ASSESSMENT OF THE SECRETARIAL PROFESSION IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY ERA IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed secretarial profession in modern technology era in Oyo State Nigeria. It was guided by 4 research questions and 4 hypotheses. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of this study comprised sixty (60) secretaries in Oyo State central senatorial district which comprise Afijio Local Government, Atiba Local Government, Oyo West Local Government and Oyo East Local Government area. Due to the small number of Secretaries in Oyo State senatorial district, the whole population was used meaning that a purposive sampling technique was employed for the study. The study used self-developed instrument tagged: Challenges and Prospect for Secretarial Profession in modern Technology Era Questionnaire (CPSPMTEQ) for data collection. Mean and Standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions. The findings revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female respondents on the technology skills required by secretaries in modern technology era. It was also indicated that there was significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female respondents on the technology facilities required by secretaries in modern technology era. There was no significant difference between the mean ratings of respondents in rural and urban area on the challenges of secretarial profession in modern technology era and that there was significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female respondents on prospect for secretarial profession in modern technology era. The study recommended that business organizations should procure as many modern office technological gadgets as are available in the market to enable secretaries increase their productivity.Secretaries without new skills in the use of modern office technological gadgets should be retrained to fit into the trend of current advancement.
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