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Business Communication and Value Science I
Syllabus
Subje Subject Name Categ L TP C
ct or Code y HS23112 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION & VALUE 2 1 0 3 SCIENCE –I For I Semester B.Tech. – CSBS
Objectives: ● Understand what life skills are and their importance in leading a happy and well-adjusted life. ● Motivate students to look within and create a better version of self. ● Introduce them to key concepts of values, life skills and business communication.
UNIT-I HUMAN VALUES 9
Values – Self exploration – Values of individuals: Presentation on favourite personality and the skills and values they demonstrate – interviewing a maid, watchman, sweeper, cab driver, beggar and narrate what you think are the values that drive them – Writing: newspaper report on an IPL match – record conversation between a celebrity and an interviewer. UNIT- GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 9 II Parts of Speech - Applications of tenses - Sentence formation, sentence structure, show sequence - Voices – Questioning – Vocabulary: Word formation:- Synonyms, antonyms, abbreviations - compound words –single word substitution. UNI ESSENTIALS OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 9 T- III Email - : Formal and informal emails - words from General Service List (GSL) by West, Academic word list (AWL) - technical specific terms related to the field of technology - phrases, idioms, significant abbreviations - formal business vocabulary. UNI BASIC WRITING SKILLS 9 T- IV Reading articles – Summary writing, story writing - writing your comprehensive CV - Create a podcast on a topic. UNIT- APPLICATION OF LIFE SKILLS 9 V Life Skills: Movie based learning – identifying skills and values - critical life skills - appreciation of diversity - Community service – work with an NGO and make a presentation. Total : 4 Contact 5 Hours
Course Outcomes: On completion of the course, students will be able to ● Recognize the need for life skills and values ● Recognize own strengths and opportunities 2
● Apply the life skills to different situations
● Understand the basic tenets of communication ● Apply the basic communication practices in different types of communication 3
Reference Books / Web links:
1 English vocabulary in use – Alan Mc’carthy and O’dell 2 APAART: Speak Well 1 (English language and communication) 3 APAART: Speak Well 2 (Soft Skills) 4 Business Communication – Dr.SarojHiremath Web References . Train your mind to perform under pressure- Simon sinek 1 https://curiosity.com/videos/simon-sinek-on-training-your-mind-to-perform-under- pressure- capture-your-flag/ Brilliant way one CEO rallied his team in the middle of layoffs 2 https://www.inc.com/video/simon-sinek-explains-why-you-should-put-people- before- numbers.html Will Smith's Top Ten rules for success 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bBsT9omTeh0 Online Resources https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn 1 https://www.coursera.org/specializations/effective-business-communication 2
