ASSESSMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS NEEDEDBY OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATES OF DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, OGWASHI - UKU

The study focused on the assessment of entrepreneurial skills needed by Office technology and management graduates of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku. Office technology and management is generally meant to prepare an individual who shall be entrepreneurially and skillfully functional in the society. Unfortunately most of the graduates of Office technology and management seen to lack the skills with which to be employed, hence the study was carried out to determine the extent Office technology and management graduates in Delta State need entrepreneurial skills for entrepreneurial success. Three research questions guided the study. Also three hypothesis were used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. The study is a survey design, the area of the study is Delta State. The study population consists of all small scale businesses which are duly registered with the ministry of commerce in Delta State. The Sample Size consist of 230 managers of small and medium enterprise the re-test method was used to determine the reliability of the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that Office technology and management graduates highly need technical, information and communication skills identified as required should be place in high priority need of training in Office technology and management among others.