Fostering development of soft skills in ICT curricula: a case of a transition economy

Stal, Janusz; Paliwoda‐Pękosz, Grażyna

doi:10.1080/02681102.2018.1454879

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“…In this case, the quantitative increase (or decrease) of the SME’s business performance and its relationship could be the appropriate success support indicators (Rakićević et al 2016 ). As such, this study confirms that the evaluation phase is an integral part of many kinds of the action-based problem-solving framework—including the PROSEM—and should be positioned after the solutions or treatments implementation (e.g., Susman and Evered 1978 ; Davison et al 2004 ; Ismail et al 2011 ; Stal and Paliwoda-Pękosz 2019 ). Correspondingly, based on the hypotheses testing results, this study clearly showed that HEI’s business assistance has a precise and measurable influence on increasing the partnering SME’s business performance.…”

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Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University’s Business Assistance to Small Business

Suci

Maryanti

Hardi

et al. 2021

Syst Pract Action Res

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Interest gaps exist between the university and the small firms when running a business assistance program, leading to the importance of practical guidance that could accommodate both partners’ interests. However, there is relatively little literature about how the university team should implement business assistance to a small partnering firm. Accordingly, this research used three stages and a mixed-method approach to solve the problem, involving qualitative and quantitative techniques and action research. This study introduced PROSEM, an acronym for problem rooting, solution treatment, and measurement, to guide university business assistance to small firms by adopting the design thinking paradigm. The results revealed a significant impact on the SME’s business performance. The PROSEM process further proved that a measurable and well-planned treatment based on the root causes could increase revenue and production volume and reduce the returned product rate. At the same time, this study enriches researchers’ knowledge and skills in developing the concept and guidelines of a systematic problem-solving method using unique, real cases in the small business community. As such, the PROSEM affirms that design thinking is an open and adjustable concept which can be embedded and modified in various problem-solving procedures.

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Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University’s Business Assistance to Small Business

Suci

Maryanti

Hardi

et al. 2021

Syst Pract Action Res

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“…Students appreciate the moments of gamification in the educational process; they want to play a part, to get new experience associated with a new social position, transformation. This technique also enhances the integrated mastering of the discipline and purposefully puts the student into a situation of necessity to develop their soft skillsthe ability to make decisions, mostly non-standard ones, to exercise will, increase self-awareness, selfcontrol, regulate their emotional state, move on to a decisive action, etc (Ahmad, Chew, & Zulnaidi, 2019;Allala, & Abusukkar, 2018;Gruzdev, Kuznetsova, Tarkhanova, & Kazakova 2018;Li, Yang, & Lui, 2019;Quieng, Lim, & Lucas, 2015;Ricchiardi, & Emanuel, 2018;Srednyak, 2018;Stal & Paliwoda-Pekosz, 2019;Tokar, 2014;Tomic, Jovanovic, & Milikic, 2019). It is to be recalled that soft skills are defined in the Global Education Futures report as central to the new competence-based model of the future specialist.…”

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The Specifics Of Developing Worldview Competencies In The University Environment

Almazova¹

2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…DSR enabled evaluating artifacts from both a user-related and technical perspective [38]. Similarly to action research, the DSR addresses practical challenges while contributing to both practice and theory [39], thus gaining increasing recognition among information systems researchers in the process [40]. It was also successfully used to make designs that provide superior utility in the context of business process management [41].…”

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Setting up Energy Efficiency Management in Companies: Preliminary Lessons Learned from the Petroleum Industry

Gawin

Marcinkowski

2020

Energies

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In the era of expensive energy carriers and care for the climate, companies are keen to take action towards bolstering energy efficiency. Businesses often lack data on actual energy consumption to date, are rarely equipped with adequate analytical tools, and do not have the know-how regarding the transition itself. Developing energy efficiency management (EEM) for a given enterprise requires many steps, which ultimately unleash analytical potential and seamlessly integrate the EEM framework with the business model of a given company. This study scrutinizes and formalizes a reference process of pilot EEM implementation that involves external business partners in a multi-facility organization. The process is tailored to the specificity of the company’s operations as well as its technical and management capabilities regarding energy efficiency. The proposed approach, phased in time and involving multiple stakeholders, should be especially useful for practitioners running EEM-related projects characterized by uncertain and changing requirements.

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Fostering development of soft skills in ICT curricula: a case of a transition economy

Cited by 28 publications

References 43 publications

Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University’s Business Assistance to Small Business

Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University’s Business Assistance to Small Business

The Specifics Of Developing Worldview Competencies In The University Environment

Setting up Energy Efficiency Management in Companies: Preliminary Lessons Learned from the Petroleum Industry

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