Meeting the Needs of Business by Specifying Graduate Attributes in Higher Education in Australia

Running head: NEEDS OF BUSINESS BY SPECIFYING GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES IN HIGHER
EDUCATION
MEETING THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS BY SPECIFYING GRADUATE
ATTRIBUTES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA
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Introduction
The term graduate attributes used in this study refers to wide range of personal as well
as professional qualities and skills for understanding and to implement discipline based
awareness. In this aspect, graduate attributes also refer to a number of terms that are used in
different countries and in different levels of education, most of them are major skills that are
increasing in the business industries.
In this context, the Australian government took an effort to apply an external
validation on the development of the graduate factors by introducing its own graduate skills
evaluation test that is established by Australian Council for educational research. It has been
seen that most of the Australian educational institutions are involved with the method of
graduate factors establishment in identifying their duties to get involved with the attributes
that are required for the sustainable learning in the drastically growing world.
Based on this factors of graduate attributes, the review of literature illustrated the
study of the integration of graduate attributes in business education using the online process
to foster the methods. By doing so, the study explains about the accomplishing the
requirement of business by explaining the graduate attributes in Australia.
Overview of Graduate skills
The evaluation of past literature on graduate capabilities reported that stakeholder
collaboration is a necessary area that is needed to be managed in order to enhance the issue of
graduate employability. Osmani et al., (2015) argued that outdated and improper curriculum
in the system of higher education had resulted in the ill preparation of the university
graduates. The recognition of the required action in business education has been reflected in
a few sources released by the business council of Australia.

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According to Velliaris & Breen (2016), the report suggested that universities need to
teach the graduate students the ability of critical thinking, ethical practices together with
practical skills that are required for business employment. Apart from these, the report also
suggests that such development has increasingly become the core focus for both the
university graduates as well as postgraduates curriculum study. In this context, an Australian
Industry report found the result of a survey of more than 500 employers (Jackson, 2018).
All the employers in the study were demanding for increased levels of skills and
regular update on skills along with technical skills. Ibo (2014) stated that more than 90% of
the employers are seeking candidates that are flexible and adaptive to the working
environment. In particular, employers are asking for students who have better attributes on
communication and team work so that they are able to contribute towards productive and
harmonious relation.
Attributes of the graduate and Assessment criteria in Universities
In the year 2011, Chan et al., (2017) reported a paper for specifying the role of
universities and the perception of the government on the university functions. According to
the perception of government, universities are major sources of innovation, skill and talent.
Therefore, universities seek to manage the development of competencies that may help to
influence the perception of students that are necessary to fulfil the necessities of the
employers.
For instance, the study of manufacturing framework used in Australia outlines that
capabilities are necessary for the Australian employees while working in the different
international environment. Jackson (2014) stated that the first source of developing graduate
attributes are offered by generic competencies. These are used to enhance the employment
options for the Australian Graduated in the global market of Labour.