The Social Design of Office Automation: Marco Diani (Pages 67 – 76) The essence of this article explores the effects of how the office workplace has changed with the increasing adaptations of IT. technology-based technologies. The main term used for this is “office automation” and refers to the “office of the future”. The definition of office integration can be seen as the use of the combination of IT and communication systems to facilitate manual administration functions; structuring and integrating tasks such as word processing, emailing, and digital filing with the use of technology makes these tasks faster and more efficient. (Margrete H. Olson 1982) With the modernization of industrial practices, manual tasks have been gradually integrated and, in some cases, replaced by new technologies. As we approach the future, practices are constantly being reviewed and modified. Diani believes that these effects will have a "profound effect on society as a whole, the economy, organizations, the nature of work and the lives of individuals." (1989, p.67) Daini (p.68) mentions that the first technological elements of an office were based on the use of paper, pens, pencils and desks throughout the 19th century, making a connection with their social structure based on a "bureaucratic hierarchy" in which workplace roles are ordered by status and seniority. The introduction of innovations such as the telephone and the typewriter spurred the "mechanization" of office practices and thus began the integration of working with machines. The improved speed and efficiency resulting from the integration of mechanized office tasks has led to an increase in the size of offices and the amount of responsibilities performed, roles have been better defined, as has the middle of the paper ...... role in the future of development. in offices that integrate technology as a solution to create a unified environment that meets the requirements of its purpose as well as its intended users.BibliographyBauman, Zygmunt. Liquid modernity. 1st. Malden: Polity Press, 2000. Business Interiors. Think differently with this inspiring office design at Google headquarters. 2011. http://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/inspiring-office-design-google-h/ (accessed April 25, 2014). Diani, Marco. “The social conception of office automation.” In Design Discourse: History.Theory.Criticism, edited by Victor Margolin, 67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,76. Chicargo: The University of Chicago Press, 1989. Margrete H. Olson, Henry C. Lucas Jr. "The Impact of Office Automation on the Organization: Some Implications for Research and Practice." Social impacts of IT 25, no. 11 (1982): 838.