COMMUNICATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT OF OFFICE MANAGER IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

This work examined communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies in Port Harcourt. The objective of the study was to determine the influence of communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies in Port Harcourt. The study adopted the explanatory survey research design, sample size was drawn from the entire twenty (20) accessible real estate companies in Port Harcourt with 72 secretaries, receptionist administrative officer as respondents. After validation by the supervisor, 60 copies of structured questionnaire were administered while fifty-three (53) copies were retrieved. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used for the analyses of research questions while Spearman rank order correlation in SPSS Version 22.0 was used for the test of hypotheses. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies in Port Harcourt. The study concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies. Application of digital literacy such as effective communication/collaboration, and digital citizenship will influence office managers time management. Consequently, the study recommended amongst others that management of the real estate companies should insure communication/collaboration to improve office manager’s job performance as this is capable of fostering organizational goals.