Case Study of Office Administration for Spreadsheet and Databases

Question: Discuss about theCase Study of Office Administration for Spreadsheet and Databases. Answer: Introduction An office administrator is responsible for drafting important business documents targeted to customers and other organizations. In this case Monica does some blunders which results in computer failure (Beardwell and Thompson 2014). Discussion The skills required to be a good office administrator in terms of business documentation are communication skills which includes writing skills, technology skills like competency to work with word processing software, spreadsheet, databases, ability to organize, and ability to manage time and finish work within deadline. A good office administrator should be able to efficiently use the Web for research while documenting and should be able to handle the applications which are specific to the employer. Competency with drafting e-mail, newsletters, presentation and reports are required (Armstrong and Taylor 2014). There are various methods for presenting a business document within my organization. The audiences for the business document are identified; the documents purpose are analyzed, the information in the business document has a logical flow, is clear, informative and concise, ideas are supported with logic and facts, the business document look professional, appropriate font, layout grid are chosen and the documents are proofread before printing. Inkjet and laser and toner printers can are used to print business documents (Pribadi 2016). Speaking to a friend, I learned that business documents like memos, emails, summaries, and letters are presented following several steps like preparation, research, organizing, drafting and reviewing. Memos and emails have a subject line and formatting is done in paragraphs, business letters are formatted in block style with the exception of the letterhead and usually aligned to the left margin, business reports have charts, statistics, graphs, images, transactional documents have receipt or invoice attached and financial documents have bank statements, payroll reports, balance sheet. Magnetic digital printers are used to print documents in his office. 4.While modifying the three documents, Monica made the mistake of opening the three files together before commencing work, she also left the three applications open in her computer and went for a coffee break which resulted in failure of the computer. Monica should have opened the files one by one, start working on one document and complete it within deadline before beginning to work on another document. Monica should not have went on a coffee break keeping all the three applications open, the applications should have been closed by her before taking breaks. Also Monica could have open one file, note down important information and then she could have opened the next file. After noting important information in all files, she could have started working which could help her in research (Liebowitz and Frank 2016). Monicas actions could be detrimental for her as she would miss deadline of her documentation tasks. This could affect the business process. The solution is to immediately inform the technical team to fix her computer or to use another computer to complete the allotted task so that business process is not delayed. Conclusion The daily operational work of an office administrator is of paramount importance to support teams and higher authorities in an organization. So an office administrator should handle computer properly. References Armstrong, M. and Taylor, S., 2014.Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice. Kogan Page Publishers. Beardwell, J. and Thompson, A., 2014.Human resource management: a contemporary approach. Pearson Education. Liebowitz, J. and Frank, M. eds., 2016.Knowledge management and e-learning. CRC press. Pribadi, T.F.N., 2016.A Job Training Report as an Administrative Assistant at International Office and Partnership Universitas Airlangga from 11th January 201611th March 2016(Doctoral dissertation, Universitas Airlangga).