ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BY SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEURS IN NIGER STATE
ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BY SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEURS IN NIGER STATE
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2011-06
Authors
ARZIKA, ADAMU IDRIS,
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Abstract
The study was conducted to identify the information sources available to
small scale entrepreneurs (SSEs), their search strategy, how they organize
their resources, storage and preservation of information among others. A
survey research method was used for the study. 900 small scale
entrepreneurs were sampled as subject of the study. Questionnaire,
observation and oral interview were used as instrument for data collection.
Frequency count, simple percentages were used for data analysis. The
study discovered that Single ownership is the most popular form of
business ownership by the SSEs; Provision store, poultry, tailoring and fast
food are the predominant business activities; Trade partners, suppliers,
newspapers, magazines and personal friends are their major sources of
information; Marketing, information on raw materials, and financial
information are the major types of business information by the SSEs. The
study concluded that Small scale entrepreneurs in Niger State obtain most
of their information from the sales agents, radio and television. Most of
them make intensive use of records of sales invoices which give many
businesses a satisfactory appraisal and help them to keep their business
running. The research recommends Training of Staff and sales men/girls in
information collection, dissemination, handlings of enquiries and use of the
internet as one of the business information resources.
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE OF LIBRARY SCIENCE (MLS)
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT,, SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEURS,, NIGER STATE