ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Abstract
The alarming rate of unemployment in Nigeria has necessitated the change in the name and curriculum of secretarial studies to Office Technology and Management to enable graduates of OTM meet with the trends and advancement in modern technology. This has created entrepreneurial opportunities for graduates of OTM. This paper is a literature review aimed at identifying entrepreneurial opportunities in the OTM programme. These opportunities were discovered to abound in the areas of ICT, desktop publishing, website design and management, electronic commerce etc. The OTM programme also equips youths with vital skills needed for entrepreneurial success. These skills were found to include human relations skills, time management skills, etc. The researchers consequently recommended among others, that there should be training and retaining of academic staff of OTM departments to enable them
acquire and update their skills in the areas of ICT, desktop publishing, website designing etc.
KEYWORDS: Entrepreneurial opportunities, OTM programme.
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