Soft and Entrepreneurship Skills HMC-101 Teaching Hours: Practical Hours: Total Credits:

04 02 05

Course Description: Through this course we have tried to bridge the gap of industry and institution by bringing in an awareness and practical approach to soft skills such as communication skills, presentation skills and written language. This course stresses on ability to communicate, public speech, epresentations and structure of English language. Course objective: We have tried to achieve the following objectives through this course: a) To make the student industry ready in terms of his/her ability to communicate effectively b) To augment the ability of the student to create, compose and render presentations with or without the help of media c) To understand the importance of public speech and the role language plays in that d) To enhance the ability of written communication by giving a primer on English Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to: a) Understand the importance of communicating effectively b) Communicate effectively by removing barriers c) Address an audience effectively and deliver speeches without inhibition d) Create and deliver effective e-presentations e) Understand the meaning and utility of Active Listening in communication f) Use the vocabulary more effectively g) Expand and enrich grammatical structure and vocabulary in English h) Comprehend thoughts through body language and use it as a tool to understand non-verbal signals for better communication Unit-I (10) Communication Skills and Barriers to Communication, Listening Skills, Assertion Skills, Basic Corpus for Formatted Feeding, A Matter of Pronunciation, Pattern Drills and Dialogues, Strategies for Influencing Change, Speaking in Public, Learning to Read Through Body and Voice, Techniques of Presentations. Unit-II (10) Comprehension of Passages, Usage of Articles, Prepositions and Conjunctions, Tense Matching, Error Detection, Vocabulary building, Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, Corporate Letters, Resume and Curriculum Vitae Writing, Writing Reports Unit-III (10) Group Discussion and its Models, Debates Value and Process, Pre-Interview Strategies, Strategies during and after the Interview, Laws of Successful Leadership, Eight Rules in

Motivating People, Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, McGregors Theory X and Theory Y, Herzbergs Motivation Hygiene Theory, Principles of Team-workmanship. Unit-IV (10) HCF, LCM and Linear Equations, Averages and Mixtures, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Permutations and Combinations, Probability, Time and Distance, Coding and Decoding, Letter and Number Series Unit-V (10) Entrepreneurship: Concept, functions and need, Entrepreneurial values, attitude and motivation, introduction to market dynamics, Entrepreneurial opportunities and enterprise creation, Entrepreneurial characteristics, Negotiation skills, networking with industries and institutions. List of Practicals: i) Listening skill activity ii) Story telling activity - Anecdote iii) Presentations on company profile iv) Comprehension of passages v) Write a corporate letter vi) Write a resume and curriculum vitae vii) Report writing viii) Group discussion ix) Exercise on aptitude and reasoning x) Opportunities in technical entrpreneurship Reference Books: 1. Allan and Barbara Pease, A Definitive Book on Body Language, Publication Bantam Books. 2. Robert Bolton, People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others and Resolve Conflicts, Publication Simon and Schuster. 3. R K Iyer, Spoken English, IU Publications. 4. Sethi and Dhamija, A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, Prentice Hall of India. 5. Matthew McKay, The Communication Skills, Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Inc. 6. Frank Paolo, How to Make a Great Presentation in 2 Hours, Pustak Mahal. 7. Kaplans GRE, Kaplan Publications. 8. Barrons GRE, Galgotia Publications. 9. R. S. Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude, S. Chand Publication, New Delhi, 2012. 10. R. S. Aggarwal, A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning, S. Chand Publication, New Delhi, 2012. 11. R. S. Aggarwal, A Modern Approach to Non-Verbal Reasoning, S. Chand Publication, New Delhi, 2012. 12. Brandt, Steven C., The 10 Commandments for Building a Growth Company, Third Edition, Macmillan Business Books, Delhi, 1977 13. Bhide, Amar V., The Origin and Evolution of New Business, Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.

14. Dollinger M.J., Entrepreneurship strategies and Resources, 3rd edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi 2006. 15. Desai, Vasant Dr. (2004) Management of small scale enterprises New Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House, 16. Taneja, Gupta, Entrepreneur Development New Venture Creation,: 2nd ed. Galgotia Publishing Company 17. Panda, Shiba Charan, Entrepreneurship Development, New Delhi, Anmol Publications.