MAD HATTER | 11

 

NEW AUDIO-VISUAL ACQUISITIONS

DECEMBER, 1986

Automating the Office: VHS 30 mins. each

More than a Machine: Introduction to Office Automation:

Asked to investigate the pros and cons of the electronic
office, Roy Prinell, Allan Manufacturing's marketing
manager, receives help from an unexpected source. Concepts:
digital technology, integration, social and organizational
effects.

The Report: Decision-Support Tools:

While tackling an overdue report, Roy discovers how his
new workstation can help, and some of the new skills
demanded by the new technology. Concepts: productivity
measures, distributed processing, user interfaces and job
effects.

"The Revolt": Secretaries and the Changing Office:

Roy's office-automation project causes alarm among
Allan Manufacturing's support staff. Concepts: word
processing - functions and technologies, specialization
vs general office work, training requirements, and new
career paths.

The Delta File: Information Storage and Retrieval:

An important file that doggedly eludes Roy spurs him
to make information storage and retrieval his number one
office automation priority. Concepts: computer
storage, CAR/COM, electronic filing, optical disks,
security.

Routes and Relationships: Information Management:

Accused by the data-processing manager of disrupting
information management in the company, Roy investigates
the new technology's potential to meet individual and
corporate information requirements. Concepts:
hierarchical and relational data-bases, creation of
databases, role of the data-processing department, access
to databases. .