ORGANIZING AND MANAGING BUSINESS EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The world today is challenged with high motion of knowledge explosion giving rise to new dimensions of thought among scholars in all disciplines. There is no area of human endeaviour that has not been affected by the current challenge of knowledge explosion and technological advancements. This phenomenon has further challenged tertiary institutions’ administration in their effort towards adopting best practices in organizing and managing knowledge instruction and learning. Business education is not left behind in the current challenges. Thus, this package focuses on organizing and managing business education with special affinity to business teacher education and training, business studies at basic education level, professionalism in business education, and work skills acquisition in Business education. The discipline of Business education has been conceived in this paper as a course of study that enables its recipients to acquire basic knowledge, attitudes and work skills required for business office routine functions like: creating and keeping records of accounting and marketing transactions, entrepreneurial exploits and business studies pedagogy. The paper briefly conceived the concept and academic components of business education, the administrative and academic functions involved in organizing and managing business education. The various bodies involved in organizing and managing business education were equally discussed. To capture the direction suggested in the title of this paper it further discussed organizing and managing business teacher education and training, business studies at basic education level, professionalism in business education as well as skills acquisition in business education. The paper also uncovered the challenges of organizing and managing business education in Nigeria and drew up a conclusion that the task in organizing and managing business education is not an easy one since it involves bodies and functions that are critical to the growth and development of business education sand business educators in tertiary institutions. Finally, the paper recommends among other measures that business educators should remain committed in the discharge of their employment responsibilities, and function with good inter personal relations in support of business education leadership and their employers at alltimes.

Keywords: Organizing, Managing, Business Education, Teacher education, Basic education, professionalism, skills acquisition.