Employers’ Perception of Skills and Learning Mismatch of MBA Graduates in Bangalore
Dinu Raj R and Reimeingam Marchang
Abstract
The mismatch between skills and learning has been an area of academic interest in India. This study focuses on the skill and learning mismatch prevailing among MBA graduates in the city of Bangalore. The employer’s perceptions of the MBA graduates’ skill possession are captured in this study and also consider the required skills by the MBA graduates that the employers are looking for. The data was collected from the employers through questionnaires. The MBA programme, its curriculum, and syllabus are taken into consideration to bring in a few recommendations. The need and importance of these issues are to be inculcated in the minds of the MBA graduates so that they can work on their area of improvement and also the MBA institutions and universities to bring in the necessary changes in the curriculum and monitoring the implementations of these changes in the institutions and Universities. This will be a win-win situation for the graduates and for the employers as per their requirements.