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1. PreparedBy:
Prof. Gangadhara G H
Seminar
On
Soft Skills

2. Content
What are Soft skills?
Importance of Soft Skill
Important Soft Skills?
Communication skills
Body language
Making Decisions
Self Motivation
Leadership Skills
Team-Working Skills
Creativity and Problem Solving Skills
Time Management
Conclusion

3. What are Soft skills?
Softskillsisasynonymfor"peopleskills."Theterm
describesthosepersonalattributesthatindicateahigh
levelofemotionalintelligence.
Unlikehardskills,whichdescribeaperson'stechnical
skillsetandabilitytoperformspecifictasks,softskills
arebroadlyapplicableacrossjobtitlesandindustries.
It'softensaidthathardskillswillgetyouaninterview
butyouneedsoftskillstoget--andkeep--thejob.

4. Importance of Soft Skill
To handle interpersonal relations
To take appropriate decisions
To communicate effectively
To have good impression and impact to gain
professional development

5. What are the Most Important
Soft Skills?
Communication skills
Body language
Making Decisions
Self Motivation
Leadership Skills
Team-Working Skills
Creativity and Problem Solving Skills
Time Management and ability to work under Pressure

6. Communication skills
Communication skills are always top of the
‘essential skills’ list in any job advertisement.
People with strong communication skills can build
relationships (from the initial building rapport
through to a longer-term relationship), listen well,
and vary their communication to suit the
circumstances.

7. Body language
Face is the index of the mind and it clearly
displays the persons interest
Body language presents to the audience what we
feel & think about the particular matter
Ex: Nodding one’s head
Body language (e.g, arms crossed, standing, sitting,
relaxed)
Emotion of the sender & receiver (e.g, speaking
clearly, enthusiastic)

8. Making Decisions
Valued by employers for many reasons, being able
to make decisions is key to getting on in life.
Sometimes the actual decision doesn’t even
matter; what matters is that you have made one
and moved on.

9. Self Motivation
People who are self-motivated get on by
themselves.
They don’t need close supervision and they are
good to work with because they are generally
positive about life and can be counted upon to
keep going.
It also helps to work on your personal resilience
and adaptability to change.

10. Leadership
Leadership is a soft skill you can show even if
you’re not directly managing others.
Leadership can be thought of as a collection of
various other soft skills, such as a general positive
attitude and outlook, the ability to communicate
effectively, and an aptitude for both self-
motivating and motivating others.

11. Team-Work
Like leadership, good teamwork involves a
combination of other soft skills.
Working in a team towards a common goal
requires the intuition and interpersonal acumen to
know when to be a leader, and when to be a
listener.
Good team players are perceptive, as well as
receptive to the needs and responsibilities of
others.

12. Creativity and Problem-
solving
Creativity and problem-solving skills are highly
valued because they are hard to develop.
There are many people who believe that creative
thinkers are born, not made, and there are
certainly some people who find these skills much
easier.
But, like other skills, you can develop them if you
work to do so and our pages on these topics will
give you some ideas about how to do this.

13. Time Management and Ability to work
under pressure
Many would say that these two skills, which often go
hand-in-hand, are more an attitude than a skill.
However they can also be developed and honed,
which is why we include them as skills.
Highly valued by employers, they are also very useful
for organizing a family or a team, and for making
sure that the job gets done.

14. Conclusion
More and more businesses are considering soft
skills as important job as an criteria.
An increase in service industry emphasizes the
need for soft skills.
Soft skills are used in personal and personal life.

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BASIC
COMPUTER
CONCEPTS
Updated 8/27/04

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Hardware vs. Software
Hardware
The computer equipment
Includes printers, monitors, disk drives, etc.
Software
Programs which tell the computer what to do
Examples -word processing, gradebook, tutorials, games,
etc.

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Computer -Social Impact
Threat to privacy
Reduce personal interactions
Displace workers and change workplace
Create two tiered society
Computer failures cause great damage
Artificial Intelligence
Create a “new life form”
Machines smarter than their creators

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Types of Computers –
Personal Computers (PC)
Also called
Microcomputers
Available in desktop
size, notebook size and
handheld
Can be IBM, IBM
Compatible or Apple

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Types of Computers -
Minicomputers
Size of filing cabinet
Used by small and medium size companies and
institutions
Operated by computer specialist
Terminals allow many people to use

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Types of Computers -
Mainframes
Very powerful
Very fast
Used by large corporations and governmental agencies
Operated by computer specialist

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Types of Computers-
Supercomputers
Most powerful
Fastest
Most expensive
Several million dollars each
Used only by
Governmental agencies
Large international corporations

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Computer Operations
Input Processing Output
External Storage

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Input Devices -Keyboard
Most commonly used input device
Ergonomic -fit natural hand placement
Special keys
Enter, Function, Ctrl, Alt, Num Lock, Esc

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Input Devices -Mouse
Controls cursor on screen
May be mechanical or
optical
Most models have a
“wheel” for scrolling

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Input Devices -Other
Pointers (replaces mouse on notepads)
Track point, track ball, touch pad
Scanner
Digital camera
Touch screen
Voice

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Output Devices
Monitor
Printer
Disk Drive
Can also be input device
Modem
Can also be input device

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Monitors
Made up of tiny elements
called pixels
Each row of pixels is
called a scan line
Picture is displayed by an
electronic beam lighting
up certain pixels

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Monitors -Resolution
Resolution is how sharp and clear the picture is
How many scan lines on the screen
640 x 480 is low resolution
1600 x 1200 is high resolution

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Monitors -Sizes
Screen measured diagonally
May also measure actual viewing area
14” or 15” on bargain systems
17” has become the standard
19 and 21” available but are more expensive.

