OADM205 Administrative Office Procedures II

Department of Business Studies: Office Administration

  1. Course Number and Title

    OADM205 Administrative Office Procedures II

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    OADM105 (C or better)

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    None

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This is an applications oriented course that reinforces the major office applications found in suite software--word processing, electronic presentations, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, and database. Office administrative skills are integrated through problem-solving assignments and office simulations.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will
        1. develop skills for arranging meetings and conferences, travel arrangements, and meetings using electronic scheduling;
        2. utilize the Internet to gather information to send and receive email messages; and
        3. integrate documents and information with word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing and presentation software.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. responsibilities of the office professional for meetings and conferences
      2. preparing notices for meetings
      3. preparing agendas and minutes
      4. making travel arrangements
      5. preparing itineraries
      6. preparing expense reports
      7. special mail services
      8. processing incoming and outgoing mail
      9. document management systems
      10. basic filing rules
      11. storage methods
      12. document retrieval systems
      13. stress in the workplace
      14. time management
      15. leadership
      16. organizing meetings
      17. promotional materials
      18. databases
      19. payroll spreadsheets
      20. composing letters and memorandums
      21. Internet research
      22. preparing presentations

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. The assessment of course learning goals is based on classroom discussions, written exams, assignments, papers, and/or performance based tasks and projects.
      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 12/98; Revised 1/2010