PAUL DAINTY is Professor of Management Development at Melbourne Business School, Australia, and has been teaching on MBA programmes in the UK and Australia for more than twenty years.MOREEN ANDERSON is Principle Fellow in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at Melbourne Business School, Australia.

'An MBA offers an extraordinary learning experience, especially to those fully prepared to benefit. The MBA Companion offers an excellent way to prepare, and you will be glad to have invested in a copy.' - Dr. Richard Barker, MBA Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. 'The MBA Companion contains exhaustive information, relevant insights and sound judgment.' - Prof. Luis Palencia, Associate Dean for MBA programmes, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. 'A wonderful resource for any individual who is serious about understanding what the MBA learning journey is all about. I recommend it to prospective MBA students, newcomers to roles in MBA programme administration and faculty who teach MBA students. All will gain significant insight as result of reading this.' - Sharyn Roberts, Director of MBA Programmes, Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business. 'The MBA Companion is a practical and realistic book that introduces students to the key skills needed to do well in an MBA or business masters degree. I am sure that students who have mastered the material covered in the Companion will find the process of studying towards their masters degree much easier, and more effective. The Companion aims to help students understand what is expected, and how to meet expectations. It also covers how to manage the high levels of stress that can cause students to perform poorly or, worse, drop out. I believe that this material is essential reading for anyone trying to do a demanding masters degree in business.' - Anne Rouse, Associate Professor, IT Strategy and Strategic Management, Deakin University Business School, Australia 'The 'one stop shop' nature of the material caught my attention. Everything together in one volume is a very powerful resource, and makes the book a 'must buy' for students and a 'must recommend' for administrators and lecturers.' - Bob Gilliver, Programme Director MBA, University of South Australia 'This draws together all the strands that we would put before students in the form of an integrated whole -academic, skills and career development are the 3 cornerstones of the programme.' - John March, Programme Director of MBA, Leeds University Business School, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART 1: STUDYING THE SUBJECTWhy Take an MBA?Maximising the MBA ExperienceDeveloping a Learning CapabilityDeveloping a Problem Solving CapabilityDeveloping an Emotional CapabilityDeveloping an Interpersonal CapabilityDeveloping a Leadership CapabilityDeveloping a Career Management CapabilityPART 2: CORE TOPICS IN BUSINESSPeriods and Perspectives in Management; P.DaintyOperations Management; K.Sethuraman & D.TirupatiQuantitative Methods: making numbers work for you; C.MorrisAccounting; D.TrendeFinance; R.BrownOrganizational Behaviour; P.DaintyMarketing; M.BakerMacroeconomics& Public Policy; M.CrosbyInternational Finance; G.ChavezBusiness Strategy; C.WhitePART 3: LEARNING RESOURCESIndex.

PAUL DAINTY is Professor of Management Development at Melbourne Business School, Australia, and has been teaching on MBA programmes in the UK and Australia for more than twenty years.MOREEN ANDERSON is Principle Fellow in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at Melbourne Business School, Australia.

