711-0527/04 – Soft Skills I (SS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Social Sciences | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Martina Schneiderová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Martina Schneiderová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Definition of the soft skills and their professional development opportunities
- Basic time-management
- Development of the communication skills including training of selected communication techniques (presentation, self-presentation, negotiation with the client)
- Identifying own strengths and weaknesses based on diagnosis
- Preparation for a tender
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The subject is intended for students of technical or economic orientation or humanities. Students will be introduced to the soft skills with a focus on self-management and diagnostics (charting their own strengths and weaknesses), effective communication and career planning.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
solving model situations and tasks
E-learning
Other requirements
1. create a CV
2. create a cover letter
3. self-presentation
4. active participation in seminars
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Soft skills - meaning, description, development opportunities.
2. Preparing for the tender – organization, assessment center, model situations.
3. Structured CV - form, content, trends.
4. Cover letter - structure and content.
5. Preparation for the interview, self-presentation.
6. Career planning - diagnostics (career type, team roles, self-knowledge - Holland, Belbin etc.).
7. Self-management - developing the skills, diagnosis.
8. Time management - developing the ability to plan, following the schedule, deadlines.
9. Communication skills - communication scheme, communication phase, types of communication.
10. Nonverbal communication - function, analysis of basic signals, adjustment of space for communication.
11. Verbal communication - interview, principles of effective communication.
12. Communication techniques - presentation, meeting, moderation.
13. Negotiations with clients – the tactical aspects of negotiations with the client, managing manipulative approaches.
14. Assertive communication techniques.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction