Countries and large corporations are beginning to realize the threat that these plastic bags pose to our planet. Many are proposing or have already enacted laws and taxes to decrease the use of polyethylene plastic bags. Many grocery stores are even rewarding customers for bringing reusable grocery bags as an alternative to these polyethylene plastic bags. Customers choosing not to use alternatives to plastic bags either find the alternatives are inconvenient or are simply unaware of the problem... read more

Milk is a highly nutritious food that serves as an excellent growth medium for a wide range of microorganism. Milk and its’ derivatives are considered vehicle of Staphylococcus aureus for human infections and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. The microbiological quality of milk and dairy products is influenced by the initial flora of raw milk, the processing conditions and post –heat treatment contamination. Undesirable microbes can cause spoilage of dairy products including Gram-negative p... read more

The scope of the study is centered von the department of office technology and management of Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri, Imo state. The findings of this investigation will therefore apply to bathes institutions if the limitation imposed on this study were those of finance, time, and material needed and other resources available at the time of this investigation.

he placement of students in industries became difficult because the number of students increased and industries with suitable facilities for meaningful industrial attachment were in short supply. Poor orientation of students of schools and their performance. More often students are not told what to expect in the world of practice before stepping into their company of attachment. This results to confusion and sometimes embarrassment to the student which affects his performance.

The study is also significant in its attempt to bring to focus the need for trainees of business students to equip the different business departments well so that the trainee worker will not only acquire the traditional office skills but also be exposed to the latest skills emanating from the availability of automated machines and equipment in order to be efficient and effective in today’s offices. It is also significant to the National Board for Technical Education to re-des... read more

auses and effects of leakages of confidential information have always been of great concern to both private and public business organizations. It is an amazing thing to some of the Directors and Managers to discover, that it is within their midst that those highly important facts of the organization get out of place. In some instances, their subordinate like the secretary, clerk, typist and manager are also accused of being responsible for the circulation of confidential information in the orga... read more

The cost of training and retraining of secretaries of the increase in both public and private sector. Another problematic issue which the researcher intends findings out is the effects which these modern equipment have created on secretarial duties. Sometime, the organization finds it difficult to procure some of these machines as result of easy damage or lack of availableilitiy of spare parts to put them in order, more so, inadequate finding of some establishment make it difficult for such o... read more

It is hoped that this study will be great benefits to management in business organization and government parasites, as it will make them identify know more about office information and communication system skills required in any modern business organization. Many, if not most business uses computer to process data into useful information. There are few modern offices which have not introduced some aspects of compute operations into their information processing tas... read more

This study is significant in its attempt in bringing out the challenges of married female secretaries and additional information that extent the frontiers of knowledge in the secretarial profession as well as Education. It will reveal to the married secretaries how their irregularities affect their performance and the organization as a whole. It will go on a long way in helping the married female secretaries in selected business organization in Owerri metropolis know how the perform their human ... read more

The major purpose of this study was to determine the career preference of male and female in secretaryship in order to identify the gender difference and similarities in career choice among secretarial administrations student. Secretarial Administration is not for any particular gender although there are some aspects of the secretarial work that are outside the competence of the female secretaries. Secretaryship is a difficult and challenging profession. It entails rigorous for both sexes. All t... read more

organization to be a very tedious job just because the information are no readily handled and also available.The survey of good filing system and classification is one that has got to do with a classification in use in the personnel department of federal polytechnic Nekede Owerri. In an office where there is no good filing system and classification, it is bound to fail in its dealings within and outside the organization. The survey of filing system is very significant and cannot be over empha... read more

tudy was carried out in Nigeria Agip Oil Company, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In carrying out this research, forty (40) managers and secretaries were used as the population. In line with this, (4) research questions were posed, questionnaires were distributed and retrieved from the respondents. Copies of the questionnaire were analyzed with tables and it was from this table that analysis of the effect of poor communication skill was shown. The major finding was that communication is an indispen... read more

his study focuses on the Emerging Challenges Faced Secretaries in Information Technology era, the case study of Office Technology and Management students in federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. The target population used for the study was 35 students from different levels in Office Technology and Management department. The sample study was the same in order to avoid sampling bias. The instrument used in this study was questionnaires and the study was divided into four research questions. The ... read more

7.1 Information: Is a data that has been processed and can be used per decision-making. 1.7.2 Technology: The purposeful application of information in the design, production, and utilization of goods and services, and in the organization of human activities. 1.7.3 Profession: paid occupation, especially one that requires advanced education and training. 1.7.4 Equipment: tools or machinery used for specific purposes. 1.7.5 Information Technology: Is the useful desired form into which data is ... read more

he topic of this research is the effect of information technology on the productivity of secretaries in a business organization. A case study of selected business organization in Owerri, municipal significant literature were reviewed, the questionnaire here instrument used in collecting the data and lose question were used the population comprised of the above mentioned organization. The method of data analysis used was mean scores. Based on the data collected, it was found that inadequate skill... read more

This project studied office skills competencies needed by secretaries for effective job performance. The population of the study consisted of 16 offices secretaries, environmental protection agency. The sample and sampling techniques. The study answered 4 questions on a four-point scale like type questionnaire designed by the researcher was used for the work. Frequency distribution tables and the mean were used in analyzing the data collected. The findings were among others that the demand in... read more

There is a revolution going on in the office. The revolution is about development in technology in the use of automated machines. The trust is about information processing which affects no other person than the secretary. It involves new technology, new ways of handling and using these equipment modern offices are different from the old. Research questions were formulated and made use of collection of data from respondent 30 questionnaires was distributed, while only 25 were returned. Descri... read more

Human relation skills required of an office technology graduate have been studied with particular reference to office technology and management graduates in business organization in MB white company. The basic concept of the office technology graduates and human relations were considered along with duties, responsibilities, and attributes of an office worker. Information relates to the study was acquired through questionnaires. An analysis showed that underlying factors. An analysis showed motiv... read more

he purpose of this study is to investigate human relations skills in the job performance of secretaries with new Nigeria bank, Uchi Community bank all in Auchi as case study. Questionnaire were used to collected data from a total of fifty respondents made up of twenty five official staff and twenty five non official staff of the bank covered. The simple percentage method was used in analyzing the data collected from the respondents based on the responses from the questionnaires. This study revea... read more

he scope of this study covers the contributions of modern communication equipment to job performance of secretaries in selected business organizations. It will identify the modern communication equipment that are of vital importance in the office and to the secretary particular. It will consider the effect of the modern communication equipment in a secretary’s profession. It will evaluate the level of awareness of Nigeria secretaries on the existence and use of these facilities. It will hig... read more