Decision-making skills of business administration students of a private higher education institution

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the decision-making skills of business administration students of a private higher education institution. The study was conducted in the year 2021 on fourth-year business administration students at Central Philippine University. The researcher used the descriptive research design. The respondents of this study was the 177 respondents from Private Education Institution fourth-year Business Administration students who are currently enrolled for the academic year 2021-2022. The researchers used Probability Sampling in in the selection of the participants of the study. The researcher created questionnaire that was composed of two parts. The first part of the questionnaire determines the personal data of the respondents and the second part of the questionnaire includes items that aspire to know the level of decision-making skills. The data gathered were analyzed by the researchers with the help of an expert in statistics. The statistical tools used in the study are Frequency Distribution, Percentage, Mean, T-test, and ANOVA. Data shows that the majority of respondents were female, lived in rural areas, and had a monthly income of more than 20,000. When respondents are sorted by age, sex, number of family members, course, residence, and monthly income, the data demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on graduating business administration students' decisions in terms of career, business, and degree.