Study skills for business & management : how to succeed at university and beyond

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 avoid.

contents note: 1.Planning and goal setting
1.1.Chapter summary
1.2.The end goal
1.3.How do goals work?
1.4.Creating your goals
1.5.Areas to set goals
1.6.How to set goals that work
1.7.Creating the perfect goals
1.8.Planning
1.9.The perfect plan
1.10.Monitoring your progress
1.11.Taking it to work
1.12.How to get started
1.13.Our bookshelf
1.14.References
2.Mind Maps
2.1.Chapter summary
2.2.Overall principle
2.3.What are they?
2.4.When can you use them?
2.5.Other aspects of university
2.6.How to do Mind Maps
2.7.How to make a Mind Map
2.8.Mind Maps to get you unstuck
2.9.Creating Mind Maps on computers or tablets
2.10.Which computer package?
2.11.Taking it to work
2.12.How to get started
2.13.Our bookshelf
2.14.References
3.Effective and efficient reading
3.1.Chapter summary
3.2.Reading at university
3.3.Reasons for reading
3.4.Targeting your reading effort
Contents note continued: 3.5.Learning the language
3.6.Generating a pool of papers and chapters for reading
3.7.Reading for assignments
3.8.Reading for revision
3.9.Advanced reading skills
3.10.Summary
3.11.Taking it to work
3.12.How to get started
3.13.Our bookshelf
4.Lectures and lecturers
4.1.Chapter summary
4.2.Introduction
4.3.The big secret
4.4.From the lecturer's point of view
4.5.Preparing to meet your lecturer
4.6.What to discuss with your lecturer
4.7.What is a lecture?
4.8.Why do we say you must always go?
4.9.Why sometimes you might not go and how to avoid these situations
4.10.Preparing for a lecture
4.11.PowerPoint
4.12.Finally, the big secret about lecturers
4.13.Summary
4.14.Taking it to work
4.15.How to get started
4.16.Our bookshelf
4.17.References
5.Fear and stress
5.1.Chapter summary
5.2.Why might you become scared and stressed
5.3.Fear
5.4.Tools to reduce fear
Contents note continued: 5.5.Stress
5.6.Reducing stress
5.7.Seek professional help
5.8.Taking it to work
5.9.How to get started
5.10.Our bookshelf
5.11.References
6.Making time work
6.1.Chapter summary
6.2.To-do lists
6.3.Time wasters
6.4.Each day
6.5.Taking it to work
6.6.How to get started
6.7.Our bookshelf
6.8.References
7.Leading and being led
7.1.Chapter summary
7.2.Leadership
facts and myths
7.3.Common leadership mistakes by students
and everyone else for that matter!
7.4.Being led
7.5.Taking it to work
7.6.How to get started
7.7.References
8.Working in groups
8.1.Chapter summary
8.2.Group assignments
8.3.Group members
8.4.Group meetings
8.5.The first meeting
8.6.Group decision making
8.7.The work
8.8.Possible situations
8.9.Monitoring success
8.10.Taking it to work
8.11.How to get started
8.12.Our bookshelf
8.13.References
9.Coursework
Contents note continued: 9.1.Chapter summary
9.2.The brief
9.3.The content
9.4.Academic tools
9.5.Tips for all types of coursework
9.6.Working with tables, data and graphs
9.7.Designing the coursework
9.8.Proofreading
9.9.Taking it to work
9.10.How to get started
9.11.Our bookshelf
9.12.References
10.Essay writing
10.1.Chapter summary
10.2.How to get started
10.3.Types of question
10.4.How to read
10.5.How to plan
10.6.Writing (at last!)
10.7.Referencing
10.8.Harvard referencing
the basics
10.9.Common errors
10.10.Finally
10.11.Taking it to work
10.12.How to get started
10.13.Our bookshelf
10.14.Online
10.15.References
11.Presentations
11.1.Chapter summary
11.2.Presentations
why and how
11.3.Planning
11.4.The script
11.5.Delivery methods
11.6.Supporting materials
11.7.Practise, practise, practise
11.8.On the day
11.9.Troubleshooting
11.10.Taking it to work
Contents note continued: 11.11.How to get started
11.12.Our bookshelf
11.13.Online
11.14.References
12.Succeeding in exams
12.1.Chapter summary
12.2.Planning
what exams and when
12.3.Question spotting
12.4.Revision
12.5.Dos and don'ts of revision
12.6.The big day
the exam
12.7.Taking it to work
12.8.How to get started
12.9.Our bookshelf
13.Business communication
13.1.Chapter summary
13.2.Why communication is important
13.3.Listening
13.4.Speaking
13.5.How to dress
13.6.How to email
13.7.How to speak on the phone
13.8.Social media
13.9.Body language and non-verbal communication
13.10.Taking it to work
13.11.How to get started
13.12.Our bookshelf
13.13.Online
13.14.References
14.Securing your career
14.1.Chapter summary
14.2.Careers advice
the best resource
14.3.Key question: what are you trying to achieve?
14.4.Preparing the plan
14.5.Opportunities
Contents note continued: 14.6.Types of organisations
14.7.Finding the job
14.8.The job recruitment process
14.9.Things to remember for interviews and assessment centres
14.10.Taking it to work
14.11.How to get started
14.12.Our bookshelf
14.13.References.

Includes bibliographical references and index.