Description
Written by a leading author in this field, this new text on Personal Effectiveness is designed to give students a basic understanding of study skills and management skills, and to give context to other studies.
Suitable for use on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including those relating to self development, personal skills, learning and development, management skills, study skills and coaching modules and as part of general business or HR degrees, this text seeks to be both comprehensive and accessible through the use of learning aids.
Each chapter includes:
- learning objectives and a synopsis of content
- vignette examples to illustrate demonstrate key points
- exercises with feedback
- self-check exercise and synopsis at the end of the chapter, and
- references and further sources of information.
It will also offer a companion website containing web links, tutor notes and PowerPoint slides for each chapter, as well as extra self-testing materials.Contents
Learning
Time Management
Creativity and Ideas Generation
Group Dynamics and Team Working
Communication and Interviewing Skills
Verbal and Written Presentation Skills
Assertiveness
Negotiation Skills
Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Situations
Managing Personal and Organisational ChangeAbout the authors
Diana Winstanley
The late Diana Winstanley had a broad range of experience of training staff, students and managers in personal effectiveness, as well as in human resource management, and is a well respected author of a number of books and articles. She has led, designed and supported a number of PhD and postgraduate programmes in transferable skills and personal effectiveness. As well as conducting extensive research into senior executive competence in the NHS, and more general research into personal effectiveness, she had also been involved in designing a number of innovative management development programmes, including a recent pilot for the National Management Development Initiative in the NHS. She was Professor of Management and Director of Postgraduate Programmes at Kingston Business School. Previously she has been Senior Lecturer in Management and Personal Development, Deputy Director of the full-time MBA programme and Senior Tutor at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London. She also had professional qualifications as a humanistic counsellor.Customer reviews
'The style is good, readable and clear. Having read all the chapters in succession the style kept my attention very well...I think this book meets a need and is well written and accessible. I like the examples provided to illustrate each aspect and these really bring to life the particular issues being discussed.'
Marilyn Farmer
Senior Lecturer
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
'The book is very competently written and presented with a wide subject coverage. It tackles some interesting topics that other books fail to address. The balance between theory and practice is one of the books key strengths.'
Samantha Lynch
University of Kent