General Management

Tips for Career Success: Developing Business Acumen

• Read business magazines and newspapers – Harvard Business Review, Financial Review.
• Read business books – Borders, Co-op bookshop – general business, financial, marketing, sales techniques, customer service, operations.
• Watch business programmes – Business Sunday, Foxtel business channels – interviews with business leaders, industry reviews.
• Further education – evening business course at TAFE, MBA. Formal education provides a framework and a vocabulary to discuss business issues.
• Network within your company – lunch with people in other departments – Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales, Operations – expand your circle of contacts.
• Join cross-functional teams that include people outside your area of expertise.
• Attending conferences – Ausbiotech, Medicines Australia, ARCS, APMRG, MTAA, ASMI, and Business seminars.

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