Employability for MBA students

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The Problem

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The Research

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The Solution

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The Impact

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Experience it

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Try it

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Questions
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Research: Experiential Learning and Skills Development

WHAT: Common core skills for Enterprise and Employability
The 9 Skills for Success
1. Self Awareness (SA)

2. Problem Solving (PS)

3. Enterprising (ENT)
4. Team player (TP)
5. Commercial Awareness (CA)
6. Decision Judgement (DJ)
7. Communication (COM)

8. Technology Appreciation (TA)

9. Self Management (SM)
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The 9 Key Skills, Great 8 methods

GLOBAL COMPT.

THE 9 KEY SKILLS

GREAT 8

1. Develops Self

1. Self-awareness

1. Organising, Executing

2. Solves Problems

2. Problem Solving

2. Analysing , Interpreting

3. Manages To Results /

3. Enterprising

3. Enterprising, Performing

4. Team Player

4. Supporting and Co-op

5. Business (Commercial)

5. Creating,

Client Focus
4. Builds Relations /
Develops Others

Awareness

Conceptualising

5. Develops Business

6. Decision Judgement

6. Leading and Deciding

6. Manages Quality, Risk /

7. Communication

7. Interacting, Presenting

8. Technology

8. Adapting and Coping

Industry Exp.
7. Communicates Clearly,
Effectively
8. Manages Change and

Ambiguity
9. Manages, Executes
Projects

Appreciation
9. Self-management

Research: Experiential Learning and Skills Development

HOW: Learning & Teaching Theory

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Experiential Based Learning and Profiling

Online Simulations

Authentic Experiences- Building Self Efficacy

Power of Feedback

Game Based Learning (GBL)

Learning Outcomes

Assessment

Engaging Activities

and have
FUN!

Key findings from Research Project

Features required from research:
1. Online and Plug In
2. Experiential CORE needs to be Authentic Simulation
3. Learning outcomes, activities, assessments aligned, efficient and credit bearing
4. Output- Certificate, Skills Profile, EPortfolio
5. A Diagnostic MySkillsProfile
6. An evidence log MyEPortfolio

Encouraging feedback
Students say:
Its perfect, great fun and I learnt so much so fast
I think this will really help me with my job prospects
I know what I have to do now

Tutors say:
Easy to use, great for assessments and flexible to apply
Seamless and swift to integrate into our existing courses
Fast-track, experiential and more importantly fun
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Experience the Student Journey

1. MySkillsProfile

2. MyEPortfolio
3. My Business intelligence

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The Personal Skills Profile - The output

The 9 Key Skills

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The Personal Skills Profile - The output

Where you want to get to?

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The Personal Skills Profile - The output

Comparative Perceptions

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Try it

New generation problem, new generation solution:

1. Now a core offering to MBA graduates as a blended learning

experience as part of the curriculum.

2. Our request to you is to join our user community and help to
develop our research base
- Help make a difference for your students and create an
impact.

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