CHAPTER41Business and Financial Information for Small Businesses

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Many administrative assistants work in what are considered to be “small businesses” (though under certain definitions, companies with as many 1,500 employees are considered to be small!). If you’re such an assistant, you may perform roles that are different from those of an administrative assistant in a larger office. In a small business, there’s often no payroll department, no accounting department, no purchasing department, no human resources—there’s only you. Because of this, you may find yourself with enormous responsibility, privy to the boss’s most ...

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