Effective of Practicum Program for Business and Management Courses

The study determined the effectiveness of the Practicum Program of the Business and Management courses offered by the College of Commerce, University of San Jose Recoletos. Using the descriptive design, the researcher administered a survey among students involved in the practicum program and their trainers. The practicum program was generally rated excellent by the students from the Entrepreneurship, Business Administrative, Management, Banking and Finance. It was rated very effective by marketing students. As rated by the trainers, the practicum developed the students’ positive and very good work attitudes and values, job knowledge, and work accomplishment. They rarely committed errors and their outputs were orderly, accurate and complete. The practicum program effectively translated theory into practice in the real setting of work.

Keywords – practicum program, trade and business