?‘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 Graduate, Cass Business School, City University ?Praise for previous edition
?‘The MBA Handbook appropriately introduces theoretical concepts and real-life ?examples to underpin practice-based exercises and thinking.’
?Jayne Mothersdale, Governor and Principal Lecturer, Learning & Teaching, ?Leeds Beckett University
?New edition of the definitive text for business students.
?Undertaking any postgraduate management study is a big investment on many levels. The MBA ?Handbook is the definitive text in this area and explains what will be expected from you on a ?personal, professional and academic level. Designed to prepare and support you throughout ?your studies and your career, the book is clearly structured and simply written around the ?following sections:
- ??Understanding the MBA and postgraduate study – covering self-management, time-?management and planning as well as common challenges and how to overcome them;
- ??Transferable learning skills – covering professional development, diagrams, numbers and ?data analysis, teamwork and leadership, and crucially, case studies and problem solving;
- Skills for assessment – covering preparation for the unique assessments that await in MBA and ?PG study, including speaking and presentations, writing, exams, projects and theses;
- Afterwards – how to start and shape your career.??
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This successful text has been thoroughly updated to include:
- New and updated activities, examples and exercises in every chapter to help evaluate your ?progress and put ideas into practice.
- Mini-cases and real-life study and business examples integrated throughout the book.
- ??Support for distance learning students and extended coverage of issues relating to EFL and ?ESL students.?
Visit the companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron for worksheets and self-assessment
?exercises.
?Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business ?School since its inception. She has been involved in its MBA ?programme since its earliest design stages in a variety of roles, ?including a period as MBA Director. Sheila is also the author of ?The Business Students Handbook.