The Business Student's Handbook (6^th Ed.)
Skills for Study and Employment

‭‘It is very clear and easy to understand and well laid out. A good key text.’ ‭
Alison Bragg, Faculty Lead for Employability, Business and Law, De Montfort University
‭

‘Even though I’ve been in the field for 25 years, I found new and engaging ‭information in The Business Student’s Handbook. So no matter how many times  ‭a student has been down this road, I’m confident that they will always find ‭something new here.’

‭Jayne Mothersdale, Governor and Principal Lecturer Learning & Teaching, Leeds ‭Beckett University

‭New edition of the definitive text for business students.
‭
The Business Student’s Handbook brings together personal skills, study skills and employability
‭skills to help you succeed in your academic and professional lives. This handbook is all about
‭applying theory to practice; so you will find it filled with exercises, practical suggestions 
‭and tips.
‭

This new edition covers:

• ‭Expanded sections on employability and transferable skills to help you become a highly ‭desirable graduate.
• A strong focus on written and oral communication skills and presentation skills.‭
• Expanded data analysis and numeracy sections.‭
• New emphasis on self-management, team work and planning makes this an essential resource ‭for any business student.‭
• The new TECHSkills boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you’re making the most of the ‭best tools you can find online.
  ‭

Additional resources, templates and activities are also available at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron

‭Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business ‭School since its inception, now in a part-time role. She is also the ‭author of The MBA Handbook, focusing on postgraduate study
‭and executive education.

List of figures  

Preface

1 Becoming a highly desirable graduate  

2 Managing yourself and your learning  

3 Learning, reflective practice and professional development

Part 2   ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS

4 Critical reading and note taking  

5 Basic numbers

6 Writing to communicate   

7 Impressing assessors  

Part 3 WORKING WITH OTHERS

8 Talking and listening  

9 Team work and leadership  

10  Presenting to an audience

Part 4   CONCEPTUAL SKILLS

11  Complexity, cases and diagrams

12  Becoming more creative   

13  Data, information and decisions   

14  Making sense of data

Part 5   INTEGRATING YOUR SKILLS

15  Managing projects and dissertations

16  Managing your career

Answers to test exercises   

Bibliography

‭‘It is very clear and easy to understand and well laid out. A good key text.’ ‭
Alison Bragg, Faculty Lead for Employability, Business and Law, De Montfort University
‭

‘Even though I’ve been in the field for 25 years, I found new and engaging ‭information in The Business Student’s Handbook. So no matter how many times  ‭a student has been down this road, I’m confident that they will always find ‭something new here.’

‭Jayne Mothersdale, Governor and Principal Lecturer Learning & Teaching, Leeds ‭Beckett University

‭New edition of the definitive text for business students.
‭
The Business Student’s Handbook brings together personal skills, study skills and employability
‭skills to help you succeed in your academic and professional lives. This handbook is all about
‭applying theory to practice; so you will find it filled with exercises, practical suggestions 
‭and tips.
‭

This new edition covers:

• ‭Expanded sections on employability and transferable skills to help you become a highly ‭desirable graduate.
• A strong focus on written and oral communication skills and presentation skills.‭
• Expanded data analysis and numeracy sections.‭
• New emphasis on self-management, team work and planning makes this an essential resource ‭for any business student.‭
• The new TECHSkills boxes focus on your digital skills to ensure you’re making the most of the ‭best tools you can find online.
  ‭

Additional resources, templates and activities are also available at www.pearsoned.co.uk/cameron

‭Sheila Cameron has worked for the Open University Business ‭School since its inception, no