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Monitors -LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
Similar to digital watch
Used for notebook computers
Should be an Active Matrix Screen
Also used in flat screen monitors
Much thinner than regular CRT monitor
More expensive than regular CRT monitor

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Printers
Laser
Ink Jet
Dot Matrix

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Printers -Laser
Works similar to a copy machine
Color printers available but more expensive
Fast, quite, with excellent quality
More expensive to buy and operate
Some units scan, photocopy, and print

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Printers -Ink Jet
Squirts small jet of ink onto paper to form characters
Replaced dot matrix
Quiet
Does good job on color
Good quality and reliability

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Printers -Dot Matrix
Strikes pins against ribbon to print
Comes in 9 and 24 pin
Once very popular
Now replaced by ink jet and laser

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Printers -Speed
Measured in pages per minute (PPM)
Laser printers range from 20-45 ppm
Color printing is slower

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Basic Processing Cycle
Central
Processing
Unit
Internal
Memory
Data Bus

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Other Memory Terms
Byteis eight bits
Kilobyte(KB) is approx. 1,000 bytes
Megabyte(MB) is approx. 1million bytes
Gigabyte(GB) is approx. 1 billion bytes

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Central Processing Unit
Also called CPU, processor or microprocessor
Is the “brains” of the computer
Performs all computer operations

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CPU -IBM COMPATIBLES
Many made by company called Intel
Also made by AMD

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Pentium class processors
Needed to run most current software
Intel –Celeron or Pentium IV
AMD

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Internal Memory -RAM
RAM -Random Access Memory
CPU can access any location as quickly as any
other
Can not only read current info but also write new
info
Very important in determining capabilities of the
computer system
Computer should have at least 256 megs -512
preferred (can add to later)

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Internal Memory -ROM
ROM -Read Only Memory
Can read info Stored in ROM
Can not write new info into ROM
Used for “internal workings” of computer
Buyer is not very concerned with ROM

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External Memory

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Floppy Drives
Comes in 5 1/4” and 3 1/2”
All systems now only have 3 1/2”
HD -High density -comes on all current systems
3 1/2” -1.44 megs

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Hard Drives
Built into machine
Made up of stack of platters
Can store much more than floppy drives
40 gigabytes should be minimum
Can access info much faster than floppy
drive

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CD ROM
Same as music CDs
Are read only
Can store over 650 megs
All programs now only sold on CD
Make multimedia possible
Come in different speeds -20x, -50x

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DVD-ROM
Digital Video Disk
Can store up to 17 GB
Can store full-length movies
Can also read CD-ROM disk

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CD-RW & DVD-RW DRIVES
Allows you to write to disk
Useful for
Data backup
Storage of large files
Recording music and other multimedia files
DVD-RW
Allows you to write to both CD and DVD disk
Still somewhat expensive

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Storage Devices -Other
USB drive
Very popular –64-512 MB
Tape drive
Similar to cassette tape
Used for backup
Zip drive
100 MB to 2 GB capacity
Everyday use and backup

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Drives -Buying Advice
40 gigabyte hard drive
One 3 1/2” high density floppy drive
CD-RW drive
DVD not yet essential but useful

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Expansion Slots
Allows you to add capabilities
Example of cards you can add
Network card
Modem

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Ports
Connects computer to another
device
Parallel port
Used primarily by printers
Serial ports
Modem, mouse, etc.
SCSI -chain devices
USB –may be needed for
Digital Cameras
Mp3 players
Other devices

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Networks
Connects computers
LAN -Local Area
WAN -Wide Area
Wireless
Allows sharing of programs,
files, printers, etc.
Server is “main” computer

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Modems -General
Allows 2 computers to
communicate over phone lines
Can be internal or external
Can also have fax capabilities

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Modems
Bits per second(bps) indicates speed
Old modems -9,600, 14,400, 28,800, 33,600
56,000 (56K) has becoming standard
Ways of connecting to the Internet
Dial-up modem –used in most homes
Cable modem –uses TV cable lines
DSL –modified phone line
T1 line –used by schools, businesses, etc.

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Programs
Set of instructions to the computer
Programming languages
Machine language
Assembly language
Procedural languages
Basic, Fortran, Cobol
Object oriented languages
Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java

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Systems Software
Run fundamental operations
Loading and running programs
Saving and retrieving data
Communicating with printers, modems, etc.
Examples of systems software
DOS
Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Me, 2000, and XP
Unix
Linux

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Applications Software
Helps you to accomplish a certain task
Examples
Word processing -memos, reports, etc.
Spreadsheets -budgets, etc.
Database -search, sort, select data
Educational -simulations, practice
Graphics -charts, diagrams
Desktop publishing -pamphlets, etc.

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Software -Legal Issues
Commercial software
Can only make backup copies for yourself
Can only use on one machine at a time
Site license -use on more that one machine
Shareware
Can use -make copies and give to anyone
Should pay if you continue to use
Freeware –can copy and use indefinitely

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Software Viruses
Illegal code added to a program
May spread to many computers
Copy files from one computer to another
Download files by modem
E-mail attachments
Virus may be relatively harmless
Writes “You’ve been stoned” on screen
Virus may also be very damaging
Erases everything on hard drive
Virus may activate on a certain date

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Virus Protection
Be careful where you copy files from
Do not open e-mail attachments unless you are sure
that it is safe
Use virus protection program
Detects and removes illegal code
Should be updated often

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