English for Secretaries. Advansed Level (1500,00 руб.)

Казарова, 2014 © Издательство «ФЛИНТА», 2014 Contents Part I The Secretary in the Modern Business World 1. <...> The Secretary’s Changing Role in the Corporation 3. <...> Preparing for the Interview Part II The Secretary in the Automated Office 1. <...> Automation is the Basis of Office Work 2. <...> Re´sume´s and Letters of Application Part IV Professional Secretaries’ Experiences 1. <...> The secretarial profession is unique and diversified as a secretary is the principal person in any office environment whether it is a dentist’s clinic or a big international corporation headquarters. <...> Job Title 4 The original meaning of the word secretary had nothing to do with people; it was a piece of furniture used for writing. <...> Today, as executives routinely refer to their desktop computer terminals as «my electronic secretary», there is real temptation to let evolution take its course, and to let secretary come to mean the electronic equipment or furniture used to provide automated information and office management services. <...> Finally, it would more adequately accommodate the career developmental and mobility expectations among the people currently entering or considering the secretarial field. <...> The single job title secretary can refer to an information manager, an information packager, and an information broker. <...> Within the secretarial position there are also many levels of responsibility ranging from following instructions to bearing at least some responsibility for administration and office management. <...> Career Paths from Secretary to Information Worker Level Presecretarial Occupational Title Information technician/machine operator Secretarial Information processor a) administrativesystems assistant b) paraprofessional Postsecretarial Information processor a) office systems administrator b) professional Middle Management Systems administrator Executive team Database management computerassisted administration programming Manager, reference and research manager, information display Systems maintenance and management system analysis and design Computeraided research, analysis, planning, and decisionmaking 5 Database maintenance software support programmer/assistant programmer Computer graphics text composition information brokerage Work Function Electrical technician fixing, testing equipment, etc. computer operator word processor <...>