Description

Tutorials
1

Instructors

Maria João Raposo

Contents

1. Best practices for developing reports and academic papers
1.1 Clear structure: introduction, development (body), conclusion, and bibliographic referencing standards (APA, IEEE).
1.2 Academic plagiarism: concept, types, and how to avoid plagiarism
 

2. Personal organization and professional attitude
2.1 Collaborative tools
2.2 Planning work and projects
2.3 Self-discipline: Developing the habit of meeting deadlines and maintaining ethical and committed behavior.
2.4 Proactivity
 

3. Time Management and Stress Management
3.1 Time management: Eisenhower Matrix, Pomodoro Technique, etc., to avoid procrastination.
3.2 Stress management: Learning to identify signs of stress and using techniques to relieve tension.
 

4. Interpersonal Communication?Assertiveness Model
 

5. Leadership and Teamwork
5.1 High-performance teams: Tuckman Model
5.2 Leadership: Concept and Styles
 

6. Presentation Development
6.1 Presentation techniques: preparation, rehearsal, delivery
 

7. Develop. Interdisciplinar Project

Learning Outcomes

Interdisciplinary Project I integrates the 1st year of the degree in Industrial Management Engineering. This is a curricular unit that aims to prepare students for the course and the development of methodological skills essential to a good academic and professional performance.
The main purposes of this course are:
  - Development of soft skills (teamwork, interpersonal communication, time management, responsibility, leadership, etc.).
- Development of the capacity to integrate knowledge from different fields and an integrated vision.
- Acquisition of new knowledge and its application in a real context.
At the end of tis subjects Students will be able to:

Obj1- Write reports and do oral presentations;
Obj2- Use projects management methodologies, including: setting goals, planning tasks, monitoring and control;
Obj3- Working in high-performance teams;
Obj4- Propose experimental methods, formulate and test hypotheses, identify and solve problems.
Obj5- Apply the scientific method to the formulation of hypotheses about a model and evaluate and analyze solutions based on experimental results.
Obj6- Develop solutions to common and simple engineering problems.