← Back
Publicaciones

PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL SKILLS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Authors

MORALES FERNÁNDEZ, EMILIO, TRECHERA HERREROS, JOSÉ LUÍS, Sol Castro-Freire, Maria

External publication

No

Means

Inted Proceedings

Scope

Proceedings Paper

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

Publication date

01/01/2014

ISI

000366835102114

Abstract

During the period of university education, students gradually develop a more or less wide range of general competencies which are transverse to subjects, contents and learning methodologies. In order to determine how the progressive acquisition of competencies takes place, this study develops a methodology of analysis and evaluation. For this purpose, a questionnaire of 13 general competences, based on 89 observed, quantifiable and scalable behaviours, has been designed and validated. The questionnaire has been applied to 273 students of different academic years of the Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (BBA). Results show significant differences in students\' competence profiles of several academic years. The five competences which have higher differentiated developments are: use of ICT, verbal communication, written communication, interpersonal communication and innovation. This confirms the hypothesis of a differentiated and progressive development of competence through the graduate university training.

Keywords

General competences development; learning process; business administration