Skills for Academic and Career Success, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (September 17, 2013) © 2014

  • Diana Carroll University of South Australia
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Title overview

Skills for Academic and Career Success focuses on the essential skills you need to be successful in your studies and in your future career.

This original textbook aims to improve and enhance your study skills; it also introduces some important aspects of business and professional communication. An integrated approach is used to bring together these key fields of academic skills and business communication competency.

The emphasis throughout the book is on practical, applied learning. It has been developed to complement Australian tertiary education curricula in the areas of study skills and professional communication and is designed to enhance learning outcomes for students within the Australian and Pan-Asian context.

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Professional Skills
  • Part 1 People Skills
  • Chapter 2 Interpersonal Communication: Emotional Intelligence
  • Chapter 3 Nonverbal Communication and Listening Skills
  • Chapter 4 Public Speaking and Oral Communication
  • Part 2 Study Skills
  • Chapter 5 Critical Thinking: Argument: Logic and Persuasion
  • Chapter 6 Plagiarism and Referencing
  • Chapter 7 Essay: Academic Writing
  • Chapter 8 Exam Preparation
  • Part 3 Work Skills
  • Chapter 9 Report and Proposal Writing
  • Chapter 10 Intercultural Communication
  • Index

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