Self‐development: the nine basic skills for business success

Dobbins, Richard; Pettman, Barrie O.

doi:10.1108/02621719710174011

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“…According to Dobbins and Pettman (1997), leadership is the ability to motivate people to work towards achieving common goals, to make ordinary people display extraordinary performance. In short, leadership has been related to a person's skills, abilities and degree of influence to get people moving in a direction, making decisions and doing things that they would normally not have embarked on.…”

Section: Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accommodating Soft Skills in Software Project Management

Sukhoo¹,

Barnard²,

Eloff³

et al. 2005

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Software project management probably is a sector that has witnessed the highest rate of project failure in the world. This is not the case with project management concerned with other disciplines due to better management of their inherent strengths and weaknesses.Hard skills, often described as a science and comprising processes, tools and techniques applied to projects are the main focus of many project management methodologies. Extensive research has been carried out in the project management domain with greater focus on hard skills. Soft skills described as an art, are very often ignored during software project management. Such skills, acquired through experience, are concerned with managing and working with people, ensuring customer satisfaction and creating a conducive environment for the project team to deliver high quality products within budget and on time and exceeding stakeholder expectations. This paper summarizes the soft skills that can possibly improve the success rate of software projects. These projects, if not managed properly can lead to escalation of budget and time schedules beyond expectations. Deterioration of quality may be inevitable while deploying efforts to deal with cost overrun and schedule extension.Research in the field of soft skills required has been carried out at the University of Arkansas. The results show that IT organizations are conscious of the need for soft skills. Furthermore, a number of organizations, like Polaris, Sun Microsystems and Mastek have found it necessary to include soft skills in their training agenda.

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Section: Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accommodating Soft Skills in Software Project Management

Sukhoo¹,

Barnard²,

Eloff³

et al. 2005

InSITE Conference

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“…The importance of time management identified in the self savvy area is not surprising given its rich history in management (Webber, 1980) and self-development literature (Covey et al, 1994;Dobbins and Pettman, 1997). Consistent with past descriptions, time management refers to balancing a variety of tasks while identifying and focusing on key priorities.…”

Section: Self Savvymentioning

confidence: 82%

Service-leadership competencies for hospitality and tourism management

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2012

International Journal of Hospitality Management

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“…Creativity is the ability to add value through improvement and innovation, (Dobbins & Pettman, 1997). What is considered improved may not always be in eye of the beholder, similarly what counts as an addition of value can be defined in a variety of ways.…”

Section: Creativitymentioning

confidence: 99%