scholarly journals DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCE FOR GLOBAL ENGINEERS – HOW ‘SOFT’ SKILLS HAVE BECOME THE NEW ‘HARD’ SKILLS

2018 ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Lanucha
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
British English ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Uk

Diversity drives innovation, and today’s most efficient teams rely on clear communication and mutual understanding. Engineers are already working within multinational teams – not only within the UK, but as integrated parts of global organisations and networks, and while on assignments abroad – and this is only set to increase in the future. In order to succeed within any multicultural environment, such engineers will have to develop cultural competence – an emerging soft skill-set that makes working across cultures more effective. English is without question the operating language amongst engineers worldwide. It has been proven, however, that a common language alone does not necessarily eliminate other cross-cultural obstacles. Whereas certain aspects about culture may be gleaned through language, the more important elements, such values, expectations, and beliefs, are much harder to identify and teach in a classroom. This paper explores the importance of cultural competence in engineering, for both native- and non-native speakers of British English, with the curricular challenges it faces. It will also evaluate the effectiveness of the cultural competence workshops used by the Language Unit (LU) in Cambridge University Engineering Department (CUED) to train the engineers, during which attendees were able to explore the various meanings and impacts of culture on our thinking and behaviour, before then developing strategies for better, culturally-minded communication.

THE ANALYSIS OF NURSING STUDENT SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN LECTURE AND PROBLEM BASED LEARNING APPROACHES 2011

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hilman Syarif
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
P Value ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Significant Difference

Introduction: Student Centered Learning (SCL) is an effective method to develop student's soft skills and hard skills which are very important to support their successful carrier later. This research was conducted to identify the differences of developed soft skills between students who learn with PBL method and lecturing method. Methods: Descriptive comparative method was used in this study. The samples consisted of 15 students who learned with PBL method and 15 students who learned with lecturing method. The sample for this research was selected by random sampling method. Results: The result showed that the average of student's soft skills score in PBL method was 122.63, while student's soft skills score in lecturing method was 116.27. Discussion & Conclusion: There was significant difference of student's soft skills in PBL method and lecturing method (p value = 0.038; α = 0.05). This study recommends nursing program management, faculty of medicine at the University of Syiah Kuala keeps PBL method running and develops other methods which facilitate hard skills and soft skills are development. Keywords: nursing students, soft skill, PBL

Nixing Engineerese

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (08) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Jean Thilmany
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Instant Message ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Engineering Team ◽  
E Mail

This article focuses on requirement of soft skills for communicating across departments in an organization. Fortunately, laying the foundation for good working relationships with other departments is a learned skill as experienced by management consultants. It starts with evaluating the role of the engineering department in an enterprise and continues with learning how to best communicate with employees of all personalities and skill levels. One soft skill that is easily learned and honed over time is the ability to communicate clearly. Another tip is to treat the person making a request of you the way you would for an outside customer. If another customer request supersedes, explain that to the employee requesting your time. Always take the time to proofread an e-mail or instant message, or any other form of written communication. Always treat employees from other departments just as you would for those in your own engineering team.

scholarly journals Bridging the Skill Gap in Robotics: Global and National Environment

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402095873
Author(s):  
Natalia Shmatko ◽  
Galina Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Level Information ◽  
National Environment ◽  
National Trends

This article focuses on the demand for skills of highly qualified scientific and technical professionals (engineers and researchers) in robotics, on both a global and national level. Information is collected using the text-mining of open-access vacancies for understanding the global trends and in-depth interviews with experts for a more detailed study of national trends. The study explores the combination of hard and soft skills, as well as interdisciplinary skills. Soft skill requirements play an important role in the demanded skill set of the specialist, but the claims for hard skills (including digital) are not becoming less strict. Programming and the knowledge of specialized software packages are the most important skills, but must be combined with practical skills (assembly, welding, soldering). The broad range of application areas for robotic systems creates demand for new multidisciplinary skills (knowledge of artificial intelligence, new materials, and biology). Rapid technological development underlines the growing importance of soft skills, such as communication skills, self-motivation, and a willingness to learn. Lists of the most demanded skills in different countries principally coincide. Results can be applied for developing policies aimed at eliminating the skill gap in prospective technological areas.

