RECORDS MANAGEMENT: A TOOL FOR PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND PREVENTING CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA.

Abstract This research study examined “influence of modern office technology on the effectiveness of secretary in an organization” the main purpose of the study is to extensively discuss the meaning of modern Office Technology and it effect on the job performance of secretaries in three selected organization in Kwara state. Four research questions were prepared by the researcher in order to find solution or answer to the topic, the researcher makes use of descriptive research method because of its efficient, accurate and reliable the instrument is in order to get the research design, the researcher used forty (120) staff out of the total number of the population size, the random sampling techniques is used in the selection of the staff. In analyzing the questions the researcher adopted were tabulated and itemed according to responses sought in the questionnaire. According to findings it is discovered that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that the introduction of modern office technology has greatly increased the effectiveness and productivity of the secretary. And in summary the research recommends that secretaries should be willing to learn new things every day, they should not rely on their old knowledge as in area of modern office equipment.