Principles of Office ManagementOffice management is an administrative job that deals with the control, management and maintenance of all activities and work in an office. This may involve a small or large organization. The main objective of office management is to ensure that an organization achieves its goals and objectives. The office manager is an individual responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling all aspects of management within an organization's office (Buhler, 2008). This may include coordination, preparation of records, control of communication, supervision and supervision of all operations within the office. In order to ensure the smooth running of all activities within the office, the administration must follow a set of rules that govern the smooth running of activities. conduct of all activities. These rules and regulations that govern office managers are known as office management principles (Kaplan and Norton, 1996). These are the guidelines that constitute a major formation of the backbone of the office to ensure smooth running of activities. These principles include understanding the organization, managing organizational structures, managing people and processes, stating procedures, managing personnel, managing risks, communicating, managing records, meeting management, project management, priority setting, decision making and ethics management (Jackson, 1997). Understanding the organization For a manager to be effective and accurate, it is essential to understand the purpose of the organization. To understand the organization and the purpose of the office, managers must understand the mission, vision, and statement of the organization. These include the value statement which is essential......in the middle of the paper......ation phase. These resources that must be managed to ensure the success of the project include human and financial resources. Managers must be able to control and mitigate all risks associated with an organization's projects (Buhler, 2008). Works Cited Buhler, PM (2008). Managing in the new millennium; succession planning: not just for the future c. Monitoring, 69(3), 19.Jackson, S. (1997). Technical management effectiveness as determinants of business performance. Journal of the Academy of Management 40, 171-188.Fey, C. (2000). The effect of office management practices on performance in Russia. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 11, 1–18. Kaplan, R. and Norton, D. (1996). Principles of office management. Boston: Harvard Business School. Weatherly, L.A. (2003). The value of management. Quarterly SHRM Research, 3, 26–31.