SOFT COMPETENCE,

THE REAL KNOWLEDGE

IN THE REAL WORLD
ROFIQ IQBAL, Dr.Eng.
FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANDUNG, INDONESIA
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANDUNG
In 1920, Technische Hogeschool (TH) was
established in Bandung.
In the middle forties, for a short time, became Kogyo
Daigaku.
In 1945, the campus housed the Technical Faculty of
University of Indonesia.
In the early fifties, Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences, also part of University of
Indonesia, was established
In 1959, the present lnstitut Teknologi Bandung was
founded by the Indonesian government as an
institution of higher learning of science, technology,
and fine arts, with a mission of education, research,
and service to the community.
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANDUNG
TOP TEN SOUTH EAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES
National University of Singapore 124
Kasetsart University 310
Chulalongkorn University 388
Prince of Songkla University 392
Nanyang Technological University 468
Mahidol University 481
Chiang Mai University * 505
Institute of Technology Bandung 569
Universiti Sains Malaysia 585
Universitas Gadjah Mada 611
TOP 10 PASSING GRADE IN INDONESIAN UNIVERSITIES
1. Informatics ITB (65,9%)
2. Electrical engineering ITB (62,5%)
3. Chemical engineering ITB (61,8%)
4. Medical school UI (59,8%)
5. Informatics ITS (59,5%)
6. Medical school UGM (59,3%)
7. Industrial engineering ITB (58,8%)
8. Electrical engineering UI (58,6%)
9. Medical school UNAIR (58,6%)
10. School of Pharmacy UI (58,4%)
15 School of Pharmacy ITB (57,4%)
20 Petroleum engineering ITB (55,2%)
21 Engineering Physics ITB (55,1%)
23 Environmental engineering ITB (54,8%)
55 Civil engineering ITB (48,7)
What makes somebody gain a success?
GPA = 4?
Handsome or beautiful?
Having rich parents in law?
The answer: Gods permission + SOFT SKILLS *
* ability to have a social interraction such
as communication, working together, etc.
1 Communication ability 4.69
2 Integrity 4.59
3 Ability to work together 4.54
4 Interpersonal ability 4.5
5 Ethics 4.46
6 Motivation / Initiatives 4.42
7 Adaptation ability 4.41
8 Analytical ability 4.36
9 Computer literate 4.21
10 Organizational ability 4.05
11 Orientation on detail 4
12 Leadership 3.97
13 Self confidence 3.95
14 Hospitality 3.85
15 Well mannered 3.82
16 Wise 3.75
17 High GPA (>=3.0) 3.68
18 Creativity 3.59
19 Humorist 3.25
20 Business instinct 3.23
Issued by National
Association of Colleges
and Employers, USA,
2002 (surveyed from 457
directors)
Qualities of
Graduates that
needed by
companies
(Scale 1 5)
Conclusion :
Soft skills (ability in social
interaction) is needed to
succeed!
ITB STUDENTS SOFTSKILLS PROFILE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 1% 0% 7% 8% 33% 51%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
INTELLEGENCY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 0% 6% 23% 48% 23% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
PRACTICAL
THINKING
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 33% 42% 18% 5% 2% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
LEADERSHIP
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 8% 28% 38% 18% 9% 0%
0%
50%
100%
ABILITY
TO WORK
TOGETHER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 28% 35% 32% 6% 0% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
AUTONOMY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 2% 23% 44% 24% 8% 0%
0%
50%
100%
SOCIAL
COMMUNICA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 23% 36% 33% 9% 0% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
ADAPTATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 8% 24% 20% 30% 18% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
PATIENCE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 4% 33% 36% 15% 13% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
INITIATIVE
ITB STUDENTS SOFTSKILLS PROFILE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 2% 3% 8% 19% 25% 43%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
PRODUCTIVITY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 3% 6% 30% 39% 18% 3%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
CREATIVE
THINKING
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 0% 4% 8% 35% 33% 20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
CONCEN-
TRATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 18% 35% 35% 8% 4% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
SENSIVITY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 28% 33% 26% 10% 3% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
REGULATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 16% 31% 31% 17% 6% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
SELF
CONFIDENCE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 8% 31% 24% 19% 18% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
STRUGGLE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 9% 16% 22% 33% 20% 0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
ENDURANCE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PRE 0% 15% 26% 23% 23% 14% 0%
0%
50%
100%
PLANNING &
STRATEGY
Fundamental change in society
Universities face broader/
complex set of demands
Entering revolutionary period
Require organizational adaptations
GOING TO UNIVERSITY IS AN INVESTMENT
Soft skills can be trained
before graduate
To train the soft skills,
academic and non
academic activities must
be balanced
Not only graduate with
mere a title
OPINION
Zulkifli Zaini
Direktur Distribution Network
PT Bank Mandiri
Civil Engineering ITB Alumni, 75
The importance of science and knowledge
gained from the lectures are high, especially
in the beginning of ones career. The next
step, the soft skills are more important. The
higher the position, the more sophisticated
soft skills are needed.
