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Office Arts Department

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“It is said that excellence is not a skill, but it is an attitude (Ralph Marstonit)”.  Successful Executives have excellent Personal Assistants.  Unfortunately, Personal Assistants of excellence do not emerge from anywhere.  Whereas average performers are made all over the country, the Top-notch ones are those who must have walked the corridors of Staff Development institute.  This is an open secret both in Malawi and in the Southern Africa region.

For this reason the Office Arts Department focuses on sharpening secretaries’ requisite skills, attitudes and knowledge.  This is very imperative for the secretaries’ professional development and career advancement.

The department offers both generic and tailor-made programmes to clients.  The wide range of programmes include:  Secretarial Management Course, Basic Secretarial Course, Upgrading Course for Secretaries & Copy Typists, Secretarial Skills Development Workshop, Records Management, Office Organisation, Work Ethics, Keyboard Skills, Reception Skills, Facilities Management, Training and Development as well as Information Communication Technology (ICT).

The department comprise of highly trained personnel.