SELF ANALYSIS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND GD-PI

Paper Code: 
ALAD 100
Credits: 
2
Periods/week: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to

  1. acquaints with the spoken, nonverbal and written communication skills,
  2. personal grooming, visual and verbal. To develop professional writing skills online and offline,
  3. confidence building through Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
  4. Promote professional grooming.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO 40 Practice self-analysis and grooming.

CO 41 Learn the basics of group discussion and master the same through mock practice sessions.

CO 42 Answer confidently in interviews.

CO 43 Mock interviews which will help them in final interviews.

CO 44 Build strong verbal and written communication skills.

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos. Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Public speaking, presentations.

Power Point Presentations, Individual and group discussions, Personal Interview Written assignments, Semester End Examination

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Self-Analysis and Personal Grooming

Internal external motivation, Visual image, Grooming, business formals, business casuals, accessories, Indian women executives, Mental Models (Inversion, Entropy), SWOT Analysis and Johari Window.

6.00
Unit II: 
Listening, Verbal and Non-verbal communication skills, Public Speaking

Asking the right questions, Voice modulations, listening habits, Building reading habit (Fiction and Non-Fiction). Extempore, Debate, JAM sessions.

Written communication, Assertiveness.

Formal letter writing, e-mail writing, Netiquette, using e-mail elements, How and when to say No

6.00
Unit III: 
Group Discussion

Body language, Skills required, Importance, Types, Process of GD, Evaluation Criteria, Preparing for GD, Do’s and Don’ts of GD, FAQs.

Mock GD

6.00
Unit IV: 
Personal Interview

Answering the most common Interview questions, Body Language, Document filing, Be the autobiographer, Grooming, Mirroring, FAQs.

Mock PI

6.00
Unit V: 
Seminar and Industry Expert session

Question answer and experience sharing session

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  1. David Riklan (2003), Self-Improvement the Top 101 Experts Who Help Us Improve Our Lives.
  2. Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone, and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations
  3. Dr. K. Alex (2009), Soft skills know yourself and know the world, Sultan Chand & Sons.
  4. Kelly McGonigal (2011), The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It.
  5. Mahadevan Ramesh and Gopalaswamy Ramesh (2010), The ACE of Soft Skills: Attitude, Communication and Etiquette for Success, Pearson publishers.
Academic Year: 
2020-21
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