Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM

Graduate employability has become a national issue as unemployment among them has increased due to the economic crisis. The main factor influencing graduate unemployability is the mismatch between their skills and the industry needs. The employer are not looking for candidates with just paper qua...

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Main Author: Muhamad Rahimi Osman
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3389/
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description Graduate employability has become a national issue as unemployment among them has increased due to the economic crisis. The main factor influencing graduate unemployability is the mismatch between their skills and the industry needs. The employer are not looking for candidates with just paper qualification, but also soft skills which include communication skills, leadership and teamwork, problem solving and scientific thinking, management skills and entrepreneurship besides ethical values and professionalism. Thus, higher education cirrriculum must emphasize the development of soft skills to generate profesional human capital. This article elaborates on Universiti Teknologi MARA implementation of General Studies courses which encompass the following components Islamic Civilization and Education, English and the third language, and curriculum.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:33892012-03-21T07:07:55Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3389/ Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM Muhamad Rahimi Osman, Graduate employability has become a national issue as unemployment among them has increased due to the economic crisis. The main factor influencing graduate unemployability is the mismatch between their skills and the industry needs. The employer are not looking for candidates with just paper qualification, but also soft skills which include communication skills, leadership and teamwork, problem solving and scientific thinking, management skills and entrepreneurship besides ethical values and professionalism. Thus, higher education cirrriculum must emphasize the development of soft skills to generate profesional human capital. This article elaborates on Universiti Teknologi MARA implementation of General Studies courses which encompass the following components Islamic Civilization and Education, English and the third language, and curriculum. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed Muhamad Rahimi Osman, (2010) Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM. MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara, 11 . pp. 49-61. ISSN 1511-8393 http://www.ukm.my/jmalim/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=54
spellingShingle Muhamad Rahimi Osman,
Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title_full Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title_fullStr Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title_full_unstemmed Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title_short Peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman UiTM
title_sort peranan kursus pengajian umum dalam pembangunan kemahiran insaniah: pengalaman uitm
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