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Summary
Summary
Want to stand out from the thousands of other business and management students when you graduate from university?
This comprehensive study skills book gives you all the tools and techniques needed to graduate with a better degree than you thought possible. Study Skills for Business and Management is written in an entertaining and non-patronising way and is filled with examples and case studies. With chapters on efficient and effective reading, working in groups, managing and writing essays and succeeding in exams, this textbook is written specifically with business and management students′ needs in mind.
Key features:
Written by an academic and a recent business and management graduate who are in touch with what it is like to study Business and Management today and the challenges students face Based on primary research in to which study skills are the most effective, providing an evidence-based approach that you can trust in and saving you precious time Contains a wealth of current examples from recent business and management graduates, highlighting examples of good practice as well as common pitfalls to avoidStudent Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Author Notes
Patrick Tissington is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck University, London.
Christos Orthodoxou is a recent first class graduate from Aston Business School where he studied Business and Management.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xii |
So who are we? | p. xii |
How to use this book | p. xiii |
1 Planning and goal setting | p. 1 |
1.1 Chapter summary | p. 1 |
1.2 The end goal | p. 1 |
1.3 How do goals work? | p. 2 |
1.4 Creating your goals | p. 3 |
1.5 Areas to set goals | p. 4 |
1.6 How to set goals that work | p. 7 |
1.7 Creating the perfect goals | p. 9 |
1.8 Planning | p. 11 |
1.9 The perfect plan | p. 11 |
1.10 Monitoring your progress | p. 16 |
1.11 Taking it to work | p. 17 |
1.12 How to get started | p. 18 |
1.13 Our bookshelf | p. 18 |
1.14 References | p. 19 |
2 Mind Maps | p. 20 |
2.1 Chapter summary | p. 20 |
2.2 Overall principle | p. 20 |
2.3 What are they? | p. 21 |
2.4 When can you use them? | p. 22 |
2.5 Other aspects of university | p. 27 |
2.6 How to do Mind Maps | p. 28 |
2.7 How to make a Mind Map | p. 29 |
2.8 Mind Maps to get you unstuck | p. 30 |
2.9 Creating Mind Maps on computers or tablets | p. 31 |
2.10 Which computer package? | p. 33 |
2.11 Taking it to work | p. 34 |
2.12 How to get started | p. 35 |
2.13 Our bookshelf | p. 36 |
2.14 References | p. 36 |
3 Effective and efficient reading | p. 37 |
3.1 Chapter summary | p. 37 |
3.2 Reading at university | p. 37 |
3.3 Reasons for reading | p. 38 |
3.4 Targeting your reading effort | p. 38 |
3.5 Learning the language | p. 40 |
3.6 Generating a pool of papers and chapters for reading | p. 41 |
3.7 Reading for assignments | p. 44 |
3.8 Reading for revision | p. 48 |
3.9 Advanced reading skills | p. 49 |
3.10 Summary | p. 52 |
3.11 Taking it to work | p. 52 |
3.12 How to get started | p. 52 |
3.13 Our bookshelf | p. 53 |
4 Lectures and lecturers | p. 54 |
4.1 Chapter summary | p. 54 |
4.2 Introduction | p. 54 |
4.3 The big secret | p. 55 |
4.4 From the lecturer's point of view | p. 55 |
4.5 Preparing to meet your lecturer | p. 57 |
4.6 What to discuss with your lecturer | p. 58 |
4.7 What is a lecture? | p. 62 |
4.8 Why do we say you must always go? | p. 63 |
4.9 Why sometimes you might not go and how to avoid these situations | p. 64 |
4.10 Preparing for a lecture | p. 67 |
4.11 PowerPoint | p. 68 |
4.12 Finally, the big secret about lecturers | p. 68 |
4.13 Summary | p. 69 |
4.14 Taking it to work | p. 69 |
4.15 How to get started | p. 69 |
4.16 Our bookshelf | p. 70 |
4.17 References | p. 70 |
5 Fear and stress | p. 71 |
5.1 Chapter summary | p. 71 |
5.2 Why might you become scared and stressed | p. 71 |
5.3 Fear | p. 72 |
5.4 Tools to reduce fear | p. 74 |
5.5 Stress | p. 78 |
5.6 Reducing stress | p. 79 |
