| Content |
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Ama 1986 in oduma 2006 defined business education as that education which prepares students for entry and or placement in jobs within business, and prepares them to handle their own business affairs and function intelligently as consumer and citizens in a business economy.
Business education is any profit oriented activity that is geared towards the production of goods and services for the satisfaction of human want. It can also be seen as business education for and about business. It is education for business when one is preparing for the vocation that is preparing for the real world of work after graduation while business education about business is that individual having the general knowledge about business, without working with it but to be a rational consumer. Business education is a oriented specialized aspect of vocational course, aimed at preparing youths for jobs in bookkeeping and accounting occupations, office occupations which includes word processing, secretarial occupations, general and clerical occupations and general marketing occupation. It is therefore a vocation designed to develop special competencies in marketable business skills and techniques.
The general objective of business education according to Osuala 1999 is to develop skills, knowledge and competencies in the student for the world of work by developing basic awareness of the contribution which business and office employees make to the nations economic system, improving personal qualification and building attitudes necessary for adjustment to personal and employment situations, developing the abilities of students to their maximum and by guiding individuals for suitable placement in business and office employment. It provide for good citizenship through preparation to become an intelligent and productive wageearner, promote an understanding of our economic system through developing a better understanding of free enterprise and the world of business, it provides a broad and varied programme of general and specialized education which helps to meet the needs of all students.
The national policy on education 2004 accept that business education have done much and that government has recognized the importance of business education and the need to relate its programme to the requirement of commerce and industry. It simply means that opportunities for creating employment in business education is much. The problem that surround Nigeria cities has its root in unemployment, poverty and lack of job creating opportunities.
Unemployment is a situation whereby the individuals are willing and are able to work but could not find a better paid job. It is an involuntary idleness, despite the persons ability and willingness to work, and it is as a result of this ugly situation that brought about the study of business education in todays school curriculum, and this in essence help to bridge the gap of unemployment in the country, since it is a vocational course that gives the recipients the basic skills and occupational competencies that will enable them gain useful employment of individual in the society. The impact of business education programme in creating employment opportunities is possible through the preparation of clerical workers, typist, stenographers, secretaries, computer operators, for entry into the labour force for job creation. There are job opportunities for wealth creation for business education graduates. They work in the offices haven acquired and developed the basic competencies in modern office gadgets in information and communication technology ICT.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Business education is a skill oriented course which prepares the students for labour market in future and has done a lot in impacting knowledge and skills to the student. These knowledge and skills are often hindered during teaching and learning of business education because of some problems, these problems include: Unconducive learning environment, poor equipment and facilities, unavailability of instructional materials, out dated curriculum, and many others which have so much hindered the learning and teaching of business education programme. Therefore, it is as a result of these problems mentioned above that led the researcher to research on this topic which tries to find out the impact of business education programme in creating employment opportunity.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The main purpose of the study is to find out the impact of business education programme in creating employment opportunities in Ebonyi State. Specifically, the study sought to:
Determine the impact of business education programme in creating employment opportunities in Ebonyi State.
Determine those selfemployed opportunities for the
graduates of business education in Ebonyi State.
Determine the job opportunities available for business education graduates in public sectors in Ebonyi State.
Ascertain the job opportunities available for business education graduates in private sectors in Ebonyi State.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study will be of great benefit to a number of government and private parastatals as discussed thus; the study will help in gaining all the necessary assistance that business education recipient are expected to so as to understand better and have the expected competencies in the field. It therefore becomes imperative to those prospective graduant as well as those already in the field because it will expose them on how to create employment opportunities for oneself with out depending on government job.
Similarly, the study will also benefit the department to enrich their library and serves as a research document for students of the same department. The lecturers of the department may also benefit from the study by means of making reference to it in their future supervision of the researcher who uses it as a guide for a better presentation.
The researcher will also be of significant to remove those already existing impressions that have been created in the mind of many others that business education is for those who have become frustrated in life and in particular, that it is a woman course which invariably is a false information.
