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Microcomputer skills needed by college of business administration graduates and the adequacy of instruction in those skills as perceived by business managers and collegiate faculty
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to determine (1) how microcomputers and executive workstations were being used by managers in business at the time of the study and their anticipated uses in 1995; (2) what skills are and will be needed by college of business administration graduates to perform these applications; and (3) whether instruction was being provided or will be provided by 1995 in these skills and applications. One survey was conducted of a random sample of college of business administration deans or faculty members in nine midwestern states; another survey was conducted of a random sample of business managers in companies that recruited from those colleges. The questionnaire used in both surveys had identical lists of microcomputer applications and skills. Business managers indicated how microcomputers or executive workstations were used by managers in their businesses at the time of the survey and how they may or should be used in 1995. They also rated the microcomputer skills as to their importance at the time of the survey and by 1995 to college of business administration graduates for the productive use of microcomputers in business. The college of business administration deans or faculty members indicated which microcomputer applications were taught at the time of the survey and which were likely to be taught in the year 1995 in required business administration courses at their schools. They also rated the extent of instruction in the microcomputer skills at the time of the survey and the anticipated extent of instruction in microcomputer skills by 1995. There was a significant relationship between business managers' applications in 1989 and applications instruction in 1989; there was a moderate relationship between projected use and anticipated instruction in 1995. There was no relationship between skills needed by college of business administration graduates in 1989 and skills instruction in 1989; there was a moderate relationship between projected skills and anticipated skills instruction in 1995.
Subject Area
Curricula|Teaching|Higher education|Business education
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Kari K, "Microcomputer skills needed by college of business administration graduates and the adequacy of instruction in those skills as perceived by business managers and collegiate faculty" (1989). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9019550.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9019550