Daniel TL Shek, Janet TY Leung, Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc
Young people are expected to learn academic or technical knowledge in a manufacturing economy, which can be referred to as hard skills (for example, to produce a car through assembly lines). In many countries today, countries have been shifting from a manufacturing economy to a service economy, which has resulted in young people expecting to gain skills that are non-technical and widely transferable to different settings. This skills are referred to as soft skills, which are basically related to the qualities of an individual. In this book, the authors include several chapters on soft skills...
Young people are expected to learn academic or technical knowledge in a manufacturing economy, which can be referred to as hard skills (for example, t...