Course

Syllabus

Soft Skills :

• Productivity Skills – Goal setting: Goals and the process of goal setting: SMART goals. Time management: Why is time management a misnomer? Principles of time management, strategies for effective time management; Time Analysis.
• Team Work: Value of teamwork in organizations, Definition of a team. Why team? Effective team building. Parameters for a good team, roles, empowerment and need for transparent communication, Factors affecting team effectiveness, Personal characteristics of members and its influence on team. Project Management Skills, Collaboration skills.
• Leadership: Initiating and managing change, Internal problem solving, Evaluation and coordination, Growth and productivity, Importance of Professional Networking. 
• Facing an interview: Importance of verbal & aptitude competencies, strong foundation in core competencies, industry orientation / knowledge about the organization, resume writing (including cover letter, digital profile and video resume), being professional. Importance of good communication skills, etiquette to be maintained during an interview, appropriate grooming and mannerism. 

Aptitude 

• Numerical Ability III: Geometry, Permutations & Combinations, Probability and Statistics.
• Data Interpretation: Tables, Bar Diagrams, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, Caselets, Mixed Varieties, and other forms of data representation.

Verbal Skills

• Vocabulary: Create an awareness of using refined language through idioms and phrasal verbs.
• Grammar (Advanced Level): Enable students to improve sentences through a clear understanding of the rules of grammar.
• Reasoning Skills: Facilitate the student to tap his reasoning skills through Syllogisms, and critical reasoning arguments.
• Reading Comprehension (Advanced): Enlighten students on the different strategies involved in tackling reading comprehension questions.
• Public Speaking Skills: Empower students to overcome glossophobia and speak effectively and confidently before an audience.
• Writing Skills: Practice closet tests that assess basic knowledge and skills in usage and mechanics of writing such as punctuation, basic grammar and usage, sentence structure and rhetorical skills such as writing strategy, organization, and style. Practice formal written communication through writing emails especially composing job application emails.

Text Books / References

References:   

1. J., (1.986), “Effective Team Building: How to make a winning team”, London, U.K: Pan Books.   
2. S., (2006) “Corporate Soft Skills”, New Delhi, India: Rupa & Co.  
3. The Hard Truth about Soft Skills, by Amazone Publication.  
4. Verbal Skills Activity Book, CIR, AVVP   
5. Nova’s GRE Prep Course, Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg & Kathleen Pierce   
6. The BBC and British Council online resources   
7. Owl Purdue University online teaching resources  
8. thegrammarbook.com online teaching resources  
9. englishpage.com online teaching resources and other useful websites  
10. Student Workbook: Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.   
11. Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations, Abhijit Guha.  
12. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT, Arun Sharma.  
13. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT, Arun Sharma.  
14. How  to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT, Arun Sharma.  
15. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, R S Aggarwal.  
16. Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning, R S Aggarwal. 
17. A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning, R S Aggarwal.

Pre-requisite: Team Spirit, self-confidence and required knowledge, basic English language skills, knowledge of high school level mathematics.

Course Objective: To help students understand the nuances of leadership, know the importance of working in teams, face challenging situations, crack interviews, improve communication skills and problem-solving skills.

Course Outcomes

• CO1: Soft Skills – To acquire the ability to work in teams, present themselves confidently and showcase their knowledge, skills, abilities, interests, practical exposure, strengths and achievements to potential recruiters through a resume, video resume, and personal interview.
• CO2: Soft Skills – To have better ability to prepare for facing interviews, analyse interview questions, articulate correct responses and respond appropriately to convince the interviewer of one’s right candidature through displaying etiquette, positive attitude and courteous communication.
• CO3: Aptitude – To manage time while arriving at appropriate strategies to solve questions in geometry, statistics, probability and combinatorics.
• CO4: Aptitude – To analyze, understand and apply suitable methods to solve questions on data analysis.
• CO5: Verbal – To use diction that is less verbose and more refined and to use prior knowledge of grammar to correct/improve sentences.
• CO6: Verbal – To understand arguments, analyze arguments and use inductive/deductive reasoning to arrive at conclusions. To be able to generate ideas, structure them logically and express them in a style that is comprehensible to the audience/recipient. Skills: Communication, teamwork, leadership, facing interviews and problem-solving.

CO-PO Mapping (MCN)