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Soft skills definition: perceptions of students taking co-curricular courses at UniMAP
Soft skills definition: perceptions of students taking co-curricular courses at UniMAP
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2010-11-12
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Ahmad Fahmi Mahamood
Ahmad Hifzurrahman Ridzuan
Noor Asliza Abdul Rahim
Wan Salha Yusof
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Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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Kajian ini dijalankan khusus bagi mengetahui tentang persepsi definisi kemahiran insaniah dan elemen-elemen yang berkaitan di kalangan para pelajar kursus ko-kurikulum, UniMAP semester satu sesi akademik 2010/2011.This study was conducted specifically to find out about the perception and definition of soft skills and other related elements among the students taking co-curricular courses at UniMAP for 2010/2011 academic session, semester 1. Kaedah kajian yang digunakan adalah melalui tinjauan kaji selidik dan temubual. The methodologies used are survey and interviews. Seramai 270 orang bilangan pelajar kursus ko-kurikulum telah dipilih sebagai responden kajian. A total of 270 students of the cocurriculum courses were selected as respondents. Hasil kajian mendapati sebahagian besar responden berpandangan kemahiran insaniah adalah merupakan kemahiran komunikasi, nilai-nilai murni, sahsiah diri, perhubungan yang baik, jatidiri, ciri-ciri kepemimpinan dan ketrampilan diri. The study found that most respondents view soft skills as communication skills, values, moral self, good communication, integrity, leadership characteristics and personal skills.Turut dikenalpasti dan dibincangkan di dalam kajian ini ialah faktor-faktor yang menjadi punca kegagalan para graduan untuk menempatkan diri mereka di organisasi setelah tamat pengajian. Also identified and discussed in this study are the factors that cause thefailureof thegraduates to placethemselves in any organization after graduation.
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The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia.
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Soft skills,
Kemahiran insaniah,
Ko-Kurikulum,
Co-curricular,
UniMAP -- Students,
Communication and interpersonal skills