office procedures
Standard work methods
Office procedures are the established methods and routines for handling administrative tasks in a workplace.
These cover everything from filing documents and answering phones to processing expense reports and scheduling meetings.
Good office procedures ensure consistency and efficiency: New employees spend their first week learning office procedures.
The term often appears in job descriptions and training materials.
- desk jobSeated indoor employment
- legal documentationFormal written records with authority
- fileStored collection of data
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- task prioritizationOrdering work by importance
archiving · paper trail · filing · delegation · record-keeping · routing · templates · cover sheet · pen · email etiquette · standard operating procedure · confidentiality agreements · document formatting · scheduling · chain of command · project planning · data entry · presentation skills
- trade manualsblueprint reading
- law practicelaw firm, legal fees, billing, case files, legal ethics
office proceduresimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · chaos · disorganization · freestyle · anarchy