THE CLERICAL STAFF The office staff/clerical officer An officer staff or a clerical officer is an employee or a worker of an organisation who perform clerical and administrative duties in an office. A clerk who keeps records concerning the financial transactions of the organisation is called an account clerk. Clerical Works or duties Some …
Definition of an office. An office is a place or a room set aside in an organization for performing clerical and administrative duties. It is the centre of all clerical activities in an organization or establishment. Clerical and administrative duties can simply be referral to as: Written work Record keeping Receiving and giving information etc. …
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STUDIES What is business? Business can be defined as any service rendered to satisfy human needs or desires which is aimed at making profit in order to earn a living, although there may be loss. Objections of Business Studies The following are the objectives of studying or the reasons why business …
Meaning of a Table A table is a structure made up of rows and columns and used to organize data. Tables are very good for presenting figures and statistics. Tabulation involves arranging items in columns. In a tabular arrangement therefore, Items stand out below each other, vertically, and on the same line as another in …
Content: Meaning i.e. cash, bank transfer, cheque, bank draft, e-payment. Wages and Salaries Office. Methods of Paying Wages. Store Records-Delivery Note, Gate Pass. There are various means of settling a bill in business transactions. They include: payment by cash Payment by cheque: This is done by instructing the bank to pay our supplier from the …
BALANCE SHEET DEFINITION OF BALANCE SHEET Balance sheet can be defined as a statement showing the assets and liabilities of a business as at a given date. A balance sheet is not an account and so it does not have debit or credit side. Also it does not have balance brought down or balance carried …
ERASING TECHNIQUES ERASING TECHNIQUES In typewriting work, errors and mistakes must be corrected. To produce accurate documents all errors must be neatly corrected. When errors are found in a typed work, the following materials can be used to erase the error: Typing eraser Correction fluid Correction paper Typing Eraser If the typewriter eraser …
BUSINESS LETTERS INTRODUCTION: A business letter is also known as an official or formal letter. Some of the distinguishing features of a formal letter are: (i) the two addresses of the addressee and the addresser, (ii) the salutation, etc LAYOUT This is the style of display of a letter. There are two styles which …
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Profit & Loss Account: This is an account prepared after the preparation of the Trading Account. It is debited with all operational expenses and credited with the gross profit and all other revenue accruing to a business. Purpose of Preparing the Profit & Loss Account The P&L account is prepared …
TRIAL BALANCE MEANING OF A TRIAL BALANCE A trial balance is a list of debit and credit balances extracted from the ledger. The trial balance shows the arithmetical accuracy of ledger entries. Double entry book keeping requires that the totals of the debit column and that of the credit column of the trial balance agree. …
BECE PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION PAST QUESTIONS civic education past questions BECE ENGLISH LANGUAGE forms of business organisation HONESTY IN BUSINESS
hat is book keeping? Book keeping is the name used to describe the recording of cash and credit transactions so that information relating to the transactions may be easily obtained.
Commerce is an important branch of business which involves buying and selling. Commerce can be defined as the large scale of buying and selling of goods and services. Commerce is another term for describing trading of goods and services. It looks after the distribution aspect of a business. Transportation plays a very important role in …
Office equipment or office machines are the machines or equipment used to carry out work in an organisation or establishment to make work easier and faster. Advantages of office equipment/machine Workers cannot easily get tired. It promotes or ensure accuracy and quality work (i.e. accurate) It improves work appearance It saves time, energy and …