Ebook: Office Automation: Concepts and Tools
- Tags: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Database Management, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD CAE) and Design, Business Information Systems
- Series: Topics in Information Systems
- Year: 1985
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The term "Office Automation" implies much and means little. The word "Office" is usually reserved for units in an organization that have a rather general function. They are supposed to support different activities, but it is notoriously difficult to determine what an office is supposed to do. Automation in this loose context may mean many different things. At one extreme, it is nothing more than giving people better tools than typewriters and telephones with which to do their work more efficiently and effectively. At the opposite extreme, it implies the replacement of people by machines which perform office procedures automatically. In this book we will take the approach that "Office Automation" is much more than just better tools, but falls significantly short of replacing every person in an office. It may reduce the need for clerks, it may take over some secretarial functions, and it may lessen the dependence of principals on support personnel. Office Automation will change the office environment. It will eliminate the more mundane and well understood functions and will highlight the decision-oriented activities in an office. The goal of this book is to provide some understanding of office . activities and to evaluate the potential of Office Information Systems for office procedure automation. To achieve this goal, we need to explore concepts, elaborate on techniques, and outline tools.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
User Interface Design....Pages 3-20
Document Management Systems....Pages 21-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
A Multimedia Filing System....Pages 43-65
Office Filing....Pages 67-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Etiquette Specification in Message Systems....Pages 93-111
Intelligent Message Systems....Pages 113-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Office Procedures....Pages 137-165
An Object-Oriented System....Pages 167-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Conceptual Modelling and Office Information Systems....Pages 193-225
A Model for Multimedia Documents....Pages 227-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Properties of Message Addressing Schemes....Pages 253-281
Message Flow Analysis....Pages 283-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Access Methods for Documents....Pages 317-338
Text Retrieval Machines....Pages 339-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Objectworld....Pages 379-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-441
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
User Interface Design....Pages 3-20
Document Management Systems....Pages 21-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
A Multimedia Filing System....Pages 43-65
Office Filing....Pages 67-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Etiquette Specification in Message Systems....Pages 93-111
Intelligent Message Systems....Pages 113-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Office Procedures....Pages 137-165
An Object-Oriented System....Pages 167-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Conceptual Modelling and Office Information Systems....Pages 193-225
A Model for Multimedia Documents....Pages 227-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Properties of Message Addressing Schemes....Pages 253-281
Message Flow Analysis....Pages 283-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Access Methods for Documents....Pages 317-338
Text Retrieval Machines....Pages 339-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Objectworld....Pages 379-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-441
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