BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Skill
- the ability to do something well, gained through training and experience.
- See also Competence
Wiktionary Definition for: Skill
- #capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Additional Resources
- How to Master ANY Selling Skill
- One of the big challenges in mastering any sales skill is staying with it long enough so that skill becomes habitual. This challenge becomes much easier to manage once you understand exactly how your brain works when it comes to mastering a skill. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Outsourcing Peter To Pay Paul: High Skill Expectations And Low-Skill Wages
- This paper investigates the impact of globalization on wages earned by low and high-skill workers when openness leads to the outsourcing of high-tech jobs abroad. The authors have shown that low-skill workers may become considerably better off after globalization due to the fact that high-skill workers start accepting low-tech jobs....
- White papers 2006-05-05
- How to Master ANY Selling Skill
- How to Master ANY Selling SkillRE: How to Master ANY Selling SkillQUOTE: Will let you know how it goes if you want?Sure! Why not?RE: How to Master ANY Selling SkillYes, that is largely true. I've heard it described as follows before: (the stages, that is)Stage 1. Unconscious incompetent (don't...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- A Field Study Of Early Organizational Outcomes From The Introduction Of A Skill Based Pay Program
- Despite the documented increased use of skill or knowledge based pay programs in organizations, little evidence exists to demonstrate whether these plans achieve the results that are intended. This study, a quasi-experimental, empirical test of the organizational outcomes from the introduction of a skill based pay program, addresses this need....
- White papers
- Whatever Happened to Skill-Based Pay?
- The argument that paying for animated people skills and capabilities rather than inanimate jobs was and is a powerful and convincing one. It just makes immense sense to organize the work to be done around the capabilities of the people to hire, rather than just forcing people into jobs and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Globalization and the Demand for Skill: An Export Based Channel
- This paper shows that international trade affects the demand for skill through an export based channel. The paper presents a working hypothesis, which states that the very act of exporting requires an effort of skill upgrading, in particular among occupations related to marketing and development. Using firm level data,...
- White papers 2002-03-12
- Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
- Using Analogies: A Thinking SkillAnalogies are very helpful, but be careful...If you use an analogy that you don't think through thoroughly first you may end up confusing your audience and mixing your message. Make sure to highlight the most important simlarities and discount all other aspects of the analogy.Simple...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
- A good analogy does not just invoke some chance resemblance between the thing being explained and the thing introduced to explain it. It capitalizes on a deep similarity between the principles that govern the two things...A good analogy helps you think: the more you ponder it, the...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Management Skill vs. Leadership Skill
- A growing business needs both Leadership and Management to thrive. Article explains that the best companies have managers with strong leadership skill and superb management skill. But when chaos strikes, they can't always concentrate on both. Article examines what they lose when they neglect one or the other, as both...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Integrating Knowledge Management and Human Resources Via Skill Management
- Knowledge is more and more a key factor within companies. Nearly 40 percent of all employees are so called "knowledge workers". Distribution and inquest of knowledge within companies are supported by skill management systems. Although not all aspects and potentials of this instrument are yet utilized skill management systems have...
- White papers 2005-03-30
- Skill Management: Searching Highly Skilled Employees for Teambuilding and Project Management Tasks
- Efficient project planning from a human resource point of view requires project oriented organization forms to take into account the permanent change of requirements and framework conditions during the duration of a project correctly. Skill management systems are an excellent management tool for this challenge, if in addition to default...
- White papers 2005-05-23
- Effective Delegation Skill
- Delegation skill is the ability to effectively assign task responsibility and authority to others. Or, in other words, delegation skill is a person's ability to get things done by using work and time of other people. Effective delegation is a critical survival skill for managers and supervisors, and this is...
- White papers
- Skill Acquisition, Firm Creation And The Transition To Market
- There exists substantial evidence that skill shortages have characterized labor relocation during the transition from plan to market. Along with technological and aggregate demand changes, this pattern of human capital relocation has been associated with unemployment and income inequality. Using a search model, it is examined that the link between...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Time Management Skill: Improving Through Actions
- Your time management skills are directly proportional to your ability to take the right actions at the right time for the right reasons. The act of making a decision is part of this time management skill. You have to quickly go through each thing and just decide what action you...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- King.com Launches Online Skill Game Version of NBC's Hit TV Game Show "1 vs 100"
- Advancing its success at bringing online skill gaming to a worldwide audience, King.com, the world's leading online skill gaming Web site, and Endemol USA today announced a skill game version of Endemol USA's hit game show, "1 vs 100," which currently airs on NBC. This online interactive game allows fans...
- Research articles 2006-12-19
- SKILL links NASA with Indian country
- Terry Johnson Indian Country Today Lakota Times 02-10-1994 SKILL links NASA with Indian country. By Terry Johnson Today Staff RAPID CITY -- About five years ago, a group of concerned teachers, parents and interested persons formed an educational...
- Research articles 1994-02-10
- -THE WHITE HOUSE: President names Marcia Greenberger as member of National Skill Standards Board
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President names Marcia D. Greenberger as a member of the National Skill Standards Board C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230698 The President today announced his intent to appoint Marcia D. Greenberger as a Member of...
- Research articles 1998-06-29
- THE WHITE HOUSE: President names Ray Marshall as a member of the National Skill Standards Board.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 May 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton names Ray Marshall as a member of the National Skill Standards Board C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120599 The President today announced his intent to appoint Ray Marshall to...
- Research articles 1999-05-21
- Job Skill Training: How To Ask About Job Skill Training
- Job skill training can make or break your career. Prospective employees should ask some pointed questions about job skill training and career development opportunities before accepting an offer. Never underestimate the importance of job training. Training, especially for junior and entry-level workers, can be a very important benefit to weigh...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Skill Builders classes slated by REHAU.(DATELINE)
- REHAU has announced its schedule of Skill Builders training classes, which are offered through the REHAU Academy and facilitated by REHAU heating professionals. In addition to the training courses traditionally offered, the schedule includes a set of advanced training classes formulated specifically for the experienced radiant...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
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