Employability Skills: A Case Study on a Business-Oriented Sport Management Program

Autor/inn/en	Keiper, Margaret C.; Sieszputowski, Jennifer; Morgan, Troy; Mackey, Marcia J.
Titel	Employability Skills: A Case Study on a Business-Oriented Sport Management Program
Quelle	In: e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 13 (2019) 1, S.59-68 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1835-9132
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Job Skills; Business Skills; Business Administration Education; Physical Education; Transfer of Training; Alignment (Education); Labor Needs; Employer Attitudes; College Graduates; Interpersonal Competence; Teamwork; Communication Skills; Research Skills; Job Search Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kommunikationsstil; Forschungsleistung; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to identify employability skills needed by students to be embedded into sport management curriculum. Focus group, qualitative, methodology was used. Three focus groups with a total of 11 (n=11) participants revealed skills and knowledge employers desired in graduates of sport management programs. Analysis of the data revealed four major categories of skills that employers desired: personal skills, technical skills, job search skills, and foundational knowledge. The skill of the moderator, transcription of the data, and individual focus group participants dominating the discussion were all common limitations to this study based on the focus group methodology used. Educators in business programs can use this methodology to identify transferable skills that can be embedded into their curriculum. Minimal literature exists on the practical application on how to align sport management curriculum and education with industry needs and expectations. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Business Education Research Association. PO Box 408, Mapleton, Queensland 4560, Australia. e-mail: editor@ejbest.org; Web site: http://www.ejbest.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01