scholarly journals Soft Skill Development in Vocational Schools to Produce Competent Graduates Needed by the Business/Industry World

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Rismaja Putra
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Business World ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Banda Aceh

Companies looking for employees, the most important thing is not hard skills, but soft skills, this is because 80 percent of people are successful because of soft skills. In this case, students from the State Vocational School (SMK) in Banda Aceh need to develop good soft skills since grade X. Special attention and synergy between school principals as leaders, teachers and school officers as teachers and mentors need to be done properly. Implementation in a consistent and integrated manner in a sustainable manner will produce graduates and human resources who are superior and skilled, and graduates who are able to meet the needs of the business world and industry.

scholarly journals Profil Soft Skill Dan Hard Skill Mahasiswa Dalam Memasuki Dunia Kerja

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nabila Ikrima Jeklor Putri ◽  
Lucy Fridayati
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

The study aims to describe and to know the profile of soft skills and hard skills of the college students to enter the work field. The type of research is quantitative descriptive research. The population of this research is the students of padang state university family welfare education study program totally 49 people. The sampling technique is total sampling that taking the entire population. The technique of collecting data is by transferring a questionnaire (Questionnaire) using Likert scale that has been tested for validity and reliability. The data were analyzed through descriptive analysis with the categorization method. The results of the study is the soft skills and hard skills profile of college students to enter the work field that included in high category are indicators of work ethics, collaboration, discipline, related to norms and the medium category are indicators of speaking skills and confidence.

Controlled Experiments as Means to Teach Soft Skills in Software Engineering

2017 ◽  
pp. 1355-1373
Author(s):  
Marco Kuhrmann ◽  
Henning Femmer ◽  
Jonas Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
University Course ◽  
Job Profile

The job profile of a Software Engineer not only includes so-called “hard-skills” (e.g. specifying, programming, or building architectures) but also “soft skills” like awareness of team effects and similar human factors. These skills are typically hard to teach in classrooms, and current education, hence, mostly focuses on hard rather than soft skills. Yet, since software development is becoming more and more spread across different sites in a globally distributed manner, the importance of soft skills increases rapidly. However, there are only a few practical guides to teach such tacit knowledge to Software Engineering students. In this chapter, the authors describe an approach that combines theoretical lectures, practical experiments, and discussion sessions to fill this gap. They describe the processes of creating, planning, executing, and evaluating these sessions, so that soft skill topics can be taught in a university course. The authors present two example implementations of the approach. The first implementation lets students experience and reflect on group dynamics and team-internal effects in a project situation. The second implementation enables students to understand the challenges of a distributed software development setting. With this knowledge, the authors critically discuss the contribution of experimentation to university teaching.

scholarly journals Editorial

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (1253) ◽  
pp. 1021-1021
Author(s):  
Holger Babinsky
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Aerospace Engineering ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
German System ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Hypersonic Aerodynamics ◽  
Head Of Department

It is an enormous honour for me to take over from Peter Bearman as Editor-in-Chief of the world's oldest aeronautics journal. Most of you will not know me and thus I'd like to give you a bit of background: I grew up in Bavaria and studied Aerospace Engineering at Stuttgart University. Under the German system it was common to work on the final research project (Diploma thesis) outside the University and I was lucky enough to find a suitable place in Cranfield. There, my supervisor was John Stollery, who led this journal as Editor-in-Chief for many years. After a PhD in hypersonic aerodynamics (also at Cranfield) I became a post-doctoral researcher at Tohoku University in Japan. 18 months later I returned to the UK to take up a lectureship in aerodynamics at the Engineering Department of Cambridge University where I am now the Professor of Aerodynamics, Head of the Fluids Group and Deputy Head of Department with responsibility for graduate education.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN: PENTINGNYA SOFT SKILL UNTUK KESUKSESAN KERJA BAGI SISWA-SISWI SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Christine Winstinindah Sandroto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Talk Show ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Implementation Stages ◽  
The Difference

