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
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1 India: SWOT Analysis For Indians who have access to western education and possess english speaking skills‚ times couldn’t have been better. A generation ago‚ no one could have imagined the plethora of job options available today – IT‚ BPO‚ media‚ finance‚ insurance. Even traditional professions like journalism provide many more opportunities than they did a couple of decades ago. Economic upliftment can be seen clearly in most parts of urban India. Perhaps‚ the concept of middle class values
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Soft Power Author(s): Joseph S. Nye‚ Jr. Source: Foreign Policy‚ No. 80‚ Twentieth Anniversary‚ (Autumn‚ 1990)‚ pp. 153-171 Published by: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1148580 Accessed: 12/08/2008 12:33 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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all respect to the findings of Hofstede studies)‚ do not see such studies are feasible is based upon the fact that Hofstede studies are only addressing the hard-wiring of people though surveys and such a quantitative approach does not reveal the soft side of humans‚ i.e. feelings‚ emotions‚ body language‚ etc. When such an approach is followed by the leaders of those organization or even the societies‚ they are not seeing the most effective part of it‚ the causes of our behaviour. This element
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Pest Analysis Fast Food Retail Sector Introduction Political Factors McDonald’s food safety is of a very high-quality and is recognised as one of the best in the fast food retail sector. One of their main successes has been their training programme. They 1 train all of their staff before they begin work in one of their restaurants on all aspects of food quality‚ food safety and hygiene. This training‚ along with being made aware of the importance of cleanliness‚ continues throughout their
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audience about elevated sugar content in drinks. Thesis – The high sugar content in many drinks being marketed as “healthy” are negatively impacting the health of people across the country. I. Introduction As the morning rush begins may adults‚ teens and children get sucked into the same morning rut. Even if they take time for what they think to be a healthy breakfast most don’t realize what they are following it up with. The high sugar content n many drinks being marketed as “healthy” are negatively
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Determinism currently takes two related forms: hard determinism and soft determinism [1][1]. Hard determinism claims that the human personality is subject to‚ and a product of‚ natural forces. All of our choices can be accounted for by reference to environmental‚ social‚ cultural‚ physiological and hereditary (biological) causes. Our total character is a product of these environmental‚ social‚ cultural‚ physiological and hereditary forces‚ thus our beliefs‚ desires‚ values and habits are all outside
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Soft Skills Presented By: Mrigank Maitray Mba (I & B) Enroll no. A2828414029 Definition It is basically the personality‚ communication skills‚personal habits‚ interpersonal skills‚ managing people‚ leadership‚ etc. that characterize relationships with other people. A person’s soft skill is an important part of their individual contribution to the success of an organization. Particularly those organizations dealing with customers face-to-face are generally more successful‚ if they train their
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Soft rock Genre- Soft rock is one of the sub-genres of rock music. The main focus is melodic‚ toned down‚ and less aggressive when compared to hard rock. The instruments used are electric guitars and drum. The main themes of soft rock are love relationship. Year: The starting date of the soft rock music is in the 1960s. However‚ I will only observe the soft rock music in the 1990s to 2000. Artists: -Phil Collins (Another Day in Paradise): His “Another Day in Paradise” sings from a third-person
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Introduction: I was asked to prepare a PEST (political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological) analysis report for two companies of my choice. I decided to choose firms from the leisure industry and then compare them. I analysed the business environment and ethical factors that affect the leisure industries as a whole. In my report I will distinguish between the impacts on the different political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological factors and will then draw conclusions based on my
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