abstract background: today disasters are a part of many people’s lives. iran has a long history of disaster events and nurses are one of the most significant groups within the iranian disaster relief operations, providing immediate and long-term care for those affected by the disaster. however, the technical competence of iranian nurses and their training for this work has received little atten...

This study empirically tests a heuristic model of non-technical engineering competences. The results of factor analysis and regression analysis support the model proposing six non-technical competence domains consisting of 19 competences engineers use in their everyday work. Furthermore, the competence domains have a shared component with their neighboring competences. Engineers use more freque...

New educational methods require new competences from university teachers. In a non-technical seminar with included SE aspects for bachelor computer science student’s self-determined learning and gamification could improve student’s engagement significantly. Both methods seem to be a good candidates for technical courses in software engineering, too. The article highlights the new role and compe...

This article argues that the TENC ePortfolio definition should integrate rhetorical, pedagogical, social, and technical perspectives. The rhetorical perspective is needed to show the learner ́s competences, achievements and history; the pedagogical perspective aims at supporting learner ́s selfreflection, through the definition of competences mastered, review and creation of (new) CDPs, creation ...

The paper discusses the significance of firm specific knowledge and skills resources among employees, discusses strategies for measurement, and reports the results of an empirical study of learning and competence acquisition. First, the concept of firm specific competences as originally developed within neo-classical human capital theory is discussed. It is argued that the conceptualisation wit...

Technical skills, even for technical positions, are insufficient for subsequent success beyond an entry-level position, since it usually requires proficiency in soft-skills areas such as: communication, leadership, conflict resolution and self-management, amongst others. Hence, helping technical students to develop and improve such soft-skills areas is of real need, and that is why generic comp...

Industrial performance has for a long time been considered as a result of technical resources optimization. During the recent decades, competencybased approach has emerged as a promising concept for taking into account human skills/knowledge/abilities while addressing organizational goals and constraints. The aim for the companies is for instance to assess the compliance of competences acquired...

This paper investigates the managerial competences required for the complex interactions required to successfully integrate an Enterprise Resource Planning system into an organization—the ERP journey. A feature of the study (a five year longitudinal study of a Danish production company implementing SAP R/3) was the rise and fall of the ERP project managers. The study showed that different stage...

Abstract—This paper presents the results of the DigCurV review of training needs in the field of digital preservation and curation. The project carried out three research activities during 2011 and in early 2012: an online survey, a series of focus groups, and an analysis of job advertisements. The results indicate a severe lack of qualified staff as well as a lack of appropriate training optio...