Glossary
Administrative Services Manager Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential administrative services manager terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key administrative services manager vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in administrative services manager training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Audit
- Formal review.
- Business continuity
- Keeping operations running in crises.
- Cost center
- Unit tracked for spending.
- Document management
- Organizing files digitally.
- Help desk ticket
- Service request.
- Inventory
- Supplies on hand.
- Lease
- Rental agreement.
- Office policy
- Rules for the workplace.
- Procurement
- Buying goods and services.
- Purchase order
- Approved order.
- Records retention schedule
- How long to keep records.
- Service level agreement
- Promised service standards.
- Space planning
- Arranging office space.
- Vendor contract
- Agreement with a supplier.
- Workflow
- Steps to complete work.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Administrative Services Manager practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Administrative Services Manager training.
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