• The Latest Communication Office Equipment And Their Effect On Secretaries Profession

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    • 1.3       PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
      For each work done, there must be a purpose or rather an objectives to justify  the work. The purpose of this study are:    
      (1)          To identify the latest communication office equipment that are of vital importance in the office and to the secretary particular.
      (2)          To consider the effect of the latest communication office equipment in a secretary’s profession.
      (3)          To evaluate the level of awareness of Nigeria secretaries on the existence and use of these facilities.
      (4)          To highlight the important and uses of the latest communication office equipment and how they increases productivity. This is with the view to making the management see the need of acquiring those that are not available in the establishment.
      1.4       SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
                  This piece of work is significant because it exposes the needs of the latest communication office equipment and create better awareness of the implication of automating office function.
                  The findings will among other things help: -
      1.            To dispose of the superstitution belief that the latest communication office equipment are the greatest enemy of men as it displaces man from the job, deny him of initiative in his job, and makes him a more machines operators and destroy old division of labour.
      2.            In determine the disadvantages of the non-availability of these equipments on secretary’s profession.
      3.            Potential secretaries to set up efforts to undertake some training on the operation of communication office equipment.
      4.            The establishment in applying various methods of operation.
      5.            In condition to academics in polytechnics and universities.
      1.5       SCOPE OF THE STUDY
                  This study covered the operations of secretaries in Nigeria Breweries Enugu branch, comprises of six department which are personnel management, accounts/finance department, data processing department, maintenance department, sales/marketing department and payroll department.
      1.6       RESEARCH QUESTIONS
      (a)          Do the latest communication office equipment embark the integration of computer and sophisticated office equipment to support the activities of the work place.
      (b)          How does it help in facilitating the job performance of secretary in your establishment.
      (c)          Do secretaries derive job satisfaction from the use of these equipment.
      (d)          Do you have the latest communication office equipment in your establishment.
      (e)          Were the secretaries during orientation course and training exposed to the these equipment.
      (f)           Are these equipment display secretary’s efforts thereby resulting to loss of the secretarial personnel inn the establishment.
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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the contributions of the latest communication office equipment to job efficiency of the secretary in Nigeria Breweries Plc (NB) one of the branches in Enugu. In carrying out this study, 100 staff which comprise of 30 secretaries, 30 managers, 10 accountants and 10 assistant managers, were randomly selected out of 550 staff in the establishment. They were interviewed and their responses analysed. It was found among other things that introduction of these machines have helped t ... Continue reading---