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Principles of Office Management Office management is an administrative job that deals with the control, management and maintenance of all activities and work in an office. This can involve a small or large organization. The main objective of office management is to ensure that an organization achieves its goals and objectives. The office manager is an individual who is responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling all aspects of management that fall within the office of an organization (Buhler, 2008). This may include coordination, record preparation, communication control, supervision and supervision of all operations within the office. In order to ensure a smooth flow of all activities within the office, the administration should follow a set of rules that govern its smooth running. carrying out all activities. These rules and regulations that govern office managers are known as office management principles (Kaplan & Norton, 1996). These are the guidelines that constitute the backbone of the office to ensure the correct carrying out of activities. These principles include understanding the organization, managing organizational structures, managing human resources and processes, stating procedures, managing people, managing risk, communicating, managing files, managing meetings, project management, priority setting, decision making, and ethics management (Jackson, 1997).Understanding the OrganizationFor an effective and accurate manager, it is essential to understand the purpose of the organization. To understand the organization and purpose of the office, managers must understand the organization's mission, vision, and statement. These include the value statement which is essential...... half of the document development phase. These resources that must be managed to ensure project success include human resources and finances. Managers should be able to control and mitigate all risks associated with an organization's projects (Buhler, 2008). Works Cited Buhler, P. M. (2008). Managing in the new millennium; succession planning: not just for the c suite. Supervision, 69(3), 19.Jackson, S. (1997). The effectiveness of technical management as a determinant of company performance. Academy of Management Journal 40, 171–188. Fey, C. (2000). The effect of office management practices on performance in Russia. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 11, 1–18. Kaplan, R., & Norton, D. (1996). Principles of office management. Boston: Harvard Business School. Weatherly, L. A. (2003). The value of management. SHRM Research Quarterly, 3, 26–31.