711-0527/17 – 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 | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Master |
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:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
solving model situations and tasks
E-learning
Other requirements
1. create a CV (europass)
2. create a cover letter
3. self-presentation
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Soft skills - meaning, description, development opportunities.
2. Self-management - developing the skills, diagnosis.
3. Time Management - developing the skills to plan, follow a plan to meet deadlines.
4. Communication skills - communication scheme, the phase of communication, types of communication.
5. Nonverbal communication - function analysis of the signals, modification of the space for communication.
6. Verbal communication - conversation, principles of effective communication.
7. Communication technology - presentation, management consulting, moderation, self-presentation.
8. Negotiations with the client - the tactical aspects of the negotiations with the client, managing manipulative approaches.
9. Career planning - diagnosis (type of career, team roles, Self - Holland, Belbin etc.).
10. CV, covering letter - the structure and content. Preparing for the tender - organization selection, assesment center, model situations.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction