Attention BSc Management/ Management (specialism) students:

Lankika Weerasinghe (one of your fellow students) has set up a facebook

group for students on the course:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBSmanagement2012/

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BMAN10780: Business and Management SkillsPeter Naudépeter.naude@mbs.ac.ukAnna Goatmananna.goatman@mbs.ac.uk

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The team

• Plus your academic advisor

Peter Naudé Anna Goatman

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Linda Whittle

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A bit about Anna

A bit about Peter

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* Graduated UCT (marketing)

* A few years of consulting

* Came to MBS a few years before

you were born!

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

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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.

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Reading

General texts• Management or Study Skills?

Background and Current Issues

• Business Radio and TV programmes– Including Dragon’s Den and the Apprentice

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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

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Structure of Course• Lectures• Timetabled seminars with your

academic advisors• Small group and individual work• Blackboard

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Course Timetable – Semester 1

Week Lecture Seminar Other activitiesWelcome Week Introduction to Course

1 (28/09/12) Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism 1 Seminar 1IntroductionsPDPFormative Essay2 (05/10/12) Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism 2

Practical sessions: Finding the best information for your assignments

Note the Directions!!!

3 (12/10/12) Group Dynamics and Management Seminar 2Plagiarism cases - class discussionReport writing and essay skills Q&AIntroduction of small group projects4 (19/10/12) Presenting with Confidence

Online plagiarism quiz

5 (26/10/12) Careers Service Lecture Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 1)Presentation skills

Formative essays to be submitted by the end of week 5 (26/10/12)

6 Reading week – No timetabled activity

7 (09/11/12) Employability: Guest speaker from industry Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 2)Presentation skills

8 No Lecture Seminar 4Students presentations (assessed)9 No Lecture

10 No Lecture Seminar 5Exam/ Revision Skills11 No Lecture

12 No timetabled activity

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Finding Resources for your Assignments Practical Session

• Your practical session has been scheduled in either

- Week 2 (week commencing 1 October) or

- Week 3 (week commencing 8 October)

• Your timetabled session will be on the Academic Advisor seminar information sheet given to you along with your arrival pack your Programme Director’s talk on Monday 17 September and on your weekly timetable available from the student system

• The practical sessions will be in the postgraduate computer cluster Room 1.12 in Crawford House (building 31 on the campus map)

• Directions to the postgraduate computer cluster:  

- Go up the steps outside the Chaplaincy (building 32)

- You will see the Precinct Library entrance at the top of the steps

- Go to the right of the library entrance and you will see two sets of sliding glass

doors (the first set of doors leads over the bridge to the MBS East building)

- Go through the second set of sliding doors and turn immediately right into the computer cluster

- There will be  signs on the sliding doors and on the door of the computer cluster

Course Timetable – Semester 2

Week Lecture Seminar Other activities

1 Introduction to the semester

Seminar 6Reflections on Semester 1PDPs2 No Lecture

3 No Lecture Seminar 7Discussion of how to critique academic papers.Advisor’s academic interests4 No Lecture

5 No Lecture Seminar 8No seminar – One-to-one individual meetings6 No Lecture

7 No Lecture Seminar 9Student Presentations (assessed)8 No Lecture

Easter

9 No Lecture Seminar 10Preparation for year 22nd year options10 No Lecture 24/04/13 Options talks

11 No Lecture No seminar 01/05/13 Options talks

PDPs to be submitted by Friday 3rd May

12 No timetabled activity

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Activities• Semester 1

– A formative essay

– Group presentation on a current business issue • 5 students per group

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• Semester 2

– Group critique of current management paper

• 5 students per group

– Development of individual personal development plan

– Individual choices for 2nd year

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

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Assessment

• (45%) semester 1 presentation

• (45%) semester 2 presentation

• (10%) personal development plan (PDP)

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• 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

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Blackboard

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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

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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.

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Feedback

Good feedback is not (necessarily)

feedback that tells you that you’re

good

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Feedback can come from…• Your Academic Advisor

• Your lecturer(s)

• Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs)

• Each other

• Online tests and assessments

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Feedback can be:• Written

• Verbal

• Formal

• Informal

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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

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Next Week (28th September)

Introduction to Management Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism

11am – 12pm

University Place Theatre B

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