Development of Information and Communications Technology Competencies for Undergraduate Students

Abstract

This study aimed at 1) Development of
information technology competencies for undergraduate
students according to the needs of enterprises. 2) To
evaluate the ability of information technology
competencies for undergraduate students according to the
needs of enterprises by the experts. Data collection by a
simple random sampling from 30 enterprises which
employ the undergraduate students of Rajamangala
University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, to inquire about
the information technology competencies of the
undergraduate students those relevant to the enterprises’
needs. For the scope of further development of the
information technology competencies of the
undergraduate students, Rajamangala University of
Technology Suvarnabhumi in all fields of the study. Then
evaluate the information technology competencies by 5
experts.
The study show that: 1) the information technology
competencies of the undergraduate students according to
the needs of the enterprises including 7 Core
Competencies as, Network and Internet Management;
Selection of appropriated Computer and peripherals;
Operating system usage; Utilities software and data
storage usage; Computer and peripherals usage; Office
application usage; and Network and Internet usage. 2)
The suitability evaluation of the information technology
competencies of the undergraduate students according to
the needs of the enterprises by the experts, in the overall
with the average of 4.23 and the standard deviation of
0.61. So the suitability in a high level. This can be
conduct to the information technology competencies of
the undergraduate students according to the needs of the
enterprises..
Keywords- Competency, Information Technology,
Enterprises
I. INTRODUCTION
The