MBA & Master Glossary
Human Skills
Definition
Human skills (also called power skills) are competencies that are hard to automate: negotiation, empathy, leadership ethics, conflict resolution, storytelling and strategic resilience. As reproducible expertise loses value through generative AI, top business schools are shifting the focus of their MBA curricula toward human skills – complementing data fluency and AI governance.
Example: "The more tasks are automated, the more human skills such as facilitation matter."
Why this matters for your MBA
"Human Skills" is one of the terms you will come across when comparing MBA and Executive MBA programmes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland — in admission requirements, accreditation details or programme descriptions. On mba.de you can check how individual business schools handle it and compare programmes independently.
Source: mba.de – independent comparison portal since 2003.