Jobs in an Office

1. Office Manager – He plans directs and a control varies activities in the office.
2. Typists – In as much as communications in business and industry are generally made through
the use of letters, undoubtedly, the position of typist in an office is of prime importance.
3. Secretary – is the right hand employee or assistant of the office manager. She relieves her
superior of minor executive duties. As such, routine matters and some decisions are discharged
by the secretary.
4. Stenographer – like that of the position of typist, positions of stenographer are also classified
into various classes such as stenographer I, II and III.
5. Clerk – generally performed by a clerical force made up by a variety of workers.
a. Filing clerk – his principal duty consists of recording documents in a book for that purpose,
sort them out and file in a filing cabinet hand in hand w/ letters of all kinds, reports data and
others.
b. Stock clerk – records goods in stock for purposes of guidance by the accountant.
c. Accounting clerk – assist the accountant and performs other tasks that may be assigned to
him by the accountant.
6. Messenger – documents, letters and other written information are transmitted from one
company or office to another through services of messenger.
7. Receptionist – the job of the receptionist is that of receiving persons coming into the office.

Human Relations
Relationship between employees and management are of substantial value in any workplaces. Human
relation is the process of training employees addressing their needs, fostering workplaces, culture and
resolving conflicts between different employees or between the management, understanding some of
the ways that human relation can impact to cost, competitiveness and long term economic sustainably
of a business help to underscore their importance.

5’s in Office

1. Sorting (Seiri) – going through all the tools, materials etc. in the plant and work area and keeping
only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded.
2. Set in order (Seiton) – Focuses on efficiency. When we translate this to “Straighten or set in
order”, it sounds like more sorting or sweeping, but the intent is to arrange the tools, equipment
and parts in a manner that promote work flow.
3. Sweeping or Cleanliness (Seiso) – Systematic cleaning or the need to keep the workplace clean
as well as neat. At the end of each shift, the work area is cleaned up and everything is restored
to its place.
4. Standardizing (Seiketsu) – Standardized work practices or operating in a consistent and
standardized fashion.
5. Sustaining the Discipline (Shitsuke) – Refers to maintaining and reviewing standards.