The topic for this research is a survey of the role of modern office equipment in modern office in Enugu state.
The study was restricted to ANAMMCO and EMENITE PLC. Emene near Enugu urban. Questionnaires were structured in two phases and were used for collecting data and the instrument was validated by my supervisor Mr. S. I. M Ozioko.
The population consisted of all the secretaries in ANAMMCO PLCA and EMENITE LTD Emene. They are 200 in number, out of the population sample of 90 secretaries were randomly selected.
After the analysis the following findings were made. The secretaries in ANAMMCO and EMENITE PLC use modern office equipment like computer, tele-printer and telephone answering machine and E-Mail
Then the following recommendation were made. That modern office equipment should replace the old ones since the modern ones enhance efficiency of secretaries.
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according to Neuner (1972) modern office equipment is the intermediary between the secretary and her job. It enables her to accomplish more work in few hours with greater efficiency and better quality. Also Dos well (1978) mentioned that a secretary is capable of working faster and more efficient with modern office equipment with a minimum of fatigue.
The use of this modern office equipment by a secretary can result in greater output than that of a secretary using manual or under developed equipment. Highly skilled personnel is sought for in business organizations nowadays and to this effect. Russon (1980) advocated that the more productive a secretary is, the more the organization can afford top pay within reasonable limits and hence more employment opportunities for secretaries.
The invention of office equipment necessitated the growth in laege – scale enterprise and also a technological break – through. The office, therefore, receives much on sophisticated office equipment in order to cope with the ever-increasing roles in the organization.
It seems, however, that although the higher levels or management might not make much direct use of technology, the secretary will. The future for office automation for this job is in providing the secretary with equipment that meets the real need identified as being import5ant, rather than the ones of typing and stenography that are thought to be important.
As against the traditional office, the modern office has a lot of activities to perform with the aid of modern equipmeny. These days uncountable organizations have installed these equipments and the secretaries are present to manipulate some of them in discharging their duties efficiently. However, modern office equipment, which acts as improvement tools in the secretary’s job arouse from the numerous mathematical calculations done in offices and the use of equipment by a secretary can result to a greater output than that of a secretary using manual equipment.
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