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

By: Cameron, Sheila.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008Edition: 4th ed.Description: 442p. cm.ISBN: 9780132349246; 0132349248.Subject(s): Business students -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Study skills | Business -- Study and teaching | Business -- Vocational guidance | Business and Management | Business & Management | Children's / Teenage general interest: Work & industry / world of work | Educational: General studies / study skills general | Advice on careers & achieving successDDC classification: 650.071 CAM Summary: In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing world, graduates must be equipped with more than just knowledge of a particular subject. This book will enable students to manage their own learning and ultimately their own career.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing world, graduates must be equipped with more than just knowledge of a particular subject. This book will enable students to manage their own learning and ultimately their own career.

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-433) and index.

In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing world, graduates must be equipped with more than just knowledge of a particular subject. This book will enable students to manage their own learning and ultimately their own career.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Brief contents
  • Detailed contents
  • List of figures
  • Guided tour
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part 1 Learning: context, process and management
  • 1 Learning, skills and employment
  • 2 Managing your studies
  • 3 Learning and reflective practice
  • Part 2 Study skills
  • 4 Critical reading and note taking
  • 5 Basic numbers
  • 6 Written communication
  • 7 Using information and communication technologies
  • 8 Gaining great marks
  • Part 3 Working with others
  • 9 Talking and listening
  • 10 Team working and leadership
  • 11 Presenting to others
  • Part 4 Conceptual skills
  • 12 Complexity, cases and diagrams
  • 13 Obtaining data and information
  • 14 Making sense of data
  • 15 Increasing your creativity
  • Part 5 Integrating your skills
  • 16 Managing projects
  • 17 Into employment
  • Bibliography
  • Index