Office Automation: A Look Beyond Word Processing.

Abstract

Word processing was the first of various forms of office automation technologies to gain widespread acceptance and usability in the business world. For many, it remains the only form of office automation technology. Office automation, however, is not just word processing, although it does include the function of facilitating and manipulating text. In reality, office automation is not one innovation, or one office system, or one technology, but rather it is the integration of a broad set of office system, information processing and communications technologies. Office automation encompasses a wide span of applications which will be examined individually as well as collectively. Additionally, this thesis will take a cursory look at the problems of implementing an automated office and the possible impact it can have on human office workers. The purpose of this thesis is thus to provide a capsulated examination of what office automation is, what it consists of, what applications are available, and how it can be implemented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132764

Entities

People

  • Milan Ephriam Dubois Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Processing Equipment
  • Teleconferencing
  • Telephone Systems
  • Video Teleconferencing
  • Voice Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.