Office Automation and Managerial Productivity: Some Issues

Abstract

Efforts to streamline office processes have, in the past, concentrated on augmenting clerical tasks through automated word processing and document preparation technologies. More recently, the needs for improved office productivity have directed productivity boosting technologies at managers and their jobs. This paper presents concepts of managerial productivity within the framework of evolving managerial roles in the changing office environment. Areas where office technologies could augment managerial activities and several socioeconomic considerations for the implementation of new technologies are also discussed.