POWERPOINT COMPETENCIES REQUIREDD BY OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT LECTURERS IN SOUTHEAST GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA FOR EFFICIENT ADAPTATION TO THE EMERGING METHODOLOGIES

Abstract

Adaptation to the emerging methodologies in business education demands that lecturers should adequately possess relevant technological competencies. This study determined the extent OTM lecturers in South East Nigeria require different Power Point presentation competencies for efficient adaptation to the emerging methodologies. One research question guided the study and two
hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population size also used as sample was 150 0TM lecturers drawn from all the polytechnics in the area. The main instrument for data collection was a five point rating scale questionnaire with 16 items. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and determine the homogeneity or otherwise of the respondents while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings show that OTM lecturers required PowerPoint presentation competencies at a high extent to be efficient in the emerging methodologies. Gender and experience did not
significantly influence the respondents’ ratings. It was concluded that adequate possession of PowerPoint presentation competencies by OTM lecturers will make for greater efficiency and effectiveness in their performance. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study it was recommended among others that serving OTM lecturers and prospective ones should seek out training opportunities to adequately acquire these competencies while NBTE should continue to emphasize the technological competencies in the OTM curriculum (195 words)