Necessity of Soft Skills for Professionals

Necessity of Soft Skills for Professionals Soft Skills are Smart Skills: Necessity of Soft Skills for LIS Professionals in this Twenty First Century Abstract Changing the users awareness and the technology developed in this Twenty First Century, Library Professionals required to introduce new services, based upon user interest. Managing and running this current century library, professionals have a highly specialized job. So LIS professionals should be required multi-talented and multi-fold personalities. To reach the success and adding new variety of services in their libraries, this paper will helps to LIS professionals through Soft Skills.Various skills need to become a good leader. In Library concept, if you become a good Librarian you should have Library Professional Skills, Managerials Skills and Soft Skills. This paper describes the necessity of soft skill for library professionals. And it listed out the list of soft skills which are essential to survive effectively. Through this paper, we recommend all the library professionals must acquire and execute soft skills in order to better the outcome of their Library. Keyword: Library Science, LIS Professionals, Soft Skills, Twenty First Century Libraries, Librarianship. â€Å"Professional skills may help to get your Job, But Soft skills can make you a good Librarian†. Introduction LIS professionals need continuous grooming by new skills. Then only they become obsolete in this fast changing environment. Soft skills, becoming important at the middle level of library management. Library professionals have to be effective in oral, written an e-communication with their patrons, colleagues and managers, This soft skills will make them more effective to promote their library product and services through marketing. And thus this will help them to show their value to the parent organization. They also need good interpersonal and networking skill to interact with users and effectively collaborate with their colleagues. There is also a growing realization that libraries and information service play important social and community function. Thus, social and community building skills are useful for information professionals- both for community of colleagues (Abdus Sattar Chaudhry Christopher S.G. Khoo). Definition Technical professionals in various disciplines such as information technology, engineering, architecture, and research and development are increasingly required to broaden their skill sets to master the so-called soft skills. Soft skills, as defined by Wikipedia, are the cluster of personality traits, social graces, facility with language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that mark people to varying degrees. Soft skills complement hard skills, which are the technical requirements of a job. Set of Skills There are various types of skills that can be acquired. These skills are categorized under â€Å"Sets† based on their nature. There are five types of â€Å"Sets† of skills (Vidya V. Hanchinal. 2014) Hard Skills: certificates acquired through completing a formal education e.g.Certificates Technical Skills: abilities essential to perform a particular job e.g. employability skills Professional Skills: expertise in professional knowledge, e.g. teaching skills,corporate skills. Life Skills: enriching the innermost qualities like peace of mind, concentration,positive energy levels, etc. E.g. Yoga, Meditation, Mind Power. Soft Skills: a sociological term for a persons â€Å"EQ† (Emotional Intelligence Quotient) which refers to the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, ability with language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that mark each of us in varying degrees. Gupta Rajat(2012). To differentiate clearly between Hard skills, Soft skills and Life skills as; any type of job/work/profession/trade requires a set of tasks to be executed. These are hard skills or Core skills. So these skills are basics for success in professional life. Soft skills, prepare us to be acceptable by others, so that one can attain materialistic and psychometric success in his/her career. And Life skills, prepare us to attain psycho-somatic success (Inner Happiness) in life. Nishitesh and Reddi Bhaskara (2012). All these three skills finally elevate and refine our personality to greater heights, if one knows how to balance all these skills. The ever changing life style, hybrid cultures emerging management styles, technological revolutions essentially require refined sets of skills consisting of Hard Skills(Professional Skills), Soft Skills and Life Skills. Skills Required for the 21st Century Library Though various skills are required, but the skill needs depend on the role and context of the parent organization As all skills do not relate to everyone, a summarized set of skills under three broad categories of skills, i.e. generic, managerial and professional skills have been listed below. (Fisher 2004). S.P. Singh Pinki (2009) (Fouire 62-74) (Oldroyd 30:45-49:69:78:99; Sridhar 141-149); TFPL Skill Set) Generic skills Managerial skills Professional skills Communication skill Local and global thinking Information technology skills Flexibility Planning and organizational skills a. Hardware/ software and networking Skills Adaptability Financial management skills b. MS-Office suite Assertiveness a. Fundraising c. Power point etc. Self-confidence b. Skillful use of financial resources d. Library automation Creativity c. Accounting and auditing skills e. Database creation Innovation Managing change f. Internet Analytical skills Team building g. Intranet skill Problem solving Decision making h. Scanning techniques Decision making Leadership i. Networking skills Service attitude Negotiation skills * On-line search engines Customer relationship Consumer management