who is a personal assistant in an organisation?

Question

functions of a personal assistant,
description of a personal assistance,
what's the job in an organisation

Answer 1

A personal assistant is just that- an assistant to a person. This person may answer calls, make appointments, do mail, get coffee, etc.

Answer 2

To assist someone. Most likely the boss. Does errands, anything the boss wants, usually mickey mouse stuff (like buying the wife a birthday present), to getting your laundry done, doing little jobs that are too time consuming to be bothered with by the boss, but that need doing, and that can't justify a big salary or title or a "real" job in the organization.

Answer 3

heather has it right.

basically, this person is there for the person they are assisting.
they are responsible for that person's schedule, keeping them on task, getting reports and files, coffe, phone calls, etc...
basically, assisting that person through their day to make it run more smoothly.

someone who needs an assistant usually has a lot of responsibility and needs to be able to delegate smaller tasks to someone else in order to be able to get "bigger and more important" things done.

often times, assistants make their boss look good and that boss, if they realize it would be lost without that assistant. that's the mark of a great assistant.

Answer 4

They also keep the person's schedule, remind them of everything they have to do, make travel arrangements, and have everything they need handy (like reports or food or itinerarys).