Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2022
Volume: 6
Pages: 23-29
Document ID: 2022PEMJ406
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7424082
Manuscript Accepted: 2022-10-12
Psych Educ, 2022, 6: 23-29, Document ID: PEMJ406, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7424082, ISSN 2822-4353
Research Article
Abstract
Employability and managerial skills start at school. This study aimed to determine the personal
performance rating of business communication skills among Home Economics (H.E) students in
Maghaway National High School. A descriptive research design was utilized in this study with 17
respondents. For the data analysis, this study utilizes a weighted mean of the responses gathered.
Based on the results the respondent’s business communication skills were categorized as developing
which implies that students’ competence is limited. It is clearly presented that the respondents
categorized their skills in terms of public speaking skills, active listening, collaboration skills, and
decision-making skills was developing while written communication was categorized as a beginning.
The researchers concluded that the business communication skills of the students must be given
corresponding attention by developing interventions and teaching strategies that will help to
enhance the student’s business communication skills and to prepare them for real-life work settings.
Keywords: interventions, employment, teaching strategies, business communication skills, real- life
work settings
students in business communication skills in terms of: 2012) have found that graduates from rural areas face
1.1 public speaking skills, difficulties because they have less exposure to English
1.2 active listening, speaking; in fact, the majority of them prefer to use the
1.3 collaboration skills, national language because it is the medium of
1.4 decision-making skills, and instruction at public universities. According to Wahi,
1.5 written communication? Musa, Mohdali, and Hassan's (2019) study on the
2. Based on the findings, what interventions should be literacy abilities of undergraduate students identified
crafted? as "at-risk" (having a low-income economic
background and low English proficiency), the students
have developed skills in problem-solving, teamwork,
Literature Review and technology. In contrast to the QS (2019), this
study shows that students still lack communication
Employees in tourism and hospitality should be skills despite taking a number of university-provided
carefully selected and receive ongoing training, as communication and English courses that are required
their communication skills are an important indicator in order to prepare them for employment.
of how well they interact with customers (Tankovic,
The Philippines has the highest unemployment rate in
2020). The ability to communicate effectively is one of
the world. The second-highest among Association of
the most important skills for tourism employees
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries,
because it has become an essential part of the tourism
with Indonesia having the highest at 8.4 percent
business's daily operations (Brownell, 2016; Lolli,
(Adriano, 2009). This is indeed high, especially when
2013).
compared to Thailand's, Singapore's, and Malaysia's
Although Stevens (2005) emphasizes that oral end-of-year unemployment rates of 1.4 percent, 2.6
communication skills are lacking in young employees, percent, and 3.3 percent, respectively. Employability
these skills are undoubtedly the foundation of literacy can mean different things to different people,
and a prerequisite of any business communication. according to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It
From the perspectives of various professions and describes the employment rate of graduates in relation
stakeholders, multiple scales for written and oral to their characteristics (Harvey, 2003). Some people
communication skills were developed. However, it associate employability with how quickly a graduate
appears that these skills are insufficient to meet finds work. As a result, the waiting period for seeking
modern business needs, necessitating an expansion of employment is the most important indicator of whether
the previously used communication skill set. Listening or not a school is capable of producing qualified
communication skills imply the process of receiving, graduates for the labor market (Syafiq & Fikawati,
interpreting, and responding to the message received 2008). However, given the broad definition of
by the sender (Bisen & Priya, 2009) and is regarded as employability, it is important to recognize that the
the most important and frequent communication quality of a university graduate is not solely a
activity in business (Keyton et al., 2013). Listening reflection of the curriculum and its supporting
skills are undervalued because the process is natural: academic environment; there may be other factors that
while hearing is purely physical, listening is a mental contribute to employability and unemployment.
process that involves interpreting and comprehending Business graduates were in short supply in the
a message (Krizan et al., 2008). Listening efficiency is Philippines, as evidenced by the 22 percent who
estimated to be between 25% and 50%, implying that graduated. In 2004, many people with business
50% to 75% of spoken information is ignored, degrees were unemployed (Ramota, 2005). According
forgotten, or misunderstood (Guffey & Loewy, 2016). to the findings of a UNESCO survey (Graduate
Employability in Asia, 2012), communication between
In a study by Ismail (2011), graduates who are both graduates and employers did not place a high
proficient in English and have leadership and technical value on skills. Mechanisms for matching labor
abilities are more likely to find employment than demand and supply, on the other hand, such as
graduates who lack these qualities. As a result, the providing access to public services and job-matching
researchers have been motivated to investigate the technologies (e.g., job fairs, career or job placement
English language competency and communication services), as well as implementing measures to ease
abilities of final-year degree students majoring in the school-work transition, such as linkages between
business at a public university for workplace academe and industry/employers (Laguador & Ramos,
preparedness. Studies on the characteristics of 2014; Laguador, 2015; Orence & Laguador, 2013), are
graduates and unemployment (Musa, Lie, & Azman, viewed as more beneficial.
Participants
According to our findings, developing self-confidence when family members need to interact with each other
can be more difficult for students than learning in carrying out various functions and achieving goals.
communication techniques such as storytelling. These are put into operation in carrying out various
Speaking in front of an audience is a terrifying tasks and functions, i.e. planning, organizing,
experience for many people, including students, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, sales, negotiation,
professional scientists, and those in other professions arbitration, mediation, appraisal, interview good and
(Daly, Vangelisti, & Lawrence, 1989; Bader, 2016). well-developed listening skills are also regarded as an
Neither the self-assessments nor the external reviews essential component of other functions. These include
revealed a significant improvement in students' ability reaching agreements, making decisions, influencing,
to project self-confidence as a result of Engage motivating, dealing with grievances, solving problems,
training. However, according to the analysis presented and obtaining and disseminating information such as
in supplementary material S5, external reviewers policy, procedures, rules, regulations, feedback, and
perceived more self-confidence in pre-course marketing information (Roche, 2020).
presentations than students reported in their self-
assessments. Table 3. Students’ business communication skills in
terms of collaboration skills
Table 2. Students’ business communication skills in
terms of active listening
statement was supported by the observation that at the terms of written communication
Jombang Regency job fair, students with the ability to
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accepted in previously chosen jobs. Furthermore, this
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