OF 260 - Office Technology Management

Credit Hours: 3

This course will include topics on computers and their practical utilization, including hardware, application and system software capabilities, wireless communications, video technologies, and mobile computers and devices. This course will also focus on office information systems and e-business.

Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

describe office procedures and systems relating to each phase of the information processing cycle: input, output, reprographics, distribution, and storage/retrieval;
identify the capabilities and cost factors (including maintenance and upgrades) of computer hardware, software, networking, and telecommunications;
define the capabilities of the major computer software categories: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, graphics, desktop publishing, communications, operating systems;
make appropriate suggestions regarding the selection of computer hardware, software, and communications medium to accommodate the needs of the office; and
make appropriate suggestions regarding the application of information systems to achieve organizational goals.

F/S (N)