OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCOUNTING SKILLS POSSESSED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES IN ADAMAWA STATE
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2018
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This study was conducted to assess Office Technology and Accounting skills possessed by business education students in colleges of education for the management of small scale business in Adamawa State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The entire 189 final year students of business education from the two colleges of education formed the population as there w2as no sampling. A 4point Likert rating scale with a structured questionnaire containing 31 items was used to elicit responses from the respondents. The study made used of Cronbach Alpha reliability method to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. The data collected were anlaysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that office technology and accounting skills are moderately possessed and that all the skills are highly required by both male and female students for effective management of small scale businesses. These skills if highly possessed will make business education graduate better prepared to take up jobs in organizatins and contribute meaningfully or be self-employed by establishing small and medium businesses. Therefore, recommendations were made, among others that the study of office technology and management should be encouraged by all stakeholders, as it is geared towards office technology and entrepreneurial skills needed for the management of small scale businesses.