skills * On-line databases search Improving one’s learning and experience a. User need analysis j. Desktop publishing Presentation skills b. Information seeking k. Content development Stress management c. Behavior analysis l. Digitization Time management Project management m. Web based services Interpersonal People management n. Virtual learning Group skills Stress management Information literacy Working with difficult people Time management Technical professional skills Resource management a. Information resource management b. E- serial management c. Metadata standards d. Standards e. System development Knowledge management5 Traditional skills Table No: 1 Required Skill for 21st Century Library Soft Skills Each one of us is endowed with two Kinds of Skills. Hard Skills and Soft Skills. Hard skills are human tangibles that often find a place in the individual.This soft skill are mostly of complementary nature representing human intangibles. Hard skills are nothing but academic skill that we have picked up in disciplines. Hard skills a can be obtained by reading books while soft skills cannot be acquired by merely reading books. Although it is difficult to give an exhaustive list of soft skills, let us look at the following list proposed by Goeran Nieragden under four heads: Interaction Self-Management Attitude Awareness Compensation strategies Conflict Handling Decision making Co-operation Learning willingness Diversity tolerance Self-assessment Etiquette Self-discipline Interlocutor orientation Self-marketing Teamwork willingness Stress resistance Communication Organization Delegating skills Problem solving Listening skills Systems thinking Presentation skills Troubleshooting List of Essential Soft Skills for Library Professionals Following are some of the significant soft skills that are required to become a successful library professional. Listening skills: The library professionals must have good listening skills a she/she has to interact with different types of users all the time. Communication skills: Command on language, especially English and also regional will improve the communication. A good communication skill also requires understanding people, self-confidence which enables to solve the problems with ease. Writing skills: The librarians are asked to help in writing research proposal/business proposal/project report, which requires good writing skills. Today there are many library professionals who are contributing to various publications, even in-house also or by sharing information and their experiences through library blogs and websites. Presentation skills: The presentation skills are required in report writing, library committee meetings and even in daily work which represents the overall library management. User service: To satisfy the information needs of the users is the utmost priority for any library. The library professionals provide various services such as CAS and SDI or other specialized services. Leadership skills Teamwork: Library management, especially in a bigger library set up is about team work/exercise. Hence, it is required to have leadership skills to manage and guide the team from time to time, as every subordinate is important for carrying out their work efficiently for smooth running of a library system. Teaching skills: Libraries spend huge amounts to procure resources, both print as well as electronic, therefore, it is essential to possess teaching skills, which helps to conduct the information literacy classes effectively. Conclusion Soft skills, becoming impartant of Library professionals in this 21st Century. A current century internet provides more exercise of this Softskills. The overlap in soft skill development and best practices across disciplines needs the Library Science course institutions have to think how to teach soft skills effectively. This paper presents and briefly mentioned variety of soft skills likely to be significant importance to LIS professionals. If we start to learn beginning from library science study itself, the huge difference will be there to execute their work environment. Of course, more and more innovative methods need to implement this soft skills to library studies. Through this paper, we request to add soft skill training to all library and information courses curriculams. References Abdus Sattar, Chaudhry., Christopher, S.G. Khoo.(2008). â€Å"Trend in LIS Education: Coverage of Soft skills in Curricula†. Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies, 66,1-13. Goeran Nieragden, (2000). ‘The Soft Skills of Business English’, The Weekly September 2000. http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/September2000/art282000.htm Accessed on (Dec- 2014). Gupta Rajat (2012). â€Å"Soft Skills: Tools for Success†, Yking Books, Jaipur, P.4 Nishitesh and Reddi Bhaskara (2012).†Soft Skills and Life Skills : The Dynamics of Success†, BSC Publishers and Distributors, Hyderabad, P.16 Vidya V. Hanchinal (2014).†Developing Leadership Qualities in Librarians through Soft Skills†, Episteme: an online interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary multi-cultural journal,6 (4). Sridhar (2000), â€Å"Skill Requirements of LIS Professionals in the New E-World†, Library Science with a Slant to Documentation and Information Studies, 36.(3) Pp.141-149. TFPL Skills Set: Knowledge and Information Management Skills toolkit. http://skillstoolkit.tfpl.com Access on (Dec- 2014). Fisher (2004). â€Å"Workforce Skills Development: The Professional Imperative for Information Services in the United Kingdom.† Australian Library and Information Association 2004 Biennial Conference. Sydney, 19 June 2004. S.P. Singh Pinki (2009). â€Å"New Skills for LIS professionals in Technology-Intensive Environment†. ICAL 2009 – CHANGE MANAGEMENT, Pp.331 -336

Economy: Monetary Policy and Read Ch.

