Managing your competencies has been revised on the basis of the authors' experiences and reactions of users of earlier editions.

What is a competency? A competency is a combination of knowledge, skills and attitude that you need to function well in specific professional situations. For example, a nurse must be able to inoculate a crying child. A nurse who cannot perform this task is regarded as incompetent - unfit to be a nurse. Likewise, a police officer must be able to pacify drunken pub vi...

Zo studeer je geeft de student informatie over studeren en biedt een samenhangend stappenplan om de eerste fase van de studie succesvoller te doorlopen. Per stap wordt een inleiding gegeven en vervolgens wordt de student via zogenaamde activiteiten aan het werk gezet.