Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students
Demands at the workplace are transforming the kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for successful work performance. Evidence from employer surveys suggested that employers are often more concerned about soft skills or attitudes rather than technical knowledge or competencies (Stasz,...
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| author | Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Abu, Rosini Mohd Nor, Sharifah Ahmad Tarmizi, Rohani Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wan Ali, Wan Zah Hamzah, Ramlah Ismail, Habsah |
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| description | Demands at the workplace are transforming the
kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed
for successful work performance. Evidence from
employer surveys suggested that employers are often more
concerned about soft skills or attitudes rather than technical knowledge or competencies (Stasz, Ramsey, Eden, Melamid, & Kaganoff, 1996). Empirical studies on work found that employers and workers also feel skills such as problem
solving, communication and the ability to work in teams,
are increasingly important for workplace success (Stasz et
al., 1996). Therefore, apart from providing students with
the technical knowledge, universities are entrusted with the
task of grooming students with the generic skills required
to be successful workers. The importance of some of these
skills are documented in the Quality Assurance in Public
Universities of Malaysia: Code of Practice document,
which states that the quality of a university programme is
assessed by the ability of its graduates in carrying out their expected roles with responsibility in society. As stated in the document, among the competencies that students
should demonstrate at the end of the programme are critical
thinking, problem solving, creative decision making and
ability to communicate, apart from mastery of knowledge
in the specific fields (Quality Assurance Division, 2004) |
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| spelling | upm-178702015-10-26T03:15:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17870/ Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Abu, Rosini Mohd Nor, Sharifah Ahmad Tarmizi, Rohani Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wan Ali, Wan Zah Hamzah, Ramlah Ismail, Habsah Demands at the workplace are transforming the kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for successful work performance. Evidence from employer surveys suggested that employers are often more concerned about soft skills or attitudes rather than technical knowledge or competencies (Stasz, Ramsey, Eden, Melamid, & Kaganoff, 1996). Empirical studies on work found that employers and workers also feel skills such as problem solving, communication and the ability to work in teams, are increasingly important for workplace success (Stasz et al., 1996). Therefore, apart from providing students with the technical knowledge, universities are entrusted with the task of grooming students with the generic skills required to be successful workers. The importance of some of these skills are documented in the Quality Assurance in Public Universities of Malaysia: Code of Practice document, which states that the quality of a university programme is assessed by the ability of its graduates in carrying out their expected roles with responsibility in society. As stated in the document, among the competencies that students should demonstrate at the end of the programme are critical thinking, problem solving, creative decision making and ability to communicate, apart from mastery of knowledge in the specific fields (Quality Assurance Division, 2004) National Higher Education Researh Institute 2005 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17870/1/Generic%20Skills%20of%20Malaysian%20University%20Students.pdf Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya and Abu, Rosini and Mohd Nor, Sharifah and Ahmad Tarmizi, Rohani and Abu Bakar, Kamariah and Wan Ali, Wan Zah and Hamzah, Ramlah and Ismail, Habsah (2005) Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students. Bulletin of Higher Education Research, 6. pp. 5-6. http://www.ipptn.usm.my/v2/index.php/publication/cat_view/22-bulletin-of-higher-education-research/25-bulletin-2005.html English |
| spellingShingle | Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Abu, Rosini Mohd Nor, Sharifah Ahmad Tarmizi, Rohani Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wan Ali, Wan Zah Hamzah, Ramlah Ismail, Habsah Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title | Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title_full | Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title_fullStr | Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title_short | Generic Skills of Malaysian University Students |
| title_sort | generic skills of malaysian university students |
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