The Administrative DepartmentThe administrative department, also known as the service department, provides important services to other departments within a company to help them operate smoothly. Different businesses have different uses for their administrative department, like in a small business, an administrative department will be used to manage and take responsibility for departments like human resources or finance. In larger companies, they need more departments such as marketing, thus giving the administration more responsibilities over more departments in a company. Some examples of administrative service tasks:* Office work, including filing and record keeping* Typing and other miscellaneous secretarial tasks* Organizing meetings* Photocopying* Designing and producing forms* Receiving and handling telephone calls* Query processing* Mail collection and distribution* Office resource managementThe services provided by the administration generally depend on the size of the company. In addition to the services mentioned above, the administration also provides services such as cleaning, security and maintenance. The administrative department provides these office services to other departments within the company to help them operate more efficiently. Some office services include: * Word processing of letters or documents...... middle of paper ...... Support ==== ======As a global company, Cadbury Schweppes needs to stay in close contact with its various departments across the world and maintain close relationships with its huge customer base, the IT department has given this to Cadbury Schweppes by providing:* Cadbury Schweppes with a website, even though this has not not created by Cadbury Schweppes, it is nevertheless a good source of information for customers* Databases that record employee information* Email, which allows the company to communicate between customers, company employees and suppliers* An efficient payroll system for employees where they log in andout to record their working hours* Word processing information such as annual reports, company newsletter , sending mail to customers* Data recording