Web Competencies for IT Students

Taylor, Trevor

doi:10.1109/ithet.2006.339815

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“…In summary, IT professionals need to achieve a balance between the "hard" technical and "soft" client-facing skills (Bullen, Abraham, Gallagher & Simon, 2007). Skills such as the ability to work in a team or effective communication, among others, are highly sought after by employers; hence as Taylor (2006) held, soft skills are perhaps more important attributes of a potential employee than hard technical expertise.…”

Section: Innovation Competence In Software Engineeringmentioning

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Contrasting innovation competence FINCODA model in software engineering: Narrative review

Andreu-Andres

González-Ladrón-de-Guevara

García-Carbonell

et al. 2018

JIEM

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Purpose: Innovation competences are expected both in businesses and in higher education. Software organizations, in particular, require engineers that collaborate to deliver better services and products. Staff recruitment and training are human resource management tasks that are crucial to insuring that applicants and job holders have the competences that will facilitate quality output in software development processes.This paper seeks to determine the competences that describe high-performing, innovative professionals in software engineering in order to weigh them against the FINCODA model on innovation competences devised to assess and enhance individuals’ capacity to innovate, a core outcome of the Framework for Innovation Competences Development and Assessment Project.Design/methodology/approach: A review protocol was followed to examine the literature on software engineering to identify the innovation competence and behavioral indicators that are required in individuals.Findings: According to the literature, the innovation competences required of the staff in software companies are creativity, critical thinking, initiative, team work and networking, dimensions that are contained in the FINCODA model. Findings also support the inclusion of the thirty-four behavioral indicators that constitute the five dimensions of the FINCODA model.Originality/value: Business organizations need tools to assess innovation competences in employees. Universities, as well, lack the instruments to measure development of innovation competence in undergraduates that teaching/learning methods should enhance before students reach the workplace. This research sheds light on innovative workplace behaviors of software engineers and on feasible designs of training programs for staff and undergraduates by using the FINCODA model and its behavioral indicators. Future research will focus on ratifying the validation of the model and the online assessment tool derived from it.

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Section: Innovation Competence In Software Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That way, individuals with high self-efficacy people are likely to psychologically accept challenging assignments by learning and focusing efforts on updating activities (Trimmer et al, 1998). Taylor (2006) also considers the ability to quickly learn and adapt to a different development environment.…”

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confidence: 99%