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Volume 42, Issue 2
1 February 1993
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Research Article| February 01 1993

Automation dynamics: a small business dilemma Available to Purchase

Beverly E. Rio;
Beverly E. Rio
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Richard Cardinali
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7190
Print ISSN: 0043-8022
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Work Study (1993) 42 (2): 10–15.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002694

Considers a number of factors in managing the administrative functions of an office environment through automation: space demand analysis, purchasing, labour considerations, adapting factors,resistance to change, technology and trends, and costs. Describes the benefits of automated business functions. Finally, discusses the funding of automation technologies.

Keywords:
Automation, Costs, Office layout, Office management, Space management, Technology
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