Smo Soft Skills
Title
‘Soft skill’ set identification for an apparel industry worker.
Objective
To determine required soft skill set, for an apparel industry worker and evaluate its impact on the individual and organization.
Background
Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual's interactions, job performance and career prospects. Soft skills refer to abilities that make people better employees and open doors to opportunities, that aren’t directly related to the subject matter for their jobs. In simpler language, soft skills refer to a person’s ability to relate to others, to get him or her organized, to communicate in written, spoken or other forms.
According to psychologist Daniel Coleman, a combination of competencies that contribute to a person's ability to manage his or herself and relate to other people-matters twice as much as IQ or technical skills in job success.
Results of a recent study on the importance of soft skills indicated that the single most important soft skill for a job candidate to possess was interpersonal skills, followed by written or verbal communication skills and the ability to work under pressure.
A constantly changing work environment - due to technology, customer-driven markets, an information-based economy and globalization that are currently impacting on the structure of the workplace and leading to an increased reliance on, and demand for, soft skills.
It is evident that there has been a gradual shift in the way organizations do business. Entrepreneurs are inclining from the autocratic business models to the more recent contemporary business models which incorporate the human element in the business practice. Businesses can not afford to misconstrue man power as mere tools for production. For achieving phenomenal growth in the ever evolving fashion world, one has to tap the immense reservoir of human resources to have an edge over others.
Thus developing soft skills for blue collared jobs have become vital for
‘Soft skill’ set identification for an apparel industry worker.
Objective
To determine required soft skill set, for an apparel industry worker and evaluate its impact on the individual and organization.
Background
Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual's interactions, job performance and career prospects. Soft skills refer to abilities that make people better employees and open doors to opportunities, that aren’t directly related to the subject matter for their jobs. In simpler language, soft skills refer to a person’s ability to relate to others, to get him or her organized, to communicate in written, spoken or other forms.
According to psychologist Daniel Coleman, a combination of competencies that contribute to a person's ability to manage his or herself and relate to other people-matters twice as much as IQ or technical skills in job success.
Results of a recent study on the importance of soft skills indicated that the single most important soft skill for a job candidate to possess was interpersonal skills, followed by written or verbal communication skills and the ability to work under pressure.
A constantly changing work environment - due to technology, customer-driven markets, an information-based economy and globalization that are currently impacting on the structure of the workplace and leading to an increased reliance on, and demand for, soft skills.
It is evident that there has been a gradual shift in the way organizations do business. Entrepreneurs are inclining from the autocratic business models to the more recent contemporary business models which incorporate the human element in the business practice. Businesses can not afford to misconstrue man power as mere tools for production. For achieving phenomenal growth in the ever evolving fashion world, one has to tap the immense reservoir of human resources to have an edge over others.
Thus developing soft skills for blue collared jobs have become vital for