Course

Soft Skills

Teamwork: 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 co-ordination, 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

Problem Solving II

Sequence and Series: Basics, AP, GP, HP, and Special Series.

Data Sufficiency: Introduction, 5 Options Data Sufficiency and 4 Options Data Sufficiency.

Logical reasoning: Clocks, Calendars, Cubes, Non-Verbal reasoning and Symbol based reasoning.

Campus recruitment papers: Discussion of previous year question papers of all major recruiters of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Competitive examination papers:Discussion of previous year question papers of CAT, GRE, GMAT, and other management entrance examinations.

Miscellaneous: Interview Puzzles, Calculation Techniques and Time Management Strategies.

Verbal

Vocabulary: Empower students to communicate effectively through one-word substitution. Grammar: Enable students to improve sentences through a clear understanding of the rules of grammar.

Reasoning: Facilitate the student to tap his reasoning skills through Syllogisms, critical reasoning arguments and logical ordering of sentences.

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 formal written communication through writing emails especially composing job application emails.

Pre-requisite(s): Self-confidence, presentation skills, listening skills, basic English language skills, knowledge of high school level mathematics.

Course Objectives

• Help students prepare resumes and face interviews with confidence
• Support them in developing their problem-solving ability
• Assist them in improving their problem solving and reasoning skills
• Enable them to communicate confidently before an audience

Course Outcomes

CO1: Soft Skills: To acquire the ability to 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 applying suitable methods to solve questions on arithmetic, algebra and statistics.

CO4: Aptitude: To investigate, understand and use appropriate techniques to solve questions on logical reasoning and data analysis.

CO5: Verbal: To use diction that is less verbose and more precise 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.

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation Pattern: 50:50

*CA – Can be presentations, speaking activities and tests.

References

1. Students” Career Planning Guide, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa
2. Soft Skill Handbook, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa
3. J., (1986), “Effective Team Building: How to make * winning team”, London, U.K
4. S., (1006) “Corporate Soft Skills”, New Delhi, India: Rupa & Co.
5. The hard truth about Soft Skills, by Amazon
6. Verbal Skills Activity Book, CIR, AVVP
7. English Grammar & Composition, Wren & Martin
8. Public Sector – Engineer Management Trainee Recruitment Exam (General English)
9. Nova’s GRE Prep Course, Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg & Kathleen Pierce
10. A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning – R.S. Aggarwal
11. Student Workbook: Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, Corporate & Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
12. Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations, Abhijit
13. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT, Arun
14. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT, Arun
15. How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT, Arun
16. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, R S
17. A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning, R S
18. A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning, R S Aggarwal