<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option"^^ . "In this new age of globalization, higher education plays an increasingly important role in\r\npreparing a workforce which meets rapidly changing industry needs. There is now a critical\r\nneed to re-examine the function of tertiary education such that it not only caters to fresh\r\nschool-leavers but of equal importance, provide opportunities for the further up-skilling and\r\nupgrading of people who are already employed. With a substantial proportion of people who\r\nhave yet to obtain a basic degree, conventional universities by themselves are highly unlikely\r\nable to meet the demands of providing tertiary education to all who need or want to further\r\neducation, in the near or even distant future. Open and distance learning programmes which\r\nare able to contribute significantly to lifelong learning efforts, however, have constantly been\r\nregarded as ‘the lower quality alternative’ with their flexible entry policy and flexible\r\nlearning modes. This paper seeks to examine the extent to which Open University Malaysia’s\r\ngraduates met employer expectation with regard to employability competencies. Paper and\r\npencil questionnaires were sent via postal mail to employers of the November 2010 open\r\nmarket Bachelor degree programme graduates. Responses from 290 out of a total of 1088\r\nemployers were analysed using quadrant analysis and gap analysis for three dimensions of\r\nemployability competencies namely, Knowledge and Understanding, General Attributes and\r\nGeneric Skills. Overall findings suggest that while importance scores were higher than\r\nsatisfaction scores, the employers were generally satisfied with the graduates’ competencies\r\nfor all three dimensions. (Abstract by authors)"^^ . "2011-11-14" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Norlia Goolamally"^^ . " Norlia Goolamally"^^ . . ""^^ . "Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . " Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . . ""^^ . "Norziati Mansor"^^ . " Norziati Mansor"^^ . . "Tina Swee Kim"^^ . "Lim "^^ . "Tina Swee Kim Lim "^^ . . ""^^ . "Mansor Fadzil"^^ . " Mansor Fadzil"^^ . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . . . "The International Lifelong Learning Conference (ICLLL) 2011 "^^ . . . . . "Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur"^^ . . . . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Text)"^^ . . . . . "producing_tina.pdf"^^ . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Producing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #652 \n\nProducing graduates who meets employer expectations : open and learning is a viable option\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . .