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Table 4 Companies’ curricula objectives among the six largest commercial branches.

From: Challenges of a cross-national computer-based test adaptation

Branch (6 largest)

Provision of service and admini-stration

Public admini-stration

Banking

Industry

Trusts and estates

Private insurance

Indicative objectives

C

CE

C

CE

C

CE

C

CE

C

CE

C

CE

1.1

Managing material, data or services

1

2

2

–

–

–

1

4

–

–

–

–

1.2

Advising customers

3

–

4

–

3

–

3

–

3

–

3

–

1.3

Carrying out an order

3

–

8

–

3

–

2

2

2

–

2

–

1.4

Marketing and PR

–

4

1

–

1

–

–

3

–

–

1

1

1.5

Performing human resource administration tasks

–

2

1

2

–

–

–

5

1

–

–

2

1.6

Executing financial processes

1

2

4

–

1

–

–

4

1

–

–

2

1.7

Performing administrative and organizational activities

6

–

7

–

6

–

4

3

6

–

4

6

1.8

Using knowledge gained in own branch and company

4

–

Integrated

5

–

2

1

8

–

11

–

  1. Numbers numbers of objectives
  2. – no objectives
  3. C compulsory objectives
  4. CE compulsory-elective objectives