An administrative system for processing workplace element and activity data for the administration of an organisation

An apparatus for processing data for the administration of an organisation comprises: a data storage device storing element data representing details of workplace elements; at least one recording device that is configured to record activity data associated with the workplace elements by recording the element data during workplace activities associated with the workplace elements and at least one computer that is operable on the data storage device. The computer is connected to the, or each, recording device and is programmed to write the activity data to the data storage device, to generate activity codes associated with the activity data and to write the activity codes to a database in the data storage device together with the activity data. The or each computer is further programmed to retrieve the element data and the activity data from the database using the activity codes and to apply predetermined algorithms to the element and activity data to generate reports relating to workplace activities associated with the workplace elements.