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Developing Quality Graduates through Graduate Qualities

Developing Quality Graduates through Graduate Qualities
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Author(s): Ann Monday (University of South Australia, Australia)and Sandra Barker (University of South Australia, Australia)
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 5
Source title: Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-39-6.ch137
ISBN13: 9781930708396
EISBN13: 9781466641358

Abstract

For some time universities have endeavoured to address the shortfall in skill requirements that have been identified by prospective employers of graduates. The University of South Australia (UniSA) numbers itself amongst these universities and has identified a number of ‘graduate qualities’ that are required to be developed within the curriculum. This paper explores a case study and role play approach to embedding graduate qualities in an undergraduate business course and investigates methods identified for successful assessment of these qualities.

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