B301 B TMA: National Competitive Advantage and Employability

This report examines strategies for enhancing national competitive advantage and employability, with a specific focus on the context of Kuwait. It highlights the importance of investing in skills, education, and training to develop a sustainable workforce. The report emphasizes the role of collaboration between the government, investors, employers, and young people in creating a supportive ecosystem. It discusses the need for aligning curricula with employer needs, promoting internships, and fostering structured partnerships to close skills gaps. The report also explores the role of universities in designing curricula and the importance of encouraging a culture that views work as attractive. Ultimately, the report suggests that by creating a dynamic private sector and fostering an entrepreneurial spirit, Kuwait can enhance its national competitive advantage and improve employability among its young population.

Running head: NATIONAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND EMPLOYABILITY
National Competitive Advantage and Employability
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Article name: Bennett, D., Richardson, S. and MacKinnon, P., 2015. Enacting strategies
for graduate employability: How universities can best support students to develop
generic skills. Sydney: Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.
Introduction
There are certain strategies that can augment the capacity of firm in relation to
creating employment. This essay discusses the four strategies that can help the firms in
Kuwait in creating more employment.
Discussion
The government of Kuwait understands that investing in the arena of skills, education
along with training can help in developing a work force that is sustainable. It can help in
boosting the competitiveness of Kuwait and provide career for that of the young people.
Collaboration between that of government, investor, employer and the young people can
create supportive eco-system that can prepare young people so that they contribute to that of
the GCC work force (Smither, Houston and McIntire 2016). A report has shown that co-
relation between that of higher student score in the field of science along with mathematics
can help in increasing the per capita growth rate. Heavy investment in that of the education
sector by the government can help in increasing the capacity of the firms in creating
employment opportunities.
The curricula should be aligned with the needs of the employers and the education
system in the country does not prepare the students with that of the right technical skills.
Companies should have more input that can drive the course content towards that of the
specific requirements (Aryee et al. 2016). It can then develop a workforce that aligns itself
with the demands of the market. The students should be exposed to that of the work

environment with the help of internships. The students should be equipped with the core
skills that are required in the industry.
Structured collaboration along with partnership can help in closing the skills gap
related to education. This can help in boosting the importance of certain courses and can raise
standard in relation to teaching. It can create opportunities for the students in getting genuine
insight into that of the potential career. It can help in providing pipeline to that of the talent
and identification of the best before that of the competitors. It can help in boosting the brand
awareness. The universities should get involved in the process of designing of that of the
curricula that can boost the rankings of the institution (Bennett, Richardson and MacKinnon
2015). Level of employability that is offered by course can act as the measurement for the
students so that they can choose where they want to study.
Conclusion
Encouraging a culture within which work is perceived to be attractive can help in
achieving success in relation to education-to-employment initiative. The government should
be able to create dynamic private sector that can support that of the local population (Mistry,
Awasekar and Halkude 2017). It can help them in finding ways that can boost their appetite
in relation to taking on challenging work. Raising the profile of that of the alternative can
help the entrepreneurs in starting the business. Entrepreneurial spirit among that of the young
people in Kuwait is quite low. The young entrepreneurs are held back on account of cultural
stigma and a fear that they would fail.

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Bennett, D., Richardson, S. and MacKinnon, P., 2015. Enacting strategies for graduate
employability: How universities can best support students to develop generic skills. Sydney:
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Mistry, R., Awasekar, D. and Halkude, S., 2017. Integrating Various Instructional Strategies
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