The Administration Department
The administration department also known as the services department
provides important services for other departments within a business to
help them function properly. Different companies have different uses
for their administration department, like in a small business an
administration department will be used to manage and take
responsibility for departments like human resources or finance. In
larger companies they require more departments such as marketing thus
giving administration more responsibility over more departments in a
business. Some examples of the work that the administration department
are:
* Clerical work, including filing and keeping records
* Typing and other various secretarial duties
* Organising meetings
* Photocopying
* Designing and producing forms
* Reception and managing telephone calls
* Dealing with queries
* Collecting and distributing mail
* Managing office resources
The services which administration provide usually depends on the size
of the business. In addition to the services mentioned above,
administration also provides services such as cleaning, security and
maintenance.
Activities of the administration department
Clerical services
The main function of the administration department is mainly clerical,
which is mainly office work like word processing of letters to
organising company mail, the administration department provides these
clerical services to other departments in the company in order to help
them run more efficiently, some clerical services include:
* Word processing letters or document...
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As a worldwide company Cadbury Schweppes needs to keep in close
contact with its various departments throughout the world and keep a
close relationship with its huge customer base, IT has given Cadbury
Schweppes this by providing:
* Cadbury Schweppes with a website, even though this not created by
Cadbury Schweppes it still provides a good source of information
for customers
* Databases which records employee information
* E-mail, which allows the company to communicate between customers,
employees and company suppliers
* A effective payroll system for employees where they sign in and
out to record their working hours
* Word processing information such as, annual reports, company news
letter, sending out mail to customers
* Recording data
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An administrative assistant will work under the Chief of Staff to ensure that all needs of the team are met and accounted for. An administrative assistant will aid the Chief of Staff on assignments that may vary from looking over e-mails or running errands for the company.
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