EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS REQUIRED OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATES BY MANAGERS OF SMALLSCALE ENTERPRISES IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study was conducted to ascertain the employability skills required of office technology and
management (OTM) graduates by small scale enterprises in Anambra State. The study adopted a
descriptive Survey design. Two research questions guided the study, while two hypotheses were
tested at 0.05 level of significance. Population of 980 mangers of small scale enterprise was
used for the study. Proportionate stratified sampling techniques were used to sample 294 small
scale enterprise managers in Anambra State. The questionnaire was validated by experts in
business education. The reliability method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument
was established using Cronbach alpha formula to determine the internal consistency of the
instrument which yielded Correlation coefficient values of 0.93, 0.97, 0.98, and 0.96 for the four
clusters of the questionnaire, with the overall coefficient value of 0.96. Mean was used to answer
the research questions while the null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Ztest. Data collected were analyzed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation to answer the
research questions. Findings from the study revealed that problem solving skill, and database
administration skills, are highly required of OTM graduates by small scale enterprises in
Anambra State.