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• Employability skills• Key skills• Core skills• Interpersonal skills• Transferable skills
Fallows, 2002
• Employability skills• Key skills• Core skills• Interpersonal skills• Transferable skills
Fallows, 2002
Soft skills are also referred to asSoft skills are also referred to as
Soft skills defined …Soft skills defined …
• Skills, abilities and traits that pertain to personality, attitude and behavior
Moss and Tilly, 1996
• Skills, abilities and traits that pertain to personality, attitude and behavior
Moss and Tilly, 1996
Examples of Interpersonal (interactive) soft skills …Examples of Interpersonal (interactive) soft skills …
• Team work
• Relationship-building
• Adaptability
• Written and oral communication
• Friendliness
• Attire
• Grooming
• Team work
• Relationship-building
• Adaptability
• Written and oral communication
• Friendliness
• Attire
• Grooming
Examples of Intrapersonal (motivational) soft skillsExamples of Intrapersonal (motivational) soft skills• Planning/ organizing• Taking initiative• Problem solving• Showing enthusiasm• Stress tolerance• Dependability• Creative thinking and innovation• Time management• Willingness to learn• Coachability
• Planning/ organizing• Taking initiative• Problem solving• Showing enthusiasm• Stress tolerance• Dependability• Creative thinking and innovation• Time management• Willingness to learn• Coachability
Importance Importance
• Employers criticize university output as having their heads full of theories, concepts and principles but graduates are often ill-equipped to deal with real life situations
• ‘Soft skills are a lot harder to teach in the world of work‘
Wall Street Journal Article, 2002
• Employers criticize university output as having their heads full of theories, concepts and principles but graduates are often ill-equipped to deal with real life situations
• ‘Soft skills are a lot harder to teach in the world of work‘
Wall Street Journal Article, 2002
Importance (continued) Importance (continued)
• Companies are going global, and often, technical experts are called upon to do a variety of non-technical tasks requiring soft skills
• Currently, people management skills are placed higher than strategic management skills and process management
• Source: BMW Presentation made at University of Rhode Island, 2002 Effective_engineer
• Companies are going global, and often, technical experts are called upon to do a variety of non-technical tasks requiring soft skills
• Currently, people management skills are placed higher than strategic management skills and process management
• Source: BMW Presentation made at University of Rhode Island, 2002 Effective_engineer
Predictors of success in the world of work Predictors of success in the world of work
IQ
EQEQ AQRelates to resilience
Soft skills domain
Predicts < 30% of a person’s success
Predicts >70% of a person’s success
Targeting soft skillsTargeting soft skills• Inclusion of career guidance in academic
program• Outward bound training (Experiential
learning)• Debates/ public speaking competitions/
Toastmasters Club• Strengthening of student societies • Competitions for projects displaying
innovative thinking and team work• Mentoring programs within and outside
the system (limited numbers)
• Inclusion of career guidance in academic program
• Outward bound training (Experiential learning)
• Debates/ public speaking competitions/ Toastmasters Club
• Strengthening of student societies • Competitions for projects displaying
innovative thinking and team work• Mentoring programs within and outside
the system (limited numbers)
Targeting soft skills in academic programsTargeting soft skills in academic programs• Lectures/ workshops on campus
• Time management• Stress management• Conflict resolution/ negotiation/ mediation• Effective presentations• Assertive behavior• Understanding teamwork• Covey’s 7 habits of effective people• CV writing and interview facing (in the last
year)
• Lectures/ workshops on campus• Time management• Stress management• Conflict resolution/ negotiation/ mediation• Effective presentations• Assertive behavior• Understanding teamwork• Covey’s 7 habits of effective people• CV writing and interview facing (in the last
year)
Osmosis model
Learning Centre model
(Expect students to acquire soft skills while following their academic programs
(Expect students to acquire soft skills while following their academic programs
Centralized support service providing generic skills, operating outside curriculum/ Can offer ‘Bolted on’ courses
Centralized support service providing generic skills, operating outside curriculum/ Can offer ‘Bolted on’ courses
Integrated model
Skills taught within a given discipline, specialty or facultySkills taught within a given discipline, specialty or faculty
Embedded model Highest level of integrationHighest level of integration
Targeting soft skills in Outward bound TrainingTargeting soft skills in Outward bound Training• Popular with the corporate sector• Historically used for training survival
skills to seamen in 1941• Highly participative• Interactive• Simulates real life situations• Adaptable to needs of the learner• Excellent for changing attitudes and
developing team spirit
• Popular with the corporate sector• Historically used for training survival
skills to seamen in 1941• Highly participative• Interactive• Simulates real life situations• Adaptable to needs of the learner• Excellent for changing attitudes and
developing team spirit
Targeting soft skills in Outward bound TrainingTargeting soft skills in Outward bound Training• MIT, Sloan Center, Sloan School for
Management example• Provided by outside organization (off the
campus)• Used to build camaraderie• Students set personal goals• Decide on extracurricular activities to
engage in• Develop academic operating norms for the
semester (Develop a team charter)• A lot of physical activities
• MIT, Sloan Center, Sloan School for Management example• Provided by outside organization (off the
campus)• Used to build camaraderie• Students set personal goals• Decide on extracurricular activities to
engage in• Develop academic operating norms for the
semester (Develop a team charter)• A lot of physical activities
Way to develop the proposal…Way to develop the proposal…
First, select a set of soft skills to target
First, select a set of soft skills to target
Intervention 1
Intervention 2
Intervention 3
Equifinality
First, select an activity/ intervention
First, select an activity/ intervention
Soft skill 1
Soft skill 2
Soft skill 3
-Identify concrete needs for university or faculty Determine possible overlaps
-Augment teaching with programs where needed
Irrespective of the approach there is a need to look at;
• Cost, time and feasibility issues• Degree of change possible• Relevance to the university
Workshops for Student Society Workshops for Student Society LeadersLeaders
Workshops for Student Society Workshops for Student Society LeadersLeaders