by Chan Chung-shun. / Bibliography: leaves 62-64 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong

by Chan Lai-ying, Rita. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-94). / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.x / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.xiii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / MBA Education in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Proliferation of MBA Education --- p.1 / Customer Needs --- p.2 / Value of a Local MBA Degree --- p.3 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / MBA Education --- p.6 / The World MBA Market --- p.7 / Decrease in Demand --- p.7 / Increase in Supply --- p.7 / The Impact of Recession --- p.8 / Inadequacy of Traditional MBA Curricula --- p.8 / Competition from Corporate Management Development Training --- p.9 / The Future --- p.9 / The MBA still Lures --- p.9 / MBA Consurmers --- p.10 / Training Sponsorship --- p.10 / Future Development of MBA Programmes --- p.11 / The Trend toward In-house MBA Programmes --- p.11 / The Local MBA Market --- p.12 / Programme Evaluation Indicators --- p.13 / Quality of Curriculum --- p.13 / Quality of Applicants --- p.13 / Admission Requirements --- p.14 / Quality of Faculty --- p.15 / Quality of Graduates --- p.15 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.17 / Objectives --- p.17 / Method of Study --- p.18 / Design of Questionnaire --- p.18 / Test of Questionnaire --- p.19 / Scope and Coverage --- p.19 / Method of Approaching the Companies --- p.20 / Anonymity --- p.20 / Follow-up Actions --- p.20 / Data Analysis --- p.21 / Limitations --- p.21 / Chapter IV. --- RESEARCH FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS --- p.24 / Response Rate --- p.24 / Overall Sample Characteristics --- p.24 / Respondent Companies --- p.24 / Nature of Business --- p.24 / Company Size --- p.25 / Individual Respondents --- p.26 / Department They Belong To --- p.26 / Positions Held --- p.27 / Education Level --- p.28 / Institutions Where They Graduated From --- p.29 / Institutions Where They Got / Are Studying For Their MBA Degrees --- p.30 / Experience In Working With Local MBA Graduates --- p.31 / "Company Practices on Recruitment, Training Sponsorship and Promotion of Local MBA Employees" --- p.32 / Recruitment of Local MBA Employees --- p.32 / Companies Currently Hiring Local MBA Graduates --- p.32 / Company Size and Hiring Local MBA Graduates --- p.33 / Reasons For Not Hiring Local MBA Graduates --- p.34 / Positions Requiring MBA As Requisite --- p.34 / Training Sponsorship Practices --- p.35 / Training Sponsorship For Local MBA Programmes --- p.35 / Reasons For Sponsorship --- p.35 / Institutions Qualified For Training Sponsorship Schemes --- p.37 / Company Offer to Graduates of Different Institutions --- p.38 / Recruitment Preference --- p.38 / Difference in Renumeration Packages --- p.41 / Difference in Positions / Grades --- p.42 / Promotion Preference --- p.43 / Preference For Graduates From Different Institutions --- p.44 / Future Company Needs For Local MBA Graduates --- p.44 / Evaluation on Local MBA Programmes --- p.46 / What do They rely on when Evaluating --- p.46 / Knowledge about Individual MBA Programmes --- p.47 / Admission Requirements --- p.49 / Correlation between Admission Requirements and Reputation --- p.49 / Programme Evaluation --- p.50 / Quality of Applicants --- p.51 / Quality of Curriculum --- p.52 / Quality of Teaching Staff --- p.52 / Quality of Graduates --- p.54 / Effectiveness in Preparing Graduates for Current Job --- p.56 / Effectiveness in Preparing Graduates for Position of Significant Management Leadership --- p.57 / Overall Reputation of Individual Programmes --- p.58 / The Correlation between Knowledge about the MBA Programmes and the Evaluation of the Programmes --- p.59 / Future Development of Local MBA Programmes --- p.60 / Topics / Areas Needed --- p.60 / Importance of MBA Education --- p.61 / Demand for MBA Graduates --- p.63 / Kinds / Levels of Staff needing an MBA Degree Most --- p.65 / Comparing Part-time MBA Programmes with In-house Management Development Training --- p.65 / Overall Findings --- p.67 / Chapter V. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.69 / Targeting at Satisfying Customer Needs --- p.69 / Partnering with the Business Community to meet Demands --- p.70 / Determining Customer Needs --- p.70 / In-House MBA Programmes --- p.71 / Promotion Efforts --- p.72 / Programme Prospectus --- p.72 / Programme Consultancy Service --- p.73 / Image Building --- p.73 / Alumni Networking --- p.74 / Product Differentiation among MBA Programmes --- p.75 / Product Differentiation between BBA and MBA Programmes --- p.76 / Curriculum Reform --- p.77 / Total Quality Management --- p.79 / China Trade --- p.80 / Enhancement in Quality of Faculty --- p.80 / APPENDIX --- p.82 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.92

