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Meaning of Office
work is performed and where all kinds of paper work [Letters, correspondence,
files, records etc] is maintained and dealt with. It is “a central place where all sorts
of clerical work is done to co-ordinate and control the affairs of the whole
Definition of Office
Office Work
with computing, with planning and scheduling. Every office task comes within the
Office Management
given objective. In our modern society, all kinds of business are carried on by a
Office Layout
space available can be called as office layout. In an average firm it is not possible
for the management or the owner to do all the jobs. Office layout should ensure an
Equipment
The term “office machines” includes anything from a data stamp costing a
basic tasks is an office are writing, calculating, filling, sorting analysis and these
jobs can be done more quickly with the use of machines. These machines however
require some amount of human operation and supervision and the work usually
but also in service rendering organization such as the Life Insurance Corporation.
Some of the machines used in Life Insurance Corporation are briefly explained
below:
Typewriter
The typewriter is the most commonly used and best-known office machine.
It is used not only for printing neat and clean letters and reports but also for the
fact that a number of copies can be made with the use of carbons or stencils.
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Typewriters are available in different sizes and shapes and have different
technological sophistications.
Duplicating Machine
impression and is different from the photo copying where a master is not usually
created, but copies are made from the original. The duplicating process is an
substitute for printing, duplicating machines can be used economically when the
number of copies required is not more than 500 to justify printing or less than 10,
which can be done by using the carbon paper on the typewriter. Duplicators are
used for turning hour circulars, price lists, reports, office forms etc. When either
Telephone
The telephone is the most common and effective mechanical device used
types:
i. Internal that is to say between two people working in the same building or
ii. External between the caller and some other subscriber to the post office
telephone service.
Teleprinter
The Teleprinter is to the written word that what the telephone is in the
about 66 words per minute, the text being reproduced at a distant place on a similar
Adding machine
adding machines have roll of paper on which the figures are typed and this is
known as a “Tall Role” with this addition the adding machine becomes on
adding/listing machine for it not only adds figures put in the machine but lists them
Calculating Machine
Calculating machines are used when calculations have to be made on a
eliminating routine and tiring mental work and by eliminating errors etc.
Calculating machines are primarily used for multiplication and division and they
logarithms etc.
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Cash Register
records not only the amount of cash collected from each customer separately but
They print word, figures and crossing into the fibers of the Cheque papers
in such a way that it ensures almost perfect protection against frank and alteration
of particulars on cheque.
Electronic date processing is one of the latest additions of the list of office
machine, which is replicate of human brain. Electronic data processing is the use
of a computer in the processing of the facts and information that have been
converted into a code consisting of electrical impulses. The code is based upon
binary language, a number system that uses two as its base instead of ten as in the
decimal system