Integrating Human Relation Skills into the Curriculum of Industrial Technology Related Programs

Technological devices are playing such a significant role in our lives that educators are incorporating Ipads, smartphones, and even Skyping via these devices to educate our future generations. Managing the utilization of this technology has become an important issue for businesses and proposes the question: how is it possible to maintain good human relations with customers, clients and other businesses with all of the technological advancements that often prevent face-to-face interaction? This paper addresses the value of assimilating human relation skills into the curriculum of Industrial Technology related programs. Additionally, this article provides an overview of Industrial Technology related programs and will also address how to differentiate between Human Resource Development programs and Human Resource Management programs.