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“Office automation” is thought to be a twentieth-century term having to do with the use of better machines in the operation of the modern day office. The term implies productivity, progress, modern techniques, innovation, and many other superlatives. But offices and even automation are far from new. Throughout history, humans have continued to use tools and make things to remove the burden of life; from the invention of the wheel to the fantastic creations of today, we are a society bent on automation.
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Hunt, V.D. (1988). Office Automation. In: Mechatronics:Japan’s Newest Threat. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1063-1_4
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