Maricopa Community Colleges  OAS250   19946-20044 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/24/04
OAS250 19946-20044 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Office Automation Concepts
Basic concepts of word/information processing; understanding systems approach to communication; measurement and control; future dimensions of word processing. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
OAS250   19946-20044 Office Automation Concepts
1. Define word/information processing. (I)
2. List the stages in the document cycle. (I)
3. List career opportunities available as a result of word/information processing technology. (I)
4. Describe the advantages of word/information processing for secretaries, managers, and organizations. (I)
5. List technological ways of originating information in an office. (II)
6. Describe categories of dictation equipment. (II)
7. Explain voice recognition systems. (II)
8. Identify generic characteristics of word/information processors. (II)
9. Define memory. (II)
10. Name types of auxiliary storage. (II)
11. Define the categories of word/information processing equipment. (II)
12. Describe the role of operating systems. (II)
13. Describe the difference between impact and nonimpact printing devices. (II)
14. Explain the advantage of OCR input. (II)
15. List kinds of image processors commonly used in offices today. (II)
16. Describe the current methods of electronic communications in business. (II)
17. Describe information retrieval methods. (II)
18. Describe trends in the workplace of the future. (II)
19. Describe the design and implementation of a feasibility study. (III)
20. List criteria for selection of word processing equipment. (III)
21. List environmental factors to be considered in planning work stations. (III)
22. Explain the benefits of a procedures manual. (III)
23. Describe management's role in staffing word processing positions. (III)
24. Describe management's role in directing word processing personnel. (III)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
OAS250   19946-20044 Office Automation Concepts
    I. Introduction to word/information processing
        A. Definition of word/information processing
        B. Stages in document cycle
        C. Career opportunities resulting from information processing technologies
        D. Advantages of word/information processing for secretaries, managers, and organizations
      II. Technologies in today's office
          A. Systems and methods of origination
            1. Ways of originating information
            2. Categories of dictation equipment commonly used
            3. Voice recognition systems
          B. Systems and methods of processing and storage
            1. Generic characteristics of word/information processors
            2. Memory technology
            3. Kinds of auxiliary storage
            4. Categories of word/information systems
            5. Role of operating systems
          C. Systems and methods of peripheral devices
            1. Impact vs. nonimpact printers
            2. OCR input
            3. Image processors
          D. Systems and methods of electronic communications/distribution
          E. Systems and methods of document retrieval
          F. Trends in the workplace of the future affected by technology
        III. Management of information/word processing environments
            A. Design and implementation of a feasibility study
            B. Selection of equipment
            C. Environmental factors
            D. Creation of procedures manual
            E. Management's role in staffing word processing positions
            F. Management's role in directing word processing personnel
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