Bradford University School of Management including Law

Academic Study Skills eResources

A range of resources from staff and students, particularly showing examples of well-produced work. Look for the topic that's most useful for you.

We have organised them into a number of different areas:

    icon Analysing the Question  
    Reading icon icon Research
icon Essay Structure icon Referencing icon Critical Analysis  
    icon Exam Success  

  


Analysing the Question

The following online tutorial from Martin Sedgley demonstrates how to engage and answer the essay question for written assignments.

Sample Essays With Tutors' Commentary

MBA Operations Management Module
MBA Business Economics Module
MSc Crossed-Cultural Management Module

UG Organisational Design Module (used in the OD lecture on 13/10/2011)

UG Organisational Behaviour Module

Critical Analysis

Critical thinking that follows the logic of enquiry is only an extension of what people do as part of everyday living.

[ Are you a more critical thinker than you release (PDF) ] is a quick self-evaluation quiz that you may find you have been practicing some level of critical analysis on your day-to-day life than you realise. 

The following online tutorial from Martin Sedgley further looks into critical analysis in the academic contents.


Sample Essays With Tutor's Commentary

MBA Managing People Module (Grade-A sample essay)

MBA Marketing Module

MSc International Business Environment Module

MSc Human Resource Management Module

MSc Employment Law Module

MSc Crossed-Cultural Management Module

  • Successful Repatriation.ppsx (Powerpoint)

    Please click on the above link to work through the sample essay with detailed tutor's comments and please click through each slide sequentially.  In doing so, you will be provided with a sound insight into key lessons to be learnt when engaging in critical analysis.   
    (If you are using Internet Explorer you should press F5 when Powerpoint loads to change to slideshow view. Click on the slide to advance the presentation.)

UG Transformation of Work Module

Additional Resource:

Effective Reading

 

 

Essay Structure

Sample Essays With Tutor's Commentary

 MBA
MSc
UG

Download a 'Structure your essay (PDF)' worksheet.


Exam Success

A range of resources to help you prepare effectively for exams, and then express your written answers calmly and clearly on the day.

Preparation - Tutor's tips

Revision - Pass Your Exams

Calm and Confident

Performance on the Day - Sample exam question and model answer (Powerpoint)

Also, 'Q&A notes - MBA workshop 2010' and 'Q&A notes - MSC workshop 2010' are from a successful international MBA graduate who shared her experience of tackling exams in ELS Assignment Success Workshops.  

Although these are Q&A notes with postgraduate students, it may still provide some useful tips for undergraduate students.

Referencing

 

It is an expected academic practice that students will refer to (or cite) the sources of ideas, data and other evidence in written assignments. 

Why Reference?

There are five main reasons related to your academic studies why referencing in assignments is important:

  • To support your arguments and give credibility;
  • As a means of separating your own ideas, perceptions, and experiences from the work of others;
  • To enable your tutors to check the accuracy and validity of the evidence presented;
  • To enable your tutors and other interested readers to trace the sources you cite and to use the same evidence for their own purposes;
  • To avoid accusations of plagiarism.

 

The following online tutorial further looks into 'why and how to reference' in the academic contents.

 

How and Where to Reference?

The referencing system we use at the School of Management is the Harvard System. 

 

Essay extract with detailed tutor reviews

MSc International Business Management Module

Other Sample Essays

  

Research

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