Office Administration

Based on SAQA's Unit Standard ID 110003 NQF Level 4, 8 Credits

Administrators are vital to the smooth running of any organisation and play a key role in contributing to the performance of their teams and departments. Their effectiveness has a direct influence on the productivity and efficient of others and often determines the quality of service provided to internal and external customers.

This course has been designed to enable administrators to enhance their personal effectiveness and working practices, build stronger relationships, broaden their contribution to the team and achieve excellence in the service they provide to colleagues and customers.

Course Objectives

  • Understand the core responsibilities of office professionals
  • Identify, review and update the basic administrative systems required by an organisation
  • Understanding the importance of dealing with confidential documents and issues
  • Understand how to deal with incoming mail and tasks and how to refer tasks to the right people
  • Confidently tackle the various methods of filing
  • Describe the importance of optimising technology e.g. email and the internet
  • Develop policies and procedures on administrative systems and write them into a manual

Course Designed For

This practical and highly interactive course is ideal for all people who have the responsibility of developing administrative procedures to make the administrative component of the organisation more effective and efficient and so aid the organisation in attaining its mission, vision and objectives.

Course Outline

Administrative systems

  • Identify administrative systems including filing systems and staff administrative systems and business systems
  • Identify the elements and application of each system in relation to company and legal requirements
  • Identify resources such as staff, information technology, office space and management requirements for the development of these administrative systems.
  • Identify ways of finding resources in a specific business institution

Develop and update administrative systems

  • The administrative requirements are identified to meet the specific needs of a selected organisation
  • The identified administrative systems are developed in accordance with organisational requirements
  • The administrative systems and procedures identified are presented to management and staff for approval
  • Feedback is obtained from management and staff regarding the suitability of systems on specifically designed feedback forms
  • Agreed changes are made to the systems

Develop systems to keep information at the required level of confidentiality

  • Administrative information which should be kept confidential, is identified in accordance with legal, company and industry requirements and practices
  • Systems are developed to keep administrative information and records confidential and maintain secrecy of such information as required legally and your company.

Develop policies and procedures on administrative systems

  • Develop administrative systems and procedures which are aligned with legislative and organisational requirements
  • The procedure for each element of the administration system is explained to employees in line with policies developed
  • The policies and procedures are collated into a written manual in company specific format

Course duration
Two days

Dates
16 - 17 January 2012 (Johannesburg)
23 - 24 January 2012 (Pretoria)
19 - 20 March 2012 (Durban)
26 - 27 March 2012 (Pretoria)
19 - 20 April 2012 (Johannesburg)
2 - 3 May 2012 (Pretoria)
21 - 22 May 2012 (Cape Town)
2 - 3 July 2012 (Cape Town)
16 - 17 July 2012 (Durban)
30 - 31 July 2012 (Pretoria)
29 - 30 August 2012 (Johannesburg)
20 - 21 September 2012 (Pretoria)
25 - 26 October 2012 (Cape Town)
5 - 6 November 2012 (Johannesburg)
26 - 27 November 2012 (Pretoria)

Investment
R3750.00 excl VAT