5.7 Seek professional help | p. 85 |
5.8 Taking it to work | p. 86 |
5.9 How to get started | p. 87 |
5.10 Our bookshelf | p. 87 |
5.11 References | p. 88 |
6 Making time work | p. 89 |
6.1 Chapter summary | p. 89 |
6.2 To-do lists | p. 89 |
6.3 Time wasters | p. 94 |
6.4 Each day | p. 101 |
6.5 Taking it to work | p. 102 |
6.6 How to get started | p. 103 |
6.7 Our bookshelf | p. 103 |
6.8 References | p. 104 |
7 Leading and being led | p. 105 |
7.1 Chapter summary | p. 105 |
7.2 Leadership - facts and myths | p. 105 |
7.3 Common leadership mistakes by students û and everyone else for that matter! | p. 109 |
7.4 Being led | p. 110 |
7.5 Taking it to work | p. 114 |
7.6 How to get started | p. 114 |
7.7 References | p. 115 |
8 Working in groups | p. 116 |
8.1 Chapter summary | p. 116 |
8.2 Group assignments | p. 116 |
8.3 Group members | p. 120 |
8.4 Group meetings | p. 122 |
8.5 The first meeting | p. 126 |
8.6 Group decision making | p. 128 |
8.7 The work | p. 130 |
8.8 Possible situations | p. 133 |
8.9 Monitoring success | p. 136 |
8.10 Taking it to work | p. 137 |
8.11 How to get started | p. 137 |
8.12 Our bookshelf | p. 137 |
8.13 References | p. 138 |
9 Coursework | p. 139 |
9.1 Chapter summary | p. 139 |
9.2 The brief | p. 140 |
9.3 The content | p. 141 |
9.4 Academic tools | p. 147 |
9.5 Tips for all types of coursework | p. 150 |
9.6 Working with tables, data and graphs | p. 151 |
9.7 Designing the coursework | p. 153 |
9.8 Proofreading | p. 153 |
9.9 Taking it to work | p. 154 |
9.10 How to get started | p. 155 |
9.11 Our bookshelf | p. 155 |
9.12 References | p. 156 |
10 Essay writing | p. 157 |
10.1 Chapter summary | p. 157 |
10.2 How to get started | p. 158 |
10.3 Types of question | p. 158 |
10.4 How to read | p. 160 |
10.5 How to plan | p. 162 |
10.6 Writing (at last!) | p. 163 |
10.7 Referencing | p. 165 |
10.8 Harvard referencing - the basics | p. 165 |
10.9 Common errors | p. 167 |
10.10 Finally | p. 170 |
10.11 Taking it to work | p. 171 |
10.12 How to get started | p. 172 |
10.13 Our bookshelf | p. 172 |
10.14 Online | p. 172 |
10.15 References | p. 173 |
11 Presentations | p. 174 |
11.1 Chapter summary | p. 174 |
11.2 Presentations - why and how | p. 174 |
11.3 Planning | p. 175 |
11.4 The script | p. 178 |
11.5 Delivery methods | p. 184 |
11.6 Supporting materials | p. 192 |
11.7 Practise, practise, practise | p. 193 |
11.8 On the day | p. 193 |
11.9 Troubleshooting | p. 197 |
11.10 Taking it to work | p. 197 |
11.11 How to get started | p. 198 |
11.12 Our bookshelf | p. 199 |
11.13 Online | p. 199 |
11.14 References | p. 200 |
12 Succeeding in exams | p. 201 |
12.1 Chapter summary | p. 201 |
12.2 Planning - what exams and when | p. 201 |
12.3 Question spotting | p. 202 |
12.4 Revision | p. 203 |
12.5 Dos and don'ts of revision | p. 210 |
12.6 The big day - the exam | p. 211 |
12.7 Taking it to work | p. 215 |
12.8 How to get started | p. 216 |
12.9 Our bookshelf | p. 217 |
13 Business communication | p. 218 |
13.1 Chapter summary | p. 218 |
13.2 Why communication is important | p. 218 |
13.3 Listening | p. 219 |
13.4 Speaking | p. 221 |
13.5 How to dress | p. 222 |
13.6 How to email | p. 223 |
13.7 How to speak on the phone | p. 226 |
13.8 Social media | p. 228 |
13.9 Body language and non-verbal communication | p. 230 |
13.10 Taking it to work | p. 231 |
13.11 How to get started | p. 232 |
13.12 Our bookshelf | p. 232 |
13.13 Online | p. 233 |
13.14 References | p. 233 |
14 Securing your career | p. 234 |
14.1 Chapter summary | p. 234 |
14.2 Careers advice - the best resource | p. 234 |
14.3 Key question: what are you trying to achieve? | p. 235 |
14.4 Preparing the plan | p. 238 |
14.5 Opportunities | p. 239 |
14.6 Types of organisations | p. 242 |
14.7 Finding the job | p. 243 |
14.8 The job recruitment process | p. 247 |
14.9 Things to remember for interviews and assessment centres | p. 257 |
14.10 Taking it to work | p. 258 |
14.11 How to get started | p. 258 |
14.12 Our bookshelf | p. 259 |
14.13 References | p. 259 |
Index | p. 261 |