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In recent years, most of the countries across the globe are in a sweeping mood to promote micro finance institutions not only as a positive rural development intervention but also as a rural development panacea. Allured by the success of micro credit institutions in developed countries, the developmental economists in under developed and developing economies have increasingly become enthusiastic in the promotion of micro credit as a rural development intervention, by tying it neatly with post-liberal development ideology. It must be pointed out that, although the basic philosophy behind the micro credit movement is to eradicate poverty as it stimulates the growth of micro enterprises by developing new markets and by promoting a culture of entrepreneurship, it involves minimal state intervention, thereby shifting the focus of attention away from the society towards individuals. As it has been asserted, the economic giants of the world developed their economies by relying on formal credit institutions through the development of their capital markets. But these formal credit institutions have on the whole failed to provide credit to the poor in the underdeveloped countries for many obvious reasons, Von Pischke (1991) Micro-finance is generally an umbrella term that refers to the provision of a broad range of services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers and insurance to poor and low-income households and their micro-enterprises (Khawari, 2004). In a much narrower sense though, micro-finance is often referred to as micro-credit for tiny informal businesses of micro-entrepreneurs. An outstanding feature of micro-finance programmes is that the end users of the services are by definition the poor, the ones who benefit. | CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the study Training of employees of late has been given a boost within every organization. This probably is as a result of the need for consistency and employees improvement on the job. Technology changes with time and there is therefore the need for employees in the organizations to have the requisite corresponding training practices in order to facilitate efficiency and effectiveness. In his book on human resource management, Gary (2005) defines training as the methods used to give new and present employees the skills they need to perform their job. Perhaps the most essential tool for the achievement of organizational goals is the human resource and for that matter employee, hence the need for assessing employees training practices. A well trained employee is the key to organizational success. Studies have shown that the most successful productive employees are those who have received intensive training practices. They are the cream of crop often having a strong stake in the organizational future. In an ideal world, you will be able to hire people who already possess the exact skill your organization needs, but today?s competitive labour market, demand for skilled workers far exceeds supply, that is where training comes in. Not only does it arm your employee with the needed attitude on the technical skills, but it also shows that you are investing in your employees and interested in building them for the organizational future needs. It helps keep employees motivated and innovated. | | CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the study Microfinance is the provision of a broad range of financial services to poor low-income households and micro enterprises (Amin and Pebley, 1994). Research interest in the issue of access to microfinance particularly by women has been on a rising trend in recent times. Bennet and Goldberg (1993) asserted that in developing economies, low-income women are often victims of societal suppression and abuse; while their counterparts in developed economies are victims of lending discrimination. It is therefore argued that lending to women may help empower them economically and socially. The heightened interest in the gender dimension of microfinance in recent times stems from the fact that women are often seen as instruments for societal change and development and as such, empowering them may be of great benefit to society. Access to credit by women has therefore become the main subject of many global and regional conferences, seminars and workshops. Experts have widely acknowledged the substantial contribution of small and micro enterprises (of which women participation constitute larger percentage) to the socio-economic development of a nation, therefore the need to support them to grow. It is therefore no exaggeration to state that, the most important goal, which every society in the contemporary world has set for itself, is to empower its women to be able to afford basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter; as well as be part of decision making in the home and community. In many societies in Africa, which Nigeria is no exception, women are not fully integrated into the socio-economic development process (Meyer, 1992) and one of the possible implications is that, these societies are deprived of their full utilization of their human resource capabilities and potentials. Education, in its true sense brings some level of empowerment and once a woman is empowered it will subsequently lead to a reduction in poverty in various societies, education helps women to contribute meaningfully to development through participation in decision making which has been perceived to be the prerogative of men. | INTRODUCTION Communication is very important to the existence of human organization. The environment in which organization operate today is complex and comprises physical, cultural psychosocial, economics, legal, political, technical and other characteristics. It is in this environment that all organization must operate their business. They must among other analysis the character of economics and social problem and acknowledge that their policies are adopted and administered in a political system where concentration of power and self-interest has to be tacked. In addition, good communication network in the form of postal and telecommunication has been interpreted by various meaning. Some regard it as message itself. Some feel it is the channel along which the message is passed while other term it as the cut off message, passing communication can therefore be rightly defined as the process by which information is passed between individual or organization by means of a previously agreed method (either verbal or written). In everyday life one seeks information from or passes information to them. This communication can be verbal (face to face or telephone). Written (letter, memos, reports etc) or mechanical (seconding original documents instead of transmitting the message in them). The most vital means of receiving or sending information is oral communication. Osiegbu (1983:40) said that the factors that contribute to failure in implementation of organizational objectives include lack of clarity of purpose and failure in understanding of objective policies and tasks at any level by any group or individual. Failure in communication or perception clashes of interest of value, gap between anticipated and actual event, degree of flexibility and capacity of organization to respond to the unexpected all those by no means are possible constraints to organizational intention but the major concern here is the breakdown in management function due to no communication. In other word how “effective communication improves managerial performanceâ€. Communication function is the means by which organized activity is unified. The means by which social input are fed into the social systems or organization, the means by which behaviour is modified, change is effected, information is made productive and goals are achieved, be it business, the military, the government and so on. In a similar form, communication relates to exchange of facts, opinion or emotions by two or more persons in an organization. It could be word, letters, symbols or messages in a way that one-organization member shares meaning and understanding with another. On the other hand management is the managing of a complex system of men, machine, money and the physical structure whose effective coordination is necessary in the production of a product or service that have economic value to the society. The practice of management also rest to a large extent on the role or part which individuals and groups in the organization play and of course the way their activities are harmonized. Human beings are essentially crucial for the development growth and success of any organization for it is the human beings that get things done. The practice of management involve taking charge and streamlining the activities of organization member to ensure that as far as possible desired objective are active. |
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.