{"id":4726,"date":"2020-02-05T13:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/shahabuddin\/?p=4726"},"modified":"2020-02-05T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T06:41:28","slug":"generic-skills-and-utms-graduate-attributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/shahabuddin\/?p=4726","title":{"rendered":"Generic Skills and UTM’s Graduate Attributes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In line with UTM\u2019s vision and mission statements, the University is committed to graduating competent, creative and versatile professionals who are guided by high moral and ethical values in the service of God and mankind. This will require graduates with sound disciplinary and professional knowledge, high self-esteem and effective skills in communication, team working, problem-solving and lifelong learning.<\/p>\n

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The University has therefore identified a range of attributes and generic skills which will enable our graduates to function effectively in a wide range of social and professional contexts. The development of these attributes will be embedded within the contexts of the students\u2019 discipline or professional field.<\/p>\n

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WHAT ARE GENERIC SKILLS?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Generic skills are the general skills, qualities,\u00a0knowledge, abilities and traits that a person should possess to succeed in one’s studies and career. Such skills enable a person to function and contribute effectively in solving problems, communicating effectively, thinking critically and creatively, and acting as effective team members at work. Generic skills are also known in other foreign universities as \u2018core skills’, \u2018essential skills’ \u2018employability skills’, \u2018transferable skills’ and \u2018trans-disciplinary’. Such skills once acquired, are transferable to other areas of one’s social, academic and professional life<\/p>\n

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Rapid changes since the early 1980s, especially in technology, manufacturing and marketing, ICT and worker mobility have resulted in an increasingly competitive borderless world. The industry, however, does not have the luxury of time to train or retrain graduates. What is needed now is a dynamic and versatile pool of human resources from universities capable of fitting in quickly to meet the challenges and demands of the workplace. Graduates must be knowledgeable and technically competent with the right attitude, traits and skills. Thus, they need value-added generic skills that go beyond disciplinary knowledge. Specifically, generic skills are needed for the following reasons:<\/p>\n

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