The MBA Handbook: Skills for Mastering Management

The MBA Handbook: Skills for Mastering Management

by SheilaCameron (Author)

Synopsis

A vital resource and survival guide for MBA students, covering everything they need to know about choosing the right course, study skills and assessments and post-MBA job opportunities. Prepares and supports students throughout their studies.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: 5
Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Published: 14 Oct 2004

ISBN 10: 0273684671
ISBN 13: 9780273684671
Book Overview: A vital resource and survival guide for MBA students, covering everything they need to know in order to prepare and support them throughout their studies.

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An absolutely vital resource for anyone doing an MBA. It will help you at every stage: before, during and after your MBA. Alex Elferink, MBA student at Cass Business School, City University I found the book invaluable in helping me to prepare for my own MBA studies and have always recommended it to prospective students of postgraduate studies in business and management. Daniel Ganly, MBA Director, Oxford Brookes University. An invaluable source of guidance to my MBA success with articles carefully placed to complement the skillsets that are required for a rigorous programme like this - I would say that this is the most-used book during the MBA study Lakshmi Ishwar, Director, Guardian Risk Advisors (P) Ltd, Bangalore
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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Management, learning and the role of this book2. What different Masters qualifications offer3. Selecting a Master's programme4. Creating a learning contextPART TWO: PRE-COURSE PREPARATION5. Personal management skills6. Time management at work7. Effective learning8. Learning from learning theory9. Improving reading skills10. Using diagrams11. Working in teams12. Case studies, complexity and consultancy13. Using numbersPART THREE: SKILLS FOR ASSESSMENT14. Scoring well in assessment15. Writing assignments and reports16. Making presentations17. Passing examinations18. Other forms of assessment19. Projects, theses and dissertationsPART FOUR: AFTERWARDS20. Beyond your Masters...ReferencesIndex