Title :
Soft skills implementation in construction management program: A comparative study of lecturers and students perspective
Author :
Affandi, H.M. ; Hassan, Foyzul ; Ismail, Ziad ; Kamal, Mohamad Fadhil Mohd
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Archit., Planning & Surveying, Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
This study aimed to identify the soft skill implementation problems in Construction Management Program based on lecturers and students perception. A total of 95 construction management students and 44 construction management lecturers participated in this study. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Among the variable studies were the understanding of terms and definition, soft skills and general attitudes. Result of the study shows that there is a mismatch between students and lecturers perception in soft skills implementation. Future study need to be carried out confirm this mismatch in identifying the gap of soft skills in construction management program based on industry, lectures and students perspective.
Keywords :
civil engineering; educational courses; engineering education; construction management lecturers; construction management program; construction management students; definition understanding; general attitudes; soft skill implementation problems; terms understanding; Construction Management Program; Soft Skills;
Conference_Titel :
Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2012 IEEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4615-3
DOI :
10.1109/CHUSER.2012.6504374