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This book will target the specific needs of Business and Management students to ensure that these students get the most relevant and most useful study skills advice possible. Offering valuable guidance to the core areas of practical and transferable skills needed specifically by Business and Management students, this book provides advice in a relevant and targeted way to help students assess their own performance, identify areas for improvement and see a real progress in their development.
List of contents
Foreword
How to use this book
Learning in Higher Education
Behaving professionally
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU TO:
1 Manage yourself
1 Managing your time
2 Managing your stress
3 Learning part time, online and on a work placement
2 Improve your work
4 Getting the most out of lectures
5 Working in a real and diverse team
6 Presenting your work
7 Reading critically
8 Excelling in exams
3 Apply your thinking skills
9 Thinking critically
10 Understanding the value of reflection
11 Approaching numerical problems
4 Develop your business writing
12 Understanding academic integrity: learner ethics and plagiarism
13 Taking control of the writing process
14 Improving your writing in business and management studies
15 Developing your reflective writing
Index
About the author
Paul Ramsay is Lecturer in Academic Skills at University of Portsmouth.
Pat Maiercoordinates study skills for Dept of Civil Engineering at University of Southampton.
Geraldine Pricelectures within the School of Education at University of Southampton and holds workshops nationally for teachers on dyslexia, study skills and curriculum access.
Summary
This book will target the specific needs of Business and Management students to ensure that these students get the most relevant and most useful study skills advice possible. Offering valuable guidance to the core areas of practical and transferable skills needed specifically by Business and Management students, this book provides advice in a relevant and targeted way to help students assess their own performance, identify areas for improvement and see a real progress in their development.
