The infusion and acquisition of soft skills in real estate curriculum

The rationales cited for the depleted unemployment prospects of public university graduates are that they are deficient in linguistic such as English proficiency in both oral and written, and technical skills, inadequately prepared for the job market, plus cognitive abilities such as problem-solving...

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Main Author:	Anthony Jiram, Wilson Rangga
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34697/5/WilsonRanggaAnthonyJiramMFGHT2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.346972017-07-19T07:29:31Z The infusion and acquisition of soft skills in real estate curriculum 2013-04 Anthony Jiram, Wilson Rangga HD Industries. Land use. Labor The rationales cited for the depleted unemployment prospects of public university graduates are that they are deficient in linguistic such as English proficiency in both oral and written, and technical skills, inadequately prepared for the job market, plus cognitive abilities such as problem-solving and analytical thinking. The most-recent initiative or skill bridging measure taken by the Malaysian public universities is to build into the formal curriculum soft skills to produce graduates with diverse abilities. Notwithstanding, there is no extensive attempt to review the integration of soft skills in the real estate program. Therefore, the paper examines the integration and acquisition of the entire range of soft skills embedded in real estate formal coursework and training. A survey method was employed for the study, and structured questionnaires were distributed to the graduates of the real estate program. The data was analysed using Exploratory Factor Analysis. Key finding revealed that, moral and professional ethic skills, and communication skills have been well imparted and acquired via formal coursework. The précis of the analyses signified that, soft skills infused in real estate curriculum have not met the needs of the graduates, with the exemption for a few skills competencies. This is the indication that the assimilation of skills in the real estate curriculum has not been completely realized. Therefore, the study brings to the fore the need for improvement in the teaching-learning process and teaching strategies in real estate curriculum. 2013-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34697/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34697/5/WilsonRanggaAnthonyJiramMFGHT2013.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:69885?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate
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description	The rationales cited for the depleted unemployment prospects of public university graduates are that they are deficient in linguistic such as English proficiency in both oral and written, and technical skills, inadequately prepared for the job market, plus cognitive abilities such as problem-solving and analytical thinking. The most-recent initiative or skill bridging measure taken by the Malaysian public universities is to build into the formal curriculum soft skills to produce graduates with diverse abilities. Notwithstanding, there is no extensive attempt to review the integration of soft skills in the real estate program. Therefore, the paper examines the integration and acquisition of the entire range of soft skills embedded in real estate formal coursework and training. A survey method was employed for the study, and structured questionnaires were distributed to the graduates of the real estate program. The data was analysed using Exploratory Factor Analysis. Key finding revealed that, moral and professional ethic skills, and communication skills have been well imparted and acquired via formal coursework. The précis of the analyses signified that, soft skills infused in real estate curriculum have not met the needs of the graduates, with the exemption for a few skills competencies. This is the indication that the assimilation of skills in the real estate curriculum has not been completely realized. Therefore, the study brings to the fore the need for improvement in the teaching-learning process and teaching strategies in real estate curriculum.
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author	Anthony Jiram, Wilson Rangga
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title	The infusion and acquisition of soft skills in real estate curriculum
title_short	The infusion and acquisition of soft skills in real estate curriculum
title_full	The infusion and acquisition of soft skills in real estate curriculum
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate
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