Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market

Purpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technica...

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Autores: Llorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310, Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0914-1702, Ras Sabido, Antoni|||0000-0001-5180-6731
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/11307
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/11307
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Competency based education
Information technology -- Spain
Telecommunication engineering curriculum
Future engineering education
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Competències professionals--Ensenyament
Tecnologia de la informació -- Espanya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competències
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorial
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spelling Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish marketLlorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0914-1702Ras Sabido, Antoni|||0000-0001-5180-6731Competency based educationInformation technology -- SpainTelecommunication engineering curriculumFuture engineering educationInformation and communication technologies (ICT)Competències professionals--EnsenyamentTecnologia de la informació -- EspanyaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competènciesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitariÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorialPurpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technical and managerial knowledge. It also assesses whether the Spanish Technical University is providing its graduates with the knowledge currently demanded by the sector. Design/methodology/approach: The report is based on a survey completed by 43 companies, which constitutes more than 60% of the sector and is representative of the entire range of subsectors that constitute the vast ICT industry in Spain. According to the sample construction, post-stratification has been used for analyzing global results. Responses have been weighted according to the proportion that represents the employees’ population of the Spanish ICT sector. Findings: As a first conclusion of the current research it should be noted that in terms of technological knowledge, the gap between what the industry requires and the skills graduates can offer is, in general, much smaller than the gap relating to business management skills, where differences exceeding 25% have been demonstrated. This would suggest that the Spanish ICT sector needs to improve learning in the subjects related to business management. Originality/value: Finally, as an innovate factor since there are no previous bibliographic references on this topic, a surprising conclusion is that a significant segment of the Spanish ICT sector, specifically 51,2 % of the companies surveyed, did not distinguish between professional profiles, expressed indifference, and were equally likely to employ graduates as postgraduates. Although when the market was asked about the preferred profile for managerial positions, the results are quite different: 83.7% of respondents preferred a superior engineer qualification; 16.3%Peer ReviewedIntangible Capital20112011-11-0120112011-11-16journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2099/11307reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/113072026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
title Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
spellingShingle Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
Llorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310
Competency based education
Information technology -- Spain
Telecommunication engineering curriculum
Future engineering education
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Competències professionals--Ensenyament
Tecnologia de la informació -- Espanya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competències
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorial
title_short Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
title_full Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
title_fullStr Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
title_full_unstemmed Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
title_sort Higher education needs for the ICT Spanish market
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Llorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310
Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0914-1702
Ras Sabido, Antoni|||0000-0001-5180-6731
author Llorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310
author_facet Llorens García, Ariadna|||0000-0002-7776-0310
Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0914-1702
Ras Sabido, Antoni|||0000-0001-5180-6731
author_role author
author2 Llinàs Audet, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0914-1702
Ras Sabido, Antoni|||0000-0001-5180-6731
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Competency based education
Information technology -- Spain
Telecommunication engineering curriculum
Future engineering education
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Competències professionals--Ensenyament
Tecnologia de la informació -- Espanya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competències
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorial
topic Competency based education
Information technology -- Spain
Telecommunication engineering curriculum
Future engineering education
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Competències professionals--Ensenyament
Tecnologia de la informació -- Espanya
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competències
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorial
description Purpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technical and managerial knowledge. It also assesses whether the Spanish Technical University is providing its graduates with the knowledge currently demanded by the sector. Design/methodology/approach: The report is based on a survey completed by 43 companies, which constitutes more than 60% of the sector and is representative of the entire range of subsectors that constitute the vast ICT industry in Spain. According to the sample construction, post-stratification has been used for analyzing global results. Responses have been weighted according to the proportion that represents the employees’ population of the Spanish ICT sector. Findings: As a first conclusion of the current research it should be noted that in terms of technological knowledge, the gap between what the industry requires and the skills graduates can offer is, in general, much smaller than the gap relating to business management skills, where differences exceeding 25% have been demonstrated. This would suggest that the Spanish ICT sector needs to improve learning in the subjects related to business management. Originality/value: Finally, as an innovate factor since there are no previous bibliographic references on this topic, a surprising conclusion is that a significant segment of the Spanish ICT sector, specifically 51,2 % of the companies surveyed, did not distinguish between professional profiles, expressed indifference, and were equally likely to employ graduates as postgraduates. Although when the market was asked about the preferred profile for managerial positions, the results are quite different: 83.7% of respondents preferred a superior engineer qualification; 16.3%
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