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The Agribussiness Study Program at Univeritas Terbuka, The Indonesian Open University, was created with a goal of producing graduates who are competent in the field of extention and communication of agribussiness. One way to achieve this goal is to create a curriculum that develops competencies in both hard and softskills that are relevant to the professional demands of graduates. Hard skill to be acquired include the application of methods and skills of agricultural extentions that will be applied in the field. Soft skills include competencies such as the ability to communicate, work in teams, leadership, and problem solving. The Agribussiness Study Program allows graduates to acquire key competencies by incorporating some practical courses in its curriculum. The presentation will describe the comparison of practical implementation of the management between an agricultural extention study program and the agribussiness study program. The topics discussed in this presentation will adress the implementation of practical management skills in the Agricultural Extention and Agribussiness Study Programs, including strengths and weaknesses, various obstacles, and how obstacles were overcome. The result study shows that the managing of the practical implementation of PS Agribussiness can be done independently as long as the equipments can be provided as the need in the field. |
