THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER STUDIES ON BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDIES IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out on the impact of computer studies on business education in higher institutions of learning in Enugu State. The sample from this study comprised of 110 students and 10 academic staffs from Schools/Departments of Business Education of selected institutions. The data used were collected through a questionnaire and responses thereof were analyzed by the use of weighted mean. The findings were that recent changes brought about by computer studies into business education are encouraging and the introductions of computers into business education make accounting work easier. Further, it was found that computer studies in business education use accounting software and these computers affect the performance of business operators in Nigeria. The graduates of business education that are computer literate have better chances of getting employment. The work went on to conclude that computer is inevitable in the field of business education so that graduates of business education should face squarely the challenges of work in every sector in the world today given the current globalization process regarding information technology and the world being global village for information superhighway and stateof theart thereof.