THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON TODAY’S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT

The research work has been carried out to find “the impact of information and communication technology on today’s business environment”. From the research carried out, it was found out that with the help of ICT, information has been disseminated without stress. Chapter one of the research work contains the introduction, background of study, statement of problem, research questions etc.

While chapter two is the literature review, chapter three contains the research methodology, chapter four presentations and interpretation of data. Finally chapter five contains the summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page-      –      –      –      –      –      –      –      – i

Approval page –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -ii

Dedication –    –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -iii

Acknowledgement –       –      –      –      –      –      –      -iv

Abstract –       –      –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -v

Table of content –   –      –      –      –      –      –      -vi

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION –   –      –      –      –      –      –      -1

1.0  Background of the study –     –      –      –      -1

1.1  Statement of the problem –   –      –      –      -5

1.2  Purpose of the study –   –      –      –      –      -6

1.3  Significance of the study –     –      –      –      -8

1.4  Research questions –      –      –      –      –      -9

1.5  Scope of the study –      –      –      –      –      –      -10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW –   –      –      –      –      –      -11

General Impact of information and communication

Technology in respect to its existence – –      –      -12

Level of knowledge / skills needed by the undergraduates

In the area of information and communication tech -21     

Hindrance to technology and learning information

Communication technology – –      –      –      –      -25

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology – –      –      –      –      –      -39

Design of study –    –      –      –      –      –      –      -40

Area of study –       –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -40

Population of the study –       –      –      –      –      –      -41

Sample and sampling techniques – –      –      –      -41

Instrument for data collection –     –      –      –      -41

Method of data collection –    –      –      –      –      -42

Method of data analysis –      –      –      –      –      –      -43

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data –       -48

Discussion of findings –  –      –      –      –      –      -56

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings –   –      –      –      –      –      -60

Conclusion –    –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -61

Recommendations –       –      –      –      –      –      –      -62

Suggestions for further research – –      –      –      -64

References –   –      –      –      –      –      –      –      -65

Appendix I –    –      –      –      —    –      –      –      -68

Questionnaire. –     –      –      –      –      –      –      -69

CHPATER ONE

INTRODUCTON

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

       In this fast growing and moving world faced with globalization, the core of economic development today depends on knowledge and technology but successful economic excel at generating and disseminating knowledge, as well as exploiting it.

       Technology is the engine that change transforms resources based economy to knowledge – based economy. But at the macro level, technology enables national leverage in the modern world and it brings about wealth and better welfare for the people.

       In as much as development is concerned, this is now a new trend of religion that is sweeping across the world like a wild fine in both length and breath and hereby transforming across the entire world as a global unit. Information and communication technology (ICT), the information and communication technology (ICT) has been defined by many elites from different perspectives thus, Lacy (1990) defined it as term involving the process of acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of local pictorial textual and numeric information.

       Information and communication technology (ICT) is not merely seen as hardware development but also as software, which is advantageous in the changing works, attitude to work, in establishing efficiency in business transaction, in achieving efficiency in communication, increasing profits in creating new jobs and effective in mass education, Ohakwe (2001).

       Information Technology (ICT) has applications in almost all spheres of human endeavours. Akpore (2005) states that developing suitable economy through information technology implies that applying information and communication technology in all the main sectors of the economy hence the world is transiting from being a resource based one into a knowledge based one. Such natural resources can provide as much s it can be realized from the output of a society that has truly become a knowledge – based society. Sadly enough, our schools. The (learning environment is a shadow of itself in terms of quality and quantity of items of information and communication technology) the result being that we are using yesterday’s knowledge, skills abilities and competencies in this era.