Generic skills development and satisfaction with groupwork among business students

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 472-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T.T. Teo ◽  
Naomi Segal ◽  
Adam C. Morgan ◽  
Peter Kandlbinder ◽  
Karen Y. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Students ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Generic Skills

scholarly journals Developing generic skills for students via extra-curricular activities in Vietnamese universities: Practices and influential factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Le Huu Nghia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
University Leaders

Developing generic skills (GS) for students has become central in many higher education curricula lately. However, there is still a lack of studies regarding how these skills are developed for students, especially those in developing countries. Drawing from a PhD study, this article reports the contribution of extra-curricular activities in developing GS for students in Vietnamese universities and analyses factors influencing the effectiveness of developing GS for students via these activities. A content analysis of relevant documents and 69 interviews with university leaders, academics and organisers of the Youth union and its associates (YUA) showed that extra-curricular activities were involved as an integral component of a university’s strategy for training students in GS. This was due to a lack of curriculum autonomy, which restricted most Vietnamese universities from adding skills subjects into the curriculum, and the YUA also had a long-standing tradition of developing non-discipline-specific skills for students. The YUA were found to successfully develop GS for students via extra-curricular activities; however, their operation was influenced by university leadership, student participation, external stakeholders’ support, and the leadership of the YUA. The article argues that extra-curricular activities were conducive to developing GS for students; therefore, they should be included in student skills development programs in higher education. 

A Study on Incentive Factors and Disincentive Factors of Students to Participate in Community Education for Generic Skills Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 3_29-3_34
Author(s):  
Yuya SATO ◽  
Kensaku TANAKA ◽  
Yukiko OMORI ◽  
Sho MUROGA ◽  
Yuri ICHIKAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Education ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Generic Skills

Impact of Industry Guest Speakers on Business Students' Perceptions of Employability Skills Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Riebe ◽  
R. Sibson ◽  
D. Roepen ◽  
K. Meakins
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Guest Speaker ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
Qualitative Responses ◽  
Guest Speakers

This study provides insights into the perceptions and expectations of Australian undergraduate business students (n=150) regarding the incorporation of guest speakers into the curriculum of a leadership unit focused on employability skills development. The authors adopted a mixed methods approach. A survey was conducted, with quantitative results analysed using SPSS allowing comparison of mean values between items and the identification of any statistical difference by student demographics. A thematic approach using inductive coding was applied to analyse the qualitative responses to open-ended questions. The results indicate that an appropriately briefed, qualified, interesting and engaging guest speaker plays an important role in active learning by exposing students to the ‘real world’ of the workplace and can reinforce the significance of key employability skills for future career success. The results also indicate that students' experience of guest speakers may be influenced by cultural factors and learning styles, with differences between the perceptions and expectations of domestic and international students with regard to certain factors. The paper has practical implications for those organizing the implementation of guest speaker programmes in HEIs and for the guest speakers themselves.

scholarly journals Exploring the use of self-assessment to facilitate health students’ generic skills development

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-81
Author(s):  
Mahbub Sarkar ◽  
Simone Gibson ◽  
Nazmul Karim ◽  
Dakota Rhys-Jones ◽  
Dragan Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
The Self ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Phase Study ◽  
Group Interviews

Employability skills for health graduates, and many disciplines within higher education, are considered vital to maximising their capacity to cope with the rapidly changing, uncertain and highly competitive labour market. Despite the increasing importance of developing generic skills for employability, there is a dearth of knowledge about how to support health students to develop generic skills as part of their formal education. The main objective of this two-phase study was to engage health students in the process of self-assessment of their generic skills and explore the potential of this process to facilitate their generic skills development. The first phase of this study engaged students in completing a self- assessment questionnaire, incorporating a validated set of industry-demanded skills with associated behaviours. In the second phase a subsection of respondents participated in focus group interviews that explored their perception of the self-assessment process in generic skills development. Students viewed themselves as having some capabilities to perform the generic skills, as well as their university studies contributing to the development of these skills. The qualitative data found that the self-assessment process prompted students to reflect on their abilities and further engage with developing these skills. This study supports the evidence for contextualising and embedding a process of self-assessment of generic skills into the formal curricula to help better prepare health students for their future work.

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