University Essay Plan: Soft Skills and Workplace Effectiveness

This assignment presents an essay plan and introductory paragraph focusing on the comparative factors between soft skills and hard skills in the workplace. The plan includes an introduction with background information, a thesis statement, and an outline of arguments. The essay will discuss the effectiveness of soft skills, particularly communication, in helping employees overcome workplace challenges. The plan outlines arguments supporting the importance of communication skills in multicultural environments, the role of various soft skills in conflict resolution, and the overall contribution of soft skills to employee success and employability. The introduction provides context by highlighting the importance of soft skills and the need for effective communication within organizations. The student references sources such as Arthur Lazarus's work on the importance of soft skills and Robles's research on executive perceptions of essential soft skills.

“ESSAY PLAN TEMPLATE”
“Instructions
Your plan and introduction paragraph together should be approximately 350-450 words in
length (not including the template).”
“PART ONE - ESSAY PLAN:
 Write complete sentences for the thesis statement and for the topic sentence of
each argument
 Use dot points to complete other parts of the plan
 Includerelevant source details in the right margin including article name and authors”
“PART TWO - INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH:
 Write a complete introduction paragraph from your plan
 Write complete sentences, and include the background information, thesis and
outline”
“Student Name: ____________________________________ Student Number: _________________”
“Essay question: ___________________________________________________________________”
“Teacher’s Name: __________________________________________________________________”
“Word Count: __________________Referencing Style: ____________________________________”
“List of Sources Used (include Author/s’ full name/s, Title of article and Year of publication):
_____________ Arthur Lazarus, M.D., 2013. Soften up: the importance of soft skills for job
success. Physician executive, 39(5), p.40.
1. _____________________________________________________________
____________________ Robles, M.M., 2012. Executive perceptions of the top 10 soft skills needed in
today’s workplace. Business communication quarterly, 75(4), pp.453-465.
2. ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________”
“PART ONE - ESSAY PLAN”
“Sources”
“(author(s) and
year)”
“Introduction”
“Provide background information and context:”
Importance of soft skills is much more than hard skills
Soft Skills will help employees to work faster and subtle manner (Arthur
Lazarus 2013).
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“ESSAY PLAN TEMPLATE”
“Sources”
“(author(s) and
year)”
“State your thesis (your overall position) using a complete sentence:”
The essay will discuss on the effectiveness of the soft skills since it will
provide better insight to the employees to overcome difficulties in their
work
“Outline the arguments you will use to support your thesis:”
All the soft skills will definitely fit for the employee anywhere and
everywhere
The communication skills will be most important for the person as a part
of his soft skills
“Argument 1”
“Write the topic sentence using a complete sentence:”
Better communication skills will help the employees to work in
multicultural environment
“Supporting sentences (explanations, examples, evidence):”
Communication skills will improve the skills of employees (Arthur Lazarus
2013).
“Counter-argument:”
It will be problematic for an employee if his communication skills do not
support his other skills.
“Refutation of counter-argument:”
Proper communication skills will always lead the employees to do well in
their professional workplace (Robles 2012).
“Argument 2”
“Write the topic sentence using a complete sentence:”
Various types of soft skills within the workplace will lead the employees to
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“ESSAY PLAN TEMPLATE”
“Sources”
“(author(s) and
year)”
deal with all sorts of conflicts and overcome the difficulties
“Supporting sentences (explanations, examples, evidence):”
Employability skills will improve through these soft skills and it will indeed
increase the efficiency of the workers (Robles 2012).
“Counter-argument:”
Too many soft skills and lack of hard skills can also have a negative impact
on the sincerity of the employee (Arthur Lazarus 2013).
“Refutation of counter-argument:”
Soft skills always cater to the betterment of the potential of employees.
The hard skills will add to this only.
“Argument 3 – OPTIONAL”
“Write the topic sentence using a complete sentence:”
“Supporting sentences (explanations, examples, evidence):”
“Counter-argument:”
“Refutation of counter-argument:”
“Conclusion”
“Re-state your thesis.”
“Re-state the main arguments supporting your thesis:”
Soft skills will pave the way for success for employees
Communication will help employees to create win-win situations.
“A concluding statement (eg refer to future implications, suggestions or
recommendations for future research):”
“Note: the grey area suggests that sources should not be used in that section of
the essay plan”
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“ESSAY PLAN TEMPLATE”
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PART TWO - INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH”
The purpose of the following essay is to discuss on the comparative factors between soft skills and hard
skills in the workplaces. It has been argued that the soft skills are always very helpful for employees
within the workplaces. The organizations always look for the better support from the employees through
their communication as a part of their soft skills. The importance of the soft skills and hard skills within
the organization would be compared and justified properly to find out the necessity of the both these
forms.
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“ESSAY PLAN TEMPLATE”
Reference
Arthur Lazarus, M.D., 2013. Soften up: the importance of soft skills for job success. Physician
executive, 39(5), p.40.
Robles, M.M., 2012. Executive perceptions of the top 10 soft skills needed in today’s workplace. Business
communication quarterly, 75(4), pp.453-465.
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