Office Automation and Management

Author: Luo Sideong
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: From the perspective of the origin of office automation, it is first and foremost a technology, academically belonging to engineering. In universities, it is a course for computer science and automation majors. It has long been regarded as an applied field of computer science. However, from its later development, it is not just a technology but should be presented as integrated with the objects it applies to and serves. It is a soft science that combines various resources through technical means to achieve specific goals in different fields. The integration of office automation with management activities, on one hand, enables modern science and technology to serve office activities as tools and means, improving office quality and efficiency. On the other hand, as office automation technology is increasingly applied to various aspects of office activities, science and technology bring possibilities for the transformation of organizational structures, office systems, and office environments, making them better adapted to the needs of the future information society. At the same time, it provides strong impetus for the scientificization and democratization of management and decision-making, which are the core content of office activities.