INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SKILLS REQUIRED OF GRADUATES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS OPERATION IN DELTA STATE
Abstract
The study investigated the Internet of Things (IOT) skills required of graduates of business education for business operation in Delta State. A research question guided the study and a hypothesis was tested. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 115 business educators from five tertiary institutions in Delta State. A structured questionnaire which was validated by three experts was used to collect data for the study. The test of reliability of the instrument using Cronbach Alpha yielded reliability coefficient of 0.82 for internal consistency of the instrument. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question while t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that leadership, communication, team work, strategic planning, decision making, marketing management, innovation management, performance management and quality management skills are the IOT skills required of graduates of business education for business operation in Delta State. The respondents did not differ in their opinion based on gender. The study concludes that graduates of business education require specific IOT skills for business operations. Based on these findings, it was recommended that administrators of business education programme in conjunction with business education curriculum planners should review the business education curriculum to include the addition of courses that would cover technological innovations like the IOTs in the business programme in tertiary institutions
Keywords: Internet of Things, Skills, Business Education, Graduates, Business Operation
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