ASSESSING THE USAGE OF ICT: IN ETHIOPIAN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
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2017-10-02
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These days managements in every organization are operating in highly dynamic and competitive environment. Thus, the current management training institutions are starting to understand the relevance and importance of information and communication technology. They are beginning to appreciate the use of ICT in any organization. This study tried to assess the current day to day usage of information and communication technology (ICT) and by how much work burden is resolved using ICT in Ethiopian management institute.
Objective: The general objective of this study is to assess the usage of information and communication technology in Ethiopian management institute.
Methodology: this study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population under the study was the employee of Ethiopian management institute.
To this end, the necessary data were collected from 46 core employee (development program department) and 53 support employee (IT department, Audit, HRM, Women and youth, PR, Accounting and finance, Procurement and supply management and strategic) were included in this study. Self administered questionnaires and interviews were used and SPSS version 21 was utilized to analyze quantitative data, frequency and percentage were used to illustrate the study population.
Conclusion: gaps or problems identified in assessing the usage of ICT were the institute have computers and some other ICT equipment like copiers, printers and scanners the major barrier to use ICT is lack of skill and unaware of what ICT equipments are found in their institute
Recommendation: the study recommended that administrators should work hard to ensure the institute is equipped with latest ICT equipment that could be useful in promoting e- learning and should also consider regular training session to improve the usage of ICT. Further research direction also recommended enhancing usage of ICT in Ethiopian management institute.
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Information communication technology, Management training institution