Concrete Steps for Assessing the "Soft Skills" in an MBA Program

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 412-435

  Ingols, Cynthia ^a   Shapiro, Mary ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; ethics; leadership; MBA; soft skills; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900442525     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562913489029     Document Type: Article

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