The Contemporary Office

The workplace of today is fast developing to demonstrate more and more features of the virtual workplace. The traditional workplace consisted of a designated physical space with distinct and basic furniture, and technical, stand-alone, single-function pieces of equipment. Over the years equipment became mechanised and automated, and later electronic. As a result, processes and procedures could be automated and the ability of office equipment to take over the mundane and routine tasks of managers and office assistants became larger.