Proposal for curricular changes: cross-cutting axis interaction with the productive sector

Abstract

The article addresses the interaction with the productive sector from the viewpoint of teachers-entrepreneurs, and Business Administration students at Universidad de Nariño, in order to do so, the conception of some authors and the experiences of national and foreign universities were taken as reference. This work draws from the qualitative research paradigm and it is guided by the hermeneutical approach. The sample of the study are teachers, students and entrepreneurs.  An analysis of the current status of the abovementioned program was carried out, by exploring the needs of participants in their relationship with the productive sector.  In the results, the research subjects demonstrated that it is important to strengthen the program's relations with the productive sector, so that interships can be formalized with the labor regulations defined by law, and other alternatives of interaction with the aforementioned sector can be considered, seeking that these initiate from the first semesters based on the practical subjects of the curriculum.  Results indicated that in some countries, internships are stipulated to be in the first semesters, when students select the practical subject according to their command, becoming the objective of the practical oriented curriculum.  Thus, a micro-curriculum was developed, it allows students to interact with the productive sector from the first semesters; this measure would achieve a social contribution, by generating executive training, as well as the development of theoretical and technical business skills.