Date of Award
6-1926
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Business Administration
First Advisor
Arthur L. Funk
Second Advisor
J. Freeman Pyle
Abstract
The general office is probably the most important of all the elements of a modern business organization. All the policies of the business, whether it be large or small, must be determined by an intelligent examination of the records and accounts which are compiled and kept by the office. The records of the office will disclose complete accountability for the success or failure of the business. The real value of the office seems to have been slighted in the past. Only the larger concerns have dealt with the problem at all. Managers were merely chief clerks who had a thorough experience in bookkeeping but who lacked even the most rudimentary knowledge of management. In recent years more and more attention is being given to the office side of the business. Not only have the business concerns gone into the problem but institutions of learning are giving more time to its problems. Formerly bookkeeping and stenography were the only subjects in the school curriculum. Now we find High Schools and Business Colleges giving complete courses in office practice. Nearly every phase of office work is demonstrated to the student. The result is that the student entering the office as an employee has a first hand knowledge as to how to proceed.
Recommended Citation
Stumpf, Erwin J., "The Organization and Management of the General Office" (1926). Bachelors’ Theses. 1399.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1399
Comments
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, College of Business Administration of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.