RELEVANCE OF ASSESSMENT TO INDUSTRY AND STAKEHOLDERS

Industry demands for individuals who are fully equipped with global competitiveness and efficacy. In addition, they need manpower possessing appropriate skills considering the quality of work and service. Anent this, assessment plays a vital role in producing individuals with quality not by quantity. Due to the social changing milieu, the need for innovation is of high importance. Through the use of assessment, industry will be able to evaluate the quality and the sustainability performances of projects and technology developments in the process industry and more specifically to evaluate operational initiatives.

Checklists and guidelines should be applied during project and technology management, although this requires further investigation to monitor the performance of each individual. This also includes the evaluation of anecdotal reports taken from the formative assessments conducted.

Within calls from governments, business, alumni and students themselves about the need to develop knowledge, skills and attributes for the ‘real’ world, the generic skills, employability skills and professional literacies should be properly assessed. Certainly, universities graduates’ transition into the professions or the workplace more broadly should be supported by a range of preparatory initiatives in the curriculum. How to engage industry in the development, delivery and evaluation of business curriculum should also be focused and considered.

The professional development shall also be considered in the assessment providing an exciting learning environment for students to demonstrate the skills and knowledge they have developed throughout their degree. Therefore, assessments are tools to improve the quality of manpower in the industry.