ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES REQUIRED OF POLYTECHNIC OFFIC TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA
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The study assessed electronic records management competencies required of OTM polytechnics graduates in the e-records world. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted with a population of 145 OTM lecturers in public polytechnics in South-South Nigeria. The entire population was used as sample because of its manageable size. Data were collected, using a structured questionnaire on a five point rating scale. Three experts validated the instrument while cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the instrument with a coefficient of 0.85. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while t-test statistics was used for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study showed that OTM graduates required word processing and database management competencies for office e-records management in the e-records world of work for global competitiveness. The hypotheses tested, showed that, there were no significant differences in the mean ratings of male and female lecturers of OTM on office e-records management competencies required of OTM graduates. Based on the findings, the study among others recommended that the identified e-records management competencies in word processing and database management should be used for retaining of lecturers for effective use of ICTS in polytechnics.
Keywords: E-records, Competencies, e-world, OTM and Polytechnics
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