Office Organization and Office Management

In the continuing education "Büroorganisation Office Management" at FiGD Akademie you learn the central tools for the modern office day. In the module "Moderner Büroalltag in MS Office 2024" you practice business letters according to DIN 5008 in Word and statistics in Excel. You create short presentations in PowerPoint, you distribute appointments and tasks in Outlook. Additionally, simple databases in Access and data maintenance on the Exchange server.

All modules each last approximately three months and start almost continuously on Mondays in small groups of 3 to 10 people. Classes run from Monday to Friday, each from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in person in Berlin or live online. I like this rhythm because it resembles a regular workday and quickly gives you back a routine. In the event of an interruption due to other important content, partial enrollment in individual topic blocks is unfortunately not possible according to FiGD Akademie.

This continuing education is right for you if you want to strengthen your organizational skills or step into a modern office role. It is especially suitable for career changers and re-entrants after a break in employment. Depending on the combination of modules, it prepares you for positions such as office assistant or reception assistant. Team assistant and assistant for office and financial management are also possible.

The course page does not give an exact name for the completion certificate. What is certain is that FiGD Akademie as an education provider is certified according to the Accreditation and Approval Regulation for Employment Promotion, abbreviated AZAV. According to § 9 SGB III, you are free to choose your education provider, which FiGD Akademie explicitly emphasizes.

I find the financing via the Bildungsgutschein (education voucher) of the Federal Employment Agency or the Jobcenter particularly practical. It covers the continuing education 100%. The German Pension Insurance, the Bundeswehr Support Service, or local cost bearers also cover the costs in certain cases. Before the start, FiGD Akademie conducts a personal consultation in which they put together an individual training package for your cost bearer.

• Daily business tasks and business letters according to DIN 5008-2020 in Word
• Excel spreadsheets, small statistics, and price discounts for office organizational tasks
• Short presentations in PowerPoint
• Task distribution and contact coordination in Outlook and Exchange Server functions
• Simple databases in Access, as well as data management and data maintenance
• IT-supported project management, classic and agile
• Calculation, budgeting, and personnel recruitment in project management
• Time management, communication, and presentation media and techniques
• Contract law basics in project management
• Business English: customizing in international companies
• Oral conversation with customers, suppliers, and supervisors in English
• Business letters and minutes according to intercultural standards
• Rhetoric and negotiations in international companies
• Preparatory bookkeeping and handling the chart of accounts SKR 03/04
• Debtors, creditors, and types of annual financial statements
• Human resources, personnel administration, and calculation of wages and salaries
• Practical application in DATEV