A Comparative Study of Soft Skills Amongst the Washington Accord Engineering Degree Graduates with Industry Expectations

Wilson, Tossea

doi:10.1109/ice.2018.8436282

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“…However, emphasises that diversifying such skills among software developers would be better than restricting them to certain roles. A replica of that study yielded similar results in Latin American [21] and African countries [22]. According to these studies, it is clear that a requirement in IT industry is that software engineering graduates possess soft skills as a desirable complement that adds value to their organisations.…”

Section: Problem Of Efficient Software Developmentmentioning

confidence: 63%

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Academic approach to transform organisations: one engineer at a time

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Every year software development industry requires a higher number of trained software engineers who are not only skilled programmers but also talented software projects managers. To deliver high-quality software projects, engineers require of the application of sound engineering competencies along with discipline. Obtaining those practices usually require years of experience. Companies are not prepared to invest this time on engineers resulting in a high percentage of deficient projects. Here, the authors present a bachelor-level competency-based approach that develops and evaluates such competencies during a challenge-based learning experience. In this way, the rate of successful projects where software engineers are involved will be higher, as they have obtained the appropriate competencies to deliver such projects.

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Section: Problem Of Efficient Software Developmentmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…Derived from the context of each study, some of the soft skills required by the industry vary; however, there is agreement that the desirable skills in software engineering graduates are communication skills, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and selfmanagement skills [19][20][21][22].…”

Section: Academymentioning

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“…The main idea of the STEAM movement is to incorporate, where appropriate, the artistic and designrelated skills and thinking processes into STEM. The integration of STEM with arts is a response to the need to prepare young specialists for dealing productively with current global challenges (Clarke, 2019;Taylor, 2016;Wilson & Marnewick, 2018).…”

Section: Identifying and Assessing Engineering Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the Skill Gap in Robotics: Global and National Environment

Shmatko

Volkova

2020

Sage Open

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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.

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“…Higher education institutions' activity about soft skills teaching has been in place as a controversial topic in literature (Nair, Patil and Mertova, 2009;Özsoy, 2013;Bayram, Çelik and Oral, 2015;Esa, Selamat, Padil, and Jamaludin, 2014;Naiem et al, 2015;Wilson and Marnewick, 2018;Uçar and İşleyen, 2019). These studies evaluating the opinions of students and graduates showed that course content doesn't meet adequately the knowledge and skills necessary for working life and that higher education institutions do not give enough importance to soft skills as much as technical skills.…”

Section: Proposed Approaches For Soft Skill Acquisitionmentioning

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T-Shaped Engineer: Horizontal Component Comprising of Soft Skills

Kokoç

Ersöz

2020

Endüstri Mühendisliği

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Under 21st century conditions, engineering education should focus not only on professional skills such as design, manufacture, and maintenance but also on soft skills, which play an important role in supporting career advancements, such as communication, interpersonal relations and teamwork. In other words, it is an obligation for engineers to be competent in their own discipline. In addition to its own discipline, it will be a plus to be able to work with individuals from other disciplines and to exchange information seamlessly in the work environment. In this context, graduation as a T-shaped engineer with sensitive skills that will enable this acquisition will be prominent in career planning. The aim of this study is to introduce the T-shaped term that is not yet widespread in Turkey and to investigate soft skills forming the horizontal component of the T-shaped engineer. In line with the purpose of the research, studies on the soft skills that engineers must acquire, the program outcomes determined by the accreditation boards and job ads are analyzed. In addition to the determination of soft skills, suggestions compiled from the literature are presented for higher education institutions to train their students as T-shaped engineers.

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A Comparative Study of Soft Skills Amongst the Washington Accord Engineering Degree Graduates with Industry Expectations

Cited by 24 publications

References 21 publications

Academic approach to transform organisations: one engineer at a time

Academic approach to transform organisations: one engineer at a time

Bridging the Skill Gap in Robotics: Global and National Environment

T-Shaped Engineer: Horizontal Component Comprising of Soft Skills

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