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Soft skills II

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Course Unit Code711-0528/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PAL04Mgr. Libuše Páleníčková, Ph.D.
MAT17Mgr. Jana Matochová, Ph.D.
SCH0130Mgr. Martina Schneiderová, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is intended for students of the technical sciences and economy. It is focused on expanding the knowledge and soft skills - self-management, cooperative skills, assertive skills and negotiation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- Repeating the description of soft skills and their professional development opportunities
- Creating a personal career plan
- Development of an innovative skills (development of creativity)
- Developing cooperative skills, identification of team roles
- Identification and description of the manipulative conduct
- Description of the assertive techniques and developing assertiveness skills
- Basics of the negotiation, negotiation skills development
Course Contents
1. Soft skills - revision, diagnosis.
2. Personal career plan, diagnosis.
3. Developing innovative competences (exercises for the development of creativity).
4. Teamwork. Role in the team.
5. Verbal and nonverbal influence.
6. Maneuvering and handling - identifying manipulative conduct, argumentation.
7. Assertiveness. Assertive techniques (model situation).
8. Negotiation strategy - soft, hard and principled negotiation.
9. The process of negotiation - phase, the course, preparation for meetings, time and strength in negotiations.
10. Negotiating tactics, team negotiations.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
CALLAHAN, Mike. I Inc.: Career Planning and Personal Entrepreneurship. 2nd ed. Michigan: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2017. 266 s. ISBN 978-1-51651495-3.
COETZEE, Melinde. Career Planning in the 21st Century: Strategies for Inventing a Successful Career in a Workplace Without Jobs. Cape Town: Juta and Company Ltd, 2006. 88 s. ISBN 978-0-7021-7174-1.
FORSYTH, Patrick. Successful Time Management. London: Kogan Page Publishers, 2007. 152 s. ISBN 978-0-7494-4834-9.
PARKER, Glenn. Team Leadership: 20 Proven Tools for Success. Amherst: HRD Press, Inc., 2009. 42 s. ISBN 978-1-59996182-8.
BĚLOHLÁVEK, František. Jak vést svůj tým. František Bělohlávek. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-1975-7.
COETZEE, Melinde. Career Planning in the 21st Century: Strategies for Inventing a Successful Career in a Workplace Without Jobs. Cape Town: Juta and Company Ltd, 2006. 88 s. ISBN 978-0-7021-7174-1.
MŰHLFEIT, Jan, COSTI, Melina. Pozitivní leader: Jak energie a štěstí pohánějí špičkové týmy na cestě k úspěchu. Praha: BizBooks, 2017. 368 s. ISBN 978-80-265
-0591-4.
PETERS-KÜHLINGER, Gabriele, FRIEDEL, John. Komunikační a jiné "měkké" dovednosti: Využijte svůj potenciál, rozviňte své soft skills a staňte se úspěšnějšími. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007. 105 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2145-3.
Recommended Reading:
BONO, Edward de. The use of lateral thinking. 1st pub. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. 140 s.
FLEMING, Peter. Negotiation Skills In A Week: Brilliant Negotiating In Seven Simple Steps. London: Hachette UK, 2012. 128 s. ISBN 144415897X.
MORRIS, D. Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language. London: Vintage, 2002. ISBN 0099429780.
RYBACK, David. Putting emotional intelligence to work: Successful leadership is more than IQ. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. 233 s. ISBN 0750699566.
BRODSKÝ, Jan. Time management. Praha: Ústav práva a právní, 2014. 110 s.
ISBN 978-80-905247-9-8.
KADLEC, Miroslav. Co potřebují absolventi škol pro uplatnění na trhu práce. Praha: Ústav pro informace ve vzdělávání, 2000. ISBN 80-211-0363-9.
MORRIS, D. Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language. London: Vintage, 2002. ISBN 0099429780.
VYMĚTAL, Jan. Průvodce úspěšnou komunikací: Efektivní komunikace v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008. 322 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2614-4.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluationCredit85 85