I was working on some things this morning and had a fleeting thought of how I define ‘administrative services’. I can say that it covers a lot of territory. So what I wanted to do was to introduce everyone to how I would define it. I will introduce you to what administrative services is, discuss if everyone has these services, and how that impacts a virtual assistant like me.
Administrative services needs to be broken down. Administration side of the definition deals with the process of organizing people, equipment and other sources toward a common goal. The service side comes from the processes that go into achieving that common goal. They can range from managing people, schedules, faxes, filing, researching, emailing, or answering phones.
A person that is designated to do this has many names. This person can serve as support to departments, executives, and even celebrities. There are also specialized providers called secretaries and executive assistants that handle the more sensitive side of administrative services. Not to be left out, there are the assistants that handle the phones, the general errands, and picking up the dry cleaning.
It is obvious that most of individuals and businesses have these needs that can be considered administrative. A virtual assistant is just like the assistants that you find in the office pouring coffee or walking a dog. The biggest difference is that we have our own office and we are not considered an employee. The biggest benefit is saving money and time.
A virtual assistant is able to still fax, file, schedule appointments, manage tasks for projects, email, be a desk top publisher and even provide presentations that you have due by noon. However, the coffee and pooch may need some personal attention from the boss. We take advantage of technology to be the remote extension to the office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative
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