Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
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The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) was appointed in 1990 by Lynn Martin
, the Secretary
of the United States Department of Labor
. The commission was made up of 30 business, school, union and parental representatives. The SCANS' job was to examine the demands of the future workplace, and they eventually developed a list of skills "that high-performance workplaces require and that high-performance schools should produce." It consists of five basic competencies that are built on a three-part foundation, which define what an effective worker should know and have skill in.
2. Interpersonal - working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
3. Information - acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communicating, and using computers to process information.
4. Systems - understanding social, organizational, and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems
5. Technology - selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies.
2. Thinking Skills - thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning.
3. Personal Qualities - individual responsibility, self-esteem, self-management, and integrity.
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Lynn Morley Martin
Lynn Morley Martin is a businesswoman and former United States politician.-Political career:Born in Evanston, Illinois, she served as a member of the Winnebago County Board before she served in the Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives, where she...
, the Secretary
United States Secretary of Labor
The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
of the United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The...
. The commission was made up of 30 business, school, union and parental representatives. The SCANS' job was to examine the demands of the future workplace, and they eventually developed a list of skills "that high-performance workplaces require and that high-performance schools should produce." It consists of five basic competencies that are built on a three-part foundation, which define what an effective worker should know and have skill in.
The Five Competencies
1. Resources - allocating, time, money, materials and staff2. Interpersonal - working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
3. Information - acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communicating, and using computers to process information.
4. Systems - understanding social, organizational, and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems
5. Technology - selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies.
The Three-Part Foundation
1. Basic Skills - reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening2. Thinking Skills - thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning.
3. Personal Qualities - individual responsibility, self-esteem, self-management, and integrity.
External links
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skillshttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7398714418354815608# ---Critical Review