Sustaining employment through administrative management experiential learning in an open distance learning institution

  • Published June 13, 2016
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(2-2).2016.14
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    Volume 14 2016, Issue #2 (cont. 2), pp. 385-392
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The supply of business and management graduates to the labor market has grown significantly. However, these graduates still find themselves without employment for years. This is because employment is lagging behind economic growth. As a result, unemployment rate in South Africa has increased from 22% in 1994 to 25% in 2014. In response, government, employers and managers are striving to create sustainable employment. However, creating sustainable employment is both challenging and difficult. No wonder that there is a constant cry to establish factors that enable sustainable employment. The aim of this research is to establish the impact of experiential learning in administrative management on sustainable employment. The research is quantitative in nature, and a questionnaire is used to collect data from the respondents. The research establishes that experiential learning in administrative management enables sustainable employment

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