

Detailed contents

List of figures

Guided tour

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Learning: context, process and management

1 Learning, skills and employment

2 Managing your studies

3 Learning and reflective practice

Part 2 Study skills

4 Critical reading and note taking

5 Basic numbers

6 Written communication

7 Using information and communication technologies

8 Gaining great marks

Part 3 Working with others

9 Talking and listening

10 Team working and leadership

11 Presenting to others

Part 4 Conceptual skills

12 Complexity, cases and diagrams

13 Obtaining data and information

14 Making sense of data

15 Increasing your creativity

Part 5 Integrating your skills

16 Managing projects

17 Into employment

Bibliography

Index

  • This book comes with an extensive bank of exercises and activities, both in the text and online, to help you assess your strengths and to build a personal development plan to improve on weaker areas
  • Activities are fully supported with resource materials and teaching notes for lecturers, all available for free at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron
  • Even more content covering the key issues for today’s students, such as critical thinking and analysis, reflective practice and logic and plagiarism
  • More examples and case studies to help you apply advice to your own studies

Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business School since its inception. She has been involved in its MBA programme in a variety of roles, including a period as MBA Director and is also the author of The MBA Handbook, Sixth Edition.

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