MBA Handbook, 5th Edition
Skills for Mastering Management

By Sheila Cameron
Financial Times/ Pearson Education Limited
February 2005
ISBN: 0273684671
427 Pages, Illustrated, 7 ½" x 9 ¾"
$99.50 Paper Original

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Undertaking any postgraduate management study is a big investment on many levels. The MBA Handbook, fifth edition explains what will be expected from you on a personal, professional and academic level and is designed to prepare and support you throughout your studies. The book is clearly structured and simply written around the following sections: Pre-course preparation - Decide which qualification is right for you and plan your time and your funds.

Check your study skills are up to scratch and recognize your own strengths and areas for improvement. Studying - Familiarize yourself with all forms of teaching and assessment used on your course. Find out what your lecturers are looking for and learn how to boost your grades. This successful text has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of video conferencing, GMAT and problem-based learning.

Features
" Activities, examples and exercises in every chapter to help evaluate progress and put ideas into practice.
" Completely revised chapter on projects and dissertations which features an expanded section on methodologies and new material on plagiarism, internal consultancy, and electronic searches.
" Help files to assist with grammar, mathematics and spelling.

Contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
1. Management, learning and the role of this book
2. What different Masters qualifications offer
3. Selecting a Master's programme
4. Creating a learning context
PART TWO: PRE-COURSE PREPARATION
5. Personal management skills
6. Time management at work
7. Effective learning
8. Learning from learning theory
9. Improving reading skills
10. Using diagrams
11. Working in teams
12. Case studies, complexity and consultancy
13. Using numbers
PART THREE: SKILLS FOR ASSESSMENT
14. Scoring well in assessment
15. Writing assignments and reports
16. Making presentations
17. Passing examinations
18. Other forms of assessment
19. Projects, theses and dissertations
PART FOUR: AFTERWARDS
20. Beyond your Masters...
References
Index

Reviews
"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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