DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION Duration 6 month Course Studied in 2014 Course
Offered by LBS Centre for Science & Technology. Centre Ettumanoor.
OFFICE AUTOMATION PACKAGES
Introduction
The term office automation refers to the use of sophisticated electronic equipment and
communication system to carry out the office tasks like text processing, Data processing,
Information storage, Information retrieval updating, Message distribution,Tele Conferencing
using computers and electronic equipments.
Office automation is the process that involves people procedure and technology, office
automation is the process that improves the management of information and there by
productivity in the office.
Concept Of Office
Information has been managed collected stored and processed in work centres called
office. It is information processing centralized basic elements are people, machine, records,
documents files and procedures. It is concerned with receiving information, recording and
storing information, structuring information, process information, and providing access to
information, The office has also interactions and relationships with other offices much like a
system having linkage with other system in the environment
Nature Of Work In Office
Clerks, secretaries and typists spend a major part of their working hours on document
creation and preparation, filing and retrieving them. Entire lives are spent in paper handling,
rubber stamping and dispatching them receiving and distributing them. Managers and officers
on the other hand spend more time in attending meetings communicating and decision making.
Need If Office Automation
To increase office productivity through automation in order to keep the mounting wages bill
of office workers under control, and to provide efficient cost effective support to the organization.
Trends of office automation
Microprocessor is the single element which is responsible for automating the office. It has
enhanced the productivity of office workers. The advances made in achieving large and very
large scale integration of components on a simple single chip and the development of more and
more powerful computers and communication equipment are responsible for OA products at
relatively cheap prizes.
Office System requirements
A requirement may be defined as a characteristic which a system or one of its elements
should process, if the system is expected to achieve a given objective. To specify the
requirements the analyst investigates the existing systems and documents the same. This
involves discussions with the top management study of the documents available about the
organization and a profile of its functioning and of development plans.
Document preparation
In office automation document preparation was the first step. Document preparation has
received the greatest attention compared to other components of office automation. It includes
all the activities of dictation, updating documents, duplicating, copying and typesetting. The
automation of document preparation consists mainly of WP hardware and software.
Document storage and retrieval
Offered by LBS Centre for Science & Technology. Centre Ettumanoor.
OFFICE AUTOMATION PACKAGES
Introduction
The term office automation refers to the use of sophisticated electronic equipment and
communication system to carry out the office tasks like text processing, Data processing,
Information storage, Information retrieval updating, Message distribution,Tele Conferencing
using computers and electronic equipments.
Office automation is the process that involves people procedure and technology, office
automation is the process that improves the management of information and there by
productivity in the office.
Concept Of Office
Information has been managed collected stored and processed in work centres called
office. It is information processing centralized basic elements are people, machine, records,
documents files and procedures. It is concerned with receiving information, recording and
storing information, structuring information, process information, and providing access to
information, The office has also interactions and relationships with other offices much like a
system having linkage with other system in the environment
Nature Of Work In Office
Clerks, secretaries and typists spend a major part of their working hours on document
creation and preparation, filing and retrieving them. Entire lives are spent in paper handling,
rubber stamping and dispatching them receiving and distributing them. Managers and officers
on the other hand spend more time in attending meetings communicating and decision making.
Need If Office Automation
To increase office productivity through automation in order to keep the mounting wages bill
of office workers under control, and to provide efficient cost effective support to the organization.
Trends of office automation
Microprocessor is the single element which is responsible for automating the office. It has
enhanced the productivity of office workers. The advances made in achieving large and very
large scale integration of components on a simple single chip and the development of more and
more powerful computers and communication equipment are responsible for OA products at
relatively cheap prizes.
Office System requirements
A requirement may be defined as a characteristic which a system or one of its elements
should process, if the system is expected to achieve a given objective. To specify the
requirements the analyst investigates the existing systems and documents the same. This
involves discussions with the top management study of the documents available about the
organization and a profile of its functioning and of development plans.
Document preparation
In office automation document preparation was the first step. Document preparation has
received the greatest attention compared to other components of office automation. It includes
all the activities of dictation, updating documents, duplicating, copying and typesetting. The
automation of document preparation consists mainly of WP hardware and software.
Document storage and retrieval
