AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM ON MANAGEMENT STUDENTS' INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.

Abstract

Purpose- To understand the effectiveness of Online learning on student’s Interpersonal skills. The study focused on the ten interpersonal skill sets of the sample set of individuals. The study also analyzed two additional variables expressly the role of instructors in improving the effectiveness of OLS and its impact on the future work-life success of students. Design/ methodology/ approach- Data were collected from 384 students (excluding all the outliers and skewed responses) of the Management studies department of 10 colleges situated in Pune City, Maharashtra, India. The following research study has focused on those institutes which had recently adopted the OLS due to COVID-19 social distancing norms. The proposed hypothesis models were tested with the help of the statistical testing method of Correlation and Regression analysis using the Microsoft Excel software. Findings- Through correlation analysis, the study has revealed that interpersonal skills have a rather low but positive correlation. Additionally, using the regression analysis the impact of OLS on interpersonal skills has been ascertained. Furthermore, the OLS has an impact on interpersonal skills except for motivation, dependability, and empathy. Keywords- Online Learning System (OLS), Interpersonal Skills, Effectiveness, Management Studies and COVID-19 social distancing norms. JEL Classification Code- I 21