For the effective discharge of their duties, professional secretaries must have a mastery of the basic office skills. These skills include shorthand, typewriting. e.t.c. of all these skills, most challenging of all.
But in secretarial departments of most tertiary Institutions, most students believed that secretaries on longer write shorthand in business offices with the intention and installation of such machines etc.
This nation has contributed to their poor performances in the course since their interest is restricted to passing the course only and not in mastering the skill.
The purpose of the study is to determine whether secretaries still apply this skill in the discharge of their duties.
In Order to achieve this purpose, the research as viewed the contribution of some anthers on the research topic. This made up their literature Review. They also selected five business Organization in Enugu state for their study. The population of her study is all the secrecies in the area of the study. They also found out that most executives do not give office dictation often never the less, they take it for granted that the practicing Professional secretary is a wizard in the art of writing shorthand.
Based on their finding, they reprimanded that students should accept the challenges posed by shorthand, take measures to master the skill and devote more time to their studies. They also recommended that lecturers should review their methods of teaching often and on to ensue adequate supervision and guidance.
Having done justice to the research topic, the researchers suggested tat other project researchers should investigate those areas.
Shorthand, sometimes called stenography, is a system of writing by sound that is phonograph. The New Age Encyclopedia (1977:455) defined shorthand as “an abbreviated system of writing that uteilize symbols or short alphabetic combinations to facilitate rapid recording of the spoken word”. It is thus the system of using signs and symbols to represent sounds; this has succeeded in promoting tats writing, labour saving and time saving phonomena. As the adage says “time is business” shorthand writing facilities speed and saves a lot of time when taking down spoken words. It also makes possible a vibration record of spoken words as much the same time as the speaker. The benefits of shorthand writing have enhanced its general acceptability and popularity in the world of business.
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