Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abstract
Since the mid-nineteenth century, higher education, in particular community colleges, has seen an increased demand to serve the training needs of business and industry. Today, business and industry insist their prospective employees be trained in both job-specific skills (hard) and general skills (soft). These soft skills are defined as management, leadership, teamwork, interpersonal communications, problem-solving, decision-making, and adaptability to change skills (Georges, 1988). However, Stephen Wehrenberg simply described soft skills as being purely mental functions (Wehrenberg, 1986). Hence, traditional occupational education methods of teaching only job-specific skills such as keyboarding, drafting, and auto mechanics are being challenged to include soft skills.
Date Original
1996
Object Description
1 PDF file (61 leaves)
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©1996 Rhea R. Walker
Language
en
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application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Walker, Rhea R., "Integrating a humanities and business education course: Issues, problems, and benefits" (2023). Graduate Research Papers. 3495.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/3495
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