Management Education: Needs of Business Practice A South African Perspective

Department of Management
Faculty of Business Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Malaysia


Department of Management
Faculty of Business Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Malaysia


Department of Management
Faculty of Business Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Malaysia


Department of Management
Faculty of Business Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Malaysia


Abstract

One of the most distressing problems confronting South Africa is a structural shortage of core managerial competencies on the one hand, and an increasing oversupply of unskilled and semi-ckilled human resources on the other hand. It is often asserted that needs/requirements of business practice are totally at variance with the nature and content of Business Management syllabi. This assertion leads to the question of which subject disciplines, skills and characteristics graduates should possess to meet the requirements of business practice. The prime focus of this paper, which is a follow-up of pilot study, is on the findings of a national empirical survey (493 respondents) aimed at determining the knowledge and skills required by Business Management graduates in South Africa. The most outstanding findings were the importance of a wide variety of subject disciplines; the necessity of a broad skill-based education; and the need for a co-operative education system.

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Louw, M. L., Bosch, J. K., du Plessis, A. P., & Louw, L. (1997). Management Education: Needs of Business Practice A South African Perspective. Jurnal Pengurusan, 16, 59–89.

@article{louw1997management,
  title={Management Education: Needs of Business Practice A South African Perspective},
  author={Louw, Me L. and Bosch, J. K. and du Plessis, A. P. and Louw, L.},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={16},
  number={},
  pages={59—89},
  year={1997},
  doi={},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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16 (1997) 59 – 89

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