7 Area Soft Skills : Winning Characteristics*
* Patrick OBrien:
Making College
Count
COMMUNICATION SKILL: STEPS ON WRITING
Searching and Understanding Information
Writing Draft
Revision of Draft
40%
20%
40%
COMMUNICATION SKILL: TIPS GROUP DISCUSSION
Say your idea
Make notes
on
important
issues
Focus
Value others
ideas
Obey the
agreement
If you live for 60 years, then:
Sleeping 8 hrs/day total 20
years.
Watching TV 2 hrs/day total 5
years.
Eating (3 times) 2 hrs/day total
years.
Trapped in traffic jam 3 hours/day
total 7.5 years
HOW MUCH TIME LEFT TO
CREATE YOUR LIFE?
ORGANIZATION SKILL: TIME MANAGEMENT
STRUCTURAL LEADER
VS
RELATIONAL LEADER
Structural Leader:
BOSS due to structural
position
Not necessarily able to lead
Relational Leader:
Actively involved in the team
Has innovative ideas
Has initiative for positive
change
ANYBODY CAN BE A
RELATIONAL LEADER!
LEADERSHIP:
LOGIC CREATIVE THINKING:
DIFFERENCES OF TASKS IN THE CLASS & REAL PROBLEMS
TASKS IN THE CLASS REAL PROBLEMS
Already solved many times by
different persons.
Not yet solved
Motivation to solve the
problems is not high. No
serious implication, except bad
marks.
High motivation to solve,
because will create other
problems if not solved.
Almost all information is
available.
Some information is not
available, and sometimes, not
valid.
Rules and theory can be applied
to solve the problems.
No detailed solution to solve the
problems.
WHY CREATIVE
THINKING?
Because, in the
real world, the
problems are
NOT STANDARD
EFFORT:
ABILITY & WILL TO LEARN
WORK TOGETHER
Our success depends on others
too, unless you want to be a solo
violist.
William G. McGowan, MCI Group
87% persons who lost their jobs or stuck in their career are
because they do not have work ethic
D.P. Beach, 1982
HOW TO ACHIEVE?
Tools:
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Learning method in small group:
at various performance levels
interaction between individual
NEW PARADIGM
Students are the subject, with different
condition and characteristics
They have the rights to get any chance to
develop their potentials.
Learning will be effective when they are
actively involved during the learning process
and in the context where the knowledge will
be applied
Learning can be done wherever, whenever,
from whosever possible.
Retention rates
www.acu.edu/cte/activelearning/whyuseal2.htm
Changing Paradigm in
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
Teaching (teacher centered)
Learning (student centered)
Traditional vs. Active Learning
Traditional Methods
Instructor-led
Instructor contains
knowledge, student
lacks knowledge
Develops
memorization skills
Instructor controls
the pace of learning
Student less likely to
retain knowledge
over a period of time
Active Learning
Student-centered
Instructor utilizes
students experiences &
current knowledge
Develops critical
thinking skills
Student helps control
the pace of learning
Student more likely to
use and retain
knowledge over a period
of time
Proliteracy and The UPS Foundation Increasing Intensity of Instruction Project
MOVING FORWARD
ANALYTICAL
Draw the major parts of an animal cell, and explain what the
parts do
CREATIVE
Write a story (or play) using characters representing the
parts of an animal cell, and describe a potential conflict
PRACTICAL
Find a system in the world around you that mimics the
activities and relationship in an animal cell, and explain it.
May 22-23, 2006
I hear, and I forget;
I see, and I remember;
I do, and I understand.
- Confucious
THE END
Adapted from book: Success
with Softskills,
ITB Publisher