Training with the topic "the importance of soft skills in job success for Vocational High School students"  is deemed necessary for preparation in entering the workplace.  Besides hard skills, soft skills also play an essential role in work success. The training is packaged in a talk-show format via Instagram Live, which is considered relevant for Vocational High School students under supervised Bulir Padi. The material covered in this training includes: What are soft skills? The difference between hard skills?; The benefits of having soft skills at work; and how to improve soft skills. This activity in the form of training packaged in a talk show with Instagram Live media is carried out following the preparation and implementation stages. The evaluation stage is not carried out in a structured manner. Still, from the responses and questions that arise, we can conclude that the participants are interested in joining the talk-show enthusiastically. In the next training, if it is still in a covid-19 pandemic situation that does not allow face-to-face meetings at the same location, we will continue to apply training virtually either with the zoom application, google meet, or with Instagram Live. The training evaluation will be made more structured by distributing questionnaires to determine the level of participant satisfaction with the training and conducting pre and post-test materials to determine the progress of participants.

scholarly journals Mediation Effect of Work Motivation on Relationship of Soft Skill and Hard Skill on Employee Performance in Denpasar Marthalia Skincare Clinical

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-145
Author(s):  
I Gusti Bagus Sindu Martha Nugraha ◽  
Ni Wayan Sitiari ◽  
Putu Ngurah Suyatna Yasa
Keyword(s):  
Work Motivation ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Effect

Employee motivation is a reflection of the level of energy, commitment, and creativity possessed by employees used to work. This study aims to determine the effect of soft skills and hard skills on employee performance with work motivation as a mediating variable in the Clinical Marthalia Skincare Denpasar. The population in this study were all employees who worked at Marthalia Skincare Clinic in 2019. The sampling method used in this study was the census method, thus, the number of samples in this study was 32 employees of the Marthalia Skincare Clinic in Denpasar. The research data is primary data that are the results of questionnaire data given to employees of the Marthalia Skincare Clinic Denpasar. Testing the hypothesis of this study using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The results showed that: (1) Soft Skill had a positive effect on work motivation. (2) Hard Skill has a positive effect on work motivation. (3) Soft Skill has a positive effect on employee performance. (4) Hard Skill has a positive effect on performance. (5) Work motivation has a positive effect on performance. (6) motivation is a partial mediation between soft skills and performance. (7) work motivation is not a mediation between hard skills and performance. It is recommended to further researchers to examine other mediating variables that affect the relationship between hard skills and employee performance.  

scholarly journals Analisis Internship Bagi Peningkatan Kompetensi Mahasiswa

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
Dinar Dinasty Lutfia ◽  
Dedi Rianto Rahadi
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Apprenticeship Programs ◽  
Is Theory ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Meaningful Role ◽  
Student Competencies

The most important aspect in undergoing an internship (internship) is to produce students who are more ready to undergo the world of work and professionally, which is carried out through internship activities. With internship activities, students can find out what skills they have so far. This study aims to determine the effect of internships on student competencies. This type of research uses qualitative research, namely, the data obtained is theory development and describes theory. The data collection technique was carried out using observation and interviews which were conducted through question and answer between the researcher and the resource person. The results of the case studies show that the internship program has a very meaningful role or contribution for students to improve the competence of soft skills & hard skills. And it also shows that the habits and attitudes that students have are very important compared to the knowledge and skills that can be obtained in a short time and increasing student competence through apprenticeship programs can reach professional standards and serve as a provision for experience for working in the next place. Keywords : Internship, competence, soft skill, hard skill

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