A STUDY ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF MBA STUDENTS FROM THE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES IN THE STATE OF KERALA

Abstract

This study of employability skills among management students identifies various abilities of students including communication skills, problem solving skills , planning and organising skills , interpersonal skills, motivation skills, attitude skills , leadership skill, team work skills, decision making skills, computer skills, learning skills, and functional skills. This study identifies the mean score of each skill and overall employability skills possessed by managements students in the state of Kerala. Employability skills should be well developed among the management students, so that they can enter into the world of job easily. The researchdesign used for this study is descriptive study. Sampling technique adopted for the study isconvenient sampling. Data collection was through mailed questionnaire method and direct contact with management students to collect the questionnaire. The sources for secondary data were journals, thesis and research papers. The toolsused to analyse and interpret the employability skills among management students included percentage analysis, mean score andindependent t test and ANOVA in SPSS.The result shows there was no difference in the employability skills among the three categories of institutions on the basis of years of their existence/establishment. The results also showed that there was no significant difference in the overall employability skills betweenmale and female students.