Professional Skills: A Pilot Study and Report on Cross Professional Competencies

This 1990 pilot study explored cross-professional competencies among four diverse professions: engineering, nursing, human resource management, and law. Through in-depth interviews, questionnaires, and a literature review, the study identified communication, relationship, social skills, and problem-solving skills as common competencies across these fields. Task management was highlighted as important by survey respondents but was less emphasized in the literature. The research aimed to develop a profile of shared competencies and suggested the need for further national research to expand on these findings.