The business student's handbook: skills for study and employment
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
2016
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 506 Seiten Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781292088648 |
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| adam_text | BRIEF CONTENTS
List of figures xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
PART 1 EMPLOYABILITY AND HOW BEST
TO MANAGE YOUR LEARNING
1 Becoming a highly desirable graduate 6
2 Managing yourself and your learning 24
3 Learning, reflective practice and professional development 56
PART 2 ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS
4 Critical reading and note taking 90
5 Basic numbers 116
6 Writing to communicate 150
7 Impressing assessors 196
PART 3 WORKING WITH OTHERS
8 Talking and listening 228
9 Team work and leadership 260
10 Presenting to an audience 294
PART 4 CONCEPTUAL SKILLS
11 Complexity, cases and diagrams 318
12 Becoming more creative 350
vi BRIEF CONTENTS
13 Data, information and decisions 370
14 Making sense of data 396
PART 5 INTEGRATING YOUR SKILLS
15 Managing projects and dissertations 428
16 Managing your career 462
Answers to test exercises 484
Bibliography 494
Index 498
CONTENTS
List of figures xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
PART 1 EMPLOYABILITY AND HOW BEST
TO MANAGE YOUR LEARNING
1 Becoming a highly desirable graduate 6
Learning outcomes 7
Employability 9
Key skills and applications for learning and employment 10
Careers within today’s organisations 13
Implications for graduate employment 15
Structure of the book 19
Summary 22
Further information 22
Study resources 23
2 Managing yourself and your learning 24
Learning outcomes 25
Self-management skills 26
The classic view of management 28
Basic ideas of control 30
Setting objectives 32
Action planning 36
Motivation 38
Time management 44
Stress management 48
Summary 53
Further information 54
3 Learning, reflective practice and professional development 56
Learning outcomes 57
Learning theory 58
viii
CONTENTS
Learning styles 62
The role of reflection in learning 66
Tools for reflection 74
Managing your learning 77
Learning opportunities and how to exploit them 78
Organising your file 81
Summary 84
Further information 84
PART 2 ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS
4 Critical reading and note taking 90
Learning outcomes 91
‘Simple’ reading skills 92
Selecting materials and choosing reading speeds 96
Reading critically 101
Notes and annotations using words and diagrams 107
Avoiding plagiarism 113
Summary 114
Further information 115
5 Basic numbers 116
Learning outcomes 117
The importance of numbers 118
Diagnostic exercise 119
The importance of mathematical skills 120
Sources of difficulty 121
Basic mathematical signs, symbols and operations 122
Units 131
Estimating and rounding 131
Fractions, ratios and percentages 133
Using equations 140
Using brackets 144
Spreadsheets and databases 144
Going further 146
Summary 147
Further information 147
6 Writing to communicate 150
Learning outcomes 151
Writing as a key transferable skill 152
CONTENTS ix
Elements of communication 153
Assessing your writing skills 155
Basic English 156
General points on style 158
Basic written forms 161
Formal letters 161
Email 164
Essays 168
Reports 170
The serious sin of plagiarism 178
Writing to look good 180
Summary 182
Further information 182
Helpfile 1: Grammar and spelling 183
Helpfile 2: If English is not your native language ... 192
7 Impressing assessors 196
Learning outcomes 197
The aims of assessment 198
Why students fail 199
Improving your assessment technique 202
Deconstructing questions and planning answers 203
Doing well in examinations 210
Viva voce examinations 216
Portfolio assessment 217
Summary 219
Further information 219
Helpfile: Terms commonly used in assessment 220
PART 3 WORKING WITH OTHERS
8 Talking and listening 228
Learning outcomes 229
The importance of interpersonal skills 230
Active listening 232
Talking 243
Assertiveness 245
Negotiation 254
Networking 255
Summary 258
Further information 259
x CONTENTS
9 Team work and leadership 260
Learning outcomes 261
Team working in organisations 262
Discussion groups 264
Formal meetings 270
Task groups 275
Virtual teams 277
Challenges of online collaboration 281
Developing effective groups 282
Managing diversity and conflict 286
Developing your leadership skills 288
Potential hazards of team work 290
Summary 292
Further information 293
10 Presenting to an audience 294
Learning outcomes 295
The risks in presentation 296
Structure 298
Delivery technique 299
Effective visual aids 301
Handling questions 305
Virtual presentations and podcasts 306
Poster presentations 307
Controlling your nerves 308
Preparation 310
Summary 311
Further information 312
PART 4 CONCEPTUAL SKILLS
11 Complexity, cases and diagrams 318
Learning outcomes 319
Rational approaches 320
Problem definition: description and diagnosis 323
Description as a basis for diagnosis 324
Diagnosis - exploring causes 327
Making diagrams work for you 335
Case study analysis 339
Summary 347
Further information 347
CONTENTS xi
12 Becoming more Creative 350
Learning outcomes 351
The need for creativity 352
Creating a creative environment 355
Barriers to creativity 356
Techniques for improving creativity 357
Finding opportunities to be creative 367
Summary 368
Further information 369
13 Data, information and decisions 370
Learning outcomes 371
Information versus data 373
Looking for information - academic literature and other sources 378
Finding relevant secondary data 385
Interviews 386
Focus groups 389
Questionnaires 390
Developing your information-gathering skills 392
Summary 394
Further information 394
14 Making sense of data 396
Learning outcomes 397
‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’ 498
Drawing and using graphs 499
Calculus 403
Frequencies and histograms 408
Bar and column charts 410
Pie charts 414
Summary measures 414
Measures of dispersion 417
Drawing conclusions from figures 419
Levels of significance 420
Developing your inference skills 422
Summary 422
Further information 423
xii CONTENTS
PART 5 INTEGRATING YOUR SKILLS
15 Managing projects and dissertations 428
Learning outcomes 429
Project teams 430
Group projects 431
Finding a topic 432
Obligations and responsibilities 442
Project proposals 446
Objectives clarification 448
Literature search 449
Data planning 450
Gaining client agreement 451
Project scheduling 451
Negotiating access 455
Monitoring and managing progress 456
Writing a project report 458
Summary 460
Further information 461
16 Managing your career
Learning outcomes
Looking forward
Reviewing your strengths
Reassessing your objectives
Finding out about opportunities
Becoming more attractive to employers
Preparing a good CV
Completing application forms
Interviews and assessment centres
Developing your career
Summary
Further information
462
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483
Answers to test exercises 484
Bibliography 494
Index 498
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