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Administrative Assistant: Simulated Projects, 3e is a comprehensive workbook designed to help office administration executive students develop the skills to work with confidence in any office setting. Simulated real-world office projects lead students through related tasks step by step to master critical office skills including computer proficiency, project management, critical thinking, problem solving, listening, and communication skills.

Students can practise making appointments, emails, mailings/mail merge, managing all aspects of domestic and international travel, presentations and reports, budgeting and handing expenses, and coordinating meetings and minutes.

NEW ADDITIONS AND UPDATES

• Each project now begins with additional instruction and context to allow students to work with greater independence.
• Samples and required documents appear at the end of each project for quick reference.
• Tasks are clearer and incorporate samples for reference and corporate policies (where applicable).
• Project 3 (Spreadsheets and Reports) has been revised for clarity and now includes embedded samples to help support student learning.
• Northrose’s new e-learning platform offers even more student practice opportunities including additional tasks, quizzing, and links to supplementary online resources.

Project 1: Domestic Travel

Project 2: Job Marketing Fair

Project 3: Spreadsheets and Reports

Project 4: Meetings

Project 5: Workplace Preparedness

Project 6: International Travel

Lynn Berry has over 35 years of experience as a professor and coordinator with Algonquin College. She is the co-author of Legal Transcription in Canada, Medical Office Billing, Medical Office Administration: Simulated Projects, Administrative Assistant: Simulated Projects, and Canadian Medical Transcription. Travel and Meeting Management, Health Services Integrated Projects, Portfolio and Career Management, and Executive Office Integrated Projects. Lynn was instrumental in the development of the Office Administration - Executive, Legal, and Health Services diploma programs at Algonquin College and is passionate about curriculum and career development.

Valerie Duthie's career has spanned more than 35 years of teaching in both the private and public sectors. During that time, she has had the privilege of working with a wide range of students at the post-secondary level. She was a professor at Algonquin College for over 20 years and had the pleasure of teaching and developing curriculum in the Office Administration program. In the classroom, her goal has been to create an academically engaging environment that encourages creativity and curiosity. For the past ten years, she has been thrilled to share this passion to engage with an even wider audience as a co-author of several college textbooks.

Sandy Miller has over 35 years of experience as a professor and corporate trainer with ten different educational and corporate training facilities in three provinces and overseas, most recently as a professor of Office Administration at Algonquin College. Sandy is the co-author of Medical Office Billing, Portfolio and Career Management, Travel and Meeting Management, Executive Office Integrated Projects, Administrative Assistant: Simulated Projects, Health Services Integrated Projects, and Medical Office Administration: Simulated Projects.  She is passionate about curriculum development leading to student success, and she has loved to teach and will always love to learn.

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