by S.M. Chung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaf 34.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a wealthy country but faces multiple economic and social challenges. Economically, the country depends almost entirely on a single natural resource i.e. oil, which will be eventually exhausted. About sixty seven percent of Saudi’s native population is under 30 years of age and about 30 percent of 15-29 years old Saudis are unemployed. The country thus needs to diversify its economy and create job opportunities for its young unemployed population. A way forward in this regard could be supporting and promoting young people to engage in economic and entrepreneur activities, which could be facilitated by entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship has long been considered as a driver of innovation, a generator of employment opportunities and a potential wealth creator for both individuals and organisations. Academic literature supports the belief that with appropriate entrepreneurship education the number of would-be entrepreneurs can be increased. This study investigated the impact of entrepreneurship education programmes (EEPs) on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions amongst university students in the KSA. The conceptual model tested in this research was based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Based on a quantitative approach, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to two groups: participants studying entrepreneurship courses as part of their degrees (to be known as EEPs Group) and participants not undertaking any entrepreneurship studies as part of their courses (Control Group). The data collection took place at the beginning of the semester (Pre-test/t1) in April 2010 and at the end of the semester (Post-test/t2) in July 2010. After screening, a final matched sample of 491 completed questionnaires for the EEPs Group and 184 for the Control Group was used for data analysis. The results of this empirical study revealed that the intention to become self-employed was positively and significantly correlated to attitudes regarding self-employment, to subjective norms and to perceived behavioural control. However, for entrepreneurial education, the intention to become self-employed was neither positively nor significantly correlated with new business start-up activities. For policy-makers in KSA, the study provides useful insights into the situation of entrepreneurship education, will aid planners in universities and the KSA government to address unemployment of young by creating greater entrepreneurial awareness, and thus, hopefully, jobs through entrepreneurship activities. This study has confirmed that EEPs has a significant contribution in developing entrepreneurial attitudes among university students. Thus, entrepreneurial skills could be inculcated in the younger Saudi generation early on in their lives by institutionalising enterprising and entrepreneurship knowledge, skills and culture through education and learning starting from the high school level to the university level. In addition, there is a need for changing behaviour and intentions towards, and creating awareness about, entrepreneurship and self-employment among Saudis using different channels of communications such as the electronic media including the social media.