ASSIGNMENTS Weekly Point Values ASSIGNMENTS |Due |Points | |Individual (70%) | |   | |Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper |Week 2 |15 | |Federal Reserve Presentation |Week 4 |15 | |International Trade and Finance Speech |Week 5 |10 | |Final Examination |Week 5 |15 | |Participation (3 points/class) |All |15 | |Student End of Course Surveys (SEOCS) |Week 4-5 |– | |Learning Team (30%) | |   | |Learning Team Charter |Week 2 |– | |Weekly Reflection |Week 2 |3 | |Aggregate Demand and Supply Models |Week 3 |14 | |Weekly Reflection |Week 3 |3 | |Weekly Reflection |Week 4 |3 | |Fiscal Policy Paper |Week 5 |7 | |Learning Team Evaluation |Week 5 |– | |Total | |100 | |Week One: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives |Explain the economic interaction of resources among households, government, and business. | | | | |Describe gross domestic product, inflation rate, unemployment rate, and interest rate. | | | |Identify sources of histori cal economic data and economic forecasts. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 1 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 2 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 6 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 7 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 8 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. |11/26/12 |3 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions. | | | |Week Two: Aggregate Demand and Supply Models | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | |Analyze the impact of various factors on aggregate demand and supply. | | | | |Evaluate the effectiveness of changes in fiscal policies using Keynesian and Classical | | | | |models. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 10 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 12 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. |12/03/12 |3 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions. | | |Indivi dual |Resource: Figure 3-1 in Ch. 3 of Macroeconomics. |12/03/12 |15 | |Fundamentals of | | | | |Macroeconomics Paper |Part 1 | | | | | | | | | |Describe the following terms in your words. | | | | | | | | |Gross domestic product (GDP) | | | | |Real GDP | | | | |Nominal GDP | | | | |Unemployment rate | | | | |Inflation rate | | | |Interest rate | | | | | | | | | |Part 2 | | | | | | | | | |Consider the following examples of economic activities: | | | | | | | | | |Purchasing of groceries | | | | |Massive layoff of employees | | | | |Decrease in taxes | | | | | | | | | |Describe how each of these activities affects government, households, and businesses. | | | | |Describe the flow of resources from one entity to another for each activity. | | | | | | | | | |Write a 750- to 1,250-word paper summarizing the results. | | |Learning Team |Develop a list of resources you might use to gather historical economic data as well as |12/03/12 |3 | |Weekly Reflection |economic forecast dat a. | | | | | | | | | |Explain how and why each source is valuable and useful. | | | | | | | | | |Identify any quantitative or qualitative forecasting factors contained in the sources. | | | | | | | | |Discuss this week’s objectives with your team. Your discussion should include the topics you| | | | |feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to | | | | |application in your field. | | | | | | | | | |Write a 350- to 700-word paper that details your team's findings. | | | Week Three: Monetary Policy | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Assess the factors contributing to the establishment of general and specific rates of | | | | |interest. | | | | |Explain the role of the Federal Reserve System in designing and implementing U. S. onetary | | | | |policies. | | | | |Analyze how the money multiplier effect facilitates the creation of money. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 11 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 13 of Ma croeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 14 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. |12/10/12 |3 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions. | | |Learning Team |For this assignment, you will choose from the following options: |12/10/12 |14 | |Aggregate Demand and | | | | |Supply Models |Option 1: Economic Advisement Paper | | | | |Option 2: Economic Critique | | | | | | | | | |Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Aggregate Demand and Supply | | | | |Models located on the student website and select one option to complete the assignment. | | | |Learning Team |Discuss this week’s objectives with your team.Your discussion should include the topics you |12/10/12 |3 | |Weekly Reflection |feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to | | | | |application in your field. | | | | | | | | | |Write a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your discussion. | | | |Week Four: Fiscal Policy – Politics, Deficits, and Debt | | Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Analyze the influence of deficit, surplus, and debt on the health of the U. S. macroeconomy. