Employability Skills Competence of Business Education Graduates in Managing Businesses

Edet Effiong Okon

doi:10.11648/j.ajmse.20200506.11

Abstract

This study determined the skill competence for managing businesses among fresh graduates of business education and achieved three objectives, answered three research questions and tested three null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was used and the study was conducted in Calabar - Nigeria with a population of 61 fresh graduates and a sample of 60 respondents. Questionnaire generated data analysed using the dependent t-test statistical analysis. Findings are that there is no significant influence of record-keeping, accounting and marketing on the management of small-scale businesses among business education graduates in Calabar. Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions are drawn: Record-keeping and accounting skills are very highly needed; marketing skill is lowly needed in the management of small-scale businesses among Business Education graduates in Calabar. It is further concluded that record-keeping skill; marketing skill; and accounting skills have no significant influence on the management of small-scale businesses among Business Education graduates in Calabar. The recommendations made from the conclusion are that: Record-keeping skills are practically demonstrated by business education undergraduates to help them in the management of small-scale businesses on graduation; marketing skills be practically demonstrated by business education undergraduates to help them in the management of small-scale businesses on graduation; accounting skills are practically demonstrated by business education undergraduates to help them in the management of small-scale businesses on graduation.

Highlights

Employability skills competence is one attribute that can give business education fresh graduates a boost as they are transiting from the enclosed training environment that characterize educational institutions to a dynamic and constantly changing business world
The result presented as answers to research question one, shown in Table 1 shows that fresh graduates have a very high level of competence in record-keeping with a weighted mean of 3.50
Finding based on test of hypothesis one shows that record-keeping has no significant influence on the management of small-scale businesses among Business Education graduates in Calabar

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Introduction

Employability skills competence is one attribute that can give business education fresh graduates a boost as they are transiting from the enclosed training environment that characterize educational institutions to a dynamic and constantly changing business world. Business education graduates are those who have completed business education programme in tertiary institution. Employability skill competence manifest in practice as opposed to concept of Self-Efficacy and Self-Efficiency [16] This theory states that every individual is required to perform tasks-routine especially ‘new’ ones – and it requires the ability to apply skills necessary to perform such tasks. The performance of these tasks is based on the competence drive of an individual described as “self-theories” or “efficacy beliefs” that the individual can always tackle assigned tasks [16]. In view of the foregoing Ezenwafor and Olaniyi observed that the skills needed by teeming

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