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What are the emerging issues in office practice today?

      

Highlight the emerging issues in office practice today.

  

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Maurice
(i) Increased use of computers in the office, most work in the office is being typed, stored and transmitted by use of computers because they are faster, accurate and can store more information.

(ii) There is increased use of tele-conferencing in holding meetings, whereby most businesses are networked regionally, nationally and globally. At the moment business meetings are being held online and this has reduced cost of travelling globally.

(iii) E-commerce is on the increase whereby most businesses are transacting regionally, nationally and globally through the internet. Business deals are being networked via the internet when people are right in their offices.

(iv) Increased use of the Open-Office or landscaped office layout is the trend in most offices today.
This has enhanced better management of the businesses and increased the customers' satisfaction.

(v) Development of public relations departments.
Most businesses have developed customer care departments to enhance customer contact and increase the customers' awareness on the existence and use of firm's products.

(vi) Increased use of cell phones is a new order for most business.
All their employees have cellphones to enable them serve the business better even when they are away from their offices. Some business organizations even provide airtime to their workers in order to improve their efficiency and attain a wider market for the goods and services.

(vii) Most offices are being located in the outskirts/ sub-urban areas in order to reduce on the cost of land, reduce running cost, attain good parking space and solve the problem of traffic jams.

(viii) Procedure and routines have changed in the offices today, whereby most senior officers are typing their work today by use of computers and also driving themselves in the organizations cars in order to reduce on the cost of delegating such duties to junior staff which is an additional operational cost.

(ix) Use of tags/ badges/ uniforms for workers.

(x) Logging in and out.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 4, 2017 at 06:50


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