Providing Sustainable Knowledge for the Young Graduates of Economic and Social Sciences. Case Study: Comparative Analysis of Required Global Competences in Two Romanian Universities

Lavinia Cornelia Butum, Luminita Nicolescu, Sergiu Octavian Stan and Andrei Găitănaru
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Lavinia Cornelia Butum: Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Sergiu Octavian Stan: Faculty of Management and Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 010643 Bucharest, Romania
Andrei Găitănaru: Faculty of Management and Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 010643 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 13, 1-29

Abstract: One of the most important challenges for our society is to keep a properly balanced insight of the relevant triangle of: Quality, functionality, and productivity. Regarding this, the most important challenge for universities now is to understand which are the main global competencies needed in the market, and to put them into practice in the educational process. Our main purpose in this paper is to identify the perception of students of the international competences, the personal competences, theoretical competences, practical competences, and others necessary competences needed for the national and international labor markets. For this purpose, a quantitative study was conducted, based on a survey addressed to 310 bachelor students, coming from two Romanian universities specialized in two domains: In social and in economic fields. The results present common and different views of the two groups of students, regarding specific competencies developed during studies and perceived to be needed on the labor market.

Keywords: global competences; internationalization; labor market; curricula; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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