Department of Computer Science & Engineering Autonomous Syllabus

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT & PROFESSIONAL

COMMUNICATION
Subject Code 18CMEGT5020 IA Marks 30
Number of Lecture 2 Exam 70
Hours/Week Marks
Total Number of Lecture 32 Exam 03
Hours Hours
Credits – 02
Unit -1: Personality Development Hours
a) Personal Effectiveness- being proactive- principles of personal vision,
b) Intrapersonal communication- emotional intelligence- beginning with
the end in mind- 05
c) Time management: understanding priorities- first things first- time –
personal effectiveness

Unit -2: Emotional Intelligence and Intrapersonal Communication

a) Principles of Emotional Intelligence –
b) Intrapersonal Communication- 05
c) Principles of creative cooperation-organization skills-Thinkwin-win
d) Principles of balanced self-renewal- Lifelong learning
Unit – 3:Career and Employability Skills
a) Understanding Career values- values grid-career thinking- what is a career?
b) Skills vs strengths- spotting skills- reflecting on skills- setting goals for
developing skills-
c) Meeting the expectations of the employer-understanding job description- -
06
Skills Grid exercises- matching the skills with requirements
d) Preparing Resume and Preparing for interviews- Structuring interview
questions- CAR- Context, Action and Results
Unit – 4:Problem Solving Skills
a) Understanding the complexity at workplace-
b) defining the problem- identifying the reasons-
c) finding possible solutions- planning actions- analyzing results- feedback 06
d) redefining the problem- the problem solving cycle
Unit – 5:Professional Communication
a) Active listening skills- note taking-
b) Professional presentation skills- understanding the context- expectations of
the people- putting across the message effectively- answering questions-
10
c) Technical writing skills- practical steps for writing- report writing and
writing a report free from plagiarism.
Department of Computer Science & Engineering Autonomous Syllabus

Text(T) / Reference(R) Books:

T1 English and Soft Skills, Dr. S.P. Dhanvel, Orient Blackswan, 2011
R1 Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R Covey
R2 Professional Communication, ArunaKoneru, Mc Graw Hill
R3 Personality Development and Soft Skills, Barun K Mitra OUP
R4 Enhance Your Employability Skills, David Winter and Laura Brammar, University
of London.
W1 https://www.coursera.org/browse/personal-development
W2 https://alison.com/courses/personal-development

Course Outcomes: On completion of this course, students can

CO1 Understand Personality development process and learn to implement effective
techniques.
CO2 Understand how people behave and regulate self-behaviors and learn to work in
a team.
CO3 Know their career values, identify their skills, set goals for enhancing their
career skills and prepare for interviews
CO4 Understand and learn how to deal with problems and practice problem solving
skills.
CO5 Learn the principles of professional communication & application of the same

Course Outcomes to Program Outcomes Mapping: (1: Low, 2: Medium, 3: High)

PO PSO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2
CO1 - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -
CO2 - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -
CO3 - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -
CO4 - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -
CO5 - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -
Course - - - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - -