ABSTRACT

A lot has been written by many authors about new office technologies and how they have immensely affected secretarial performance. This study was therefore conducted to find out the secretary and the effect of new office technologies on record keeping management in institute of management and technology, in Enugu. As a result of this, research question were formulated as follows: –

a)     Do the working environment of practicing secretaries have each of the new office equipment?

b)     Are the available new office equipment being put into effective use?

c)     What factors influence the availability or lack of these new office equipment?

d)     How are the job performance of secretaries affected by these new office machines?

        It was concluded that the acquisition of new office technologies could make secretaries more effective in the performance of their duties. Based on these findings, the following recommendations were made.

a.          A reasonable purchase of these machines should be make for the practicing secretaries in Enugu.

b.          This establishment should be subsidized by the management to enable them purchase more of the machines.

c.           Stand-by generating plant should be purchased by these establishments that have power supply problems.