Increasing Employability of Master Graduates – Economic Profile – in Context of the Accreditation System by Using GEMBA Sheets
Increasing Employability of Master Graduates – Economic Profile – in Context of the Accreditation System by Using GEMBA Sheets

Summary/Abstract: The study illustrates the relationship between the accreditation process, as a process of increasing the quality of higher education and market demands, regarding the competences of future graduates. Analyzing the characteristics of the higher education system and of the main characteristics, that define the competences of candidates within employing companies, the authors try to identify the frequency of required occupations, closely related to the academic offer of the International Management Master program at the German line of study. The aims of this article are: to measure the frequency of occupations specific to the economical field within German companies, that act as major employers of our graduates and also to establish which competences are most likely to be used within each analyzed occupation. Therefore, Gemba observation charts have been developed, in order to measure the frequency, importance and utility of each competence unit. The occupations and the competences of the graduates are the dependent variables and the independent variable is given by the questioned companies. Our results highlight the occupations that are most likely to be performed by a master graduate within German employing companies and the competences that are most required within these companies.

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