OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Office administration is a set of day-to-day activities that are related to financial planning, record keeping & billing, personnel, physical distribution and logistics, within an organization. An employee that undertakes these activities is commonly called an office administrator or office manager, and plays a key role in any organizations infrastructure, regardless of the scale. 

The importance of an office administrator to an organization is substantial due to the duties that they are entrusted with; therefore specialized training is required in order for the employee to work efficiently and productively, these being: 

• To have good communication skills in order to coordinate with other employees around the organization. 
• The ability of being able to supervise support workers. 
• The ability of adapting to changing environments and new technologies that could be implemented. 
• Show good initiative. 

To be able to work under pressure when given a task that is of vital importance to the organization.