The importance of interpersonal skills among employees can never be overemphasized.
It has been discovered by many companies that their new employees do not have basic interpersonal skills. This essay will discuss why this is so and suggest measures that can be taken to improve the situation.
Unlike many years ago, the university curricula has changed significantly, a lot of elective courses that teach skills needed in the market place have been replaced with more courses in the same field of study. Hence, graduates are only informed in their field of study and have little or no idea of any other thing thereby causing graduates to become a burden on their first employer after graduation. Also, a company that employs people with little or no work experience is prone to having this challenge as people with previous work experience have repeatedly proven to be more aligned with the work environment and possess interpersonal skills than new graduates. Many companies have reported that they spend about forty percent of their total revenue on training new employees, which is double the amount they spent ten years ago for the same purpose.
In order to prevent the negative impact of lack of interpersonal skills among new employees in the organization, management of such businesses should enrol their new employees for trainings that will teach them skills like teamwork, cooperative skills and many more. In addition, new employees should be made to realize the negative impact of their lack on the organizational goals. This will help them to be self aware and consciously work towards being better. Nigerian institute of personnel management have reported that companies that train their employees achieve organizational goals more easily than those who do not.
In conclusion, although companies may suffer due to the lack of interpersonal skills among their new employees, this can be prevented by taking adequate measures like training of these people.
The importance of
interpersonal
skills
among
employees
can never
be overemphasized
.
It has
been discovered
by
many
companies
that their
new
employees
do not have basic
interpersonal
skills
. This essay will discuss why this is
so
and suggest measures that can
be taken
to
improve
the situation.
Unlike
many
years ago, the university curricula has
changed
significantly
,
a lot of
elective courses that teach
skills
needed in the market place have
been replaced
with more courses in the same field of study.
Hence
, graduates are
only
informed in their field of study and have
little
or no
idea
of any other thing thereby causing graduates to become a burden on their
first
employer after graduation.
Also
, a
company
that employs
people
with
little
or no
work
experience is prone to having this challenge as
people
with previous
work
experience have
repeatedly
proven to be more aligned with the
work
environment and possess
interpersonal
skills
than
new
graduates.
Many
companies
have reported that they spend about forty percent of their total revenue on training
new
employees
, which is double the amount they spent ten years ago for the same purpose.
In order to
prevent
the
negative
impact of lack of
interpersonal
skills
among
new
employees
in the organization, management of such businesses should enrol their
new
employees
for trainings that will teach them
skills
like teamwork, cooperative
skills
and
many
more.
In addition
,
new
employees
should
be made
to realize the
negative
impact of their lack on the organizational goals. This will
help
them to be
self aware
and
consciously
work
towards being better. Nigerian institute of personnel management have reported that
companies
that train their
employees
achieve organizational goals more
easily
than those who do not.
In conclusion
, although
companies
may suffer due to the lack of
interpersonal
skills
among their
new
employees
, this can be
prevented
by taking adequate measures like training of these
people
.