Managing Soft Skills for Personality Development edited by B N Ghosh

About the book
Development is sometimes defined as the process of human capability expansion rather than materialistic acquisition and possession. The importance of the development of inner human potentials has been emphasized by scriptures and religious teachings of great people. The significance of personality development transcends beyond the individual domain and is now recognized as a critical component of corporate success. This is one of the reasons why the modern corporate sector is now engaged in soft skill development to make the hard skill endowment of its professionals more complete, effective and successful. In a labour-surplus economy of India, it is interesting to observe that although the demand for labour is growing rapidly, most of the unemployed labour cannot effectively be absorbed in productive occupations. Many of the unemployed labourers seeking opening in the labour market possess the necessary hard skill but they are not employable.  They are deficient in soft skill and the desirable personality pattern. As a matter of fact, soft skills and desirable personality traits have many things in common and they are complementary in nature, in spite of some minor nuances.  The title of the book reflects an interlocking relationship between what seems to be the two apparently different domains.

About the editor
B. N. Ghosh is a Visiting Professor at Leeds Institute of Management and Technology, Leeds(UK) and formerly, the Director of Institute of Management and Technology, Govt. of Kerala, Punnapra (Kerala).  He received his education from Australia, India,  UK and  USA and has taught in many universities in India and abroad including Universiti Sains Malaysia and Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus and has written a large number of books published by multinational publishers including Routledge, Palgrave-Macmillan, Wisdom House, Longman and Ashgate(London)and contributed a large number of research papers in refereed professional journals of India, USA, UK, Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, Bangladesh, Sweden, Korea, the Netherlands  and Philippines. He has provided short-term consultancy to various organizations including the UGC, Govt. of Malaysia and the UNDP. He is the recipient of the Emerald Award (UK) for academic excellence (2006) and  is the Chief Editor of Journal of Human Development.

Table of contents

Preface

1.  Soft Skill Development : An Introductory Overview

                B.N. Ghosh

2. Self-discovery and Goal-setting

                E. K. Vinod

3. Beliefs, Values, Attitudes and Virtues

                B. N. Ghosh

4.  Positive Thinking and Attitude

                B. N. Ghosh and Sule Aker

5.   Motivation

                P. Motaghi

6.  Inter-personal Relations and Communications

                N. N. Hena

7. Public Speaking

                Mehran Nejati 

8. Group Discussion : Honing the Decision Making Skill

                Sumana Shome

9.  Body Language

                Ambeesh Mon

10. Team Work and Leadership Quality

                Adel Tajasom

11.   Interviews 

                Khairiah  S. Mukhtar and Sabri  Haron

12.  Presentation

                Zanariah Jano

13.  Etiquettes

                A.K. Pain

14.  Time Management

                K.P. Kailash and M.H. Salim

15. Personality Development

                Seena Mathai  and Ooman Mathew

16.  Decision Making

                Omman Mathew

17. Conflict and Conflict Management

                B.N. Ghosh and Parvesh Chopra

18.   Stress Management

                Razeena  Padmam

19.  Leadership

                Rajeev Gupta

20.   Emotional Intelligence

                Parvesh Chopra

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