office

• The term "professional office worker" refers to any individual who works in a physical structure where business transactions are being held.
• The office is the nerve center of a modern business enterprise where the day-to-day happenings of the business are being planned, processed, and recorded.
• Business enterprise is an organization by means of which the capital, talents, ideas, skills and physical exertion of efforts of a host of individuals are coordinated to produce salable goods and/or services in order to attain their further objectives.
• Business organization is an association formed towards the attainment of a predetermined objective which contains the 5 elements: manpower, capital, machineries/equipment, methods - techniques/strategies, and market.
• Office staff is the backbone of a business organization, composed of office workers who create, collect, process, use, store and provide business information.
• Business information consists of any information needed by the company to determine its objective and the means of accomplishing them.
• Office workers are the members of the office staff who expedite the day-to-day operations of the company.
• Single or Sole Proprietorship is a business organization where ownership is vested in one person, it is small and readily established under the control of one man.
• Partnership is a medium-sized business organization where two or more persons bind themselves to contribute money, property or labor to a common fund with the intention of dividing the profits among themselves.
• Corporation is a legal entity or structure created under the authority of the laws of a state consisting of group of persons who became shareholders.
• Production, Marketing, Advertising, Insurance, Education, Publishing, Banking, Medical, Real Estate, Legal are different kinds of business enterprise.
• Factors to be considered when choosing the kind of company you want to be connected with include field of interest, training, educational attainment, health, values in life, location, opportunities for advancement, and salary & other benefits.
• Advantages of office work include attractive salaries and wide range of benefits, opportunities for advancement, pleasant working condition, and jobs are everywhere.
• Administrative duties of office workers include the ability to manage your work and time, get along with others in the office, locate business information quickly, receive callers, make appointments, handle meetings & conferences, order supplies, and make travel arrangements.
• Word processing is the total system that uses people and machines to produce written communication, including the ability to type letters, reports & other business papers, proofread, take & transcribe dictation, and use the word processing machine.
• Specific skill requirement for office jobs include skill in typing, skill in shorthand, office machine operation, filing, telephone techniques, mail handling, communication skills, and skill in computing basic mathematical procedures.
• Records management duties of office workers include the ability to do basic filing systems, have knowledge of records management procedures and how to organize & control filing system.
• Reprographics duties of office workers include the ability to operate the various copying and duplicating machine.
• Data processing involves taking unorganized facts and arranging them in such a way as to obtain the desired information with the use of high speed electronics equipment like computer.
• Computing, accounting & data processing involves basic ability to calculate, keeping financial records, and basic knowledge of data processing.
• Government owned examinations include Civil Service for Stenographers Examination, Career Service Professional Examination, and Career Service Sub professional Examination.
• Basic skills requirement for office jobs include skill in communication, spelling proficiency, math proficiency, legible handwriting, and human relations skill.
• Categories of duties and responsibilities of office workers include administrative duties, communication, records management, and processing words.
• There are two kinds of business entity: Privately owned and Publicly traded.
• Communication duties of office workers include the ability to handle mail, use shipping services, handle telephone calls, and handle other methods of telecommunication like fax machine.