<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents some generalities regarding business communication followed by a brief outline of the latter subject taught at the Faculty of Engineering Faculty, Sibiu, inflicting on its role upon the education of the future engineers. It also evaluates the effect of the skills acquired by students in the field of business communication regarding the valorization of specific professional competences. Based on several tests and surveys, this work presents aspects regarding the improvement of certain special skills such as: group communication, meetings, interpersonal, public and written communication. It seeks to evince communication-related issues which the students find most helpful in finding a job and also in their day-to-day business activity. To sum up, it is obvious that a continuous improvement of students’ knowledge and abilities in this field is imperative, so that the future specialists make the most of their technical knowledge.</p></abstract>

The paper presents some generalities regarding business communication followed by a brief outline of the latter subject taught at the Faculty of Engineering Faculty, Sibiu, inflicting on its role upon the education of the future engineers. It also evaluates the effect of the skills acquired by students in the field of business communication regarding the valorization of specific professional competences. Based on several tests and surveys, this work presents aspects regarding the improvement of certain special skills such as: group communication, meetings, interpersonal, public and written communication. It seeks to evince communication-related issues which the students find most helpful in finding a job and also in their day-to-day business activity. To sum up, it is obvious that a continuous improvement of students’ knowledge and abilities in this field is imperative, so that the future specialists make the most of their technical knowledge.

Developing Interpersonal, Communication and Critical Thinking Skills in Engineering Students

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Faculty of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Technical Series

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The paper presents some generalities regarding business communication followed by a brief outline of the latter subject taught at the Faculty of Engineering...

Developing Interpersonal, Communication and Critical Thinking Skills in Engineering Students

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 17 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aucts-2020-0003

Słowa kluczowe
engineering education, business communication discipline, improving communication skills, course impact

© 2020 Valentin Grecu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Developing Interpersonal, Communication and Critical Thinking Skills in Engineering Students

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 17 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aucts-2020-0003

Słowa kluczoweengineering education, business communication discipline, improving communication skills, course impact

© 2020 Valentin Grecu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
engineering education, business communication discipline, improving communication skills, course impact