Technical Writing and Soft Skills detailed Syllabus for Plastic Engineering (PS), I – scheme has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For all other Diploma in Plastic Engineering (PS) Syllabus for 5th Sem I – Scheme MSBTE, do visit Diploma in Plastic Engineering (PS) Syllabus for 5th Sem I – Scheme MSBTE Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for technical writing and soft skills is as follows.
Rationale:
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Competency:
The aim of this course is to help students to attain the following industry identified competency through various teaching learning experiences.
- Use soft skills and principles of technical writing to work in industry effectively.
Course Outcomes:
The theory, practical experiences and relevant soft skills associated with this course are to be taught and implemented, so that the student demonstrates the following industry oriented COs associated with the above-mentioned competency:
- Use soft skills in different situations effectively.
- Draft project proposals following language and technical specifications.
- Prepare technical documents using digital platforms.
Suggested Practicals Activities / Exercises
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Instruments Required:
The major equipment with broad specification mentioned here will usher in uniformity in conduct of experiments, as well as aid to procure equipment by authorities concerned.
Equipment Name with Broad Specifications
- LCD Projector
- Smart Board with networking
- Computer lab with internet
- Printer
Unit 1
Soft Skills
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- Interpret the soft skills for the given case study
- State the importance of soft skills at workplace for the given situation
- Mention the examples of work etiquettes for the given situation
- Explain the importance of time management with the help of time matrix for the given task
- Interpret the principles of interpersonal skills for the given situation
- Explain any four leadership styles for the given situation
- Differentiate between aggression and assertion for the given situation
Topics and Sub-topics
- Importance of soft skills for an engineer.
- Developing soft skills required at workplace:
- Work Etiquettes
- Time Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
- Leadership and Team Building
- Assertive Skills
- Group discussion and Personal Interview
Unit 2
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Unit 3
Document Design and Digital Platforms
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain)
- State the guidelines of note-taking for the given seminar/ expert session
- Differentiate between checklistrating scales; open ended questions-structured questions for the given situation
- Explain the Elements of writing technical blogs for the given topic
- Illustrate the quality, accuracy and completeness of information for the given topic
Topics and Sub-topics
- Principles of Note taking
- Types of questionnaire: checklist, rating scales, open ended and close ended questions; structured and unstructured questions
- Elements of writing technical blogs using digital platforms.
- Guidelines for representation of visual components : text maps, tables, graphs and diagrams
- Procedures for data collection: from the print and non print sources
Note: To attain the COs and competency, above listed Learning Outcomes (UOs) need to be undertaken to achieve the ‘Application Level of Blooms Cognitive Domain Taxonomy Theory related topic should be covered during practical hours using multimedia.
Suggested Student Activities:
Other than the classroom and laboratory learning, following are the suggested student-related co-curricular activities which can be undertaken to accelerate the attainment of the various outcomes in this course:
- Compile information in your own technical blog by referring to your target industry.
- Create your YouTube channel for your area of technical interest.
- Collect good technical articles from newspapers and magazines and summarize them.
- Listen to technical reviews on YouTube channel, TV and radio.
- Watch NPTEL, TedX videos for effective project presentations.
- Refer to the previous years standard project reports and formulate your notes.
Suggested Special Instructional Strategies:
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Suggested Learning Resources:
- Effective Technical Communication M Ashraf Rizvi Tata McGraw-Hill
- Technical Communication: Principles and Practice Meenakshi Raman , Sangeeta Sharma Tata McGraw-Hill
- Technical Communication in the Age of Internet Maris Roze Simon Maxwell Pearson
- Speaking and Writing for Effective Business Communication Francis Soundaraja Macmillan
- Soft skills for Everyone Jeff Butterfield Cengage Learning
- Soft Skills and Employability Skills Sabina Pillai Agna Fernandez Cambridge
- English for Technical Communication N.P. Sudarshana C. Savitha Cambridge
- Managing Soft Skills K.R.Lakshminarayan, T.Murugavel Scitech
Software/Learning Websites:
- https://www.plagscan.com/en/
- https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/proiects/howtowrt.html
- http://delnet.nic.in/
- https://www.latex-project.org/
- https://www.engineeringcivil.com/how-to-wrile-a-proiect-rcport.html
- https://www.lucidchait.com/pages/proccss-documentation
- https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112102107/
- https://www.mndtools.com Problem Solving
- www.businessdictionary.com/definition/leadership.html
- https://www.edwddebono.com/kiteral-thinking
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of Plastic Engineering, I – scheme do visit Plastic Engineering 5th Sem Syllabus for I – scheme.
For all Plastic Engineering results, visit MSBTE Plastic Engineering all semester results direct links.