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Study Skills for Business and Management
How to Succeed at University and Beyond

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December 2013 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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

Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university. 

 
Introduction
 
Planning and goal setting
 
Mind Maps
 
Effective and Efficient Reading
 
Lectures and Lecturers
 
Fear and stress
 
Making Time Work
 
Leading and being led
 
Working in Groups
 
Coursework
 
Essay writing
 
Presentations
 
Succeeding in Exams
 
Business communication
 
Securing your Career

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This is a very useful and very accessible book for any student of business and management, and particularly for international students.

Dr Malgorzata Drewniok
Educational Foundations, Warwick University
February 28, 2019

A well written and structured book which covers the key elements of learning. This book is appropriate for anyone who has a keen interest in studying in higher education. It highlights the relevant study skills necessary to be successful. It Is a must read for anyone who is in education.

Dr Denis Hyams-Ssekasi
Bolton Business School, Bolton University
January 19, 2017

I will be recommending this text to the business students to aid with all aspects of their degree

Mr Andrew Faulkner
Business, South Devon College
September 16, 2015

This book is good, however, to general for the MBA students to gain enough value from.

Dr James Cunningham
Management, Robert Gordon University
May 5, 2015

An excellent book that will be essential reading for our first year "Higher Education Skills" module. It is will written and easily accessible for first year students.

Mr Tony McAleavy
Dept of Geog, Env & Disaster Mgt, Coventry University
April 16, 2015

This is a good book for first year and second year undergraduates, who often enter university lacking fundamental study skills. As of next year, I will be recommending it to my second year students. The chapters on group work and presentation are highly relevant, as much assessment these days is group work based. The book is slightly let down by a lack of focus on numeracy, which is an essential business skill. There could also be more on memorisation and handwriting of notes - the old fashioned skills that prove very useful in examinations. Overall however, the content is good and I wish I had it when I was an undergraduate. The only problem I see is a slight lack of specificity - what study skills do business students need that humanities students can do without? I am thinking of writing my own title to discuss these issues. Overall however, this is definitely a useful and interesting book. I can't put a general study skills book on our essential reading lists, but I will be recommending it in the classroom.

Mr Kenneth Wilkinson
Dept of Marketing, Ops & Digital Busin, Manchester Metropolitan University
January 5, 2015

An excellent supplemental resource for undergraduate students in these subject areas on a range of academic skills areas. I especially liked the group work, time management and presentation skills sections.

Mr John Knight
Learning Development Unit, Bucks New University
December 15, 2014

Will be recommending this again this year to second year undergraduate students of business and management.

Mr Kenneth Anthony Wilkinson
Dept of Marketing, Ops & Digital Busin, Manchester Metropolitan University
September 2, 2015

Excellent supportive text book for students new to academic study.

Mrs Lisa Rees
Business School, OLC Europe
November 11, 2014

The book does not exactly matched our syllabus but is highly recommended for all students especially freshmen.

Dr Mo Willan
BUSINESS, HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
November 3, 2014

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1: Planning and goal setting