Promoting professionalism in contemporary secretarial practice

Abstract

Over the years, secretarial professionals occupy very strategic positions in the business world, and have significantly contributed in various ways to developing the Nigeria economy. It is, therefore, a known fact that the world ordinarily would not have survived without the secretarial position, hence the survival and sustenance of economic and management of any private enterprise, government establishments, parastatals and financial institutions depend largely on the effectivenesss and efficiency of secretarial professionals, who have adequately been trained in secretarial discipline. This paper highlights the significance of promoting the practice of secretarial professionals in Nigerian
economic development. It thus, recommends among others that for secretarial professionals to continue to play significant role in Nigeria economic development, modern office automation should be made available for use, training and retraining of secretarial practitioners for effective and efficient development of knowledge, skills and competences toward the development of Nigerian economy.