Secretary

Secretary is a professional in the administration with an emphasis on communication. Secretaries usually do general office tasks and assistance, in particular the correspondence as well as sector-based commercial and administrative activities.

Word origin

Secretary ( mittellat., later French secrétaire ) originally referred to a " secretary ", then a scribe or secretary, or write or record keeper. A secretariat was the office of secretary or writing, a writing desk or a law firm, such as a court or town clerk. Another theory for the origin word derives from the Latin secretio (, secretion ').

Training and work area

In Germany usually performs a commercial apprenticeship in this occupation in the office. In industry, trade and craft of training professional businessman in office communication means (former office assistant ), public service trade clerk for office communication (formerly Steno secretary, office assistant). In addition to commercial and manage the work area activities, Secretaries are also mainly do general office, in particular the correspondence concerning. Employment they are in the administrative departments of companies of all economic sectors. But also in the public administration, associations exist in workplaces as well as in the health sector. Through special training courses as well as training opportunities secretaries can also advance to specialist staff in law firms and notaries. There are also optional training for skilled businessman / woman for office management.

Secretary as a function

Secretaries generally

" Secretary ", however, is the function that one performs in the organization. As First Secretary refers to persons who are authorized to issue instructions in an authority. However, Directorate secretaries, officials or employees who report directly to an agency head or a directorate and this assist and are usually also give instructions.

Secretaries in politics and public

The Secretary and the party secretary perform as well as the union secretary leadership positions in their party or organization. Secretaries are either the Minister subordinate members of the government or the highest official in the Ministry or a supreme authority.

Private secretaries

A private secretary is responsible for the organization of the office of a leader and has this most extensive skills and powers. He usually has a particularly close relationship of trust with superiors and therefore processed and private or very important concern of the higher-ranking personality.

Other forms

• Foreign language secretary
• Legal Secretary
• Secretary of State
• Secretary in office designations

Situation in the GDR

The training of " audited Secretary " referred to in the GDR a mandatory training program for the acquisition of qualification as a secretary, which replaced the hitherto valid training document with effect from 1 January 1974. Appropriate training courses were conducted on the community colleges and academies operation. Basic requirements for participation were a vocational qualification as a skilled worker for writing technique as an economic or a financial trader and the detection of 140 syllables / minute in stenography specialist and 250 strokes / minute in typewriting. This training was provided in particular for proven professionals and was based on a specific test order. The mandatory timetable foresaw 288 teaching hours to complete on 38 school days usually during one year. As evidence of work was a vorzuschlagendes by delegating operational issue edit. To write technical services 160 syllables / minute to 300 strokes / minute were demanded. The economic responsibility for the content design of the secretaries qualification was at the Institute for education and training in construction.