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

By: Cameron, Sheila [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Seventh edition.Description: xxii, 518 pages : illustrations, 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781292304595 (paperback).Subject(s): Business -- Vocational guidance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Business students -- Employment -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 650.1
Contents:
Becoming a highly desirable graduate -- Managing yourself: time, stress and motivation -- Learning, reflective practice and professional development -- Critical reading and note-taking -- Basic numeracy -- Academic and business writing -- Improving your grades -- Talking and listening -- Teamwork and leadership -- Presenting to an audience -- Complexity, cases and diagrams -- Becoming more creative -- Data, information and decisions -- Making sense of data -- Project management and dissertations -- Managing your professional life.
Summary: "Develop essential learning and employability to excel at business studies The Business Student's Handbook, 7th Edition, by Cameron brings together personal skills, study skills and employability skills to help students succeed in their academic and professional lives. The book addresses transferable skills such as self-management, teamwork and planning to help you become a highly desirable graduate. A strong emphasis on project management, data analysis, communication skills and presentation skills makes this an essential resource for any business student. The TECHSkills boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you are making the most of the best tools found online. This handbook is all about applying theory to practice; so you will find it filled with exercises, practical suggestions and tips"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 650.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module EDUC 9035 - Core reading. 00220343
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Develop essential learning and employability skills to excel in business studies

"A book that will see you through your business degree, from day one to several years after graduation."
Fiona Winfield, School Employability Manager, Nottingham Trent University

The Business Student's Handbook, 7th edition, by Sheila Cameron brings together personal skills, study skills and employability skills to help you succeed in your academic and professional life. Designed to support both online and face-to-face study, the book discusses transferable skills such as self-management, teamwork, planning and critical thinking to help you become a highly desirable graduate.

Learning features such as 'TECHSkills' boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you are making the most of the best tools found online. Additionally, this handbook is all about applying theory to practice and covers up-to-date exercises, practical suggestions and tips.

With a strong emphasis on project management, data analysis, communication and presentation skills, this text is an essential resource for any business student.

This title also comes with a Companion Website .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-497) and index.

Becoming a highly desirable graduate -- Managing yourself: time, stress and motivation -- Learning, reflective practice and professional development -- Critical reading and note-taking -- Basic numeracy -- Academic and business writing -- Improving your grades -- Talking and listening -- Teamwork and leadership -- Presenting to an audience -- Complexity, cases and diagrams -- Becoming more creative -- Data, information and decisions -- Making sense of data -- Project management and dissertations -- Managing your professional life.

"Develop essential learning and employability to excel at business studies The Business Student's Handbook, 7th Edition, by Cameron brings together personal skills, study skills and employability skills to help students succeed in their academic and professional lives. The book addresses transferable skills such as self-management, teamwork and planning to help you become a highly desirable graduate. A strong emphasis on project management, data analysis, communication skills and presentation skills makes this an essential resource for any business student. The TECHSkills boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you are making the most of the best tools found online. This handbook is all about applying theory to practice; so you will find it filled with exercises, practical suggestions and tips"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Cork Module EDUC 9035 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sheila Cameron worked as a director of the Open University Business School. She was involved in the development of the school's pioneering MBA programme, and tutored undergraduate business-related courses for more than 20 years. She has been external examiner for management programmes at a wide range of universities. Sheila is also the author of 'The MBA Handbook.'