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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
A secretary is an indispensable asset
to any organization or institution. No tertiary institution whether government
or private can in any way thrive in isolation of secretarial duties. The duties
of a secretary in any tertiary institution are an inescapable practice or
function. They play major role in both private and government tertiary
institutions. Private and government tertiary institutions are found in Enugu
metropolis Enugu occupied an enviable political and economic position in the
history of Nigeria. It was the seat of government of the defunct east central
state, old Anambra state and presently Enugu state or Nigeria.
According to Austin (1998), a secretary is a
person who has acquired the basic secretarial skill of shorthand and
typewriting plus enough knowledge and practical experience in office work to be
able to cope with filling simple office machine and reception duties.
Secretaries are trained in tertiary institutions
especially in polytechnics. Considering the special nature of secretarial
courses, peculiar instrument or equipment are normally used in secretarial
training. Lack of exposure to these special equipment makes a graduate of
secretarial studies uncomfortable and unprepared to face squarely the challenges
of the job and office automation as a result of technological advancement.
Osuala (1999) agrees that a secretary has to
grow with technology in order not to be displaced from the job. For secretary’s
job to be more efficiently and effectively done, government tertiary
institutions should be training and developing their secretaries with the
machine, like computer, word processor etc to enable their secretaries fit into
the modern office. But the remains that most of the government tertiary
institutions today lack some of the equipment needed in training and developing
secretaries.
Adeyonye (1990) said that ‘many government
institutions no doubt consider the question of insufficient fund to be the main
bottle-neck in training and developing secretaries’. Finance is of course,
utterly important to success in business. Some tertiary institutions find it
difficult to train their secretaries due to lack of fund. Another problem
inherent in training and development of a secretary is in non-promotion of the
secretary after undergoing advancement training in secretarial duties.
Osuala, (1999) agrees that the constraints to
the training and development of a secretary became alarming and worrisome, with
the depression in the Nigerian economy. Before the oil glut, the constraints
were passable, but since then, petroleum was no longer attracting the
anticipated revenue, the country’s external reserve became depleted, the local
currency was devalued to an insignificant position, unemployment became
pronounced with major reductions in social spending. Training and development
of a secretary was not spared.
Appraisal at the adequate time also frustrated
secretarial training and development. Management fail to see the job of a
secretary as the center wheel that turn any organization and that is the
reason, some tertiary institutions especially the institute of management and
technology, Enugu, finds it difficult to sent them on training.
This research therefore is designed to set out
as concisely as possible, the problems inherent in training and development of
a secretary in tertiary institutions especially in the Institution of
Management and Technology, Enugu, in a depressed economy.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Effective secretarial training and
development strategy should be comprehensive, future oriented, continuous and
implementable with a formal framework.
There appears to be a shortage or inadequacy of
well trained secretaries to cope with the new trend of technological
development in tertiary institutions. Moreover, there are less potential
secretaries in tertiary institutions that have attained the required training
and development considering the present technological development.
Therefore, it is in the light of these observed
inefficiencies that inspired the researcher to survey such problems that are
encountered in the training and development of a secretary in tertiary
institutions.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The major purpose of this study is to
find out the problems inherent in the training and development of a secretary.
Specifically, the study wills
1. Find out management problems in the training
and development of secretaries.
2. Ascertain problems secretaries encounter in
undergoing training.
3. Find out the effect of untrained secretaries
in tertiary institutions.
4. Identify the efforts the management has made
to eliminate these problems.
1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;
H0:there
are no management problems in the training and
development of secretaries.
H1: there are management
problems in the training and development of
secretaries.
H02:there is no effect of untrained secretaries in tertiary institutions
H2:there is effect of untrained secretaries in tertiary institutions
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The researcher believed
that this study will be of great importance to secretaries and managers of tertiary
institutions, for this will enable them to identify clearly the part to play in
order to eradicate the problems inherent in training and development of
secretaries.
The study will help the administrations of higher institutions to see the areas
which call for their attention and this will help promote inter-personnel
relationship between the employers and their secretaries when their needs are
supplied.
Finally, the study will help future researchers in this field or related areas,
as the information contained herein will be a reference point.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The researcher is centering mainly on the problems inherent in the training and development of a secretary in a depressed economy using the Institute of Management (IMT) Enugu as a case study.The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;
a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
c) Organizational privacy: Limited Access to the selected auditing firm makes it difficult to get all the necessary and required information concerning the activities.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
In the course of this research, the
following terms are frequently used and will be defined here, so as to help the
reader to better appreciate and understand the relevance of this research work.
SECRETARY: An executive assistant who possesses a mastery of
skills, who demonstrates the ability to assume responsibility without direct
supervision; who exercise initiative and judgement and who makes decisions
within the scope of assigned authority.
TRAINING: It is the systematic process of altering the
behaviour of an employee to increase organizational goals.
DEVELOPMENT: This deals with the activities undertaken to expose
an employee to perform additional duties and assume position of importance in
the organizational hierarchy.
DEPRESSED
ECONOMY: This is when the economy is
not functioning at full capacity, that is, there is absence of balance between
income, savings, investment and output.
OFFICE
EQUIPMENT: This equipment generally
refers to all relevant and vital equipment used in business offices towards
efficiency of its operation. Summarily, it includes al labour saving devices
commonly used in an office, which goes by various identities, like office
appliance, office machines etc.
1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows
Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding. Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study
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