UOS T-Star Core Competencies & Skills
| Competency | Skill | Definition | Factor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty | Comprehensive Thinking | Competency to logically analyze and critically evaluate professional knowledge and information to draw comprehensive conclusions | Analytical Thinking | Thinking that clarifies ambiguous or multifaceted problem situations, recognizes them as problems, and logically and critically plans procedures for resolution |
| Inferential Thinking | Thinking that can draw other judgments based on known information or infer undisclosed content | |||
| IT Utilization | Competency to collect, analyze, and utilize various information and technologies | Information Literacy | Ability to collect, analyze, and utilize given information to obtain the maximum possible additional information | |
| Technological Literacy | Ability to select and utilize appropriate technologies to solve given problems and the ability to use specific software for this purpose | |||
| Problem Solving | Competency to evaluate and select the best alternatives needed for problem-solving, and systematically plan and implement them | Seeking Alternatives | Behavior of coming up with feasible alternatives in a given situation, comparing and reviewing their values to draw the optimal decision | |
| Implementing Alternatives | Behavior of systematically planning and continuously implementing appropriately selected alternatives according to the characteristics of the problem to solve it | |||
| Communication | Empathy & Collaboration | Competency to understand and respect others, form mutually cooperative relationships, and achieve common goals | Inclusive Thinking | Flexible thinking that has an accepting attitude towards different thoughts based on empathy for others, and harmoniously accepts diversity |
| Cooperative Thinking | Active thinking that understands that better productivity can be achieved through cooperation with others, and seeks to cooperate for the development of the organization | |||
| Global Mind | Competency to positively understand and accept the values of diverse cultures, and have interest in and understand the global environment | Multicultural Acceptance | Ability to internalize the value of multiculturalism through understanding various cultures, and to accept attitudes or cultures different from one's own | |
| Global Understanding | Ability to understand one's position as a member of the international community based on the diversity and development of the world, and to fully understand global issues | |||
| Social Contribution | Competency to contribute to society by fulfilling one's role and responsibility as a member of the community | Community Contribution | Altruistic behavior that fulfills responsibilities for the harmonious development of the community as a member of the community, and respects the interests of the group and the authority of the organization | |
| Social Responsibility | Active behavior that understands the social attributes of the university, has accountability as a university member, and seeks to contribute to society by demonstrating one's abilities | |||
| Creativity | Invention | Competency to create original ideas with intellectual curiosity about phenomena, think divergently about them, and derive valuable outputs | Original Thinking | Thinking that seeks to find one's own unique valuable solution different from others by synthesizing one's knowledge, skills, and attitudes |
| Divergent Thinking | Thinking that seeks to find various unpremeditated solutions by extensively exploring information and exercising imagination and creativity in the problem-solving process | |||
| Convergence | Competency to think integratively about knowledge and experiences from various fields, create new value based on this, and utilize it throughout society | Consilience Skills | Thinking ability to find better knowledge or value in one's own field through interest and understanding of other fields | |
| Convergent Thinking | Ability to create new outputs or pioneer new fields by convergently utilizing knowledge and experiences from various fields | |||
| Innovation | Competency to sense the trends and changes of the times and change society through seeking effective measures | Challenging Action | Behavior that sensitively responds to social changes, actively participates in problems one has not experienced, and seeks to solve them | |
| Creating Change | Active behavior that accurately grasps and diagnoses existing problems, devises solutions, and seeks to bring about more progressive changes |
