Study Skills Business & Managem Students

Study Skills for Business & Management Students

Paul Ramsay, Pat Maier and Geraldine Price

An accessible, student-friendly handbook that covers all of the essential study skills which will ensure that you get the most out of your Business or Management course and improve your grades and your employability.

Study Skills for Business & Management Students has been developed specifically to provide tried and tested advice and guidance on the most important academic and study skills that you will require throughout your time at university and beyond. Presented in a practical and easy-to-use style, it demonstrates the immediate benefits to be gained by developing and improving these skills during each stage of your course, and covers:

• Effectively managing your time
• Getting the most out of lectures and tutorials
• Improving your revision skills and exam performance
• Developing structured problem-solving skills and techniques
• Mastering critical thinking, argument and analysis
• Developing successful reading and note-taking strategies
• Essay and research report planning and technical writing techniques
• Working in groups and effective presentation of assignments and projects
• Improving your reflective writing and practice
• Preparing for and getting the most out of work placements
• Enhancing your professional skills and employability

All of these skills, which are as essential in the workplace as they are on an academic course, are covered in detail, giving you invaluable practical advice and guidance on how to increase your performance, grades and abilities. Real-life examples, self-assessment exercises and activities will help you to assess your current skills levels, develop them further and teach you how to apply them in work and study.

Visit www.smarterstudyskills.com to access a wealth of useful information, tips, templates and interactive activities to support your studies.

This book will target the specific needs of Business and Management students to ensure that these students get the most relevant and most useful study skills advice possible. Offering valuable guidance to the core areas of practical and transferable skills needed specifically by Business and Management students, this book provides advice in a relevant and targeted way to help students assess their own performance, identify areas for improvement and see a real progress in their development.