The locally oriented American economy of the early 1800s did not need offices as we know them today. Business was run then much as it had been run for 500 years. Goods were made, transported, and sold. With the help of a few clerks, merchants ran their small companies as family businesses. Few differences distinguished the merchants in early-nineteenth-century Boston from those in thirteenth-century Florence.
The office of today has evolved to meet the needs of a global community. Many office computers are linked together through local area networks (LANs), enabling employees to share files and resources. Many of these desktop systems are networked with other offices via intranets and with systems around the world via the Internet. Networking fosters rapid communication, enables collaboration among workers regardless of geography, and permits access to the wealth of information posted on the World Wide Web.
Offices of the future will likely continue to tailor the physical conditions of workers to the work being done, with more focus on the work "process." Office technology will continue to evolve toward more versatile and compatible systems in response to global information demands and more complex data management tasks.
Learning Targets
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history and evolution of business and offices
- Demonstrate knowledge of business organizations
- Assess impact of technology on the workplace
Lecture and Notes
Unit Learning Opportunities
Assignment 1 Directions
1. Log onto computer using your graduation year, first initial and then last name
a. If this is the first time that you have logged into the network for this year your password is your student id
number
2. Create a subfolder called “IBT” in your My Documents folder
a. Create a subfolder called “Chapter 1” in your “IBT”
3. Open Microsoft Word
a. It is located in the a subfolder called “Microsoft Office 2010” in the “Programs for 217” folder on the desktop
4. Create a header with your name, class period and assignment title (follow this format for ALL Microsoft Word
assignments) “Evolution of the Modern Office"
a. "Insert” Tab
b. "Header” in the “Header & Footer group”
c. Choose the Blank with 3 Columns format
i. Key your class period in the left column
ii. Key the title in the center
iii. Key the date in the right
5. Change the spacing double space using the paragraph menu.
6. Type the body of your essay (follow this format for ALL Microsoft Word assignments)
a. Times New Roman size 12 font
b. Indent paragraphs, except the first paragraph of the essay.
7. Save your document as “Evolution of the Modern Office” in a subfolder called IBT My Document folder
8. Upload your final essay in your OneNote Notebook account.
a. If this is the first time that you have logged into the network for this year your password is your student id
number
2. Create a subfolder called “IBT” in your My Documents folder
a. Create a subfolder called “Chapter 1” in your “IBT”
3. Open Microsoft Word
a. It is located in the a subfolder called “Microsoft Office 2010” in the “Programs for 217” folder on the desktop
4. Create a header with your name, class period and assignment title (follow this format for ALL Microsoft Word
assignments) “Evolution of the Modern Office"
a. "Insert” Tab
b. "Header” in the “Header & Footer group”
c. Choose the Blank with 3 Columns format
i. Key your class period in the left column
ii. Key the title in the center
iii. Key the date in the right
5. Change the spacing double space using the paragraph menu.
6. Type the body of your essay (follow this format for ALL Microsoft Word assignments)
a. Times New Roman size 12 font
b. Indent paragraphs, except the first paragraph of the essay.
7. Save your document as “Evolution of the Modern Office” in a subfolder called IBT My Document folder
8. Upload your final essay in your OneNote Notebook account.