Utilization of Model Office Technologies for Business Education Students’ Skills Acquisition in Enterprise Operations in Federal College of Education (Tech.), Omoku- Rivers State, Nigeria (Published)
This study evaluated the utilization of model office technologies for Business Education students’ skills acquisition in enterprise operations in Federal College of Education (Tech.), Omoku- Rivers State, Nigeria. Two specific objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Evaluation research design was used for the study. The population of the study was made up of 118 NCE III Business Education students in Federal College of Education (Tech.), Omoku during the 2023/2024 academic session. The entire population of 118 made up of 56 male and 72 female was used as the sample size of the study because it was a manageable size. However, only 107 students made up of 48 male and 59 fully participated in the study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The validated instrument was tested for reliability of stability using test-retest method. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) r – value was computed for the two generated data using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24.0 to obtain 0.82. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The null hypotheses 1 and 2 were tested at 0.05 level of significance using independent t-test. All computation will be done with the aid of SPSS version 20.0. The finding of the study revealed that both male and female business education students rated the utilization of model office technology platforms for skills acquisition in enterprise operation as highly relevant. They also both rated the extent of the skills acquired for enterprise operations due to the utilization of standard model office technology platforms as high. The finding also revealed that there is no significant difference in male and female business education students rating of the relevance of the utilization of the model office technology platforms and on the extent of skills acquired during th process. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Business education lecturers should endeavour to utilize relevant model office technology platforms empowered by android phone apps on Google play store to help their students develop skills for 21st century enterprise operations.
Keywords: Utilization, business office technology, development of skills, enterprise operations, model office