Impact of New Technologies on Tertiary Business Education Curricula

This paper examines the impact of new technologies on tertiary business education curricula. The paper addresses new technologies in business education; new technologies and business education curricula and evidential exposition of the impact of the new technologies on tertiary business education curricula. Business education is an integral component of Vocational Education in Nigeria’s education system, at the tertiary education level. The reforms in the nation’s education delivery have led to the tinkling of the curricular requiring the utilization of new technologies. The impact of new technologies on the curricular, therefore, occupies a major theme. Where the impact is positive, it indicates that the objective for integration is worthwhile; where it is negative, it shows that there is a serious problem demanding some actions. Education across the globe is now centred on new technologies hence; business education cannot ignore the importance of utilization of new technologies. Therefore, the concluded that a worthwhile curriculum of business education should provide learning experiences that will equip the graduate with requisite competencies in the use new technology and students should be trained to meet the market demands of the various occupations. It was recommended that business educators should provide their students with experiential base to develop the requisite competencies