Formation of professional competencies from the perception of the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Abstract

University education is oriented to develop competencies to respond to current educational, labor and social challenges. The objective of this research was to evaluate the perception of the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration - University of Guayaquil regarding the competencies developed in their professional training. For the application of the exploratorydescriptive methodology, the comparison of the surveys conducted in two academic periods 2019-2020 CII and 2020-2021 CI to the students of the Business Administration degree was carried out through the application of the survey of the Tuning project that evaluates the generic and specific competencies. Despite the difficulties that may have been generated in the students' environment during and after the confinement by covid-19, the perception of the development of the specific competencies necessary for business administration has increased. However, the need to deepen the analysis of the legal framework for business management, the analysis of the social environment and the use of information and communication technologies is evident.