Feedback (CV + letter)

• Spelling!!!• Years in English• Sender/recipient in hard-copy letters• Avoid contracted forms (I’d → I would)• Names of institutions, study programmes,

positions etc. in capital letters (e.g. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb)

• Make your letters slightly more personal and specific

Academic Skills

Introduction

World-Class universities Source: Salmi, J. (2009).The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities. IBRD/The World Bank.

THES:subjective inputs (peer review,employer surveys)

objective inputs (quant.data: no.of intern. stud/faculty)

faculty influence (e.g. no. of citations/publications, Nobel prizes, ...)

SJTU: objective inputs only

*FT Executive Education ranking based on teaching methods, new skills, programme design, aims achieved, value for money, ...

:

What makes a world-class university?

• Highly qualified faculty• Excellence in research• Quality teaching• Enough govt/non-govt funding• International & highly qualified students• Academic freedom• Autonomous governance structures• Well-equiped teaching/research/administration facilities

In other words, 3 things are needed...

• High concentration of talent• Abundant resources• Favourable governance

THES, 2011 1. California Institute of Technology 2. Harvard University 3. Stanford University 4. University of Oxford 5. Princeton University 6. University of Cambridge 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8. Imperial College London 9. University of Chicago10. University of California, Berkeley

SJTU 2011

1. Cambridge2. Harvard3. MIT4. Yale5. Oxford6. Imperial College London7. University College London8. Chicago9. Penn10. Columbia

MBA FT ranking 2011

1. London Business School2. Penn: Wharton3. Harvard4. Insead5. Stanford6. HK7. Columbia

Masters in ManagementFT ranking 2011

1. St.Gallen2. Cems3. ESCP4. HEC Paris5. EM Lyon Business School6. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management7. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 8. Essec Business School9. Grenoble Graduate Schoolf of Business10. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

And all these universities require highly developed academic skills!!!

Academic skills?

• ‘academic skills’, ‘study skills’, ‘key skills’, ‘core skills’, ‘transferable skills’

• necessary to achieve successful academic performance

• follow-up to basic skills in a higher education context

• needed later in professional careers

A vague term covering a lot …• study skills• research skills (incl. gathering & and selecting info)• taking & making notes• critical thinking• discussing, debating• problem-solving• paraphrasing• summarizing• presenting• social skills (teamwork)• time management …

Apparently,very basic, yet, …

Comprehension is a skill to be taught. (Shapiro)

How to Write, Speak and Think More Effectively (Flesch)

Writing summaries is a good practice here.

SUMMARY WRITING

Suggested procedure

1. Reading the source text2. Giving headings to paragraphs3. Grouping pgs. (text segmentation)4. Making notes (clear structure: main ideas and

logical relations)5. Turning notes into full sentences

*Technicalities: layout (paragraphing) + spelling/grammar check

EXAMPLES OF LOGICAL RELATIONS and words and expressions that can help

• Illustrations (examples) • Listing

• Clarifying• Cause-effect relationship• Contrast

CONNECTOR SYMBOLIllustrations,examples:For example, for instance, as an

example...,To illustrate the point,...

Listing: There are three reasons why...,

(First)Firstly,..,Secondly,Thirdly,....Further,

Furthermore, ..., Moreover, ...,Also, ...

CONNECTOR SYMBOL/ABBREVIAT.

Illustrations,examples:For example, for instance, as an

example...,To illustrate the point,...

Listing: There are three reasons why...,

(First)Firstly,..,Secondly,Thirdly,....Further,

Furthermore, ..., Moreover, ...,Also, ...

e.g.

1.2.3.

CONNECTOR SYMBOL/ABBREV.

clarifying: In other words, ..., namely,..

cause-effect:as, because, because of, consequently, therefore,due to, owing to, thus,since

contrast: however, on the contrary, on the

other hand, nevertheless, conversely, although, though, even though, yet

CONNECTOR SYMB./ABBREVIAT.

clarifying: In other words, ..., namely,..

cause-effect:as, because, because of, consequently, therefore,due to, owing to, thus,since

contrast: however, on the contrary, on the

other hand, nevertheless, conversely, although, though, even though, yet

i.e.

→

vs.

Requirements for a good summary

• Introduction• Concision• Clarity • Accuracy • Completeness• Coherence and cohesion• Objectivity• Rephrasing• Language quality

Requirements for a good summary

• Introduction: (usually one sentence or one paragraph) covers the main topic + the source

e.g. The Economist of 16 June 2011 reports on the problem of ...... This is further related to …

• Concision (as brief as possible, danger: loss of clarity)• Clarity (clear words/sentences/overall structure; topic sentences,

paragraphing, connectors)• Objectivity (only the author’s ideas, no personal views)• Accuracy (true and precise information on essential ideas)• Completeness (all key ideas, not necessarily in the same order )• Coherence and cohesion(the text runs smoothly; sentences and paragraphs

are logically linked)• Rephrasing sentences (avoid copying, rewrite in your own words if possible)• Language: spelling and grammar

Summary writing – assessmenttot: 20 points, 0-2 each

1. Introduction?2. Concision?3. Clarity? 4. Accuracy? 5. Completeness?6. Coherence and cohesion?7. Objectivity?8. Rephrasing?9. Language: spelling and grammar?10.Overall impression?

Making noteswhile preparing to write a summary

1. Main ideas?2. Logical relations?3. How many parts (segments) of the text?

(How many groups of paragraphs?)4. Logical relations between larger parts of the

text? Next slide: see sample notes on a text you may

know from your 1st year of study

The pendulum of control Schiller, B.R. (1996).Essentials of Economics. McGraw-Hill.

I 2 OPPOSITE VIEWS (pgs.1, 2)

Karl Marx vs. Adam Smith

II LESS DRAMATIC CHOICES IN RECENT HISTORY (pgs.3-6)

1. Towards government intervention: e.g. New Deal2. Towards free market in the 1990s:

a) countries in transition (CEE) b) privatisations: W. Europe, Latin America, Asia

c) Republican election victory