A Survey of the Performance of Daystar University Business Administration and Management Graduates as Perceived by Their Employers

Abstract

An important part of any employment in any organisation is the comparison of the perceived performance with the actual results. All employers \\hen recruiting look for those individuals ~ho can add value to their business. Thus, they nonnally have high performance expectations. It \\as with this in mind that a survey was set up to investigate the performance of Daystar University Business Administration and Management graduates as perceived by their employers within the Nairobi Metropolitan area. A total of22 organizations \\ere studied with an objective of finding out the employers' expectations and the actual perfonnance of these graduates. The population size of this study consisted of all the 40 organizations domiciled within the Nairobi Metropolitan area where Daystar University Business Administration and Management graduates who graduated between 1989 and 1999 are currently working. Out of the whole study population, 55% organizations responded. Since this number was less than 30 (n<30)), a t-test statistic test which is commonly callled student's t-distribution and is used when sample size is 30 or less was employed in to data analysis. In addition, means, frequencies and percentages were utilized while rating di fTerent attributes that were of concern to the study. The survey indicated that majority of the Business Administration & Management graduates are employed in commercial and services sector with 66.7 percent. The analysis also indicate that majority of these graduates' entry levels was in middle JV management with 71.4 percent. The t-test statistic indicated that there is a high 1.645 correlation between areas of training and the expectations of the employers in the o rganizations at 95 percent confidence limits. The survey indicated that 92.6 percent of Daystar University Business Administration & Management graduates meet their employers performance expectations in applying the training and ski ll s acqui red and the attributes they portray. It can therefore be concluded that the training and skills acquired by these graduates from Days tar University meet the perceived expectations of employers. Therefore, the training offered is appropriate for the job market in Nairobi, Kenya.