Details of ECMB

Effective Communication in Management and Business (MBA and MSc Management only)

The usual day and time for seminars is on Wednesdays 15:30 -16:50 (except seminar 1: see below)

Room: Biology Main (except for 17th October in Physics 320)

First seminar Thursday 27/09/12

This is a two semester course that is only available to MBA, MSc Management and MSc Accounting students at the School of Management and Business. It works with writing, communication and appropriate use of language for postgraduate business studies.

The content of this course includes the same information as the general postgraduate writing programme (2:00-3:20), but is contextualised for Management and Business Studies. As such it works with specific departmental requirements and SMB students should attend this programme and not the earlier general programme.

On completion of this course it is expected that students will be able to work effectively with the full range of study requirements for planning and completing masters level assignments in the School of Management and Business.

Seminar 1: Thursday 27/09/12, 9:30 - 10:30, D5 Hugh Owen

Seminar 2: Wednesday 10/10/12, 15:30 - 16:50, Biology Main, Edward Llwyd

  • Essay and report writing: a detailed overview
  • Avoiding plagiarism; paraphrasing, citation and referencing

Seminar 3: Wednesday 17/10/12, 15:30 - 16:50, Physics 320 

  • Issues in paraphrasing
  • Bring a published paper or textbook to class for paraphrasing practice

Seminar 4: Wednesday Semester 1 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, Biology Main, Edward Llwyd

  • Essays and reports: introductions and executive summaries; a comparative study
  • Identifying appropriate language style through case studies of published business journals

Seminar 5: Wednesday Semester 1 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, Biology Main, Edward Llwyd

  • Creating and maintaining a clear, concise argument (1): theargument of fact
  • Detailed text analysis of published business text

Seminar 6: Wednesday Semester 1 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, Biology Main, Edward Llwyd

  • Writing for exams: revision, planning in the exam room and effective writing styles

Seminar 7: Wednesday 13/02/13, 15:30 - 16:50, TBA

  • A framework for critical analysis

Seminar 8: Wednesday Semester 2 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, TBA

  • Analysing grammatical complexity: noun-phrase sentence patterns

Seminar 9: Wednesday Semester 2 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, TBA

  • Analysing grammatical complexity: transition and flow between sentences

Seminar 10: Wednesday Semester 2 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, TBA

  • Analysing aspects of language and voice: hedging

Seminar 11: Wednesday Semester 2 Date TBA, 15:30 - 16:50, TBA

  • Creating a critical research voice in extended reports and dissertations

 

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