The 2010 International Business curriculum of Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences and the changing demands of working life.
Sato-Roitto, Yuri (2007)
Sato-Roitto, Yuri
Kymenlaakson ammattikorkeakoulu
2007
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2010111814716
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2010111814716
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Working environment has been changing rapidly and becoming more competitive due to the economic change, labour market flexibility and many other reasons. To identify skills and competencies which today's individuals need to have to survive, in other words, to be more employable is vital.
The main purposes of the thesis contain two perspectives. First part is to determine what modern trend of employment relationship is, along with what skills and competences enhance individuals' employability to meet the demand from the working life. The second part is to find out how well the new IB2010 curriculum provides knowledge and skills which needed in working life. Lastly, to discover current working situation of the KyUAS graduates.
The research method was quantitative mail survey to KyUAS's graduates. 90 available graduates' contact information was provided from KyUAS student administration office thus 90 questionnaires were sent to out in April 2009. And 25 of them were responded by given deadline.
Profile of a typical graduate's working situation is working for the company which has more than 250 employees in Helsinki region area. The corporate language is mostly in Finnish. The type of contract is a permanent, full time contract. Assistant or manager job is the typical type of their work. The most common monthly salary is between 2,000-2,499 euro.
Outstanding skills, competences and behaviour required from organizations are problem solving skills, teamwork skills, communication skills, learning skills, flexibility and adaptability, as well as positive attitude towards work and willingness to learn. There were a slight gap between graduates' perspective and organizations' perspective on needed qualifications. But generally new IB2010 curriculum offers enough opportunities to develop demanded general skills and competencies from working life but it could include more courses related to employability skills; emotional intelligence, career development and emphasis mire on generic skills to help students to be more employable
The main purposes of the thesis contain two perspectives. First part is to determine what modern trend of employment relationship is, along with what skills and competences enhance individuals' employability to meet the demand from the working life. The second part is to find out how well the new IB2010 curriculum provides knowledge and skills which needed in working life. Lastly, to discover current working situation of the KyUAS graduates.
The research method was quantitative mail survey to KyUAS's graduates. 90 available graduates' contact information was provided from KyUAS student administration office thus 90 questionnaires were sent to out in April 2009. And 25 of them were responded by given deadline.
Profile of a typical graduate's working situation is working for the company which has more than 250 employees in Helsinki region area. The corporate language is mostly in Finnish. The type of contract is a permanent, full time contract. Assistant or manager job is the typical type of their work. The most common monthly salary is between 2,000-2,499 euro.
Outstanding skills, competences and behaviour required from organizations are problem solving skills, teamwork skills, communication skills, learning skills, flexibility and adaptability, as well as positive attitude towards work and willingness to learn. There were a slight gap between graduates' perspective and organizations' perspective on needed qualifications. But generally new IB2010 curriculum offers enough opportunities to develop demanded general skills and competencies from working life but it could include more courses related to employability skills; emotional intelligence, career development and emphasis mire on generic skills to help students to be more employable