DEFINITIONS A clerical staff is someone who keeps record of account or sales in an office .Generally , a clerical staff is assigned to do written work. Examples of a clerical staff are Accounts clerk Sales clerk, etc QUALITIES OF A CLERICAL STAFF Must possess a sound minimum education of West African Senior School […]
CARE OF COMPUTER The computer should be covered when not in use to keep it dust-free. Keep your computer system, anti-virus software, firewall, spyware and other security programs up to date. Browse the internet responsibly. Visit websites you trust and download files and programs only from reliable sources. Close all programs before you shut down
Office equipment are tools and assets used by a firm or an organization. The organisations use them for the following:- To receive information To disseminate information For saving valuable items, etc. VARIOUS TYPES OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT The various types of office equipment in use in an office are :- OFFICE CABINET This is a place
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Keyboarding is the act of manipulating a keyboard to produce information.. In other words, keyboarding is the utilization of a keyboard for typing and other computer functions. Keyboard exists both in typewriter and in computer. But in typewriting, keyboarding does not have to result in hard copy whereas typewriting usually does. Keyboarding is used
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Meaning of Ethics Ethics are the values, principles/ rule and behavior by which people in the society, or group of people is a profession or association live. It is a set of rules that makes people to be aware of right and wrong. ETHIC GUIDING THE SOURCING OF CHEMICALS A person or business organization
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The home keys for the left hand fingers are A,S,D and F while the home keys for the right hand fingers are J, K, L and ;(semi-colon). Fingers should be rightly placed on the home row keys. SHORTCUT KEYS ABCs Shortcut keys are commonly accessed by using Alt, Command key, Ctrl or Shift in
For all standard typewriters, the keyboard is arranged in four rows The top rows The upper rows The home rows The bottom rows The top row consists of figures and symbols. The upper row is the QWERTY row. The home row is the home keys row while the bottom row is the bottom row
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DEFINITIONS OF OCCUPATION An occupation is what a person does in order to earn a living. Examples are teaching, law, trading, medicine, etc DIVISION OR TYPES OF OCCUPATION There are five main divisions or types of occupation which are Extractive occupation Manufacturing Occupation Constructive occupation Commercial occupation Services occupation These can be shown in
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TYPES OR FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS The various forms / types of business organization can best be illustrate with the diagram below TYPES /FORMS OF BUSINESS A B C D E Sole Proprietorship Partnership Co-operative Private Public Shoe mending -manufacturing society Limited Limited Kiosk ownership -farming Thrift Co-op Liability Liability Farming – Estate
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DIRECT SERVICES Direct services are simply those services that are rendered to directly on person- to-person basis and the payment for them is made by us directly to the service providers. Examples of direct service occupations are barbing, services of a private doctor, a private teacher, a personal lawyer, a steward etc INDIRECT SERVICES
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Meaning Of Bookkeeping Bookkeeping is the name used to describe the recording of cash and credit transactions so that information relating to the transactions may be easily obtained. Or Bookkeeping can be defined as the activity of recording business transactions in a given order, so that the records will show the exact situation of the
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Meaning of factors of Productions For the activities of production to take place, factors must be available.These are the things that make the production of goods and services possible; hence they are called factors or agents of production. They are; Land Labour Capital and Enterpreneur These factors supply the money, physical effort, land or place
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MEANING OF TRUTHFULNESS Truthfulness is a quality that is exhibited by a person who tells the truth all the time even if it will put him or her in trouble. A truthful person is an honest person. ATTRIBUTES OF TRUTHFULNESS Some of the attributes of truthfulness are Avoiding lies Standing by the truth always,
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MEANING OF AIDS TO TRADE By the expression Aids to Trade we mean those things or agents that make trade to grow . The aids to trade make trade easy and for this reason they are called aids to trade or factors of trade or auxiliary to trade. THE AIDS TO TRADE These aids
HOME ROW KEYS The home row is that middle horizontal row of the keyboard which starts with A and goes all the way across. The home row key is a key concept typing. When set to type, the idea is that each finger remains in light contact with a particular key of the home row;
Meaning of Trade Trade is the buying and selling of goods and services. It can also be defined as the activities which cover exchange, buying and selling of goods and services Branches of Trade Trade has three main branches which are as follows Home Trade: this is the act of exchanging, buying and selling
MEANING OF JOURNALS A journal is the first book in which we record business transactions. Each record in the journal is called an entry. A journal is like a diary of transactions. It is the first book where accounting records are made before they are posted to the ledger. This means that the first entries
Meaning of Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship, as we have earlier noted, comes from the French verb ‘entrepreneur’ which means ‘to undertake. Entrepreneurship is the act or art of organization or owning a business by taking financial risks with a view to making profit. IMPORTANCE OF ENTERPRENEURSHIP Entrepreneurs have the ability to bear risks and so create
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THE COMPUTER A computer is an electronic device that can accept data and process data in order to get the required information. The computer receives data through the input device, and it processes the data to generate 1information which it produces and displays through the output device. PARTS OF THE COMPUTER A computer has
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