Goals and Objectives Top

Managerial Analysis and Communication is a Management course which prepares the IT specialists for an effective Managerial world.

Communication is a field giving orientation for understanding the requirement of the future IT professionals in terms of communicating with the team members, preparing required documents, writing user manuals and so on. It also further prepares the students on the Presentation skills, and analytical skills.

Vision

Orienting the students on the understanding of Managerial Communication.

Mission

Preparing the students to expose to the management world.

Objectives

1. To train basic and applied fields of Communication

2. To improve the Writing, Documentation and Communication

Each member of the class is expected to arrive on time and to participate fully in all of the exercises as well as in the class discussions which follow them. Constitutes 15% of the grade.

YOUR FINAL GRADE WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING: Top

A. The above mentioned requirements. Your grade on the presentations is based on your preparation, fulfillment of the assignment parameters and skill improvement throughout the course.

B. Final exam - constitutes 10% of your grade.

C. The Institute Policy requires Communication students to attend all classes.

D. Attendance - In as much as this class is based on communication skills, your presence in this class is absolutely necessary. Absence from a technique class such as this for even one session invalidates the progressive development of your work. YOU CANNOT MAKE UP WORK in this type of situation. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BE ABSENT. Unexcused absences will affect your grade. Please consider the following before you choose to stay with the course:

1-2 absences - no effect on grade
3 absences - grade drops by 1 (A becomes B, etc.)
4 absences - grade drops by 2 (A becomes C, etc.)
5 absences - grade drops by 3 (A becomes D, etc.)
More than 5 absences constitutes an automatic F.

(1) CLASS PARTICIPATION

Since the course is designed as a seminar, it is expected that students come prepared to discuss the assigned readings of the week and if possible introduce relevant current events into class discussion. The first part of class will generally be in a lecture format, followed by a class discussion during the second half of class. We want you to come to all classes. All classes are interesting, important and thought provoking.

(2) MIDTERM

You will have a Mid Term Evaluation based on your performance in a test and practical. You will also expected

to do a project on one of the topics.

(3) FINAL

You will have a Mid Term Evaluation based on your performance in a test and practical. You will also expected

to do a project on one of the topics. The final exam will be due July 2004.

(4) TERM PAPER—This requirement must relate to the issues discussed in this class. The paper may either be an individual or two-student effort. Students must turn in a one-page proposal to the instructors by and have my approval in writing by last week of August 2004. Since you worked so hard on this project, a class presentation will also be expected on the last day of class on October 2004.

The following books and reports are required for reading: Top

1. William R. Gordin and Edward W. Mammen, “The Art of Speaking Made Simple”, Rupa and Co. , 1982.
2. Ron Ludlow and Fergus Panton, “The essence of Effective Communication”, Prentice Hall India (P) Ltd., New Delhi 1995.
3. Sushil Bahl, “Business Communication Today”, Response Books, New Delhi, 1996.
4. E.C. Eyre, “Effective Communication Made Simple”, W.H. Allen, London, 1979.
5. Gloria Wilson and Garry Bitter, “Learning Media Design” (Text and Cd-ROM), PHI (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1998.
6. IEEE Transactions on “Written and Oral Communication” has many papers of relevance.
7. Simmon Collin, “Multimedia made simple” Asian Books (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1996.
8. T.R. Bennet, “Illustrated World of DTP”, Dreamland Publications, New Delhi Publications, 1998.
9. Anil Madaan, “Illustrated World of Multimedia”, Dreamland Publications, New Delhi, 1998.
10. Victor Harnack, Thorel B. Fest and Barbara Schindler Jones, “Group discussion – Theory and Practice”, Prentice Hall – New Jersey,

Course Outline: Top

Session One

Introduction to the course; and outline of who we are. Feedback is asked from students in terms of course content, requirements, times and dates, and so on.

Session Two

Topic: Ice Breaking and Listening skills

Listening

Session Three

Topic: Johari Window

1.Reference

2. Reference

3.Reference

Session Four

Topic: Communication Concept

Reference:

1. Tutorial

Session Five, 9th August 2004

Topic : Empathy

References:

Empathy

Session Six, 9th August 2004

Topic : Empathy Exercises

Session Seven 10 August 2004

Topic: Empathy Exercises Continued

Empathy

Session Eight 12 August 2004

Topic: Empathy

Empathy

Session Nine 16 August 2004 and Afternoon

Topic: Organisational Communication

Reference

Organisation Behavior by Stephen Robbins

Session Ten 17 August 2004

Topic: Oral Communication - Informal Communication