Competencies for the academy and market perspective: an approach to the un-sustainable development goals

Abstract

This research paper's objective is to analyse the adequacy of the skills learned/acquired by a higher education degree in management and suitable skills for the market. Therefore, we have used descriptive research based on a survey of 258 students, graduates and post-graduates in business administration (Academy) and by the 14 companies awarded by the Great Place to Work (market). The main results indicate that the competencies suggested by the Ministry of Education for undergraduate courses in Business Administration no longer respond to current market needs. They also focus that the skills most demanded by companies are Soft Skills, transversal and behavioural competencies. The adequacy between the competencies of the academy and the market, revealed through Student's t-test, that there is insufficient learning/acquisition/ mastery by students, graduates and graduates in 31% of the competencies studied, necessarily the skills most demanded Soft Skills.