The skill set necessary for a business graduate
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2012
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University of Management and Technology
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Textbooks and academic articles have much to say about what leadership expect from the future work force and the soft skills that the employees should have for fitting into a job but how do their constructs relate to actual leadership expectations. Corporate vision and mission statements and the leaders who stand behind them invariably state that “people are our most important asset.” This qualitative study presents reality from the perspective of CEO's and Top Executives seeking that, Are employers interested in soft skills? Identifying important soft skills that employers look for when recruiting employees? Identifying the most important skill set for employers? This study through triangulation strategy content analyzed the literature, interviews with CEOs and Top Executives that appeared in 2011-'12 in The New York Times "Corner Office" series (n=30) and in-depth interviews from the national representatives (n=8) to investigate these questions. The study uses a purposive and non- probability sampling technique. NVIVO a qualitative software tool was used to transcribe, read, review, code, enter and analyze the data. The findings suggest that soft skills are considered vital by the corporate world. The findings identified 19 soft skills and 104 sub skills and grouped them into 5 clusters, Analysis indicated that cluster of relationship and service skills is considered as most important by the top executives of the corporate world. The thesis offers insight and direction to executives in all areas of the organization, but especially to senior HR executives so as to enhance organizational effectiveness.
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MS Thesis, Management, Corporate vision