Office Administration
Encyclopedia
Office administration is a set of day-to-day activities related to financial planning
, billing
and recordkeeping
, personnel
, and physical distribution and logistics
, within an organization.
Office administration includes planning work assignments for staff, supervising staff, and requesting new office equipment and repairs on existing equipment.
Financial plan
In general usage, a financial plan is a series of steps which are carried out, or goals that are accomplished, which relate to an individual's or a business's financial affairs. This often includes a budget which organizes an individual's finances and sometimes includes a series of steps or...
, billing
Bill (payment)
A bill or invoice is a document requesting payment for an order previously supplied. Presentation of a bill is common practice on the part of credit card companies, utilities, and other service providers...
and recordkeeping
Records management
Records management, or RM, is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal...
, personnel
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
, and physical distribution and logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
, within an organization.
Office administration includes planning work assignments for staff, supervising staff, and requesting new office equipment and repairs on existing equipment.