Meaning of an Office

This powerpoint presentation deals with the top points about Nature & Scope of Management.

1. AOM-01 Office Organisation & Management

2. MEANING OF OFFICE UNIT-01 - NATURE AND SCOPE OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT 2

3. Most of the problems of rapid change and many new techniques can be tackled only with the help of "Information". Recording, retaining, analysing and supplying the required information for various purposes to different persons are the basic needs of an enterprise. These activities taken together comprise an important 'services' function performed in the "office". Different viewpoint suggests that office is a place where we have 1. paperwork . 2. a definite place , and 3. work of a routine nature. Traditional view of office - concerned only with the records of the enterprise 3

4. The term 'office' can be denoted as any place where records are prepared, handled and preserved for future reference, and making them available as and when required. 4

5. The Scope of Office activities The relevant records must be prepared, preserved and made available to the right person at the right time and in the right form. Office activities connected with records management involve receiving various documents, copying and duplicating, filling papers, classification of files, preserving files and locating references quickly the office to maintain and provide public relations through press releases and notifications, and to respond to public enquiries and complaints processing and presenting numerical data in the form of statements and reports. handling of inward and outward correspondence and providing facilities for internal and external communication. 5

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