The job impact of information technology in the office

Abstract

The project was designed to examine the impact which new microprocessor‐based office technologies would have on staff. Despite the rapid growth in office employment to approximately 20 per cent of the working population, growth in office productivity has been almost stagnant. There has been little investment in the office, and the vast majority of office information systems are paper‐based. It has been estimated that the value of fixed assets per shop‐floor worker in the UK is about £5,000; for each office worker the figure is only £500. The falling cost of office equipment such as word processors means that investment in capital equipment is now an option for office employers as an alternative to continuing investment in increasingly costly labour.

Citation

Allen OBE, B. (1981), "The job impact of information technology in the office", Education + Training, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002060