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BMAN10780 – Business and Management Skills: Role of Academic Advisors

BMAN10780 – Business and Management Skills: Role of Academic Advisors. Simon French simon.french@mbs.ac.uk Anna Goatman anna.goatman@mbs.ac.uk. The Team. Linda Whittle You all!. Simon French. Anna Goatman. What is Business and Management Skills?. A 10 credit 2-semester course

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BMAN10780 – Business and Management Skills: Role of Academic Advisors

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  1. BMAN10780 – Business and Management Skills:Role of Academic Advisors Simon French simon.french@mbs.ac.uk Anna Goatman anna.goatman@mbs.ac.uk

  2. The Team Linda Whittle You all! Simon French Anna Goatman

  3. What is Business and Management Skills? • A 10 credit 2-semester course • A compulsory course for over 500 first year management students • A structured means of academic advisors and students getting to know each other • A replacement for the personal tutoring system

  4. Core course on: • BSc Management/Management (specialism) • BSc International Management (IM)/International Management with American Business Studies (IMABS) • BA International Business, Finance and Economics (IBFE) • BSc Information Technology Management for Business / with Industrial Experience (ITMB/ITMBIE) • BSc Management and Information Systems (MAIS)/BSc Accounting Management and Information Systems (AMAIS)

  5. Course Objectives • To provide students with the knowledge to help them monitor, review, plan and take responsibility for their own learning and professional development. • To provide a broad overview of business, management and professionalism. • To stimulate interest in current developments of business and management.

  6. Course Structure • 3 strands of activity • Lectures • Simon French, Anna Goatman, + others • Timetabled seminars • Every other week (5 seminars in each semester) • Given by you (academic advisors) to your group of 15 students • Non timetabled small group work and some individual support • Facilitated by you, face to face or electronically

  7. Course Timetable – Semester 1

  8. Course Timetable – Semester 2

  9. Assessment and Feedback • Semester 1 • Individual 1000-word essay (formative) • Group presentation on a current business issue (5 students in each group) (45%) • Semester 2 • Group presentation of a critique of current management paper (45%) • Development of individual personal development plan (10%)

  10. What do Academic Advisors Do? • Advise a group of 15 students • Meet their group on a regular basis • Lead seminars (every other week over both semesters) • Assign students to smaller project groups for assessed coursework • Hold one-to-one meetings in the second semester • Advise their group on academic issues • Signpost and offer support • Support and assess the coursework done by their group • Provide feedback to their group

  11. What do Academic Advisors Get? • The opportunity to work with a small group • A chance to get to know the students • A reminder about what it is like to be a first year student!

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