Impact of Modern Office Technology on Secretarial Performance in Public and Private Sector Environment in Nigeria
ALI YAKUBU
Department of Office Technology and Management
Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
The influx of modern office technology and information systems has greatly transformed secretarial duties in both public and private organizations in the 21st century. Modern office technology and information systems have led to great changes in the role of secretaries in office occupation. Nigeria, as an emerging economy, needs modern secretaries if it is to achieve its economic goal. The importance of an office in the development of an economy cannot be overstressed. Thus, the focus of this paper is to ex-ray the impact of certain modern office technology on secretarial performance. The paper concludes among others that Specialized training programme should be organized for secretaries to enable them update their knowledge on modern office technologies, computing, communication and modern methods of data management in other to improve their proficiency and efficiency on the job and hence higher productivity in the workplace.