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

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Week Lectures Seminar s

Welcome Week

Introduction to Course Pete Naude and Anna Goatman

1 Introduction to Management Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism Anna Goatman

Seminar 1 IntroductionsPDPFormative Essay2

Research and Library SkillsJane Marshall

3 Group Dynamics and ManagementPete Naude Seminar 2

Report writing and essay skillsIntroduction of small group projects4

Careers Service LectureGraham Keating

5 Presenting with ConfidenceElaine Clarke

Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 1) Presentation skills

Formative essays to be submitted by the end of week 5 (28 th October)

6 Reading week – No timetabled activity

7 Director’s LectureMike Luger

Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 2) Presentation skills

8 Shona McKenzieGraduate Recruitment OfficerThe Co-operative Group

Seminar 4 Students presentations (assessed)

9 No Lecture 10 No Lecture Seminar 5

Exam/ Revision Skills11 No Lecture12 No timetabled activity

Course Timetable – Semester 2

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Week Lectures Seminars

1 Introduction to the semester

2 No Lecture Seminar 6 Reflections on Semester 1PDPs3

Management Functions 1: Operations Management

4 No Lecture Seminar 7 Discussion of how to critique academic papers.Advisor’s academic interests

5Management Functions 2:Marketing

6 No Lecture Seminar 8 No seminar – One-to-one individual meetings7

Management Functions 3:Human Resources Management

8 No Lecture Seminar 9 Student Presentations (assessed)9

Management Functions 4:Information Systems Management

10 No Lecture

Seminar 10 2nd year options

11 No Lecture

PDPs to be submitted by Friday 4th May

12 No Lecture

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 (30th September)

Introduction to Management Writing Skills, Referencing and Plagiarism

11am – 12pm

University Place Theatre B

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