Preface

Acknowledgements

Guided tour

1. Orientation to postgraduate management learning and the role of the handbook
2. Theory, practice and ethics in management learning

1. Managing yourself and other stakeholders
2. Managing your time

1. Managing your learning
2. Professional development
3. Critical use of ideas and information
4. Diagrams and infographics
5. Teamwork, communication and leadership
6. Case studies, complexity and consultancy
7. Information from numbers

1. Assessment methods, stakeholders and grades
2. Writing for business and assessment
3. Effective presentations
4. Examinations

1. Academic and work-based projects, and dissertations
2. Applying your skills to your career

References and bibliography

Index

The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition, by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme. This clearly structured handbook addresses the specific challenges of management study and the transferable skills required to meet these, including:

• Managing self, time, stress and the risks associated with study
• Learning and professional development, including reflective and action learning, critical reading and thinking and using data and other evidence
• Working with others, including teamwork and leadership, group creativity and problem solving
• Demonstrating learning, including academic writing for assignments and exams, making presentations, building portfolio, and assessment for and during employment
• Consultancy, research and project management

With real-life case studies, business examples, new activities and exercises in every chapter, this successful text is designed to prepare and support you early in your studies, at key points during the programme, and well into your subsequent career. It also aids distance learning students and covers issues relating to EFL and ESL students.

'A practical and thorough handbook, that prepares MBA students to balance work and study.'
Harriet Richmond, Subject Leader of HRM and Organisational Behaviour, University of Northampton

Sheila Cameron worked as director of the Open University Business School. She was involved in the development of the school's pioneering MBA programme, and subsequently developed its Masters in HRM. She has been external examiner for management programmes at a wide range of universities. Sheila is also the author of The Business Students Handbook.

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• The text draws on the author's experience as MBA Director, recognising the challenges faced by students.
• Students are provided with guidance on each step of the MBA process, such as choosing the right course in the first place.
• Chapters help students develop critical skills, such as research, teamwork and leadership skills, to help them benefit from their course.

• Further reading material encourages students to dig deeper and develops critical learning skills.
• The text goes beyond the degree program, considering post-MBA opportunities.

• Updated coverage of technology usage keeps the text relevant to today's students and provides practical advice.
• Revised support and specific guidance for Distance learning students and International Students addresses the challenges different students may face.
• Global perspective: Emphasis on global context by recognising the major challenges organisations are experiencing due to climate change and the ideologies behing them.

• Updated help on developing critical thinking prompts students to challenge established assumptions in the field.
• New activities, examples and exercises test students' knowledge and help them develop relevant skills.
• Mini-cases and real-life study and business examplesrintegrated throughout the book.
• Revised further reading and additional resources offer students the opportunities to dig deeper into topics.