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Mintzberg Theory Of Graduate Unemployment

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There are many ground of educational and social scientific theory that can be used to explain graduate unemployment survival strategies in Abia state which according to Creemers and Kyriakides (2008) who posits that, “arising from theory of Work adjustment (Rene Dawis, 1964), Curriculum theories, (e.g Campbell, 1995; Fullan, 2001; Simons, 1990; Synder, Bolin and Zumwalt, 1992), organizational theories (e.g Fairman and Quinn, 1985; Mintzberg, 1986). These theories point out the importance of using specific factors for establishing knowledge sequel to graduate survival in the world of work”. Thus, attempting to introduce graduate unemployment survival strategies to remedy the challenges of life after graduation from HEI into the world of work, …show more content…

Therefore, this theory imply that strategies or planned change must be developed and appropriately implemented for efficient occupational or workplace survival as the world of work is a competitive terrain, (Okorie, 2012). It therefore demands that the formulation of strategy is necessary for survival and according to Mintzberg (1998), ‘strategy formulation is judgmental, designing, intuitive and visionary’. Strategy can be said to be synonymous to these key words; Plans, Position, Pattern, Ploys and Perspective i.e 5p’s. Sequel to the above plan is an intended action, ploys is an alternative of plan exhibited in a tricky way, pattern is the consistent manner and process that results from planned or coordinated thoughts. Position is an acceptable location while perspective is a targeted view or vision (Aremu, n.d). In situations like graduate unemployment in the society, graduates are expected to decide for survival with the available resource; what they want to do and how they intend to achieve it. Failure of many HEI graduates in the world of work in recent time has been attributed to poor planning or inability to strategize for the future. Therefore, any of HEI graduates with high degree of perspective as an approach to combat graduate unemployment will have a shared view and vision for graduate unemployment survival and make a positive impact in the world …show more content…

Higher Education. Higher education continues to evolve from the origin of Plato’s Academy in ancient Greece to the founding of Oxford University in the United Kingdom through the Morril Act of 1862, (White and Glickman, 2007), till the day of higher education in Nigeria as Colleges (in 1932), as University Colleges (in 1948), and as a University proper (UNN in 1960), among other generations of universities present today, (Jubril, 2003). Higher education builds on the level of competence, knowledge and skills normally acquired in secondary education. Education in general and higher education in particular, is fundamental to the construction of a knowledge economy in all nations, (NOUN, 2014:8). Therefore, Rudzkin in Anyamele (2004) posits that, “in a world that is changing rapidly HEI need to adapt if they are to avoid stagnation, decline and eventual

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