The Compatibility of the Study Plans and the Courses with the Internal and External Labor Markets: An Empirical Study on the Department of Business and Marketing of the College of Planning and Administration at Balqa` Applied University

The aim of the study is to clarify the relation between the study plans and the courses and between the internal and external labor market and to highlight a light on one of the most important department (business and marketing) in the college of planning and administration at Balqa Applied University. The population of the study consisted of all the graduates of the department of business and marketing since its establishment at Balqa Applied University in 1997 with its different titles. A simple random sample was 20% of the statistical society (520 graduates), which is (106 graduates).The study found that there is statistically significant relation between the compatibility of the study plans and the courses of the department of business and marketing at Balqa Applied university and between the administration of the internal and external labor market. Also the study explain that there is that the administration of the plans and the courses of the department of business and marketing at Balqa Applied University relied on the functional efficiency to the needs of the internal and external labor marketThe study recommend that there must be a professional development to the academic staff and which becomes later a legal and a basic demand to cope with the developments of the labor market in one hand. The study conclude that that most of the graduates of the department of business and marketing in Balqa Applied University have the best chance to obtain a job opportunity. Key words: BAU; Compatibility of the study plans; The course; The labor market; The study plan