introduction: required skills for educational managers can be categorized in technical, human, and cognitive fields. skills are defined as developing abilities of human which are reflected in his/her responsibilities, survival, and actions. therefore, skill would be considered as personal experience and effective knowledge application ability. the aim of this study was to investigate the relati...

Video recording is increasingly used in higher education settings to help students develop their oral presentation skills. However, little is known about the effect of video review for bringing about better high school student outcomes in oral presentation in formal (classroom) and informal (out-of-classroom) settings. Using a quasi-experimental design, this study investigated the effectiveness...

background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...

background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...

purpose: the poultry industry is one of the sub-agricultural sectors that is able to attract capital and apply updated world technology to earn a special place in production and employment in the country. this position requires adherence to modern management methods and consistency with economic fundamentals. given the importance of this industry, this study investigated the effect of manageria...

Information Systems (IS) curricula should provide students with both technical and non-technical (soft) skills. The technical aspects are covered by various courses. However, soft skills like teamwork, interpersonal communication, presentation delivery, and others are hardly covered. Employers, who consider both technical and soft skills to be equally important, search for professional Informat...

BACKGROUND Non-technical skills, such as task management, leadership, situational awareness, communication and decision-making refer to cognitive, behavioural and social skills that contribute to safe and efficient team performance. The importance of these skills during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is increasingly emphasised. Nonetheless, the relationship between non-technical skills and...

The increasingly global sourcing of IT work and other socio-economic trends are prompting fundamental changes in the availability of IT skills needed in both client and vendor organizations. This chapter analyzes the results of a survey conducted in 2005, in which IT executives were asked to describe the skills they felt were critical to keep in house now and in 2008. The top ten current skills...