Planning Education in Economics and Business Studies: Perceptions on Factors Influencing the Planning

This work presents a descriptive analysis of the perception of students and lecturers at a Faculty of Economics and Business Studies regarding the level of academic planning in the educational programmes comprising the degree courses on offer. We also analyse both students’ and lecturers’ satisfaction with the teaching-learning process. More specifically, we study the functionality of the course guides using a survey conducted during the 2014–2015 academic year to see whether there is sufficient student feedback and whether actions are implemented to pool the educational programmes in such a way as to promote interdisciplinarity. Finally, satisfaction with the teaching-learning process is assessed, using a 0–4 point Likert scale to analyse the responses given to the previously mentioned indicators. A correlation study shows the relationship between the indicators selected to measure this perception. A regression analysis concludes that sufficient student feedback on the review of the course guides (CG) explains 46.6% of lecturers’ satisfaction with the development of the teaching—learning process.