Over the past 30 years, many people have proclaimed the imminent arrival of the paperless office. Yet even the World Wide Web, which allows almost any computer to read and display another computer's documents, has increased the amount of printing done. The use of e-mail in an organization causes an average 40 percent increase in paper consumption. ...
In 1985, a recently unemployed Stemberg decided to launch a superstore selling nothing but office supplies. His hard work and commitment turned a radical idea into "Staples", an $11 billion industry. This is the story of Stemberg's competitive spirit, search for finance, and innovative marketing.
"Stooples" is a delightful send-up full of all that's absurd in modern office life the perfect gift far any 'Dilbert" fan a cubicle-dweller. Fluorescent light tanning butter (put that cubicle lighting to good use), wall murals of the Great Depression (remind employees who really controls the means of production), anal-retentive pocket planner (map ...
How do tools influence our work and lives? What would 50 Americans - from film makers to goldsmiths - name as the implements essential to their success? We asked. The answers - whether surprising, whimsical, or poignant - are revealing. The result is Work, Life, Tools, a retrospective of contemporary American life as told through the things we use ...
This is a true blessing for business readers - an unconventional business model that blends socially-conscious entrepreneurship, savvy marketing, and excellent customer service. A new wave of entrepreneurial success began with eight monks - who developed a $10 million company by combining business acumen with charitable giving. It all started in ...
The only available one-step directory to the best-priced wholesale sources of supplies, equipment, and services typically needed by small business owners. This convenient and easy-to-use guide is organized by expense category and lists the names, addresses, product line descriptions, and telephone and fax numbers for suppliers who offer ...
Mechanical Brides considers gender segregation -- both implicit and explicit -- in the home and workplace by linking appliances and business equipment to their life in culture. The social, economic, and sexual meanings of objects are revealed through advertising, photo-journalism, film stills, and an analysis of changing design styles. This book ...
Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool. As James Cortada describes what was once called the "office appliance industry," he challenges our view of the digital computer as a revolutionary technology. ...
Everything you need for an organized work space at the office or at home--all about the desk itself, from historic to practical, ergonomic to antique, the chair, lamp, files, and supplies; professional and personal stationery, pens, pencils, markers, and graph pads.
With over 160 entries detailing everything from the junk buried in desk drawers to that mysterious box blinking away in the coat closet, this practical guide navigates through modern office technology. Each entry includes a functional description of a device (what it is and how it works) as well as particulars on who invented it and how its design ...
Shows the reader how to stay in contact with the office whether on the road, on a plane or on the beach. The book contains information on mobile phones, pagers, laptops, palmtops and e-mail.
Many of us want to understand how the technological instruments that so pervade modern society operate. This book answers questions about one of those devices: the scientific calculator. Calculator keys seem to work like magic. They tell us, for example, that the cosine of 56- is 0.559192903. This book explores the simple internal calculator ...
This buyer's guide sets out the results of independent tests on hundreds of office products, including telephone and communication equipment, computerss and peripherals, software, furnishings, general office equipment, security products and delivery services. It provides rates, ranks and descriptions for all the products and services covered, ...
Here is an incredible array of antique typewriters, adding machines, check protectors, copiers, coin changers, dictating machines, and more. Items like ribbon tins, medals and awards, novelties, and office-related toys bring offices of the past to life, along with ephemera like catalogs, legal documents, magazines, and original patents. Detailed ...
This is a reference text for every home-based and small office business. It provides a wealth of insider tips and foolproof strategies for getting the best deals on powerful computers, office equipment, furniture and essential services.
Explore 600 years of caculating devices, from the abacus to the desk top computer, with valuable information for historians and collectors alike. With 500 color photographs, accurate captions, and a guide to current values, this will be an essential guide to collecting office machines.
Welcome to The Smart Office, a comprehensive guide for businesses headed into the 21(st) century. This step-by-step guidebook details how companies can save money and increase their profits and productivity by streamlining their resource use and creating healthier workplaces. It exposes some of the hidden costs shared by many of today's businesses ...
Most managers, scientists, researchers and other professionals gained during their school and university education a wide background knowledge and thorough training in their specific fields of science or technology, but were not taught how to study or work efficiently. This book describes the basic techniques and methods of intellectual work: - ...
"The first book to combine in one account the technical and social aspects of office organization." Eric Trist The new electronic office technology has been much praised for the increased speed, precision, and memory capacities it offers office management. But do these improvements mean increased productivity? Not by themselves, says Calvin ...
This highly readable volume is the perfect primer for the staff member appointed project manager during an office renovation or relocation. It offers concise information and a self-explanatory step-by-step procedure for completing a timely, efficient, and money-saving renovation or move. Possible questions and "unforeseeable" pitfalls are ...
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