INTRODUCTION

• Most of today’s jobs • Microsoft Office skill are a

require proficiency on valuable addition to any
Microsoft Office. employees personal
• Employees must know portfolio.
the basic computer skill • Employers must motivate
like creating documents, their employees to
managing spreadsheets become computer
and making a presentable literate.
presentation at their • Computer Business
workplace. Application handbook will
• Microsoft Office surely help employees,
applications helps in all practitioners, educators,
the professional and students refined their
requirements relating to knowledge on using
business correspondence Microsoft Word, Excel,
by reducing the time and and PowerPoint.
efforts and energy of the
users to a great extent.
Statement of the Problem
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
a. name
b. age
c. sex
d. highest educational attainment
e. sector type
f. occupation and
g. length of service?

2. What is the employees level of difficulties in using

Microsoft Office Applications in the workplace in
terms of:
a. use
b. manipulation
c. short cut keys
d. formatting
e. editing and
f. inserting?
 Statement of the Problem
3. What are the topics that should be included in the
development of computer business application
handbook for employees?

4. How do the experts validate the developed

computer business application handbook for
employees along:
a. contents
b. format and language and
c. presentation?

5. Is there a significant difference between the profile

of respondents and the level of difficulties in using
Microsoft Office at the workplace?

6. What action plan maybe proposed to produce the

computer business application handbook for
employees?
 Objectives
• To determine the difficulty level of
employees using Microsoft Office
Application at the workplace.
• To develop a Computer Business
Application handbook related to
Microsoft Office focusing on this three
(3) applications namely: Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• To enhance the proficiency level of
employees on Microsoft Office using
the developed Computer Business
Application handbook.
 Significance of the Study

Employees. Being the primary beneficiaries, this study will ascertain a new
knowledge on using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that would enhance the
skills and performance at their respective workplace.

Employers. The result and findings of this study will assist employers on finding
suitable employees on the administrative office.

Practitioners. This study will enhance their knowledge on using Microsoft Word,
Excel and PowerPoint as they use these applications on their daily basis.

Teachers. The result of this study will help educators in improving their teaching
methods and this will ease the workload on every aspects of their work.
 Significance of the Study

Students. The result of this study will equip and prepare the students on their future
job when they are graduated.

Researcher himself. The result of this study will be used as a guide by the researcher
and create more competent students as they are advancing on their professional
path and prepared them on this evolving technology-based economy.

Future researcher. The findings of this study will be used as a reference in the
proficiency level of employees in using Microsoft Office applications. Also, the result
of this study will benefit future researchers on enhancing their knowledge in using
Microsoft Office applications as they design their research papers.
 Related Literature
Foreign
• Aaron McCardell (2015), By
understanding how to use Microsoft
Office applications, new applicants will
have a better chance at getting a job,
since it has become the standard at a
lot of different places of employment.
• Scott Shpak (2018), A word processor,
spreadsheet and presentation package
respectively, these apps fulfill the daily
demands of many work environments.
• Maria Garrido, Joe Sullivan and Andrew
Gordon (2012). In today’s job market,
basic ICT skills like using Microsoft
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and any other
applications are considered essential
for people entering the workforce and
for those trying to find a better job.
Local
• Alyosha J. Robillos (2015). JobStreet
Philippines Marketing Director Yoda
Buyco said "People who are skilled in
information technology are in constant
demand because the state of
technology is constantly evolving.”.
• Rodney Z. (2018). According to one of
the faculty members of Lourdes
National High School, “It is a serious
concern that we let students graduate
with insufficient computer skills.
Whether they pursue employment with
local resorts or continue studying in
college, we don’t have an assurance
that they will thrive,”
 Related Studies
Foreign
• Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) (2016), only
5% of the US population between the
ages of 16 and 65 is computer literate,
while only 26% of the adult population
possesses moderate levels of computer
literacy.
• Eldeen, et al (2018). Basic skills include
Microsoft Office, work ethics and
computer skills that an employee must
have to face corporate battles and
challenges in the rapid growth of labor
market.
• Carpenter, et al. (2013) explains in their
study that the students entering a
college-level Microsoft Office skills
course are no more skilled in personal
computing in the last two years of the
study versus the two years prior to that.
Local
• Las Johansen B. Caluza (2018)
recommends in his study to send
Teachers to training, workshops and
further studies relative to ICT
integrations in teaching and learning
process.
• Medina, et al. (2017) conducted a study
on computerization of documents and
interconnectivity of transactions to
improve public service of government
organization In the town of Mariveles,
Bataan. The barangay council and
employees are expected to be
equipped with the necessary technical
know-hows on basic computer
operations Word, Powerpoint, and
Excel but the respondents have limited
knowledge on the operating these
three (3) programs .
 Theoretical Framework

Instructional Theory of Reigeluth, C. M. (1999).

An instructional theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how to better help
people learn and develop" Reigeluth, C. M. (1999). Instructional theories focus on how to
structure material for promoting the education of human beings, particularly youth.
Instructional theory is influenced by three basic theories in educational thought: behaviorism,
the theory that helps us understand how people conform to predetermined standards;
cognitivism, the theory that learning occurs through mental associations; and constructivism,
the theory explores the value of human activity as a critical function of gaining knowledge.
Merill (2009) enhance the quality of instruction across all situations. Merrill state
“when we provide more precision in a principle or method of instruction, we usually find that it
needs to be different for different situations”.
Theoretical Paradigm of the Study
 INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT
VARIABLE VARIABLE

Profile of the Respondents

 Name
 Age
 Sex
 Highest Educ. Att.
 Sector type
 Occupation
 Length of service

Level of difficulties in using Action Plan on

Microsoft Office Application at producing the
the workplace developed
Computer Business
Application
Topics that should be
included in the development
Handbook
of computer business
application handbook for
employees

Validation of experts on
developed computer business
application handbook

Conceptual Paradigm of the Study

 Methodology

Descriptive-Evaluative Method of Research

• The descriptive research was deemed appropriate in the validation of the computer business
application handbook for employees which will serve as the basis to the formulation of the
handbook.
• The survey research will study a group of people by collecting and analyzing data.
Development method will be utilized after the conduct of evaluation and validation.
• The study will assess and validate by the experts in terms of content, format and language
and presentation.