Islamabad, October 26, 2022 (PPI-OT):PDC being a hub for human resource development is continuously working to build up the capacity of academic and non-academic staff for enhancing the quality of services rendered/delivered to various stakeholders of CUST. In this backdrop, PDC organized the second consultative session of the workshop on subject “Office Management” on Monday, October 24, 2022 from 10AM to 1PM at Staff Room, D-Block (2nd -Floor). The objective of this workshop is to enhance the requisite skills and competencies of the mid-career administrative staff for effective office management. The participants of the workshop include the non-academic staff from 12 administrative offices such as Library, Media, IT, GSO, Accounts, QEC, ORIC, Examination, Registration, Admission, VIS and FM Radio.
Dr. Ahsan Mahmood (Assistant Professor, Management Science Dept.) was the resource person for the said workshop. The resource person started the workshop by providing a brief overview of theoretical knowledge discussed in the first session of the workshop held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.He further informed the participants in today’s workshop session all participants are supposed to perform activities which will help them to optimize their efficiency. Dr. Ahsan Mahmood instructed the participants to perform the “Activity no 1” related to chalking out their daily routine task and prioritize them along with the required time to perform it and discussed it.
The resource person guided the participants to prepare the yearly activities calendar and then break it down into quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily activities. He also apprised them to make daily task sheets and find out the trend of activities in order to avoid any mismanagement. After this, Dr. Ahsan Mahmood asked the participants to share the strategies, they employed to manage the pressure at peak hours mentioned in “Activity no 02”. The participants were of the view, that they prioritize the tasks of peak hours and work as an effective team to accomplish them. The resource person told them, that the most effective strategy to manage the pressure of peak hours in office is to reallocate the task and resources between co-workers based on the skills and competency level.
Moreover, he guided the participants to make a task deployment plan according to the nature of activities/task performed during peak hours. Dr. Ahsan Mahmood, guided them various effective stress management strategies which participants can exercise in their office situations, in order to improve their official assignments in an effective manner. It was a very interactive session where participants of the workshop asked their queries regarding the difficulties/problems faced during office peak hours, while performing their daily tasks, which were well addressed by the resource person. The workshop was concluded with the QA session after which the resource person assigned a task to all participants in which they are supposed to provide details regarding various strategies learned during the workshop for office management.
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