Greeting Visitors The primary duty of a front desk receptionist is to greet a business’ visitors. When guests arrive, she warmly welcomes them, sometimes taking their coats and providing refreshments. She may also answer basic questions regarding the business, such as hours of operation, as well as provide customers with a brief explanation of the…
Tag: RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Explain the use of filing equipment and suppplies in records and information management
File equipment The most common varieties of filing equipment are: Vertical drawer cabinets — continues in widespread use although it is the most costly of all filing equipment. Vertical drawer cabinets require more floor space, and more physical effort and time to access folders than other types of equipment. Vertical drawer cabinets consume 5.8 square…
Outline the procedures for dealing with inactive files
When files become inactive it does not mean that they are no longer important. You never know when something may come up where you need to be able to access those files you haven’t looked at in years. Record Nations offers digital record storage and offsite storage to keep all those inactive documents safe and available for…
Describe the duties of a records management clerk
• Assist departments with the development of new document categories and fields for storage; work with the Records Management Coordinator to determine departmental records needs; provide assistance in preparing documents for scanning. • Provide assistance in the transportation of boxed documents from City Hall to the Records Center for storage; organize and number boxes; maintain…
Describe the characteristics of an information management system
Relevance The information a manager receives from an MIS has to relate to the decisions the manager has to make. An effective MIS takes data that originates in the areas of activity that concern the manager at any given time, and organizes it into forms that are meaningful for making decisions. If a manager has…