Just started BA Hons Business & Management - FUCK
Yesterday was my first day of studying my BA Hons. Business & Management Studies.
I did level 4 and 5 with HND Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and in my spare time I've done a level 4 course in Business Studies with Open Uni.. but other than that, I have no prior background of Business & Management Studies and have jumped onto level 6 study (final year of uni) at a college. Its fucking HARD. It was induction day, so I got to know lots of people etc.. and given the first assignment which is due in in two weeks. FUCK. Just wondered if anyone has any experience with higher education and has any advice for time manangement, essay/dissertation writing, and any help for note taking etc.. By the way, my first assignment is to write a personal development action plan and explain why. Worded as follows: Create a development plan that draws on your assessment of your learning needs during this course. This may draw on plans you created on your previous course of study, work appraisals and other assessments of your development needs. It should include your appreciation of the content and process of the BA programme and of your own personal and professional development and aspirations. You are required to submit both the rationale for your plan and the plan itself - 1500 words max. Any motivation here would be epic. I have a 3 hour lesson every tuesday night, and this is due in on 27th September. |
Note-taking - Take notes in class then write them up within 24hrs. That way you still have it fresh in your memory and it helps commital to long-term memory by re-writing it.
Background read before you go in - You'll have an idea of what they'll be covering so you wion't struggle to keep up. Any decent college should have an online portal/VLE of some kind that should have subject specific resources such as ebooks and journals that you can search through chapters. it's well worth playing around for an hour or 2 at the start of the year, discovering how it works because it will be a godsend down the road. Dissertations/MIAs - they should have previous years copies for perusal in a library - ask your lecturer or it might be on their VLE/portal. Have a read of previous year so you can get an idea for laying them out and what kind of content you should include. Start planning in your head now about the specific study of your paper so that you can research around it. Furthermore make it something you are passionate about as it will help spur you on! Time management - make sure you start your assignements the day you get them, even if its the into, then work on completing a bit more everyday. Aim to get them there 24hrs early to allow for fuck -ups printing because most places won't accept if your 1 minute late. You should be given an assessment& assignement schedule - transfer this to a callendar/planner on the wall - it's visual and you can plan out when you can start and when you should finsih them to allow time for the next assignment. Oh and buy the main course textbook for the year - there's nothing worse than paying late fines or fightin with some chode in the library over a book! |
Alpha - I did a Masters in management and marketing a few years ago, so here goes...
You'll probably have a number of different modules on your course so, as Dale points out, buy the main text books for them (shouldn't be more than a few you need to buy and you can get used ones for quite cheap on Amazon - also, if you want to cut costs further go back an edition as there's generally not much that gets changed with these. Use journal articles to rely on for up to date research and use books for historical methods etc [when writing your papers]). Always look at the research and resources as soon as you receive an essay question or assignment - even if you just read over the research and get some notes taken down on the theories etc. This will help you when you're in the writing up phase. Google learning styles and see what you come out as - and then taylor your learning to that. I'm a person who is more right brain orientated (DVDs more than audio etc), which also means I need to repeat/re-write things (like lecture notes) a few times before it sinks in - but, after it does I'll remember it for ages. Study groups are great - both for group learning and for getting more acquainted with the girls on the course ;-) On the development plan, I think they're looking for the following: What have you done before this course that led you to do it Have any assessments/appraisals pointed out you lack experience or knowledge in any area? Why are you completing this course? What do you expect to learn? What do you see yourself doing after this course? (in work) How will this course help you to develop (as a person) Tie in some theory (stuff from authors about learning, learning styles, and CPD [continual professional development]). If you do have any questions then feel free to PM me. |
I'm final year business management and information systems at the moment. My top tips for busting a 1st are as follows:
Be a perfectionist with the simple things: spell check, proof reading, presentation (google this), referencing, proper labelling of graphs ect. It's easiest marks you can get, just takes a bit of time. I also always get my work bound properly, no matter what, unless specifically stated not to. It's psychological thing with it looking more professional, it subconsciously persuades it's of high standard or lots of time has been put into it. Pester the fuck out of your tutors by email and in their contact time, ask them whatever you can get use from them, this is good for two reasons, one they can only say no/they can't answer that, but will usually try and help you/direct you, but secondly and more importantly you get a feel for the specific tutor is looking for (very important, marking is more subjective than you think) and they will more often than not recognise your work (always sign of with your real name) as the guy who was putting in a lot of effort to make sure everything is covered properly. Read as much as you can, sooner rather than later and keep a notebook specifically for relevant quotes,with page numbers ect, saves so much time later on, even if you don't use half of them. If you get group work, work with girls and be the project manager, for obvious PU reasons, but also because girls are generally more organised and less likely to leave everything to the last minute, leaving you sat in the library the night before hand in raging about the slack homos who are happy to get a shit grade. I fucking hate personal development essays.I'm paying to learn about and improve my knowledge in Businsess Management not analyse why I'd like to improve working in a group as it be beneficial to my working career, or whatever other bullshit they expect us to write. The best way to get good marks is to completely bullshit your targets to meet their criteria and tie in shit loads of relevant sources. |
I have a BA Hons in Business Management. I remember the nerves on results day. Seeing your name up their and the realization that you've now got a degree is one of the best feelings i've had. Hope that motivates you.
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Thankyou for all the comments on this...
I got my assignment handed in completed, and marked... I got 63/100 which is a 2:1 for 50% of unit 1 - PACE I still have the other 50% of PACE to do, which is a reflective analysis of my performance on the course, due in end of next year, easy enough.... |
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