Course Code : MCS-015 Course Title : Communication Skills Assignment Number : BCA(2)/015/Assignment/2021-22 Maximum Marks : 100 Weightage ze (BS Last date of submission: 31" October, 2021 (For July Session) 15" April, 2022 (For January Session) This assignment has eight questions. Answer all questions. Assignment is for 100 marks. ‘You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation, QI: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: ‘Time management has become one of the key issues of the second half of the twentieth century. Managers, grappling with work pressures and deadlines, have come to recognize that time is a precious commodity to be ‘saved’, ‘gained’, and not ‘wasted’ or ‘lost’, But if time is a commodity, how then can we best describe, measure and manage it? To describe and manage it, imagine a line that goes back to the beginnings of creation and continues into the mists of the future, And on that line are a number of significant marks-these separate the past from the present from the future. And within each time zone-past, present and future-we can differentiate periods of time from points of time. For example, the 1980s gave us a period of rapid economic growth; black Monday was a point of sudden financial catastrophe. How can this brief analysis help the international manager? Firstly, there is the link between past, present and future. In other words, historical performance should be a guide to the future, and the present ought to represent last year’s forecast. So change-that which normally differentiates any two periods on our continuum - can be seen as a gradual evolution rather than a dramatic revolution, Secondly, the use of a time-planning system, on which key points and periods are plotted, enables managers to organize their activities so that bottlenecks can be avoided and deadlines where the jobs to be done exceed the available time, can be reduced to an acceptable and productive level. can be met. So stress i, Tick the right choice: ‘Time management was one of the major issues a) in the beginning of the twentieth century b) in the latter part of the twentieth century ©) in the twentieth century (1 Mark) 11Qz: Q@: QS: Q6: Give two reasons why managers are giving so much importance to time management. (2 Marks) Explain the difference between period of time and point of time giving your own examples. (4 Marks) iv. Do you think time management can reduce stress? Discuss. (3 Marks) Pick out words/phrases from the passage which have the following meanings. (10 Marks) time when the world was made area latest time by which an activity must be completed. step by step. article which can be bought and sold make a division between two things work very hard to solve a problem . unclear period of time time or place when jobs cannot be carried out, usually because of other pressures x. terrible event. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct form. (10 Marks) We... ea ae eee a P (know), we .. (trade) for two years now and Ee coat yes a ao enero software. On the one hand, the rapid growth in our business during this (currently change) the structure of Softsys so that we can continue to provide the level of service and support that you, as a valued customer, We ix.....(not plan) any major changes; the (continue) to be owned and run by the three partners. You are looking for a job as software developer and your prospective employer asked you to prepare a presentation (PPT) on the following: Your career so far along with your interested areas, expertise and details about the projects handled. Note: You may use visual aids to support your presentation (15 Marks) You have seen a job with a multinational company advertised in a national newspaper for the post of Systems Analyst position. Prepare a good biodata/resume to apply against it. (15 Marks) A benefactor has given a sum of money to your school/college. One condition of the gift is that both students and staff must be involved in deciding how the money is to be used. A further condition is that the money must be spent on permanent and tangible things. 12‘You have been asked by the principal of the school/college to survey the views of staff and students and to present him/her with an information report. Write a report in about 250 words. (20 Marks) Mark the stress in the following words: (10 Marks) i) attend attention ii) believe belief ili) assist assistance iv) lovely loveliness ¥) commerce commercial Q8: Write short notes on the following: (10 Marks) i) The essentials of Minutes of the Meeting. ii) Effective group discussions 13bs ellertinn tr al rE Mt be Faber but it laut PT Peapeh dhe za ser rela baton $n a my si » The m Ammo a 1, 2 tea en 64 m Gory, KO » Aumiias L escnthe tne esd aiy fle at ee f min