Patrick Tissington is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. He teaches leadership, organizational behaviour, critical incident analysis and team working. Students are undergraduate and postgraduate and range in age from 19 to 60 and arrive on his programme with the complete spectrum of experience in essay writing. This book is aimed at helping those who have no experience of essay writing to understand how it is done. It is also for those who need to improve their skills or refresh their knowledge perhaps after a break from studies. His research is in the use of technology in learning and what makes for effective work teams.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Essay Writing
Chapter 2: Planning
Chapter 3: Reading and Making Notes
Chapter 4: Material
Chapter 5: Writing Your Essay
Chapter 6: Rererencing - or How to Reference Correctly
Chapter 7: Plagiarism - the Scary Unknown Monster
Chapter 8: Writing Essays in Exams - Similar But Not the Same
Chapter 9: Motivation
Chapter 10: How Essay Writing Will Help with Your Career Success

A systematic guide to successfully producing written work for business and management degrees. The authors address the all-too-common pitfalls of essay assignments, as well as providing readers with a step-by-step programme to approach essay questions, both in coursework and exam contexts.

New to the Second Edition:

• Relevance of writing skills to employability highlighted throughout
• Additional content on researching a topic
• New content on adapting writing for different audiences
• New content on academic writing tips
• Addition of useful websites
• Additional coverage of plagiarism
• More on critical evaluation
• More on changing requirements through different levels of study.

Suitable for all business and management students looking to improve their essay writing skills.

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