Les migrations professionnelle et étudiante ont été abordées sous l’angle des réseaux, de la socialisation ou des échanges entre les pays d’origine et la France. Cette recherche anthropologique, quant à elle, s’attache à analyser la situation professionnelle des jeunes diplômés de master ou de doctorat issus de pays n’appartenant pas à l’Union européenne. Ceux-ci souhaitent s’engager dans une activité professionnelle en France, toutefois « la question du retour au pays d’origine se pose souvent à l’issue de leurs cursus universitaire ». Pour eux, l’entrée dans le monde professionnel prend une dimension administrative très marquée. Ils se trouvent confrontés à des obligations administratives (pendant leurs études, dans la vie quotidienne ou au travail), à des contraintes d’insertion professionnelle ou de poursuite de carrière (postes réservés aux ressortissants de l’Union européenne, problèmes pour changer de statut) en passant par des difficultés à établir un projet professionnel après l’obtention de leur diplôme. Dans le cadre d’une démarche anthropologique, un travail d’immersion est mené au sein d’associations représentatives des doctorants travaillant sur la valorisation du parcours doctoral et d’associations qui informent et apportent leur soutien aux jeunes diplômés étrangers, afin d’appréhender la manière dont ils envisagent la suite de leur parcours en France et de connaître la manière dont ils le vivent. / Professional and student migrations have been considered from the point of view of networks, socialization and exchanges between countries of origin and France. For its part, this anthropological study focuses on analysis of the professional status of recent foreign graduates of a PhD or a master degree coming from non european union countries. Those foreign graduates wish to start a professional activity in France, however "the return home issue often comes up at the end of their university curriculum". For them, entering the labor market takes on a strong administrative dimension. They have to face administrative obligations (during their studies, in their everyday life or at work), constraints to integrate the labor market or to carry on with their career (reserved positions for citizens of the european union, problems to get a change of legal status) or even difficulties to determine a professional project after graduating. Within an anthropological approach, an immersion work is led in representative associations of PhD students interested in the promotion of PhD experience and in associations that provide information and support to recent foreign graduates, in order to apprehend the way they consider the continuation of their experience in France and to know how they feel about it.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the current status and competencies of CEIT graduates working in IT firms from the employers&rsquo / point of view. In addition, the cases were evaluated to see whether the graduates have gained competency in their undergraduate education or while working for the firms. In the end the main goal was to identify how well CEIT departments are preparing students for professional practice. The participants of this study were thirteen employers of CEIT graduates working in IT firms in a technopolis. A mixed methods research approach including both quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed as the primary method in order to reach the purpose of this study. Within the scope of this mixed method study, firstly, the quantitative technique was employed in which the data were gathered through a questionnaire to examine the competencies of CEIT graduates. Then, the qualitative part of the study was employed through a follow-up semi-structured interview to confirm and complement the quantitative findings. According to the results of this study, CEIT graduates are average competent at pedagogical, technical and communcation issues. They are more competent within communication and teamwork, and least competent within technical issues according to the employers.