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 17 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 18 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. |12/17/12 |3 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions. | | |Individual |Your boss has chosen you to give a presentation to a number of foreign officials regarding |12/17/12 |15 | |Federal Reserve |the United States Federal Reserve System. These officials are very interested in doing | | | |Presentation |business in the United States, but they would like to learn more about the Fed, how it | | | | |operates and how its actions may affect their business. | | | | | | | | | |Develop a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® presentation. | | | | | | | | |Address the following questions and include a not es page which contains the write-up portion | | | | |to each question: | | | | | | | | | |What are the factors that would influence the Federal Reserve in adjusting the discount rate? | | | |How does the discount rate affect the decisions of banks in setting their specific interest | | | | |rates? | | | | |How does monetary policy control the money supply and inflation? | | | | |How does a stimulus program (through the money multiplier) affect the money supply? | | | | |What current indictors are evident that there is too much or too little money within the | | | | |economy and how is monetary policy aiming to adjust this? | | | | |How do the above factors impact individual businesses? | | |Learning Team |Discuss this week’s objectives with your team. Your discussion should include the topics you |12/17/12 |3 | |Weekly Reflection |feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to | | | | |application in your field. | | | | | | | | | |Pr epare a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your discussion. | | | Week Five: International Trade and Finance | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Analyze the effects of international trade on the U. S. macroeconomy. | | | | |Explain how foreign exchange rates are determined. | | | | |Analyze the impact of trade restrictions, tariffs, and quotas on the U. S. macroeconomy. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 19 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Reading |Read Ch. 20 of Macroeconomics. | | |Reading |Read Ch. 21 of Macroeconomics. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. |01/07/13 |3 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions. | | | |Individual |Resources: Macroeconomics |01/07/13 |15 | |Final Examination | | | | | |Click the link to the Final Examination on your student website. | | | | | | | | |Complete the Final Examination. You are allowed one attempt to complete the exam, which is | | | | |timed and must be completed in 3 hours. Results are auto graded and sent to your instructor. | | | | | | | | | |Note. Final Examination questions are adapted from Macroeconomics. | | | |Individual |Assume that you have been appointed as the Speaker of the House.You must deliver a speech |01/07/13 |10 | |International Trade and |about the current state of the U. S. macroeconomy to a number of amateur reporters who are | | | |Finance Speech |unfamiliar with economics. | | | | | | | | | |Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word speech in simple terms and concepts that focus on international | | | | |trade and foreign exchange rates. | | | | | | | | |Integrate a summary of your answers to the following questions and cite external research to| | | | |further justify your facts: | | | | | | | | | |What happens when there is a surplus of imports brought into the U. S.? Cite a specific | | | | |example of a product with an import surplus, and the impact that has on the U. S. businesses | | | | |and consumers involved. | | | | | | | | |What are the effects of international trade to GDP, domestic markets and university students? | | | | | | | | | |How do government choices in regards to tariffs and quotas affect international relations and| | | | |trade? | | | | | | | | |What are foreign exchange rates? How are they determined? | | | | | | | | | |Why doesn’t the U. S. simply restrict all goods coming in from China? Why can’t the U. S. just | | | | |minimize the amount of imports coming in from all other countries? | | | |Learning Team |Discuss within your Learning Team how and why the U. S. s deficit, surplus and debt have an |01/07/13 |7 | |Fiscal Policy Paper |effect on the following: | | | | | | | | | |Tax payers | | | | |Future Social Security and Medicare users | | | | |Unemployed individuals | | | | |University of Phoenix student | | | | |The United State’s financial reputation on an international level | | | | |A domestic automotive manufacturing (exporter) | | | | |An Italian clothing company (impo rter) | | | | |GDP | | | | | | | | | |Write a 500- to 700-word paper summarizing the results. | | | Optional Discussion Questions Week One Discussion Questions †¢ Why is economics considered a social science? What role does economics play in your personal and professional lives? †¢ What is the difference between real and nominal GDP? Does GDP accurately reflect the nation’s welfare? Why or why not? How can a country’s GDP be manipulated? In your opinion, is the U. S. GDP being manipulated? Explain your answer. †¢ What are the different types of unemployment? How do they affect the economy in terms of growth, labor force, and price of labor? Cite specific examples to support your response. Identify economic factors that affect the real GDP, the unemployment rate, the inflation rate, and a key interest rate. How do you predict the economy will perform in the next two years given the current state of two of the economic factors you identified? How might yo ur organization be affected by these changes? Week Two Discussion Questions †¢ Explain the viewpoints of classical and Keynesian economists. How did the economy that existed at the time of these theories influence them? Which theory is more appropriate for the economy