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BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills

BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills. Peter Naudé p eter.naude@mbs.ac.uk Anna Goatman anna.goatman@mbs.ac.uk. A 1. The team. Plus your academic advisor. Linda Whittle. Anna Goatman. Peter Naud é. A bit about Anna. A bit about Peter. * Graduated UCT (marketing)

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BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills

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  1. BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills Peter Naudé peter.naude@mbs.ac.uk Anna Goatman anna.goatman@mbs.ac.uk A 1

  2. The team • Plus your academic advisor Linda Whittle Anna Goatman Peter Naudé

  3. A bit about Anna

  4. A bit about Peter * Graduated UCT (marketing) * A few years of consulting * Came to MBS a few years before you were born!

  5. What is Business and Management Skills? • A 10 credit 2-semester course • A compulsory course • A structured means of academic advisors and you getting to know each other • A channel for feedback • in both directions! A foundation to studying management at university

  6. What the course is about • Providing you with the knowledge and skills to monitor, review, plan and take responsibility for your own learning and professional development. • Giving you a broad overview of business, management and professionalism, which pulls together all your studies into a broader perspective • Keeping you abreast of current developments of business and management, particularly those arising in the news.

  7. Reading General texts • Management or Study Skills? Background and Current Issues • Business Radio and TV programmes • Including Dragon’s Den and the Apprentice

  8. What is an Academic Advisor? • A member of academic staff • A point of contact regarding academic issues • Somebody you will see every fortnight • Somebody to support you in developing a personal development plan (PDP) • Somebody to give you feedback • Somebody who will remain with you for the duration of your degree • Somebody who you could ask to write a reference

  9. Structure of Course • Lectures • Timetabled seminars with your academic advisors • Small group and individual work • Blackboard

  10. Course Timetable – Semester 1

  11. Course Timetable – Semester 2

  12. Semester 2 Group critique of current management paper 5 students per group Development of individual personal development plan Individual choices for 2nd year Activities • Semester 1 • A formative essay • Group presentation on a current business issue • 5 students per group

  13. The importance of personal objectives • In shaping your education … • When you are looking for a job, employers like applicants with clear personal objectives • Personal Development Plans (PDP) • PDP Guide will be on Blackboard but split into 2 parts - Introduction and Assessment

  14. Assessment • (45%) semester 1 presentation • (45%) semester 2 presentation • (10%) personal development plan (PDP)

  15. You must pass Business and Management Skills to complete your first year. • If you don’t take part in the group projects you can’t pass the course. • A presentation is like an exam, if you fail to attend a presentation you will get a mark of zero. • If you miss a presentation due to illness or serious personal circumstances you must complete a mitigating circumstances form

  16. Blackboard

  17. Expectations of University • Teaching styles vary • There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach • Some classes are very large • The emphasis is on you to take responsibility for your own learning

  18. Expectations of assessment • Your work will be marked by experts. • Marking follows a rigorous process overseen by an internal moderator an external examiner. • You can ask for somebody to check that the marks have been added up correctly on your paper. • You cannot question academic judgment or ask for a re-mark.

  19. Feedback Good feedback is not (necessarily) feedback that tells you that you’re good

  20. Feedback can come from… • Your Academic Advisor • Your lecturer(s) • Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) • Each other • Online tests and assessments

  21. Feedback can be: • Written • Verbal • Formal • Informal

  22. Expectations • We promise to provide you with: • Expert teaching • An Academic Advisor • A broad foundation to studying management • The best administrative support we can • You are expected to: • Attend lectures and seminars • Be punctual • Be quiet in lectures unless you are asked a question • Participate in the seminars and coursework • Read emails and Blackboard

  23. Next Week (30th September) Introduction to Management Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism 11am – 12pm University Place Theatre B

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