04827oam 2200565 450 991015495640332120230808202721.01-292-17065-4(CKB)3860000000010324(MiAaPQ)EBC5175066(MiAaPQ)EBC5187137(MiAaPQ)EBC5832304(MiAaPQ)EBC5137474(MiAaPQ)EBC6400113(Au-PeEL)EBL5137474(OCoLC)1017000228(EXLCZ)99386000000001032420210428d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe MBA handbook academic and professional skills for mastering management /Sheila CameronEighth edition.Harlow, England :Pearson,[2016]©20161 online resource (576 pages)Revised edition of the author's The MBA handbook, 2011.1-292-08868-0 1-292-08871-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages [540]-549) and index.Introduction -- Management, leadership, learning - and the handbook -- Understanding the MBA and post-graduate study -- The challenges of MBA and post-graduate study -- Managing yourself - and other stakeholders -- Planning and time management -- Transferable learning skills -- Managing your learning -- Professional development -- Critical use of literature and other sources -- Diagrams and other visuals -- Teamwork and leadership -- Case studies, complex problems and consultancy -- Seeing stories in numbers -- Skills for assessment -- Understanding your assessors -- Writing to impress -- Speaking to impress -- Examinations and other forms of assessment -- Projects, theses and dissertations -- Afterwards -- Managing your career.‭'An absolutely vital resource for anyone doing an MBA. It will help you at every ‭stage: before, during and after your MBA.' ‭Alex Elferink, MBA Graduate, Cass Business School, City University ‭Praise for previous edition ‭'The MBA Handbook appropriately introduces theoretical concepts and real-life ‭examples to underpin practice-based exercises and thinking.' ‭Jayne Mothersdale, Governor and Principal Lecturer, Learning & Teaching, ‭Leeds Beckett University ‭New edition of the definitive text for business students. ‭Undertaking any postgraduate management study is a big investment on many levels. The MBA ‭Handbook is the definitive text in this area and explains what will be expected from you on a ‭personal, professional and academic level. Designed to prepare and support you throughout  ‭your studies and your career, the book is clearly structured and simply written around the ‭following sections: ‭‭Understanding the MBA and postgraduate study - covering self-management, time-‭management and planning as well as common challenges and how to overcome them; ‭‭Transferable learning skills - covering professional development, diagrams, numbers and ‭data analysis, teamwork and leadership, and crucially, case studies and problem solving; Skills for assessment - covering preparation for the unique assessments that await in MBA and ‭PG study, including speaking and presentations, writing, exams, projects and theses; Afterwards - how to start and shape your career.‭‭ ‭ This successful text has been thoroughly updated to include: New and updated activities, examples and exercises in every chapter to help evaluate your ‭progress and put ideas into practice. Mini-cases and real-life study and business examples integrated throughout the book. ‭‭Support for distance learning students and extended coverage of issues relating to EFLand  ‭ESL students.‭ Visit the companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron for worksheets and self-assessment ‭exercises. ‭Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business ‭School since its inception. She has been involved in its MBA ‭programme since its earliest design stages in a variety of roles, ‭including a period as MBA Director. Sheila is also the author of ‭The Business Students Handbook.Industrial managementStudy and teaching (Graduate)Master of business administration degreeBusiness educationIndustrial managementStudy and teaching (Graduate)Master of business administration degree.Business education.650.071173Cameron Sheila234637MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910154956403321The MBA handbook2801043UNINA