The perception of management students towards management education programme in the faculty of business studies educational, college of technology, Ghana
The perception of management students towards management education programme in the faculty of business studies educational, college of technology, Ghana
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2017
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Takyi, Lydia Nyankom
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The study examined the perception of Management Students towards Management Educational
Programme (MEP) in the Faculty of Business Studies Education, College of Technology
Education, University of Education, Winneba. The study adopted the quantitative research
approach through the multi-stage sampling technique to sample 300 management students
from the College of Technology Education. Data was analyzed through the use descriptive
statistics, Pearson correlation, regression and rank order analysis. The result showed overall
positive perception of students towards the educational management programme as each
indicator was significant (PUM: p < 0.05). On individual cases, the average values showed that
“MEP” has enhanced my leadership qualities” was the most positively perceived statement for
respondents. The result indicated a strong positive correlation between Perceived Usefulness of
Management Programme and learning outcome/performance (.853, p< 0.001; .850, p < 0.05).
Further, the study found that Perceived Usefulness of Management Education Programme
strongly predicted students’ performance or learning outcome. The study found that motivation
plays a vital role in teaching and learning. Technology utilization and inadequate instructional
materials are fundamental challenges that impacted on teaching and learning. The study
concluded that the programme has the potential of providing the needed skills, values, attitudes
and behaviors needed to meet the national goals as well as developing innovative and
knowledgeable students with basic managerial and administrative skills for the world of work.
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Takyi, L. N. The perception of management students towards management education programme in the faculty of business studies educational, college of technology education, Ghana. V (6), 319-339.