today? Why? †¢ Why do Keynesian economists believe market forces do not automatically adjust for unemployment and inflation?What is their solution for stabilizing economic fluctuations? Why do they believe changes in government spending affect the economy differently than changes in income taxes? †¢ In your opinion, which two determinates currently have the greatest impact on aggregate demand and supply? Justify your response with an example. †¢ What is the difference between contractionary and expansionary fiscal policies? Which is more appropriate today? Explain your answer. How might contractionary and expansionary fiscal policies affect your organization? Week Three Discussion Questions †¢ What are the uses of money? How do commercial banks and Federal banks create money?Is monetary policy conducted independently in the United States? Explain your answer. Is it important for monetary policy to remain independent from all parties? Why or why not? †¢ What is the difference between contractionary and expansionary monetary policy? What is the intention of each policy under a depression, recession, or robust economy? Which type of monetary policy is more appropriate today and why? †¢ What happens to the money supply, interest rates, and the economy if the Federal Reserve is a net seller of government bonds? What happens to the money supply, interest rates, and the economy if the Federal Reserve is a net buyer of government bonds.Why would the government implement a stimulus program into the economy? †¢ Rank the factors that contribute to the discount interest rate from most important to least important. Justify your rankings. Week Four Discussion Questions à ¢â‚¬ ¢ How does a government budget deficit affect the economy? Identify two periods in recent history in which the United States has run budget deficits. What were the reasons for the deficits during those time periods? †¢ How does a government budget surplus affect the U. S. economy? Identify two periods in recent history in which the United States has run budget surpluses. What were the reasons for the surpluses during those time periods? What are the potential consequences of a country having a large overall debt? If you were in the position to implement a solution for the country’s long-term debt, what would it be and why? †¢ What are the positive and negative aspects of budget deficits and surpluses? What policy is best for today’s economy? Explain your answer. Week Five Discussion Questions †¢ Explain how foreign exchange rates are determined. How do changes in interest rates, inflation, productivity, and income affect exchange rates? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a weak versus a strong dollar for imports, exports, international and domestic markets? †¢ Who benefits from a tariff or quota? Who loses?Why would domestic markets benefit from protectionist trade policies? How do protectionist trade policies affect a government’s wealth and fiscal policy? †¢ What is the effect of a trade surplus? What is the effect of a trade deficit? How do trade deficits and surpluses affect the industry in which you work? †¢ Why are trade agreements important for the various countries involved? How is international trade related to the U. S. standard of living as opposed to the standard of living of a small industrial nation or a developing nation? How does international trade affect a country’s standard of living? What impact does it have on the way Americans live life, spend, consume, and so on.?

Trafficking Essay - 1005 Words

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Love Is Not Enough Parents sometimes do not understand the severity of things they say or do to children. However, many times things that are said or done effect the child for the rest of their life. Although the parent may not realize that he or she is hurting the child, they sometimes do. I have one such experience. It started out as one of my happier days. The kitchen smelled of oatmeal cookies baking as my stepsister Jennifer and I attempted to clean up our flour and egg mess. She was daddy’s little girl. My dad had always favored her, but who could blame him? She had his nose, chin and do not forget the blonde hair and blue eyes. Jennifer was the spitting image of my father. I had always looked too†¦show more content†¦Now in other families this may be considered a normal conversation, but in this family that was thin ice. My father had never married my mother. However Jennifer’s mother was different, they had been married. In fact my dad had a history with suspected children whose parents he never got around to marrying. Jennifer’s mom was actually the only one he did marry, up until the current stepmother. Unknown to both my sister and I at the time was the fact that he was actually married to Jennifer’s mom when I was conceived! (Somehow the conversation led us down into the basement.) When I got down there I immediately noticed certain things. It smelled. The smell was a combination of old water and mold from leaky walls, and an increasing collection of dust. In fact the dust seemed to come alive and cling to each other as it gracefully danced off its resting place unto the ground. The concrete floor seemed upset at its disturbance, as its cold hard surface pricked my little bare feet. Jen and I both stood there impatiently waiting, like kids on Christmas morning, for the box my dad was so carefully looking for. Finally he came walking from the storage area with an old cardboard box. 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