Open AccessCompetencies Required of Secretaries to Manage Records Life Cycle in Government Offices in Anambra State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Chika Madu Ile,
Oguejiofor Chinwe Sussan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
afrrev ijah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2227-5452
pISSN - 2225-8590
DOI - 10.4314/ijah.v4i3.21
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , null hypothesis , test (biology) , internal consistency , reliability (semiconductor) , government (linguistics) , medical education , population , operations management , medicine , statistics , engineering , nursing , mathematics , environmental health , descriptive statistics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , patient satisfaction , biology
This study determined basic records life cycle management competencies required by secretaries in offices. The population was 298 secretaries. Structured questionnaire was used. The instrument was validated by three experts. Its internal consistency was determined using Cronbach Alpha and the result was a high reliability coefficient of 0.75. Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation, while t-test was used to test the null hypothesis. The findings of the study showed, that secretaries require all the basic records lifecycle competencies identified by this study. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made including that the training institutions should ensure that they incorporate into their curriculum offerings to prepare graduates for management of records in offices.