An Assessment of the Employability Skills Needed by Graduates in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri

Autor/inn/en	Robinson, J. Shane; Garton, Bryan L.
Titel	An Assessment of the Employability Skills Needed by Graduates in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 49 (2008) 4, S.96-105 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Needs Assessment; Agricultural Colleges; Agricultural Education; College Graduates; Natural Resources; Education Work Relationship; Transfer of Training; Problem Solving; Independent Study; Work Environment; Stress Variables; Work Attitudes; Employment Potential; Job Skills; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedarfsermittlung; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät; Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Training; Transfer; Problemlösen; Selbststudium; Arbeitsmilieu; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit
Abstract	The purposes of this descriptive study were to assess graduates' perception of the importance and competence levels of performing identified transferable skills in the workplace and use the Borich (1980) needs assessment model to identify the skills most in need to enhance the curriculum. The findings revealed that solving problems, working independently, and functioning well in stressful situations were perceived by graduates as being most important to their job, and identifying political implications of the decisions to be made was the least important. In terms of competence, graduates perceived themselves to be most competent at working independently, relating well with supervisors, and working well with fellow employees and least competent at identifying political implications of the decisions to be made. When using the Borich model, solving problems, allocating time efficiently, communicating ideas verbally to groups, and accepting constructive criticism were the skills with the highest mean weighted discrepancy score, indicating a high need for curriculum enhancement. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10