SKILLS IN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR GRADUATES’ ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Skills Office and ManagingTechnology, Graduate, Economic Sustainability, NigeriaAbstract
This study assessed skills in Office Technology and Management programme for graduates' economic sustainability in Nigeria. The discourse focused on the concept of Office Technology and Management (OTM) and its aims; skills expected of Office Technology and Management students for effective management of enterprises towards economic sustainability; entrepreneurship; and entrepreneurial awareness. Parts of the identifiedskills in Office Technology and Management Programme (OTM) for graduates’ economic sustainability in the study are: management skills, risks management skills, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, accounting skills, and so on. The paper further discussed probable areas of business enterprises where the identified skills could be useful to include:management consultant firm; small and medium scale enterprise; tutorial centre; cyber café; stationery store; and others. The study recommended, among others, that Office Technology and Management students must embrace the provided opportunity in the programme and acquire requisite entrepreneurial skills needed for self-reliance and economic sustainability.
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