How well are Australian business graduates prepared for the workplace?

McClymont, Hoda and Volkov, Michael and Behjat, Nura and Gardiner, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0560-237X (2006) How well are Australian business graduates prepared for the workplace? In: AWBMAMD 2006: Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development Conference, 10-13 Jul 2006, Paris, France.

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Abstract

The gap between business graduates' skills and competencies, and the graduates' needs in the workplace has been well researched and documented. However, no comprehensive model appears to have been developed on which to base curriculum decisions in this field. The current paper contributes to this area by investigating Australian graduates' skills needs in terms of the importance of nominated skills and satisfaction with the education received for those developed skills as perceived by graduates. Analysis of a survey shows that generic marketing skills are valued at a lower level than general attribute skills. Thus, university marketing programs may need to focus more on general skills and personal attributes.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business - Department of Marketing and Tourism (Up to 31 Mar 2007)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business - Department of Marketing and Tourism (Up to 31 Mar 2007)
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2018 01:33
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2018 05:01
Uncontrolled Keywords:	graduate skills; competencies; Australia; business graduates; workplace skills
Fields of Research (2008):	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130203 Economics, Business and Management Curriculum and Pedagogy
Fields of Research (2020):	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520104 Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390402 Education assessment and evaluation 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390103 Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/18890

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