secretariats
Government administrative bodies
Secretariats are administrative departments or offices, typically governmental or organizational bodies responsible for coordination and record-keeping.
The United Nations has several secretariats handling different functions.
A secretariat is headed by a secretary or secretary-general: The party's secretariat managed communications between regional offices.
The word can also refer to the staff of such an office collectively.
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- policyAdopted principle of action
implementation · coordination · supervision · directive · regulation · protocol · procedure · planning
Administrative written tasks
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- filingStoring documents systematically
- recordsStored data or albums
- complianceAdhering to requirements
regulations · procedures · formalities · protocols · registration · archiving · memoranda · dossiers
Association of sovereign states
- ASEANSoutheast Asian intergovernmental body
- EUEuropean political-economic bloc
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
summit · diplomatic · envoys · delegates · resolutions · conventions · headquarters · Geneva
People who provide support
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- typistsThose who keyboard professionally
- stenographersPeople who record speech
scheduling · minutes · agendas · correspondence · shorthand · reception · memos · transcription
governance
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- executiveSenior organizational leader
policy · implementation · coordination · supervision · directive · regulation · protocol · procedure · planning · strategy
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- filingStoring documents systematically
- recordsStored data or albums
compliance · regulations · procedures · formalities · protocols · registration · archiving · memoranda · dossiers · correspondence
Commonwealth
Association of sovereign states
- ASEANSoutheast Asian intergovernmental body
- EUEuropean political-economic bloc
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
treaty · summit · diplomatic · envoys · delegates · resolutions · conventions · headquarters · Geneva · commissions
assistants
People who provide support
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- typistsThose who keyboard professionally
stenographers · scheduling · minutes · agendas · correspondence · shorthand · reception · memos · transcription · appointments
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- Cabinetcabinet ministers, cabinet member, cabinet position, cabinet meetings, cabinet shuffle
secretariatslegislatures
Bodies that make laws
parliaments · assemblies · congresses · councils · senates
secretariatsexecutive offices
Senior management workspaces
presidencies · directorates · chief executives · leadership · command structures
secretariatsexecutive leadership
Highest organizational authority holders
heads of state · presidencies · front offices · figureheads · chief executives
- secretarial skillsOffice support competencies
- secretarial schoolTraining for office support work