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MANAGEMENT 2 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Personality Development and Public Speaking is yet another milestone in the courses offered by Blessed Mother College. This course attempts to fine-tune the specific personality aspects thereby making an individual presentable as well as confident in day to day work. This course increases the confidence of an individual and helps the person cope better in their professional as well as their personal lives.

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GENERAL OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course, the students are expected to: 1. Be equipped with poise and personality; 2. Instilled with the confidence necessary to meet all eventualities in the business environment and in the public domain.; THREE (3)

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CREDIT UNITS

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION : Quizzes Attendance, Assignments, Projects Practical/Term Exams TOTAL 20% 20% 60% 100%

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COURSE CONTENT:
TOPICS Prelim 1. Personality Development 1.1 Introducation to Personality Development 1.2 Finer Points of Conversation/Behaviour 1.3 Good Grooming - Hair Style, Hair Care, Skin Care 1.4 Public Relations 1.5 Table Manners SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES At the level of the individual, personal development includes the following activities: improving self-awareness improving self-knowledge building or renewing identity developing strengths or talents improving wealth spiritual development identifying or improving potential building employability or human capital enhancing lifestyle or the quality of life improving health fulfilling aspirations initiating a life enterprise or personal autonomy defining and executing personal development plans improving social abilities STRATEGIES/ ACTIVITIES -Brainstorming of previous experience and knowledge of other major subjects. - Actual performance of the different tips to good grooming EVALUATION TOOLS Quizzes and Oral Recitation Actual Performance in different personal hygiene and good grooming TIME FRAME 4 weeks MASTERY LEVEL

85%

TOPICS Midterm 2. Emotional and Social Dimension 2.1 Magic Laws of Success 2.2 Attitude and Motivation 2.3 Interpersonal Skills 2.4 Time Management, Leadership and Teambuilding 2.5 Stress Management 2.6 Interviewing Skills and Group Discussions

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES/ ACTIVITIES

EVALUATION TOOLS Apply the different strategies on all topics covered for this term especially Team building and Stress management

TIME FRAME

MASTERY LEVEL

After completion of the topic, students should be able to: 1. Assess current stress level. 2. Identify situations that cause stress. 3. Understand results of biodots. 4 Be more knowledgeable on techniques/methods to lower stress 5 Apply various stress reduction techniques to alleviate stress 6. Show a decrease in baseline body temperature or blood pressure (BP) 7. Define the motivation process 8. Describe three early motivation theories 9. Explain why goals motivate people 10. Identify ways to define motivating jobs 10. To review the basic time management strategy 11. To encourage you to discover time management techniques that work

- Oral Presentation on how to fill in the different emotional and social space of our overall personality

4 weeks

85%

TOPICS Semifinals 3. Public Speaking 3.1 Mechanics of Public Speaking 3.2 Voice Culture

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES/ ACTIVITIES

EVALUATION TOOLS

TIME FRAME

MASTERY LEVEL

1. Explain at least three benefits of a

public speaking course

2. Identify and explain the seven

elements of the speech communica-

-Brainstorming of previous experience and knowledge of other major subjects.

Quizzes and Oral Recitation Actual Performance in different perso-

6 weeks

85%

tion process 3. Describe the main responsibilities

that speakers have toward their listeners 4. Prepare a self-introduction speech

- Actual performance of the different tips to good grooming

nal hygiene and good grooming

Finals 4. Psychological Aspect of Personality 4.1 Audience Analysis 4.2 Speaking with Confidence 4.3 Body Language

1. Speak fluently in a variety of

purposes and audiences

2. Practise the behaviours of effective speakers 3. Assess strengths in speaking and set goals for future growth

-Brainstorming of previous experience and knowledge of other major subjects.

Quizzes and Oral Recitation Reporting

6 weeks

85%

- Group sharing Interviewing according to own different people realities and personal experiences Research

VII. REFERENCES: a. ^ Bob Aubrey, Managing Your Aspirations: Developing Personal Enterprise in the Global Workplace McGraw-Hill 2010 ISBN 978-007-131178-6, page 9 b. ^ Some sources recognize personal development as an "industry": see for example Cullen, John G. (2009). "How to sell your soul and still get into Heaven: Steven Covey's epiphany-inducing technology of effective selfhood". Human Relations (SAGE Publications) 62 (8): 12311254. doi:10.1177/0018726709334493. ISSN 0018-7267. http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/62/8/1231. Retrieved 2010-04-28. "The growth of the personal development industry and its gurus continues to be resisted across a number of genres."and Grant, Anthony M.; Blythe O'Hara (November 2006). "The selfpresentation of commercial Australian life coaching schools: Cause for concern?" (PDF). International Coaching Psychology Review (Leicester: The British Psychological Society) 1 (2): 2133. ISSN 1750-2764. http://www.bps.org.uk/downloadfile.cfm?file_uuid=4DD51349-1143-DFD0-7EE9-5CC2B0B1DAAE. Retrieved 2010-04-28. "[...] much of the commercial life coaching and personal development industry is grounded more on hyperbole and rhetoric than solid behavioural science (Grant, 2001) [...]"and Grant, Anthony M.; Michael J. Cavanagh (December 2007). "Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing?". Australian Psychologist (Australian Psychological Society) 42 (4): 239254. doi:10.1080/00050060701648175. ISSN 1742-9544. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a783521858&db=all. Retrieved 2010-04-28. "To flourish, coaching psychology needs to remain clearly differentiated from the frequently sensationalistic and pseudoscientific facets of the personal development industry while at the same time engaging in the development of the wider coaching industry." c. ^ Firms such as PDI, DDI, Metizo, and FranklinCovey exemplify international personal-development firms working with companies for consulting, assessment and training. d. ^ Human-resources firms such as Hewitt, Mercer, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, the Hay Group; McKinsey and the Boston Consulting Group offer consulting in talent-development, and Korn/Ferry offers executive coaching. e. ^ Foucault, Michel, ed. (1986). Care of the Self. 2. Random House.Translated from the French Le Souci de Soi editions Gallimard 1984. Part Two of Foucaults book describes the technique of caring for the soul falling in the category of epimelia from the Greek to the classic Roman period and on into the early stages of the age of Christianity. f. ^ Template:Reference is dead link Ventegodt, Sren; Joav Merrick, Niels Jrgen Andersen (Oct 2003). "Quality of Life Theory III. Maslow Revisited". The ScientificWorldJournal (Finland: Corpus Alienum Oy) (3): 10501057. doi:10.1100/tsw.2003.84. ISSN 1537-744X. http://www.livskvalitet.org/cms.ashx/Videnskabelige%20Artikler/~Quality%20of%20Life/qoltheo3.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-15. "In ancient India people talked about reaching the level of existence called 'sat-sit-ananda': beingness, wisdom and happiness as one."[dead link] g. ^ Nichomachean Ethics, translated by W.D.Ross, Basic Works of Aristotle, section 1142. Online in "The Internet Classics Archive of MIT": http://classics.mit.edu//Aristotle/nicomachaen.html h. ^ Martha Nussbaum, The Fragility of Goodness, Cambridge University Press, discusses why the English word happiness does not describe Aristotles concept of eudaimonia, pages 1-6 i. ^ Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen identifies economic development with Aristotles concepts of individual development in his co-authored book written with Aristotle scholar Nussbaum: Nussbaum, Martha; Sen, Amartya, eds. (1993). The Quality of Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198283954.; as well as in his general book published a year after receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998: Sen, Amartya (1999). Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.