Role-Based Programme
RB0209

Perplexity for Administration & Facilities

AI-Powered Research & Workplace Intelligence

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Duration
4 Hours
Level
Awareness
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Awareness Session

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how Perplexity can support Administration and Facilities teams with fast, source-backed research and workplace intelligence.
  • Explore effective query techniques for vendor research, facility services, workplace policies, maintenance practices, compliance information, and operational benchmarking.
  • Apply Perplexity to discover, compare, synthesise, and verify information from multiple external sources.
  • Experience how facility documents, service proposals, policies, and external research can be combined into structured administrative insights.
  • Recognise confidentiality, source quality, recency, workplace safety, compliance, and human-review requirements when using AI-assisted research.

Tools covered

Perplexity SearchPro SearchSources & CitationsFile UploadsResearch Mode OverviewProjectsInternal Knowledge Search where enabled

Who should attend

  • Administration Executives
  • Administration Managers
  • Facilities Executives
  • Facilities Managers
  • Office Managers
  • Facility Coordinators
  • Workplace Operations Professionals
  • Corporate Services Professionals
  • Workplace Experience Professionals
  • Site Administration Professionals
  • Vendor Coordination Professionals
  • Office Operations Professionals
  • Administration & Facilities Team Leads

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of administration or facilities activities
  • Familiarity with workplace operations, vendors, maintenance, or office services is helpful
  • Basic internet research skills
  • No AI or programming knowledge required
  • No previous Perplexity experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Perplexity as an AI-powered search and research platform
  • Understanding the Workplace Question → Search → Sources → Synthesis → Verification workflow
  • Identifying applications across facilities research, vendor intelligence, workplace services, and administration
  • Understanding the difference between AI-generated synthesis and verified operational information
Practical activities
  • Exploring Perplexity through common Administration and Facilities research questions
  • Comparing traditional workplace research with a Perplexity-assisted approach

Scenarios

Facility Service Requirement to Vendor Research Brief

Service Requirement → Perplexity Research → Vendor Options → Capability Comparison → Verification Questions → Shortlist Brief

Participants use Perplexity to research potential facility-service providers, compare publicly available information, identify verification questions, and prepare a structured vendor-research brief for authorised internal evaluation.

Workplace Issue to Best-Practice Improvement Brief

Workplace Issue → Research Question → Industry Practices → Source Validation → Improvement Options → Risks & Constraints → Management Brief

Participants use Perplexity to investigate a workplace or facilities challenge, compare relevant practices, and develop a source-backed improvement brief for Administration and Facilities management review.

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