Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review
There is a tripartite pull from academics, industry and professional bodies on the development needs of the Quantity Surveyor (QS). At best, there is scope for misunder-standings between the stakeholders as to what is being required and what is being achieved. At worst there may be actual gaps in th...
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| description | There is a tripartite pull from academics, industry and professional bodies on the development needs of the Quantity Surveyor (QS). At best, there is scope for misunder-standings between the stakeholders as to what is being required and what is being achieved. At worst there may be actual gaps in the education and/or training being offered and some discrepancies between the levels of attainment. This research sought to review the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) QS competencies and their application in the delivery of QS degree programmes. The changing development needs of QSs who satisfy the aspirations of industrial, professional and academic stakeholders were investigated through content analysis of the views of an expert forum consisting of relevant stakeholders and a series of competency mapping case studies. The study revealed that there are considerably different standards right across the RICS accredited QS programmes with respect to coverage of competencies. It is concluded that there is no standard benchmark in achieving competencies and it is open to individual interpretation. Further research in the development of a Graduate Competency Threshold Benchmark is suggested to align the disparate views of the stakeholders to accommodate changing development needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7529b4682d4544e191ee2d84597b633c2022-12-21T23:14:10ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityInternational Journal of Strategic Property Management1648-715X1648-91792013-06-0117210.3846/1648715X.2013.806966Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion reviewSrinath Perera0John Pearson1Damilola Ekundayo2Lei Zhou3Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United KingdomNorthumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United KingdomNorthumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United KingdomNorthumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United KingdomThere is a tripartite pull from academics, industry and professional bodies on the development needs of the Quantity Surveyor (QS). At best, there is scope for misunder-standings between the stakeholders as to what is being required and what is being achieved. At worst there may be actual gaps in the education and/or training being offered and some discrepancies between the levels of attainment. This research sought to review the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) QS competencies and their application in the delivery of QS degree programmes. The changing development needs of QSs who satisfy the aspirations of industrial, professional and academic stakeholders were investigated through content analysis of the views of an expert forum consisting of relevant stakeholders and a series of competency mapping case studies. The study revealed that there are considerably different standards right across the RICS accredited QS programmes with respect to coverage of competencies. It is concluded that there is no standard benchmark in achieving competencies and it is open to individual interpretation. Further research in the development of a Graduate Competency Threshold Benchmark is suggested to align the disparate views of the stakeholders to accommodate changing development needs.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/IJSPM/article/view/4181Competency mappingGraduate quantity surveyorQS degree programmesRICS QS competencies,Stakeholders |
| spellingShingle | Srinath Perera John Pearson Damilola Ekundayo Lei Zhou Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review International Journal of Strategic Property Management Competency mapping Graduate quantity surveyor QS degree programmes RICS QS competencies, Stakeholders |
| title | Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| title_full | Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| title_fullStr | Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| title_short | Professional, academic and industrial development needs: a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| title_sort | professional academic and industrial development needs a competency mapping and expert opinion review |
| topic | Competency mapping Graduate quantity surveyor QS degree programmes RICS QS competencies, Stakeholders |
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