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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Nabil Kallas; Dhushy Sathianathan; Renata Engel

: .Teaching Design Skills “Soft Skills”: The shift to a design driven Curriculum requires th~l the instruction & shifted fl”om lecture and practiceto discovery and presentation. In many ways, this shiti is reflected in not only how material is presented bLI[when it is presented. The soft ski[ls we icieally taLlgllt “just in time. ” In this manner they are covered in thecontext of the current activity and can be practiced immediately. For that reason teamwork and ~>]”~iillst[~rl~lillgare introduced when the fh-st design project is assigned. For example, team builciing exercises are employedinitially to have students understand their role and the roles of their teammates. As a subset of that activity,each student is required to formulate

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1996 Annual Conference

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Constantine A. Ciesielski

Session 3515 Teaching Meeting Skills in the Classroom Constantine A. Ciesielski East Carolina UniversityAbstract The goal of a Construction Management curriculum is to prepare men and women to be marketableand productive to future employers. In addition to formalized core and cognate courses, there is a need toequip graduates with appropriate soft skills including communications. In particular, conducting effectivemeetings plays a significant role in construction management. Learning how to conduct effective meetings

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Howell; Ken Collier; Debra Larson; Jerry Hatfield

Session 1625 A Four-Year Path to Synthesis: The Junior Interdisciplinary and Vertically Integrated Design Experience Debra Larson, Steve Howell, Ken Collier, Jerry Hatfield Northern Arizona University ABSTRACT Engineering industries are calling for graduates that have a breadth of skillsincluding design and analysis skills, teaming skills and “soft skills” (i.e., projectmanagement, concept value analysis, communication, cross-disciplinary understanding,etc.). Furthermore, concepts that are traditionally taught in isolated packets are difficultto

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

occupationsrequire at least a bachelor’s degree for entry and career success. Other, more numerous functions, such asadministrative jobs, will show about half the growth rate and usually require only a high school diploma.Career success in the professional and managerial occupations of the Mure will be a blend of good quantitativeand qualitative skills. Increasingly, managers will have to deal with a diverse and slower growing labor force,calling for more dependence on “soft” skills such as leadership and ethics. Transportation professionals as well asmanagers will have to be computer literate. Information technology has pervaded virtually every part of highway,rail, transit, air and maritime sectors of transportation