Personality Development and Communication Skills (Practical)

Paper Code: 
CBTM 203
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course

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Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

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CBTM 203

Personality Development and Communication Skills (Practical)

CO 55 Students will learn the basics of developing effective communication skills.

CO 56 Inculcate the soft skills in theoretical and practical ways

CO 57 Learn about the essential factors of personality development.

CO 58 Create understanding of the non-verbal forms of communication

CO 59 Understand the techniques of personality development and bring them into practice

CO 60 Students will build confidence in public speaking.

 

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Hours using whiteboards, Questioning & Discussion, Reading assignments, Short quiz consisting of numerical problems.

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments,   Presentation, Solving problems of unsolved questions, Writing in Class, Problem-Based Learning – Cases, Group Learning – Teamwork

Class test, Semester end examinations, Presentation, Individual and group projects, Task-based exercises to assess students’ understanding.

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Effective Communication Skills: Effective Communication, Effective Speaking, Effective Listening, Persuasive Skills, Interview Skills

6.00
Unit II: 

Soft Skills: Knowing Yourself (SWOT), Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Interpersonal Skills

6.00
Unit III: 

Personality Development: Self-confidence, Self Efficacy, Self Esteem, Developing Positive Attitude, Self Development, Group Discussions

6.00
Unit IV: 

Non Verbal Communication: Paralanguage, Body Language, Proxemics, Professional Grooming and Etiquette Skills

6.00
Unit V: 

Techniques of Personality Development: Stress Management, Time Management, Team Building, Goal Setting

Essential Readings: 

Book Readings:

  1. Alex K., Soft Skills – Know Yourself and Know the World, S. Chand & Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Third Revised Edition, 2016
  2. Bhatnagar Nitin and Mamta Bhatnagar, Effective Communication and Soft Skills: Strategies for Success, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2011
  3. Chaturvedi P.D., Fundamentals of Business Communication, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2012
  4. Dulek Ronald E. and John S. Fielden, Principles of Business Communication, Macmillan Publishing Company, London, 1990
  5. Francis Peter S.J., Soft Skills and Professional Communication, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012
  6. Goleman Daniel, Emotional Intelligence, BloomsBury Publishing, New Delhi, 2013
  7. Masters and Wallace, Personal Development for Life and Work, South-Western Cengage Learning, USA, 2010
  8. Onkar R.M., Personality Development and Career Management (A Pragmatic Perspective), S. Chand & Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Third Revised Edition, 2014

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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