Governmental and media reports suggest that university graduates are not adequately
prepared to work in globalised workplaces that are complex and diverse. This view is echoed
by; graduates and graduate employers. Using the references cited below explore what
competencies would make business graduates more employable in the global environment,
and how Universities can help develop such competencies.
An annotated bibliography provides an explanation of the best available research on a given
research topic. The annotation usually contains a brief summary of content and a short
analysis or evaluation of the research article.
You must use Chicago referencing style for details see:
https://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/Chicago. Use 12 size Times New Roman font and 1.5 line
spacing.
The goal of this assessment is to reflect, summarise, critique and evaluate research, about
the research topic: Are business students work-ready?
For the annotated bibliography, use five journal articles including the two referenced below.
You must find three other recent (since 2015) journal articles that address the research topic
Are business students work-ready. Prepare an annotation of each article with the goal of
informing the reader as to the content, relevance and quality of the research (about 200
words for each article).
You must annotate five journal articles including the following two:
Jackson, Denise. 2013. “Business graduate employabilitywhere are we going wrong?”
Higher Education Research & Development 32 (5): 776-790. doi:
10.1080/07294360.2012.709832
Tymon, Alex. 2013. “The student perspective on employability.” Studies in higher education
38 (6): 841-856. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2011.604408
And three (3) recent (2015+) peer reviewed journal articles that you find, that are related to
the research topic Are business students work-ready.