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Topic name: Importance of soft skills training and education for current and future

software engineers of India

Problem statement-can technical education alone, without development of soft skills

meets the current and future requirement of software services in India.

Please note hard skills are technical skills and soft skills are people skills likecommunication, presentation skills, leadership qualities etc

Please read the questionsand reply most suitableanswers .Most of questions in part a)are of

yes /no types or multiple types. Ifyou haveanyextra comment about anysubject in this

questionnaireplease markyouranswerand then writeyourviewsabout that subject in the

space given in between the questions , Part b) contain open ended questions, please giveyour

viewabout the related questions

Questionnaire---

Part A)

1) Your Company name, location ,segment andyourpersonaldetails----

2) Soft skillsarealso important for Indian softwareengineers, rate in scale of 1 to10,where 10 is foragreement and 1 fordisagreement

a) Indian softwareengineerslacks goodpeople or communication skillsb) Higher technicaleducation gives to much importance to technical things

ignoring development ofsoft skills

c) Software industryspending alot for in house training on soft skillsDevelopment because ofshortage of talent

d) Thereareshortage of quality higher technicaleducational institute to developSoft and hardskills for futureworkforce of India

e) soft skillsdevelopment will increase theproductivity ofsoftwareengineerf) today organization expect workforce to be multitask then just concentrate only

in technical things

3) How much soft skills training softwareengineers get in ayeara) Less than 10 hoursb)

10 to 20 hoursc) 20 to 40 hours

d) more then 40 hours4) Percentage ofbudget allocated for training anddevelopment ofsoft skills

a) Increasingb) Decreasing

c) Constant


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5) Soft and hardskillsare important, foremployees in any organization,(Rate in scalefrom 1 to 10,where 10 is foragreement and 1 fordisagreement)

a) Competencylevelamong employees for hardskill (technicalskills)arebetterthen soft skills (peopleskill)

b) Management focus is more towards technicalskillsc) Differencebetween manpower of my countryand other countriesemployeesis negligenceattitude towardssoft skills

d) If more focus is given towardsat grass root level, ,soft skills can be improvede) Weare in parwith European when it comes to technicalskills

6) More training in your organization is given toa) seniorstaffb) juniorstaffc) newstaffd) Everybody is given equalamount of training

7) Which area of training anddevelopment need forpriority in future.( Rate in scale of 1to 10, where 10 indicates ,moreattention needed from management in thisareaand 1

indicates management need not giveattention in thisarea)a) Stress managementb) counsellingc) Team development skillsd) Risk managemente) Cross cultural trainingf) Technical trainingg) Weare focusing now on allaspects ofSoft skillsdevelopment ofemployeesh) Others____________-

8) What sort of training you get normally?(Rateeach listed item in scale of 1 to10 where 10 meansyou get great amount of

attention on that subject and 1 meansyou dont get anyattention and training on

that subject)

a) Technicalskillsb) Personalitydevelopmentc)

Cross cultural training when going abroadd) Managingpeopleand communication skills

e) Othersoft skillsdevelopment ____________________________9) What are importantbarrier forsoft skills training andeducation ofemployees?

(Rate them from scale of 1 to 10, where 10 mean it isverystrongbarrierand 1

means its not at allabarrier)

a) Time


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b) moneyc) Non availability ofskilled trainerd) Lack of interest from senior managemente) Lack of interest bystafff) Frequent changeoverby manpower to different companiesg) seen moreassocialactivity then learning activityh) trainersare more keen in selling aprogram then improving staffskillsi) formal relationshipbetween topandbottom managementj) lack of coordination among variousdepartmentk) lack of involvement bysenior management

10) yourviewsabout oureducation system andpolicies( Rate in scale of to 10,where isforagreement and 1 fordisagreement)

a) we haveenough higher technical universitiesb) government shouldprivatise higher technicaleducationc) changesshouldbe made in structureandsoft skillsshould introduceat

elementarylevel

d) moreengineers colleges needed, government should increase theseats inexisting institutionsand open few new one

e) others_______

11)How competent are Indian engineers Rate each in scale 1 to 10,where 10 meansverycompetent and 1 mean less competent)

a) Indian engineers in parwith everybody including soft skillsb) Indian engineers good in technicalskillsbut lacksoft skillsc) Indian engineersarepoor in both technicalandsoft skillsd) Yourviews----

12)Our higher technicaleducation is-, (Rate in scale in 1 to 10 where is foragreementand 1 disagreement)

a)we havelarge no of quality instituteand universities, producing qualityengineers

b) we give more importance to theory thenpracticalc) weareshortage of qualityPhD teachersd) we need to privatise highereducation furthere) others--


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13) Many consultant are giving training prior toplacement ,ifyou have to invest toimproveyoursoft and hardskillswhich of the following itemsyou will invest(mark

yes or no against each item)

a) Developing interviewsskillsb) Managing stressc) Resumewritingd) Communication skillse) Technicalskillf) Leadershipskillsg) Others___________________

14) Howdo your thinkprofessional courses given my manyprivate institutes reallyhelps(Rateeach from scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is more towardsagreement and 1 more

towarddisagreement)a) yes there quality isbetter then higher technicaleducation provided

by government universities

b)Theyareveryprofessionalc) Most of them are not reallyprofessional, more qualityserviceprovider needed

d)Theydont giveanyvalueadditione) Academic qualification are more important then them

15) Do you thinkvocational training given by the government is important andshouldbeencouraged to improvesoft skillsalong with hardskillssimultaneously 8rate them

according to your choice)

a) Very important

b) Important

c) Not so important

d) Not at all importanceandwaste of time

16) Do you think itsbetter to invest in current workforce to develop theresoft skillsThen recruiting skilled forceexternally (Rate the following item in scale of 1 to10,where 10 is towardsagreement and 1 is towardsdisagreement)

a) yesas current workforce can then update theresoft skillsb) It givesbetterjobsatisfaction and help them making long term relationshipas

there isshortage ofskilled manpower in thissector

c) Companiessaves money it recruiting talentedpeople then on investing oncurrent work force

d) Waste on investing much on human capital, as theydont like to stickwith onecompany forlong duration


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17) Reason forshortage ofsoft skill manpower in workplaceare-(Rate in scale of 1 to10,where 10 stands foragreement and 1 towardsdisagreement)

a) Lack of quality higher technicaleducation

b) Wearevery good in both soft and technicalskillsc) Too much concentration on technical thingsd) yourviews for how to improve quality of technicaleducation to produce

quality engineers

18) Generalsoft skills (peopleskills) ofemployees in thissectorare---a) excellentb) Goodc) Not very goodd) poor

19) General hardskills (technicalskills) ofemployees in thissectorare---a) excellentb) Goodc) Not very goodd) poor

20) Is therescope for foreign direct investment to improveskills of Indian

Engineers ( Rate in scale of 1 to10 where 10 stand forstrong agreement and 1

Strong disagreement)

a) Yeslack ofprofessional training providers in my country

b) Negligence ofsoft skills in this sectordue to lack of quality higher

education, so lots ofscope for improvement


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c) Veryless foreign direct investment in thissector

d) Not neededlot of qualityserviceprovideralready

Part B

a) According to recent survey only 25percent ofengineersare qualified toget Offshorejobdue to underdevelopment ofsoft skills (giveyourviewsabout thissubject)---

b) What areyourviews to improvesoft skills( peopleskills) in yoursoftware sector?

c) Yourview on quality of higher technicaleducation

d) Should higher technicaleducation shouldbeprivatised, to meet the futuredemands?


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e) Giveyourviewsabout foreign universities coming to India to improvesoft skills--

f) Are universities taking incentive to improveskillsamong futureengineers?

g) Do you have government are taking incentive to improve quality ofhigher technicaleducation?

h) Weseeing a trend of reversedrain brain, lot of Indian coming back tocountry, what contribution they can make to improveskillslevels of

current and future generation

i) How competent are Indian engineers, what are therestrong andweakpoints, yourviews


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j) Howproductiveare Indian engineerswhen its comes technicaland nontechnical things, yourviews

k) Can soft skillsarebe improvedamong the current engineers throughtraining anddevelopment, wesee companiesarespending alot to

improve thesoft skills ofworkforceyourviews

l) According to variousarticles I read Indian software industry in facingShortage ofskilled manpower, yourviews

m)Weseesalary inflation in softwaresector, howdo you think Indiawillkeep its competitive cost advantagewhen compare to western

counterpart?

n) Software industryseelot of manpower, changing companies to often, thisincreasing training expenditureyourviews


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o) Weseelot ofskilled outsourceproject coming to India in future, is industry

Has capacityand resources to fulfil thedemand, yourview?

p) Shareany information you want to share related to this topic

Thanks.

Hopesyou will contribute to make thisproject successful

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Kind Regards

Prateek capoor


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