Education and Training for Career Planning of Business Administration Students Expectations: The Case of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Authors : Utku Demirci

Pages : 26-40

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Publication Date : 2024-07-02

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The Department of Business Administration is an academic unit that aims to train students equipped with business, entrepreneurship and management skills in accordance with the requirements of the age required by the public and private sectors. In this study, it is aimed to determine the educational and training demands of undergraduate students actively enrolled in the department of business administration in terms of academic and professional development at the point of career planning. In line with the determined purpose, 1014 students actively enrolled in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in the 2023-2024 academic year were included in the study. The questionnaire form prepared in accordance with the purpose of the research was applied online and face-to-face to the students within the scope of the study through social networks and 278 students answered the questionnaire completely. The data obtained from the answered questionnaires were transferred to the IBM SPSS 23 package programme and factor analysis was performed through the programme. Then, frequency analysis was applied to the collected data in order to make descriptive statistics. In the research, it was determined that the expectations of the students from the education they received were gathered under four factors: \'applied education\', \'teaching style\', \'learning environment and resource\' and \'course and internship duration\'. On the other hand; \'CV preparation training\', \'digital business training\', \'career planning training\' and \'effective communication skills training\' can play an important role in terms of academic and professional development of students in their career journey.
Keywords : Kariyer Planlama, Akademik ve Mesleki Gelişim, Eğitim-Öğretim Beklentileri, İşletme Bölümü