An employable graduate: Essential awareness factors to the preparation of sport management practical experiences

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Industry and Higher Education Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI:10.1177/09504222221147129

Mary T Grant, C. Hanlon, Janet A. Young

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Abstract

Managers in the sport management industry sector expect graduates from undergraduate sport management programs to have extensive practical experience and to demonstrate employability. This Australian-based study explored how practical experience can align undergraduate sport management industry sector learning with associated graduate employment. Specifically, the study identified awareness factors essential in the preparation of sport management (SM) undergraduates for undertaking practical experiences and developing employability. A job advertisement audit of 200 graduate-entry SM positions stipulating practical experiences and a tertiary qualification were analysed. The findings revealed six industry awareness and four self-awareness factors – each is associated with SM industry sector employment and requisites for developing employability. Collectively, these factors formed a Pre-Condition Phase developed as a preparatory phase to the established Experiential Learning Cycle (Kolb, 1984). Practically, 22 recommendations have evolved and are proposed to guide the SM industry and higher education sectors to collaboratively develop undergraduate employability through industry exploration, self-awareness and practical experience.

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可就业的毕业生:准备体育管理实践经验的基本意识因素

体育管理行业的管理者希望本科体育管理专业的毕业生拥有丰富的实践经验，并能证明自己的就业能力。这项基于澳大利亚的研究探讨了实践经验如何将本科体育管理行业的学习与相关的毕业生就业结合起来。具体而言，本研究确定了体育管理(SM)本科生准备实践经验和发展就业能力所必需的意识因素。对200个研究生入学SM职位的招聘广告审计进行了分析，这些职位规定了实践经验和高等教育资格。调查结果揭示了六个行业意识和四个自我意识因素，每个因素都与SM行业就业和发展就业能力的必要条件有关。总的来说，这些因素形成了一个先决条件阶段，作为已建立的体验式学习周期的准备阶段(Kolb, 1984)。在实践中，本文提出了22条建议，旨在通过行业探索、自我意识和实践经验，指导SM行业和高等教育部门共同发展大学生就业能力。

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Industry and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Industry and Higher Education focuses on the multifaceted and complex relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry. It looks in detail at the processes and enactments of academia-business cooperation as well as examining the significance of that cooperation in wider contexts, such as regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. While emphasizing the practical aspects of academia-business cooperation, IHE also locates practice in theoretical and research contexts, questioning received opinion and developing our understanding of what constitutes truly effective cooperation. Selected key topics Knowledge transfer - processes, mechanisms, successes and failures Research commercialization - from conception to product ''Graduate employability'' - definition, needs and methods Education for entrepreneurship - techniques, measurement and impact The role of the university in economic and social development The third mission and the entrepreneurial university Skills needs and the role of higher education Business-education partnerships for social and economic progress University-industry training and consultancy programmes Innovation networks and their role in furthering university-industry engagement