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The Role Of Skills And Competences In The National Higher Education And In The Labour Market

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  • Herneczky, Andrea
  • Varga, Erika
  • Marsalek, Sandor

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Due to the rapid technological, technical and economic development in the 21st century, knowledge and learning have become decisive economic factors and the role of human resources has also come in the limelight. The competitiveness of an entire national economy, a region or even a continent is basically determined by human resources with the suitable competencies. The labour market is in need of graduates who possess not only expertise in its strict sense but also master some economic, IT and foreign language skills. The free movement of labour is only of benefit to those who are able to communicate in a foreign language at a suitable level in addition to having specialised knowledge. We set out to carry out a questionnaire-based study to prove that attitudes in higher education need to be changed. The findings clearly show that both the students and the employers agree that the effectiveness of foreign language teaching needs to be improved and that students should be equipped with broader and more modern knowledge in the fields of finance, accountancy, law, economics and marketing. At the same time, today’s higher education is characterised by too many programmes and majors rather than the development of competencies meeting the real needs of the labour market. To sum it up, we can conclude that to improve Hungary’s competitiveness, the acquisition and the offering of the competences analysed in our research is indispensable. ------------------------------------------------- A XXI. század rohamos technológiai, technikai, gazdasági fejlődésének köszönhetően a tudás és a tanulás egyre inkább gazdasági tényezővé válik. Egy nemzetgazdaság, egy régió vagy akár egy kontinens versenyképességét is alapvetően meghatározza a megfelelő kompetenciákkal rendelkező humán erőforrás. A munkaerőpiac a szűken értelmezett szakismeret mellett gazdasági, számí¬tástechnikai és idegen nyelvi ismeretekkel rendelkező diplomás szakembereket keres. A munkaerő szabad áramlása csak azok számára jelent előnyt, akik a magas szintű szaktudás mellett megfelelően képesek idegen nyelven kommunikálni. Kutatásunk célja volt, hogy kérdőíves felméréssel támasszuk alá azt a tényt, hogy a felsőoktatásban is szemléletváltásra van szükség. A jelenlegi eredmények egyértelműen bizonyítják, hogy a hallgatók és a munkáltatók szerint is rendkívül fontos az idegen nyelvi oktatás hatékonyságának növelése, a pénzügyi, számviteli, jogi, közgazdasági és marketingismeretek bővítése és korszerűsítése. Ugyanakkor a mai felsőoktatásra inkább a szakburjánzás jellemző, mintsem a munkaerőpiac igényeihez igazodó kompetenciák fejlesztése. Összegzésképpen elmondható, hogy Magyarország versenyképességének növelése szempontjából a kutatásunkban vizsgált kompetenciák elsajátítása és elsajátíttatása nélkülözhetetlen tényező.

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  • Herneczky, Andrea & Varga, Erika & Marsalek, Sandor, 2010. "The Role Of Skills And Competences In The National Higher Education And In The Labour Market," GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics, Karoly Robert University College, vol. 54(Special E), pages 1-10.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:gazdal:99203
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.99203
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