Assessing the usefulness of applied research project for business graduates

136 p.The business environment had been undergoing turbulent changes and development. This underpinned the need for organisations to take on changing roles and the need for managers to cope with increasingly complex duties. From the literature review, criticisms by various academics highlighted the skill deficiencies in management education. As a result, there was a need for business schools to teach relevant skills. A portfolio of nine skills necessary for entry-level jobs were identified based on the taxanomies of skills proposed by various authorsACCOUNTANC