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Reading Comprehension

Direction: Read the following text
carefully and answer these questions!

My Office

After the job applicants are accepted to
be part of an organization’s officer, they
will be placed at a certain workplace
or position to carry out their work
performances in the office. An office is
generally a room or other place where
an organization’s officers perform
administrative work in order to support
and actualize objects and goals of
the organization. Every modern organization is required to have
an office. Whether it is a Government department, business firm,
school, hospital, or voluntary or organization the existence of an
office is a must to enable necessary clerical and administrative tasks
to be performed properly. An office is required for the collection,
arrangement, retention, and dissemination (communication) of
the right information at the right time and to the right person. Its
activities such as mail handling, filing, indexing, copying, telephone
handling etc, must be controlled and supervised properly. According
to George R. Terry, “An office may be regarded as place where the
control mechanisms of an organization are located. Furthermore, Jame
Stephenson (2010) highlights that the office is that part of business
enterprises which is devoted to the direction and coordination of its
various activities. Office is a unit where relevant records for the purpose
of control, planning and efficient management of the organisation are
prepared, handled and preserved. It provides facilities for internal
and external communication and coordinates activities of different
departments of the organisation.
Here I would like to tell about my office situation. Like most
offices, my office is a place where I can concentrate on my work and

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