Communication‚ June 2008 The Importance of Soft Skills: Education beyond academic knowledge Bernd Schulz Polytechnic of Namibia Abstract This paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills‚ which are the technical requirements of a job the student is trained to do. The paper exhorts educators to take special responsibility regarding soft skills‚ because during students’ university time‚ educators
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Technical skills Technical skills is the specific knowledge and techniques required to perform an organizational role. Skills reflect both an understanding of and a proficiency in a specialized field. A manager may have technical skills in a specialized field such as accounting‚ finance‚ computer science… etc. for example‚ an account payable manager must be proficient in accounting rules and procedures so that he can resolve problems and answer questions related to accounting. Human Skills Human
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Parenting styles The 3 types of parenting styles include authoritative‚ authoritarian‚ and permissive according to Diana Baumrind. The first parenting style is authoritative which also tends to be the most successful type of parenting. Authoritative is when a parent is not being sheltering of a child but making sure the child has an understanding of the rules and regulations the parent has set in place but they explain the reasoning behind the decisions they make. Many of these children grow up
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Solo Parents: Aquino gov’t should implement RA 8972 by Lorela Sandoval. Published on August 25‚ 2012 Although long been passed in year 2000‚ the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000 or Republic Act 8972 has yet to be completely implemented by the national and local governments‚ according to Carina Javier‚ president of the Solo Parents Support Group at the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Office (DSWD-CO)‚ in a recent Philstar.com report. RA 8972 is an act that provides special benefits
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3/3/2014 HDE 110: Parenting‚ Working‚ & Family in U.S. society: It’s a Balancing Act Monday‚ March 3‚ 2014 Someone once said: If I knew how much fun grandchildren were going to be‚ I would have had them first!! Children are a precious stone and a heavy burden. Parents have the hardest job on earth‚ and then the second child arrives! When I am home‚ I think about work AND when I am at work‚ I think about my kids! Raising children: Promises & pitfalls T
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Module tittle: English 3 Introduction: Do you believe there a right way or wrong way to raise children? This question has been the fuel for many heated discussions and debates throughout the years between parents‚ parenting coaches‚ psychologists and parenting experts. It is the one thing all parents will have an opinion on…how to raise their children. Parents take raising their children very personally and for the most part believe that because they have either biologically produced or legally
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When I think of soft skills‚ what comes to mind is people skills. To me people skills are customer service skills or communication skills. While reading this article it surprised me when I read that problem solving is a soft skill. Soft skills are important in the problem solving process for reasons such as brainstorming and swapping. Also‚ as our jobs become more service oriented than goods oriented‚ it is important to know how to satisfy our customers. Unless you are a hermit‚ we deal with
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well-documented influence on children‚ and play a strong role in a child’s development. Authoritative parenting has been proven to potentially reduce a child’s risk of associating with antisocial peers‚ and deter engagement in delinquent behavior. Authoritative parenting has also been shown to raise adults that have healthy emotional adjustment and prosocial behavior. My parents used an authoritative parenting style that created a stable‚ engaging‚ warm and nurturing childhood for me. I plan on being an
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ENC101 17 February 2015 Abortion: The right to live or the right of freedom to choose? Throughout in American history until this time‚ the issue about abortion is one of the most controversial and complicated issues in the United States. Abortion is a process where a license medical doctor removes an embryo to terminate a woman’s pregnancy in a certain period. Unexpected pregnancy‚ cannot afford to have a child‚ they do not want to be a single parent or having
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Parenting can be Beneficial Perhaps no other area in the social sciences inspires as much debate as the issue of parents getting divorced. While many marriages end in divorce and any such breakup of the marital union is understood to be a challenging and emotional event for anyone and everyone involved. Researchers are particularly interested in how divorce affects any children in the family. This effect has been the source of much controversy‚ as major studies in the past decade have found results
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