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Sadri, Golnaz. Identifying Core Business School Competencies. Page 7 of 11.

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Question #2: Within each competency, what are the most important tasks that business school graduates have to perform?

Two sets of data are available to answer this question. Table 3 shows employer ratings of the importance of various tasks for six of the competencies. Ratings are presented in rank order.

The results presented in Table 4 can be used in a similar way. Table 4 provides the breakdown of tasks that alumni listed under each competency relevant to their current jobs.

Although the alumni data and employer data were collected using different means, there are some noticeable similarities within each category. For oral communications, the two most frequently listed tasks involved giving presentations and communicating with other employees. Both of these skills are rated as very important by employers. Under written communications, alumni most frequently list company memos (including e-mail), client correspondence, reports, and business letters. Again, employers agree that these forms of written communication are important.

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