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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCES in ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Transactions ID Number: 31-405
Full Name: Azami Zaharim
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Fundamental Enginering Unit, The Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM, 43600 Bangi, Selangor
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: 60389216843
Tel prefix: 60389216681
Fax: 60389216960
E-mail address: azami@vlsi.ng.ukm.my
Other E-mails: azaminelli@gmail.com
Title of the Paper: A Gap Study between Employers' Perception and Expectation of Engineering Graduates in Malaysia
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Azami Zaharim, Mohd. Zaidi Omar, Hassan Basri, Norhamidi Muhamad ,Farah Liza Mohd Isa
Email addresses of all the authors: azami@vlsi.eng.ukm.my,zaidi@vlsi.eng.ukm.my,drhb@vlsi.eng.ukm.my,hamidi@vlsi.eng.ukm.my,hyugafarah@gmail.com
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: This paper discusses a comprehensive study of employers' perception and expectation of Malaysian engineering graduates towards assessing measurable qualities. To have better overview in this issue, a survey on the needs, perception and expectation of Malaysian industries towards graduate engineers is conducted. In order to create a smoother transition from education to practice, some argue that engineering education should put more emphasis on the engineering-based knowledge. Thus, this study investigates also the gap analysis which is defined as the difference between expectation and perception among majority of Malaysian industries towards existing engineering graduates. Literally, it is to investigate the discrepancies between employers' perception and expectation towards future engineering work force of all the sectors or industries in Malaysia for non-technical and technical proficiencies. For the purpose of this paper, both technical and non technical attribu!
tes are analyzed and discussed. A total of 422 companies from various industries in Malaysia were chosen for the face-to-face interview sessions using a set of questionnaires. The respondents were mainly from high ranking personnel in their firm. The outcomes of this study will later be considered as a revision guideline for the engineering education curricula of Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Keywords: perception, expectation, gap analysis, technical attributes, non technical attributes
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