PURPOSE The acquisition of clinical-technical skills is of particular importance for the doctors of tomorrow. Procedural skills are often trained for the first time in skills laboratories, which provide a sheltered learning environment. However, costs to implement and maintain skills laboratories are considerably high. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate students' pat...

Software companies depend heavily on knowledgeable employees. Competence and skills management are essential instruments to understand how to employ the available skills in an optimal way. Unfortunately, implementing knowledge management strategies like competence and skills management is challenging because resources, time and effort are required before benefits become visible. This paper show...

In order for organizations to survive on increasingly competitive and global markets, adequate management of intellectual capital is essential. Although increasingly more information is found in electronic formats, turning this information into valuable knowledge is still the responsibility of people by applying it in professional situations to generate value. In this paper, we describe an appr...

Die „Komponente“ Mensch stellt einen wesentlichen und erfolgskritischen Faktor bei der Realisierung von Service-orientierten Architekturen (SOA) dar. SOA erfordert neue Rollen und bringt neue Aufgaben mit sich. Auf operativer Ebene agiert das Skills-Management, welches durch geeignete Methoden sicherstellt, dass Personal korrekt ausgewählt bzw. passend weitergebildet wird. Skills-Management ist...

The contemporary concept of emotional intelligence (EI) as a critical set of management skills is traced through time to its current application for health care administration. EI is defined as proficiencies in intrapersonal and interpersonal skills in the areas of self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, social awareness, and social skills. The contributions of EI to effective managem...

the main purpose of this descriptive – survey study was to investigate the factors affecting the professional skills of faculty members in iranian agricultural colleges. the statistical population of the study consisted of the faculty members of iranian agricultural colleges (n=1837), from whom 380 were determined as sample, applying morgan's sample table. the population size was later inc...

The skills programme covers all the fundamental competencies within EQ. Thereafter, learners delve deeper into personal skills and competencies such as self-awareness, self-motivation and self-management. Extensive interactive exercises, case studies and example conversations prepare learners to face their real life issues and assist them in becoming better at understanding themselves and other...

background and purpose: communication has become a core topic in nursing care and investigations on this topic could have a significant impact on increasing nursing quality services. the present study aims to evaluate the communication skills and nursing staff component focusing on emotional management, others' perception and self-expression. methods: this is a cross-sectional descriptive-...