CH 899

Communication Skills -II
Syllabus: 

Demonstration and evaluation of Scientific Reports, Note Taking Techniques2.Discussion and Debates after Listening, Podcasts and Webcasts3.Two pass approach to reading papers, Summary writing, literature survey and organization, Software Aids4.Report Writing, Document Processing Software5.Ethics and Plagiarism: practice and discussion. 6.Writing and Talking about workplace relationships, Gender Issues, Stereotypes, Biases, Labeling7.Discussion on Contextual Viewpoint, Non-verbal Communication, Analysis of Mannerisms during interactions and presentations.8.Evaluation of Presentations, Short and Long Talks, Timing, Visual Aids, Presentation Software

Text References: 

1. Alley, Michael The Craft of ScientificPresentations, Springer (2003).

2. Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and JosephM. Williams, The Craft of Research, The Universityof Chicago Press, 3rd edition, (2008).

3. Keshav. S, How to read a paper. ACM SIGCOMMComp. Commun. Rev., 37:8330222684, 2007.

4. Monippally, M. M., Pawar, B.S. Academic Writing:A Guide for Management Students and Researchers,Response Books, (2010).

5. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL),https://owl.purdue.edu/

6. Strunk Jr., William; E. B. White, The Elements ofStyle, Fourth Edition, Longman; 4th edition (1999).

7. Truss, Lynne Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The ZeroTolerance Approach to Punctuation Gotham;(2006).

8. Whitesides, George M. Whitesides Group: Writinga Paper, Advanced Materials 16 137530222677 (2004).