Abstract:

A Post Graduate student is always assessed on the quality education and knowledge that he/she carries and not the skills of deliverance and reflection of the knowledge that will be imparted to the audience by the students in corporate world. The days have been ancient now when `what you speak` was only important. In this modern day of learning, how you speak is equally important to increase the employability quotient of a Post Graduate Students. Platform skills has been in boom in various Training Programs been conducted by the trainers and has shown promising results in effective learning and understanding of the content of the audience. If a person feels that he/she is ready for corporate world or education field, he/she should also be evaluated on the theatrical platform skills assessment along with the appropriate knowledge. Hence, Platform skills need to be evaluated and develop amongst Post Graduate Students in the field of Management Studies. With this need in mind, the researcher developed Platform Skills Development Model for Business Management Students. Based on the need analyzed, a model based on the elements of Platform Skills is developed by the researcher. Top five elements chosen to train the students were Content Delivery Principles, Eye Contact, Confidence, Attitude and Facial Expressions. A pre-test was conducted before implementing the model and the model was then taught to 32 second year business management students of three reputed management Institutes of Pune, Maharashtra, India. Post- test was then conducted to establish the effectiveness of the model. The model on Platform Skills has a positive effect in developing students’ delivery skills and presentability towards audience. The pre-test and post-test examine the twenty-four parameters of five elements of Platform Skills. An increase in the scores of these variables helped in hypothesis testing and thus establishing the effectiveness of the model.

Keywords:

Platform Skills, Delivery Skills, Presentation Skills, Business Management.