Personality Development and Communication Skills

Paper Code: 
GBBA 201A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives:
 
  • Developing the effective communication skills among students.
  • Inculcating the soft skills in theoretical and practical ways and also to develop the effective communication skills among students.
  • Learning about the essential factors for personality development and bringing them into practice.
  • Create understanding of the non-verbal forms of communication.

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

CO 249: Developing the effective communication skills among students.

CO 250: Inculcating the soft skills in theoretical and practical ways.

CO 251: Learning about the essential factors for personality development and bringing them into practice.

CO 252: Create understanding of the non-verbal forms of communication.

CO 253: Involving students in adapting the techniques of personality development.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Hours,

Discussion, Tutorials, Reading

assignments, Demonstration

Learning activities for the

students:

Self learning assignments,

Effective questions, Seminar

presentation, Group tasks

Class test, Semester end

examinations, Quiz,

Assignments, Presentation,

Individual and group projects

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Effective Communication Skills

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

12.00
Unit II: 
Soft Skills

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

12.00
Unit III: 
Personality Development

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

12.00
Unit IV: 
Non Verbal Communication

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

12.00
Unit V: 
Techniques of Personality Development

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

Essential 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: 
2020-2021
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