Group-based learning creates an environment in which students can practice, gain, and improve soft skills such as leadership, communication, social, and conflict resolution skills. However, simply placing students in groups and creating group-based assessment tasks will not necessarily result in students developing and practicing these skills. Instead, specific approaches, such as cooperative l...

Today, in the context of transformation education system, formation universal skills among future specialists is great importance. The relevance article lies need to introduce complex psychological and pedagogical foundations development flexible (soft skills) students higher educational institutions process mastering vocational program.The purpose determine for conditions a institution.The met...

The industrial economy in developed countries is transforming into a new “economy of the information age”. For nearly every company, complex, often radical and dramatic transformation needs are created. Executive programs in continuing education, however, are usually focussing on business “administration” rather than on business transformation. For a successful management of change projects, it...

Continuous improvement and development of a curriculum is an essential part of the success of information systems academic departments. In the current study, we facilitated focus group sessions with information technology executives to identify the critical skills they seek when hiring entry-level MIS graduates. The results follows the general trend that has recently been seen throughout the IT...

In recent years, the UK government and policymakers have sought to maximise the impact of the creative economy via a programme of targeted intervention. Intermediary agencies − those organisations that sit between government and policymakers on one hand, and creative practitioners and microbusinesses on the other − are increasingly seen as crucial to the functioning of the creative economy. Thi...

This paper presents a dynamic structural model of the relative contribution and importance of education and skills required of new information systems (IS) professionals. Model development took account of technical skills found in most IS programs, other business oriented academic studies, and soft skills sought by employers in new graduates. The model also includes features of the working envi...

Skill shortage remains one of the major constraints to continued growth of the Indian economy. However, very little research has been conducted to identify which specific skills are in high demand and which skills are in short supply. This employer survey seeks to address this knowledge-gap by answering three questions: (i) which skills do employers consider important when hiring new engineerin...

This paper presents a study conducted in aprivate university in Malaysiaspecialisingin Engineering and Technology studies. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the preliminary findings of a study which examined to what extent the soft skills are being integrated in the teaching of Engineering courses by addressing the teaching approaches and examining the soft skills that are being emphasise...