OFFICE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

Although, there is general agreement among psychologists that man experiences a variety of needs, there is considerable disagreement as to what these needs are and their relative importance (Van Rooyen, J. 2006). One of the basic problems in any organization is how to motivate people to work. Motivating people to work entails, meeting their needs. This is because people working in the organization to meet workers needs affect the satisfaction, which the workers derive from their job. The satisfaction that the workers derive from their job can affect their motivation to work.

An office equipment have gone beyond manual typewriter, ink, pot, local storage facilities etc. into more complicated and effective modern office equipment. Some organization has embraced and purchases some of this equipment while others has not. In light of the above, the researcher decided to investigate the availability of this equipment and its effect on workers productivity.

The study will discuss extensively why few candidates apply for secretarial studies. It will also reveal the job opportunities for secretaries in public establishment. However, the coverage of the topic will be incomplete if a look is not made into the social psychological, educational and economical importance of the topic in chapter two of the project.

Banking Industries (organizations) cannot operate without communication. Communication is the life source of every industry, because industries involve people. People cannot interact with each other without communication. In the absence of communication, everything would grind to a halt. According to James et’al (2009), communication is a means by which a thought is transferred from one person to another. It is also the process by which the person (group) share and impact information to another or group clearly understand by one person and another.

In essence, the investigation will definitely help the students in secretarial studies department to improve in shorthand. The consequence of this study will also make the subject easier and interesting among those students who is at opinion that subject is very tough. This study will guide the student to acquire the skills in learning shorthand.

The research work “design and implementation of office management system” includes registration of staff, storing their details into the system, and also computerized billing in the office. Our system has the facility to give unique id for every staff and store the details of every staff automatically. This work was done as a result to solve the problems usually encountered in the office. The Office Management System was achieved using two programming environment: PHP and MySQL, with PHP as front-end and MySQL as the backend database. The system can be entered using a username and password. It is accessible either by an administrator or an authorized staff. The interface is very user-friendly, protected for personal use and the data processing is very fast.

DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY SECRETARIES IN HANDLING MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT ABSTRACT This research is aimed at evaluating the difficulties encountered by secretaries in handling Modern office equipment. It focused on the difficulties in modern office equipment operation, the extent to which the secretary can overcome the problems. Also it looks at the training, skills and knowledge required by secretaries in operating, maintaining, controlling, handling modern office equipment, and also the problem of power supply in operating this equipment. Based on the result of the analysis, the secretaries find it difficult to operate the modern office equipment due to lack of training, skill acquisition and epileptic power supply. Lack of maintenance technology is also a problem faced by the secretary. Finally, it looks at the solutions and recommendations to these problems faced by the secretaries. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of contents CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study——————– 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem——————– 5 1.3 Purpose of the study————————– 8 1.4 Research Question—————————- 9 1.5 Significance of the Study——————— 9 1.6 Scope of the study—————————- 10 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The various kinds of office Equipment——– 12 2.2 The need for functionality of the Equipment– 1

It sounds rather ironic that at a time when the opposition and controversy to the activities of the principal players on the global stage are growing increasingly harsh and more loud, we have chosen as our theme for this research “THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON OFFICE SERVICES”.

According to Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary, “environment is defined as the natural conditions in which people, animals and plants lives”. Environment can also be defined as “all the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things”. It is the act or fact of surrounding in other words, environment means the surrounding in which living things live. Therefore, environment for the purpose of this research refers to the office environment. This type of environment gives secretaries good working relationship and enhance high productivity. The secretary’s environment can be divided into two:

This was achieved by evaluating the performance of a professional secretary and a computer operator. Conclusions were drawn that professional secretaries assume duties on behalf of their boss unlike computer operators. It was recommended that computer operators who wish to be called professional secretaries should take up courses in office profession and management studies department and other professional courses relating to that.