The business student's handbook : skills for study and employment / / Sheila Cameron

• Autore: Cameron Sheila
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Pearson, , [2016]
• Edizione: Sixth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 506p. : ill
• Disciplina: 650.1
• Soggetto topico: Business - Vocational guidance; Business students - Employment
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1 EMPLOYABILITY AND HOW BEST TO MANAGE YOUR LEARNING -- Chapter 1 Becoming a highly desirable graduate -- Learning outcomes -- Employability -- Key skills and applications for learning and employment -- Careers within today's organisations -- Implications for graduate employment -- Structure of the book -- Summary -- Further information -- Study resources -- Chapter 2 Managing yourself and your learning -- Learning outcomes -- Self-management skills -- The classic view of management -- Basic ideas of control -- Setting objectives -- Action planning -- Motivation -- Time management -- Stress management -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 3 Learning, reflective practice and professional development -- Learning outcomes -- Learning theory -- Learning styles -- The role of reflection in learning -- Tools for reflection -- Managing your learning -- Learning opportunities and how to exploit them -- Organising your file -- Summary -- Further information -- PART 2 ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS -- Chapter 4 Critical reading and note taking -- Learning outcomes -- 'Simple' reading skills -- Selecting materials and choosing reading speeds -- Reading critically -- Notes and annotations using words and diagrams -- Avoiding plagiarism -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 5 Basic numbers -- Learning outcomes -- The importance of numbers -- Diagnostic exercise -- The importance of mathematical skills -- Sources of difficulty -- Basic mathematical signs, symbols and operations -- Units -- Estimating and rounding -- Fractions, ratios and percentages -- Using equations -- Using brackets -- Spreadsheets and databases -- Going further -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 6 Writing to communicate -- Learning outcomes. ; Writing as a key transferable skill -- Elements of communication -- Assessing your writing skills -- Basic English -- General points on style -- Basic written forms -- Formal letters -- Email -- Essays -- Reports -- The serious sin of plagiarism -- Writing to look good -- Summary -- Further information -- Helpfile 1: Grammar and spelling -- Helpfile 2: If English is not your native language . . . -- Chapter 7 Impressing assessors -- Learning outcomes -- The aims of assessment -- Why students fail -- Improving your assessment technique -- Deconstructing questions and planning answers -- Doing well in examinations -- Viva voce examinations -- Portfolio assessment -- Summary -- Further information -- Helpfile: Terms commonly used in assessment -- PART 3 WORKING WITH OTHERS -- Chapter 8 Talking and listening -- Learning outcomes -- The importance of interpersonal skills -- Active listening -- Talking -- Assertiveness -- Negotiation -- Networking -- Summary -- further information -- Chapter 9 Team work and leadership -- Learning outcomes -- Team working in organisations -- Discussion groups -- Formal meetings -- Task groups -- Virtual teams -- Challenges of online collaboration -- Developing effective groups -- Managing diversity and conflict -- Developing your leadership skills -- Potential hazards of team work -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 10 Presenting to an audience -- Learning outcomes -- The risks in presentation -- Structure -- Delivery technique -- Effective visual aids -- Handling questions -- Virtual presentations and podcasts -- Poster presentations -- controlling your nerves -- Preparation -- Summary -- Further information -- PART 4 CONCEPTUAL SKILLS -- Chapter 11 Complexity, cases and diagrams -- Learning outcomes -- Rational approaches -- Problem definition: description and diagnosis -- Description as a basis for diagnosis. ; Diagnosis - exploring causes -- Making diagrams work for you -- Case study analysis -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 12 Becoming more creative -- Learning outcomes -- The need for creativity -- Creating a creative environment -- Barriers to creativity -- Techniques for improving creativity -- Finding opportunities to be creative -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 13 Data, information and decisions -- Learning outcomes -- Information versus data -- Looking for information - academic literature and other sources -- finding relevant secondary data -- Interviews -- Focus groups -- Questionnaires -- Developing your information-gathering skills -- Summary -- Further information -- Chapter 14 Making sense of data -- Learning outcomes -- 'Lies, damned lies and statistics' -- Drawing and using graphs -- Calculus -- Frequencies and histograms -- Bar and column charts -- Pie charts -- Summary measures -- Measures of dispersion -- Drawing conclusions from figures -- Levels of significance -- Developing your inference skills -- Summary -- Further information -- PART 5 INTEGRATING YOUR SKILLS -- Chapter 15 Managing projects and dissertations -- Learning outcomes -- Project teams -- Group projects -- Finding a topic -- Obligations and responsibilities -- Project proposals -- Objectives clarification -- Literature search -- Data planning -- Gaining client agreement -- Chapter 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 -- Answers to test exercises -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N. ; O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: ‭'It is very clear and easy to understand and well laid out. A good key text.' ‭ Alison Bragg, Faculty Lead for Employability, Business and Law, De Montfort University ‭ 'Even though I've been in the field for 25 years, I found new and engaging ‭information in The Business Student's Handbook. So no matter how many times ‭a student has been down this road, I'm confident that they will always find ‭something new here.' ‭Jayne Mothersdale, Governor and Principal Lecturer Learning & Teaching, Leeds ‭Beckett University ‭New edition of the definitive text for business students. ‭ The Business Student's Handbook brings together personal skills, study skills and employability ‭skills to help you succeed in your academic and professional lives. This handbook is all about ‭applying theory to practice; so you will find it filled with exercises, practical suggestions ‭and tips. ‭ This new edition covers: ‭Expanded sections on employability and transferable skills to help you become a highly ‭desirable graduate. A strong focus on written and oral communication skills and presentation skills.‭ Expanded data analysis and numeracy sections.‭ New emphasis on self-management, team work and planning makes this an essential resource ‭for any business student.‭ The new TECHSkills boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you're making the most of the ‭best tools you can find online. ‭ Additional resources, templates and activities are also available at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron ‭Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business ‭School since its inception, now in a part-time role. She is also the ‭author of The MBA Handbook, focusing on postgraduate study ‭and executive education.
• Titolo autorizzato: The business student's handbook
• ISBN: 1-292-17062-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154956303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II