Cette recherche porte sur la qualité d’emploi chez les nouveaux diplômés des études postsecondaires au Canada. Elle est motivée par les nombreux bouleversements vécus par le marché du travail, la pénurie de main-d’oeuvre qualifiée et le fait que deux Canadiens sur trois sont directement concernés par la qualité d’emploi. En s’appuyant sur la typologie de Cloutier (2008), nous nous sommes fixé deux objectifs. Le premier vise à examiner l’évolution de la qualité d’emploi des nouveaux diplômés postsecondaires au Canada entre 1992 et 2007. Le deuxième objectif consiste à évaluer l’influence du niveau d’études, du domaine d’études et du sexe des nouveaux diplômés sur la qualité de leur emploi. L’analyse est de type empirique qui s’appuie sur les données de l’Enquête nationale auprès des diplômés réalisée auprès des promotions de 1990 et de 2005 par Statistiques Canada. Concernant le premier objectif, nos résultats indiquent que les dimensions rémunération, stabilité d’emploi et qualification se sont affaiblies en 2007 comparativement à 1992. Quant au deuxième objectif, nous avons trouvé que le niveau d’études et le domaine d’études sont des déterminants importants des quatre dimensions de la qualité d’emploi considérées. Un niveau d’études élevé augmente la rémunération annuelle et la probabilité d’occuper un emploi à temps plein. À l’opposé, la probabilité d’occuper un emploi qualifié et celle d’avoir un emploi permanent sont négativement associées au niveau d’études. Par ailleurs, il ressort de nos résultats que le marché du travail valorise particulièrement les domaines qui permettent aux étudiants d’acquérir des compétences professionnelles. La rémunération, les chances d’occuper un travail à temps plein et la probabilité d’accéder à un emploi qualifié sont relativement plus élevées pour les finissants dans ces domaines. Concernant l'impact du sexe, les résultats obtenus indiquent qu’il n’est pas statistiquement significatif dans le cas des dimensions de la stabilité d’emploi et de l’accès à un emploi qualifié. Néanmoins, les hommes gagnent en moyenne plus que les femmes et sont plus susceptibles d’occuper un emploi à temps plein. / This research focuses on job quality of recent Canadian postsecondary graduates. The motivation for this topic is the significant job market shifts, the shortage of skilled workers, and the fact that two out of three Canadians are directly affected by job quality. Using Cloutier’s (2008) typology, the present study has two objectives. The first one is to examine the evolution of job quality of recent Canadian postsecondary graduates between 1992 and 2007. The second objective is to examine the influence that the level of education, field of study and gender have on job quality. Our empirical analyses use data from Statistics Canada’s 1990 and 2005 National Graduates Survey carried out in 1992 and 2007 respectively. Concerning the first objective, our results indicate that three dimensions of job quality, namely salary, job stability and qualifications, declined in 2007 compared to 1992. Concerning the second objective, results show that level of education and field of study are significant determinants of the four dimensions of job quality examined in this study. Indeed, a higher level of education increases annual salary and the probability of working full-time. On the other hand, the probability of having a job that matches the completed program, and the probability of having a permanent position are negatively associated with the level of study. We also find that the job market particularly values domains that allow students to acquire specific (professional) skills. Salary, the likelihood of having full-time work and the probability of job-education match are relatively higher for graduates in these domains. Regarding the impact of gender, our results do not indicate statistical significance for the dimensions of job stability and job-education match. Nevertheless, males earn on average more than females and are more likely to have a full-time employment.

The purpose of this study was to explore and gain a greater understanding of senior university students' perceptions of their readiness to enter the work force following program completion, as well as their perceptions of the availability and helpfulness of career-related resources and services. Due to the exploratory nature of this research, no a priori hypothese were generated. A sample of 324 undergraduate students attending the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada was surveyed using the Comprehensive Career Needs Survey Post-Secondary Form, a revision of the Comprehensive Career Needs Survey developed by Magnusson and Bernes (2001). The resulting data analysis provided an overview of student perceptions of readiness to enter the work force, their thoughts about the availability and usefulness of career-related services and resources, as well as their actual use of those services and resources. This research supports previous findings regarding the benefit of experiential learning as part of the university experience and contributes information regarding the resources that students feel would be most helpful as they make the transition from school to work. / xi, 135 leaves ; 29 cm.

The number of unemployed young university graduates in South Africa is annually on the rise. This is due to a combination of factors which include a lack of the right skills, work experience, type of qualification, low number of available jobs and other macro-economic factors. Different stakeholders have proposed entrepreneurship as a possible solution to graduate unemployment. This study explores the feasibility of entrepreneurship as a way out of unemployment for jobless graduates. It does this by investigating the perceptions of young graduates of the University of KwaZulu-Natal who are engaged in entrepreneurship in Pietermaritzburg. The qualitative method of interviews is used for data collection. Two major areas of investigation in this study are that of the challenges that graduates encounter in their various business ventures as well as their perceptions about the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education at university. Generally the findings of this study seem to suggest that entrepreneurship, if developed properly, could be one of the solutions to the challenge of graduate unemployment. However a number of factors determine successful entrepreneurship. These include personality traits, intelligence, access to finance, good business management skills, family background as well as the general economic environment. The findings could also generally suggest that, in its current form, entrepreneurship education is not effective enough in producing graduates who are successful in business. / Thesis (M.Com.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

The problem of this study was to investigate the value of various entry-level employment skills and areas of knowledge for broadcast education graduates as perceived by commercial broadcasters. Particular attention was placed on identifying entry-level employment positions and on analyzing the skills and areas of knowledge preferred for each position.