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The Effect Of Secretarial Manpower On Economic Development
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The word
secretary is often used to mean anybody who can type and write
shorthand. Ability to write shorthand or type does not make a person a
secretary. There is more to being a secretary than more skills in
shorthand and type writing. The origin of the secretary could be traced a
hundred years ago, when young men and women started working in business
offices as typist and shorthand writers coupled with the development,
importance and significance of their position and duties in the office,
some amount of recognition way attaches for their work.
As the industries grow with education and skills acquired by those young workers, the name ‘secretary†good gained prominence
The
introduction of secretarial programmes in the in the polytechnics and
universities led to the production of secretarial graduates who are
highly skilled and who are now contributing factor to the economic
development of the organization and the society as a whole.
Many
writers have tried to give a definition o the secretary “Stan well and
Shaw (1978) is of the view that a secretary is any staff who is
concerned with the preparation, preservation and transmission of all
types of communication as well as the conversational duties of
confidential duties of confidential nature at various levels. The
secretary as an assistant to an executive, possessing mastery of office
skills and ability to assume responsibilities without direct
supervision, one who displays initiative, exercise judgment and makes
decision within the scope of her authority. According to Chambers 20th
century English Dictionary “A secretary is one employed to wire or
transact business for another or for a society, company or organization.
All those dentitions though not the same in depth, are relevant as far
as the secretary is an inevitable asset in the industry, organization
and institutions and hence a contributor to the economic development.
In
a dynamic environment like this we find ourselves, no organization can
perform effectively without adequate manpower resources. This view as
stressed by Schiovecampo and Singer (1970) where they said “Many studies
in production functions reveals that a large part of output increments
cannot be explained by the increase in physical input alone, about one
half of the residual must be caused by human endeavors.â€
As a
secretary that is well trained owes it as a responsibility to handle
equipment in the office effectively and efficiently and his
contributions in the area will boost economic development thereby
removing economic backwardness and instill the capacity and motivation
to progress.
Secretarial this is a combination of manual skill,
brown, power as well as managerial capacity contribution through his
activity in the office to the progress of economic growth. It is
important to realize that through a study preformed, by the British
industrial research in (1978), the secretary among all work groups only
was bale to perform these seven different rules in an organization, the
role of a co-ordination, ideas, man critic implement or team builder,
external contact and inspector.
Secretary manpower is contributing a
lot to the development of the organization and the economy as a whole.
Over the past years, the secretarial roles have charged considerably as
new processing equipment and other technology have become more common in
the office environment. The computer has just made working for them
easier and faster.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work the effect of secretarial manpower is divided into five chapters, each chapter dealing with a particular aspect of his research work. The overall aim of this study was to determine the effect of secretarial manpower in economic development.Federal Ministry of Education in Owerrir was used for the research.Response to the administered questionnaires was analyzed and on the last chapter recommendation was made.The outcome of this research world proved that the secretary is an in ... Continue reading---
