Business Graduates and Management Jobs: An Employability Match Made in Heaven?

Autor/in	Wilton, Nick
Titel	Business Graduates and Management Jobs: An Employability Match Made in Heaven?
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 21 (2008) 2, S.143-158 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Business Administration Education; Employment Potential; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Interviews; Graduate Surveys; Education Work Relationship; College Outcomes Assessment; Skill Development; Competency Based Education; Employment Qualifications; Work Experience; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Qualitative Forschung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The rapid growth in undergraduate business education over the last three decades has coincided with the growing dominance of an economic ideology of higher education (HE); that its role is principally one of contributing to national competitiveness through the development of graduate "employability". In particular, undergraduate business education has been promoted as one means by which to address long-held concerns about managerial skills shortages in the UK and employers' criticism over the work-readiness of graduates. There are concerns, however, about the extent to which HE is able to adequately prepare graduates for employment. Drawing on data drawn from a questionnaire survey of 1999 graduates, four years after graduation, and a programme of follow-up qualitative interviews, this article reports on the experiences of recent business and management graduates. In particular this article explores the relationship between skills developed on undergraduate programmes and those subsequently used in employment, particularly in managerial careers. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10