'An MBA offers an extraordinary learning experience, especially to those fully prepared to benefit. The MBA Companion offers an excellent way to prepare, and you will be glad to have invested in a copy.' - Dr. Richard Barker, MBA Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. 'The MBA Companion contains exhaustive information, relevant insights and sound judgment.' - Prof. Luis Palencia, Associate Dean for MBA programmes, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. 'A wonderful resource for any individual who is serious about understanding what the MBA learning journey is all about. I recommend it to prospective MBA students, newcomers to roles in MBA programme administration and faculty who teach MBA students. All will gain significant insight as result of reading this.' - Sharyn Roberts, Director of MBA Programmes, Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business. 'The MBA Companion is a practical and realistic book that introduces students to the key skills needed to do well in an MBA or business masters degree. I am sure that students who have mastered the material covered in the Companion will find the process of studying towards their masters degree much easier, and more effective. The Companion aims to help students understand what is expected, and how to meet expectations. It also covers how to manage the high levels of stress that can cause students to perform poorly or, worse, drop out. I believe that this material is essential reading for anyone trying to do a demanding masters degree in business.' - Anne Rouse, Associate Professor, IT Strategy and Strategic Management, Deakin University Business School, Australia 'The 'one stop shop' nature of the material caught my attention. Everything together in one volume is a very powerful resource, and makes the book a 'must buy' for students and a 'must recommend' for administrators and lecturers.' - Bob Gilliver, Programme Director MBA, University of South Australia 'This draws together all the strands that we would put before students in the form of an integrated whole -academic, skills and career development are the 3 cornerstones of the programme.' - John March, Programme Director of MBA, Leeds University Business School, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART 1: STUDYING THE SUBJECTWhy Take an MBA?Maximising the MBA ExperienceDeveloping a Learning CapabilityDeveloping a Problem Solving CapabilityDeveloping an Emotional CapabilityDeveloping an Interpersonal CapabilityDeveloping a Leadership CapabilityDeveloping a Career Management CapabilityPART 2: CORE TOPICS IN BUSINESSPeriods and Perspectives in Management; P.DaintyOperations Management; K.Sethuraman & D.TirupatiQuantitative Methods: making numbers work for you; C.MorrisAccounting; D.TrendeFinance; R.BrownOrganizational Behaviour; P.DaintyMarketing; M.BakerMacroeconomics& Public Policy; M.CrosbyInternational Finance; G.ChavezBusiness Strategy; C.WhitePART 3: LEARNING RESOURCESIndex.

PAUL DAINTY is Professor of Management Development at Melbourne Business School, Australia, and has been teaching on MBA programmes in the UK and Australia for more than twenty years.MOREEN ANDERSON is Principle Fellow in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at Melbourne Business School, Australia.

'An MBA offers an extraordinary learning experience, especially to those fully prepared to benefit. The MBA Companion offers an excellent way to prepare, and you will be glad to have invested in a copy.' - Dr. Richard Barker, MBA Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. 'The MBA Companion contains exhaustive information, relevant insights and sound judgment.' - Prof. Luis Palencia, Associate Dean for MBA programmes, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. 'A wonderful resource for any individual who is serious about understanding what the MBA learning journey is all about. I recommend it to prospective MBA students, newcomers to roles in MBA programme administration and faculty who teach MBA students. All will gain significant insight as result of reading this.' - Sharyn Roberts, Director of MBA Programmes, Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business. 'The MBA Companion is a practical and realistic book that introduces students to the key skills needed to do well in an MBA or business masters degree. I am sure that students who have mastered the material covered in the Companion will find the process of studying towards their masters degree much easier, and more effective. The Companion aims to help students understand what is expected, and how to meet expectations. It also covers how to manage the high levels of stress that can cause students to perform poorly or, worse, drop out. I believe that this material is essential reading for anyone trying to do a demanding masters degree in business.' - Anne Rouse, Associate Professor, IT Strategy and Strategic Management, Deakin University Business School, Australia 'The 'one stop shop' nature of the material caught my attention. Everything together in one volume is a very powerful resource, and makes the book a 'must buy' for students and a 'must recommend' for administrators and lecturers.' - Bob Gilliver, Programme Director MBA, University of South Australia 'This draws together all the strands that we would put before students in the form of an integrated whole -academic, skills and career development are the 3 cornerstones of the programme.' - John March, Programme Director of MBA, Leeds University Business School, UK

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART 1: STUDYING THE SUBJECTWhy Take an MBA?Maximising the MBA ExperienceDeveloping a Learning CapabilityDeveloping a Problem Solving CapabilityDeveloping an Emotional CapabilityDeveloping an Interpersonal CapabilityDeveloping a Leadership CapabilityDeveloping a Career Management CapabilityPART 2: CORE TOPICS IN BUSINESSPeriods and Perspectives in Management; P.DaintyOperations Management; K.Sethuraman & D.TirupatiQuantitative Methods: making numbers work for you; C.MorrisAccounting; D.TrendeFinance; R.BrownOrganizational Behaviour; P.DaintyMarketing; M.BakerMacroeconomics& Public Policy; M.CrosbyInternational Finance; G.ChavezBusiness Strategy; C.WhitePART 3: LEARNING RESOURCESIndex.