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Skill
A skill is the learned or innate [1] ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.[2] Skills can often[quantify] be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. Some examples of general skills include time management, teamwork[3] and leadership,[4] and self-motivation.[5] In contrast, domain-specific skills would be used only for a certain job, e.g. operating a sand blaster. Skill usually requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of skill being shown and used.[6]
A skill may be called an art when it represents a body of knowledge or branch of learning, as in the art of medicine or the art of war.[7] Although the arts are also skills, there are many skills that form an art but have no connection to the fine arts.[8]
People need a broad range of skills to contribute to the modern economy.[citation needed] A joint ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor study showed that through technology, the workplace is changing, and identified 16 basic skills that employees must have to be able to change with it.[9] Three broad categories of skills are suggested: technical, human, and conceptual.[10] The first two can be substituted with hard and soft skills, respectively.[11]
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Barker, Philip (29 April 2016) [2010]. "Introduction". In Barker, Philip; van Schaik, Paul (eds.). Electronic Performance Support: Using Digital Technology to Enhance Human Ability. A Gower Book (reprint ed.). London: CRC Press. p. 15. ISBN 9781317145219. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
The skills that any given individual has can be classified into two basic types: innate and acquired. An innate skill is one which someone possesses as a natural consequence of his/her existence. Examples of innate skills include: the ability to observe one's environment using visual techniques; the recognition of pleasant and unpleasant aromas using one's sense of smell, the sensing of different acoustic stimuli; tactile sensing; and the generation of sonic utterances of various sorts.
- ^ Compare: "skill". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) " 6.a. Capability of accomplishing something with precision and certainty; practical knowledge in combination with ability; cleverness, expertness. Also, an ability to perform a function, acquired or learnt with practice [...].
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Hepp, Nicolas; Starling, Riley Lynn; Elbracht, Greta; Miriam Sneha Rajkumar; Win Khant; Wang, Pengji (4 August 2023). "Contemporary Employability Norms for Guest-Facing Hospitality Workers: Some Empirical Evidence During Covid-19". In Eijdenberg, Emiel L.; Mukherjee, Malobi; Wood, Jacob (eds.). Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics: Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023 (SEIGOP 2023). Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 338. ISBN 9789819929092. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
If the emotional dynamics of a team can be considered part of teamwork as a skill, then there is strong support for teamwork as the top quality in the employability framework.
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Northouse, Peter G. (29 November 2023). "Understanding Leadership". Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice (6 ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9781071884966. LCCN 2023038761. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
[...] six distinct ways of conceptualizing leadership are discussed, including leadership as a trait, an ability, a skill, a behavior, a relationship, and an influence process. [...] Conceptualized as a skill , leadership is a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively. Skilled leaders are competent people who know the means and methods for carrying out their responsibilities.
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Lussier, Robert N. (26 November 2015). "Motivating for High Performance". Management Fundamentals: Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development (7 ed.). Thousand Oaks, California. p. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506303291. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
Company recruiters value the skill of self-motivation and drive to succeed.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ White, Melissa (June 2007). "Book Reviews: Chris Warhurst, Irena Grugulis and Ewart Keep (eds) The Skills That Matter Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2004, 272 pp. ISBN: 1—4039—0639—4". Work, Employment and Society. 21 (2): 381–382. doi:10.1177/09500170070210021205. ISSN 0950-0170.
- ^ "art". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ King, Catherine R. P.; McCall, Madelon (2 April 2024). "How the fine arts create the finest students: A design thinking study". Higher Education Quarterly. 78 (3): 1162–1174. doi:10.1111/hequ.12521. ISSN 0951-5224.
- ^ "Publications and Research Search Results, Employment & Training Administration (ETA)". wdr.doleta.gov. U.S. Department of Labor. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Sommerville, Kerry (2007). Hospitality Employee Management and Supervision: Concepts and Practical Applications. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 328. ISBN 9780471745228.
- ^ Rao, M.S. (2010). Soft Skills - Enhancing Employability: Connecting Campus with Corporate. New Delhi: I. K. International Publishing House Pvt Ltd. p. 225. ISBN 9789380578385.
Both technical and human skills can be substituted by hard and soft skills respectively in the present context.
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