Office management subsystems

Only a few years ago, the typical office management revolved around filing cabinets, letters being dictated to secretaries, who then typed and mailed them, and telephone messages being placed on the manager's desk to be answered at a later time. The potential for totally restructuring the office management system is now a reality. Managers can now sit in front of their desk top computers and send messages to other companies at distant points through electronic mail.

Wordprocessing has had a major impact on the modern management office system. Copies of correspondence that once filled several filing cabinets can now be conveniently stored on small floppy disks for rapid retrieval at a later date.

Editing can now be quickly accomplished without requiring a secretary to retype the document each time a change is made.In addition, the concept of the desktop publishing work station have been introduced. This permits an office to turn out brochures and reports that look professionally printed. The impact of these and other forms of modern technology is changing the way offices are run.