Professional and Interpersonal Skills for ICT Specialists

The main objective of this paper is to define and evaluate the professional abilities of an engineer who works as an IT professional in Spain, primarily telecommunications engineers and computer scientists. Their occupational profiles will provide us with a useful tool for defining and conceptualizi...

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Published in:IT professional 2009-11, Vol.11 (6), p.23-30
Main Authors: Llorens-Garcia, Ariadna, Llinas-Audet, Xavier, Sabate, Ferran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Competition
Competitive advantage
Competències professionals
Core competencies
Design engineering
Education
Engineers
Ensenyament i aprenentatge
Europe
Habilitats personals i competències
Higher education
Information and communication technologies (ICT) engineers
Information technology
Knowledge
Knowledge economy
Knowledge engineering
Learning
Mintzberg classification
Natural languages
Navigation
Professional activities
Professional development
Professionals
Proposals
Qualifications
Skills
Social skills
Soft skills
Software engineering
Spanish IT sector
Storms
Strategic planning
Telecommunication computing
Telecommunications
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
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Summary:The main objective of this paper is to define and evaluate the professional abilities of an engineer who works as an IT professional in Spain, primarily telecommunications engineers and computer scientists. Their occupational profiles will provide us with a useful tool for defining and conceptualizing curriculum plans for new qualifications, which the EU Higher Education Area project will require in 2010. European universities, institutes of higher education, and learning centers are currently drawing up such proposals. This article presents a first attempt at defining the professional characteristics-in terms of competence and aptitude-that an IT professional should possess. It focuses more on interpersonal skills and abilities than to knowledge and technical expertise.
ISSN:1520-9202
1941-045X
DOI:10.1109/MITP.2009.132