Administration and Office Management Best Practices
Schedule & Fees
Start Date:
30 Sep 2024
End Date:
11 Oct 2024
Venue:
London
Fees:
9400€
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Administration and Office Management Best Practices Course
Introduction:
To effectively manage an office, it is crucial to first manage oneself and then efficiently handle time, tasks, and others to achieve optimal success. Effective office management involves training, supervision, and control of personnel, equipment, computer systems, as well as managing the communication network, reception area, mailroom, cashiering, accounts work, stationery, office layout, and various other aspects.
The Administration and Office Management Best Practices course offers expert training on the essential responsibilities of modern office managers, administrators, supervisors, and personnel. The course aims to develop office managers/administrators who can skillfully supervise services necessary for the smooth operation of the enterprise in an effective and efficient manner.
Participants will learn how to prioritize, plan, and problem-solve, not only to complete their work on time but also to continually enhance productivity. Additionally, the course focuses on developing self-management skills to cope with stress, maintain a positive "can-do" attitude, and find enjoyment in their job each day, regardless of the challenges that arise.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the Administration and Office Management Best Practices training course, participants will be able to:
- Define and apply the new roles of executive assistants and administrators to meet modern challenges
- Use technology to get more done and to stay connected with the office and their boss
- Plan and organize work flow effectively by filing, documenting, sorting, indexing, and retrieving corporate documents in the most appropriate manner
- Create quality standards for a motivating and productive office environment
- Demonstrate a better command of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, grammar, and the rules of writing
- Identify and improve the competencies they require to keep generating added value services
Who Should Attend?
Administration and Office Management Best Practices training course, is ideal for:
- Executives, assistants and administrators who are interested in rejuvenating their practices and skills for better performance.
- Office administrators, assistants, administrative supervisors and staff, executive secretaries, personal assistants, records management officers, and office managers within the office environment, who want to build on their skills and knowledge.
Course Outlines:
Role of an Office Administrator
- Understanding Your Organizational structure
- Organizing the Organization: Smart techniques
- Competencies to be a successful Administrator
- Identifying your job role and your value
- Managing Processes and managing people
- Team Management
Developing an Effective Office Management System
- Tips and Techniques as an office administrator
- Creating a process flow for different tasks
- Creating schedules and To-Do Lists
- Effectively using Outlook, schedulers, planners
- An ideal office management system
- Framework for an idea Office Management
- Making things easy as an Administrator
Becoming a ‘Star Administrator’ in Office
- Increasing credibility and securing recognition
- Developing a positive attitude
- Being assertive at the workplace and the balance
- Taking up control at work
- Selling your ideas to people around you
- Managing Working Relationships at all levels
- Conflict management skills
Customer-Centric Mindset
- Serving internal and external clients, vendors and customer
- Understanding the needs
- Eliminating services barriers
- Effective ways to build rapport
- Providing excellent customer service
- Becoming the face of your organization
- Handling complaints diplomatically
Office Technology
- Office Technology: Introduction
- Overuse and Misuse of technology
- Office layout and ergonomics
- Desk Management
- Heading towards a paperless system
- Using office technology to the fullest
- Information and Data Management
- Presentation of statistical information
Event and Travel Management
- Travel Arrangements
- Events and Meeting Management
- Business Correspondence
- Filing and Documentation Management
- The paper flow system
- Basic Accounting Skills
- Basic Computer Skills
Business Meetings
- Organizing objective-oriented meetings
- Elements of effective meetings
- Coordination and Organizing meetings
- Preparing meeting agendas
- Controlling time
- Identifying meeting challenges
- Maintaining the minutes of meetings
Time Management
- Managing time effectively
- Identifying and eradicating time wasters
- Setting SMART goals and priority levels
- Measures and parameters to control effectiveness
- Planning time for self and others
- Maintaining time logs and improvising on use of time