THE IMPACT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY ON THE TRAINING OF SECRETARIES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING A CASE STUDY OF IMO POLY
CHAPTER ONE
1.0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â INTRODUCTION
1.1.    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY.
Without doubt, it is certainly agreeable that the issue of the impact of modem technology on the training of secretaries in institutions of higher learning has continued being the concern of the organization/society at large. This issue has not attracted only the interest of employers of labour and secretaries alone, but it also concerns the institutions of higher learning in the country. These institutions like Polytechnics and College of Education who produce secretaries have equally seen or reason together the need and usefulness of modem technology on the training of secretaries in the secretarial profession. Okoye (1992, discovered that, man in his search for better ways of gathering and processing information, has invented and improved many tools and advance machines. These have to a great extent provided diversities of methods which enable secretaries to improve their performance.
Some of these modern tools and machines invented by man which relate to the secretarial profession include; Computer, Word processor,
Electric/Electronic Typewriter.   Others include, telephone/telecom, collating machine,  photocopier,  fax  machine,  dictating machine, stapling machine, telex and teleprinter, recorder, counting machine, calculator, shredding machine etc.  The objective of all these modern technology has a great impact on the training of secretaries in institutions of higher learning. With the use of all these modern technology mentioned above, it will enable the secretary gather information, store information, manipulate it and also produce answers that are needed to meet the problems of everyday life in the organization. This modem technology machines has a great impact in the training of secretaries in institutions of higher learning. Not only that, it enhance the progress of carrying out secretarial duties task in an organization. This is to say that our various higher institutions who produce secretaries should look into the advances modern technology bV that are invoke. Formally, the roles of secretaries were based on the traditional role of taking notes in shorthand and transcribing same on manual typewriters. But now, because of the invention of these modern technology, the roles have been transformed from formal to the present time of using computers, word processors to type, edit text, store and retrieve information with the use of same computer component (the input and output devices), such as the keyboard, the hand disk, diskette, magnetic tapes, etc.
According to Oyedele (1992), adequate equipment and proper maintenance of modern machines arc necessities for effective business education and performance on the training of secretaries in institutions of higher learning as well as organizations. The issue of the modern technology or the impact of modern technology on the training of secretaries in institutions of higher learning is a welcomed healthy and challenging trend that will facilitate and enhance the secretaries’ competence and productivity. For secretaries to cope with the challenges to rapid changes in the contemporary world of jet computer age, these modern technology should be made available, install and use for their learning in their various citadel of learning. This will go a long way to offer or create a powerful effect of making proper use of the knowledge and skills they acquired in their career formation. The higher institutions, organizations and societies in general are aware of the impact and importance of trained secretaries using the modern technology for achieving their organizational goals and objectives.
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