Essentials of Management

Essentials of Management ——For Business Management Majors

By John Zhang

From Business English Research Center, GDUFS Fall 2010

Chapter 1 Introduction to Study Skills for Business Learning

Questions for Warming-up  What is the purpose of learning?  How can you enjoy learning?  Do you know how to learn efficiently and effectively?  What is Davos Forum? What is the topic this time held in Tianjin at the moment?

 What is the purpose of Learning?

 The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live. ——Mortimer Adler

If you change you might live, if not, you die. ——Peter Drucker

Time is like the water in the sponge, if you press , it is always there. —— Lu Xun

Discussion topic: 帕金森定律 （Parkinson's Law）

 Parkinson's Law is the adage first articulated by Cyril Northcote Parkinson as the first sentence of a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955  Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

"Parkinson's Law" could be generalized further still as:

 The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource.  An extension is often added to this, stating that:  The reverse is not true.  This generalization has become very similar to the economic law of

demand; that the lower the price of a service or commodity, the greater the quantity demanded. Reflective questions Do you have experiences which can be described with Parkinson’s Law? What is the significance of Parkinson’s Law to your time management life?

Good Beginning is Half the Success

(1) Undertaking supervised self-directed study (2) Participating in group discussions and seminars (3) Giving presentations (4) Extensive reading (5) Writing assignments (6) Research projects

Principles of Learning

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Evaluation

Synthesis Analysis

Application Understanding Knowledge (Figure 1-1)

Self Learning Style or Autonomous learning

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