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    Transferable Skills for Employment: The Role of Higher Education.


    Bailey, Ann (1993) Transferable Skills for Employment: The Role of Higher Education. Irish Business and Administrative Research, 14 (1): 4. pp. 19-25. ISSN 0332-1118

    Abstract

    To be successful in today’s ever changing turbulent environment businesses require highly skilled personnel. Enterprise skills or personal transferable skills are those competencies which enable and assist students to be successful not only throughout their student career but also in their subsequent personal and professional work lives. Today’s student needs to be able to translate theory into practice - not just “know how to” but to actually perform . This requires not only academic training but also life skills training. Industry, Business and Commerce are interested in the development of personal transferable skills and recognise the key role that higher education plays in this process.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: competencies; transferable skills; teamwork; communication;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 21550
    Depositing User: IAM School of Business
    Date Deposited: 14 May 2026 10:03
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Business and Administrative Research
    Publisher: Irish Academy of Management
    Refereed: Yes
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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