Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations

The functions and effectiveness of the secretary in every business organization depends on the
availability of office technologies as well as the skills and competencies of the secretary. Modern
business organisations have come to appreciate the role and importance of the secretary as well as the
need to providing the needed and necessary office machines and equipment for the efficacy of the
secretarial functions. The study covered 40 randomly selected modern business organisations within Port-
Harcourt, Nigeria and it’s environ. 40 secretaries were used for the study. 3 instruments namely the modern office
technology availability (MOTA), modern office technology and secretary’s usage (MOTSU) and modern
office technology and secretary’s productivity (MOTSP) were developed and used for the study. Mean
and Chi-square were used to analyse the data collected. The findings of the study revealed the
availability of modern office technological gadgets in private business organizations, their use by
secretaries cause increase in productivity. Amongst others, it was recommended that private business
organizations should procure as many modern office technological gadgets as are available in the
market to ease the job of secretaries to enable them increase their productivity.
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APA

Ayoola, E. (2018). Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/modern-office-technology-and-the-secretary-rsquo-s-productivity-in-private-business-organisations-5605

MLA 8th

Ayoola, Emmanuel "Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations" Afribary. Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/modern-office-technology-and-the-secretary-rsquo-s-productivity-in-private-business-organisations-5605. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

MLA7

Ayoola, Emmanuel . "Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations". Afribary, Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/modern-office-technology-and-the-secretary-rsquo-s-productivity-in-private-business-organisations-5605 >.

Chicago

Ayoola, Emmanuel . "Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations" Afribary (2018). Accessed April 24, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/modern-office-technology-and-the-secretary-rsquo-s-productivity-in-private-business-organisations-5605