DOI: 10.5176/2251-2349_HRM&PD15.1
Authors: Chiara Succi and Maria Cinque
Abstract:
Unemployment data and fast changing environment entails several reflections about skills and attitudes required to face the increasing complexity brought by the “glocal, liquid and networked” world in which workers operate. While multinational companies are struggling to develop leaders and employees able to operate in such a complex scenario, it seems that higher education institutions operate in “parallel universes” and young people are not learning a sufficient portfolio of general skills. A literature review addressing and structuring this issue is presented in the paper. Many studies have highlighted a particular shortage of soft skills in employees. Employers often claim that university graduates lack general and transversal competences such as communication, teamwork, work ethic, and leadership. A crucial question is how to re-design learning processes to embrace the new need of soft skills development coming from the society and the corporate world. In particular, an analysis of learning methodologies can lead to a reflection about the current offer of higher education curricula. A research to identify best practices in soft skills development in European higher education institutions has been designed and results will contribute to discuss about the future of management education institutions.
Keywords: Soft Skills, Learning Methodologies, Employability, Higher Education Management
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