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An evaluation of an international collaborative project on soft skills and entrepreneurial skills development

The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia.

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Main Authors:	Anurak Binnui, Syaharom, Abdullah
Other Authors:	anurak_b@sru.ac.th
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2011
Subjects:	International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) Soft skills Entrepreneurial skills Communication skills
Online Access:	http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/11751
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spelling	my.unimap-117512011-05-10T05:34:33Z An evaluation of an international collaborative project on soft skills and entrepreneurial skills development Anurak Binnui Syaharom, Abdullah anurak_b@sru.ac.th drsyaharom@hotmail.com International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) Soft skills Entrepreneurial skills Communication skills The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. A cross-border collaborative project involving 16 engineering students from a Malaysian university and 16 social science students from a Thai university was implemented with the objectives of enhancing the participants’ soft skills and entrepreneurial skills. The project spanned over a period of 15 days, seven days in Malaysia and eight days in Thailand. The arrangement was chosen to provide the opportunities for the participants to utilise their acquired knowledge and to facilitate the generation of technology based innovative products for marketing. The 32 students were divided into four teams of eight participants each with four students from each institution. Each team was required to work on a business plan for an ‘innovative’ product proposed by the team for seeking funding. Each team was supervised by two facilitators, one from each university. In addition to writing business plan, the participants also joined field trips to places of interest and visited manufacturing facilities. A questionnaire survey and interview were conducted to gauge the achievement of the objectives. In general, the data obtained have quite clearly indicated that the project activities had been able to enhance soft skills, especially communication skills, English language proficiency, and most of all, the confidence to use English. The participants had also indicated that they had improved their business plan writing skills. The observation has lead the authors to believe that such collaborative project can be used to supplement classroom teaching to develop students’ soft skills and entrepreneurial skills. 2011-05-10T05:34:33Z 2011-05-10T05:34:33Z 2010-11-12 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11751 en Proceedings of the International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship
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topic	International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) Soft skills Entrepreneurial skills Communication skills
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description	The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia.
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An evaluation of an international collaborative project on soft skills and entrepreneurial skills development

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