Employability of management graduates: Importance of digital skills in the new technological era

Bansal, Swati; Bansal, Deepak; Tiwari, Sadhana; Agarwal, Priyanka

doi:10.47974/JSMS-1184

Open Access Research Article

Employability of management graduates: Importance of digital skills in the new technological era

Swati BansalSharda School of Business StudiesSharda UniversityGreater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaView full profile → , ^*Deepak BansalCorresponding authordeepak.bansal@sharda.ac.inSharda School of Business StudiesSharda UniversityGreater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaView full profile → , Sadhana Tiwarisadhanatiwari.sun@sharda.ac.inSharda School of Business StudiesSharda UniversityGreater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaView full profile → , Priyanka Agarwalpagarwal5@amity.eduAmity Business SchoolAmity UniversityNoida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaView full profile →

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pp. 1303–1310Vol. 26Issue 5July 2023DOI: 10.47974/JSMS-1184XML

Published Online:: 21 Sep 2023
Article type:: Research Article
Language:: EN
Article no.:: JSMS-1184
Pages:: 1303–1310

Abstract

Employability is an important constituent that helps in the growth of the individual and the nations at large. Employability in all disciplines is important including specially the management domain since industry 4.0 does not only create and destroy jobs, they also change the task that people perform on the job, and how they do it.Employability is a challenge which is faced by most of the management institution. This paper is an attempt to understand the importance of knowledge, skills and abilities in the new technological era so as to enhance employability of management graduates. The perspective of employability is studied from the view point of faculty members, employers and the graduates themselves. The gap scores of KSA perceptions required for employability between employer and students and between employer and faculty members were determined and analyzed. The study concludes that there is a distinguishable gap between the various variables specifically between digital skills, problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and knowledge of research methods.

Keywords

Management Employability Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSA)Students Employer and faculty members

Subject Classifications

L9697K40

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