INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION SKILLS IN PROMOTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NORTHWESTERN GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA.
INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION SKILLS IN PROMOTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NORTHWESTERN GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA.
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2014-07
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GIDADO, Sulayman Dauda
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Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the influence of business education skills
in promoting Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in North-Western Geopolitical
Zone of Nigeria. The study had five specific objectives which aimed at
determining: how book-keeping/accounting skills influence the success of SMEs,
the ways through which marketing skills influence the success of SMEs, how
office technology and management skills influence the survival of SMEs, how
leadership skills influence the success of SMEs and the ways in which business
management skills influence the survival of SMEs. Five research questions were
raised and answered. Five null hypotheses were also formulated and tested. The
survey research design was adopted for the study and a self-designed four-point
rating scale questionnaire was used to collect the data. The population of the study
was 1,014 consisting of all the owners and employees of all the registered SMEs
providing computer services in North-Western States of Nigeria. Six hundred and
nine (609) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The data collected
were analysed using Statistical tools. Percentages were used to analyse the
demographic variables of the respondents, while research questions were answered
using mean scores. Any item with mean score of 2.50 or above as well as a
research question with a grand mean of 2.50 or above was accepted, otherwise
rejected. Furthermore, all the five null hypotheses were tested using t-test, at alpha
0.05 level of significance. The major findings of the study revealed that effective
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use of book-keeping/accounting, marketing, office technology and management,
leadership and business management skills influenced the success and survival of
SMEs. To ensure effective application of business education skills by SMEs
operators and their employees, it was recommended that SMEs owner as well as
their employees should strive toward the acquisition and effective application of
business education skills, the government should, through the relevant ministries
and agencies organise training/workshop for SMEs operators, Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and development partners should also help in training the
SMEs operators and their employees and the score card of the SMEs in terms of
how they apply the business education skills should be a pre-requisite for their
ability to secure financial assistance. It was concluded that for SMEs to get out of
some of their problem and continue to be in operation and successful, they must be
making use of business education skills.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
AWARD OF M.ED BUSINESS EDUCATION
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INFLUENCE,, BUSINESS,, EDUCATION SKILLS,, PROMOTING,, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE,, ENTERPRISES,, NORTHWESTERN,, GEO-POLITICAL,, ZONE,, NIGERIA.