它是人文社科系行政管理专业与电子政务专业的专业基础课，与前后相继开设的管理学、应用写作学、行政学、心理学等学科有着密切的联系。
本课程的作用在于，通过学习，使学生了解与掌握秘书工作的性质、任务、作用和其他多种学科的关系；了解秘书工作以及对秘书人员的基本要求，即包括秘书的知识结构、能力特点和素质构成等。熟悉秘书具体工作中的各个环节、程序及要求，如：文书处理、办公室事务、会议工作、信访工作、接待工作、档案工作、协调工作等等。使学生在今后的实习与工作中能够较为快速适应工作的需要，从而进一步培养与增强学生对秘书理论兴趣，增强秘书工作的后劲，推进秘书工作的规范化、制度化和科学化。使之有助于领导工作与机关工作高效化。在今后的工作中起到参谋助手、沟通协调和督促检查三大作用。
《秘书实务》课程总学时为48学时。在教学中，本课程的教学任务是从秘书基础理论与秘书工作实际出发，培养学生对专业认识，熟悉秘书工作各个环节、程序及要求，提高学生的专业素质。从而为学生在今后的实习与工作中能够较为快速地适应工作的需要奠定良好的基础。
It is a specialized fundamental course to the students of administrative management major and electronic government major. It is also connected with the course of management, applied writing, administrative science, psychology and so on.
The use of the course is make students understand and master the nature, task, function and a variety of other disciplines of the work made by secretary through the study. It will also teach them the relationship between the secretary and the secretary personnel's basic requirements, which includes the structure, ability and quality structure of characteristics of secretary knowledge. Familiar with the secretary of the each link in specific work, procedures, and requirements, such as: the document processing, office affairs, conference work, the complaint, reception work, archives work, coordination and so on. To make the students can more quickly adapt to the needs in the future practice and work, so as to further develop and strengthen students' interest to the theory of the secretary and improve the secretary's stamina. It will certainly promote the secretary work standardization, institutionalization and scientific. It could also help leaders to work with office working more efficiency. In the future work ,the students will play the three big role of assistant, coordination and supervise.
The total time of the course is 48 class hours. In the teaching, this course will come from basic theory and actual secretary work to train the student to realize the professional knowledge, be familiar with the each link of secretary work, procedures, and requirements. It will improve the students' professional quality. It will make them can more quickly adapt to the needs of work and lay a good foundation in the future practice and work