| As I have just started my last year at Bradford | | | | I suppose, if you think about, why would any |
| University, I have to submit a major Project, A | | | | body spent the time and money. In trying to |
| Paperless Office, so I will just start with a brief | | | | improve something, that according to the business |
| history in time in relation to what you could call | | | | system and large corporations, was not really |
| noticeable dates, which have been recorded within | | | | required. The green issues at this time, where |
| the social media, although these are not specific | | | | certainly in our minds, but in the scale of the |
| events, technology break thoughts, or even miles | | | | whole green and environment concerns, this small |
| stones event, just dates where the business and | | | | area, was nothing to talk about, so to a certain |
| social community have released there concerns | | | | degree, non body was interested, to pursuit the |
| for intension for the Paperless systems. (1975/ | | | | matter, to the next level, but what could be the |
| 2009) | | | | next level, I suppose, to a normal person or |
| It’s quite interesting to read that, the so | | | | business the next level, was to employ a |
| called idea of the paper less office was introduced | | | | software company to design a system, that in |
| in the year of 1975, but it was not until May 1993, | | | | real terms, could reduce all your paper |
| which is a large software corporation i.e. Microsoft | | | | requirements. |
| started to introduce and looked at software | | | | With all the reading, at this stage of the project, I |
| developments for the issues of a paper less | | | | certainly may feel, that this whole area has been, |
| office. This is a gap of thirteen years. | | | | what you would call, placed into a washing |
| There is also a gap of 9 years, (1993/2002) | | | | machine, bit of the experience with large |
| which indicates a possible link form how a new | | | | software company , a bit of experience form the |
| technology software development could have | | | | web and internet, a bit of new and fancy |
| been introduced to the possible social effects it | | | | programme writing, and an open cheque, and we |
| has on the society and how if any, could it be a | | | | hoped for the best, to see if we could find a |
| reality, in the real world. | | | | solutions that could answer all our problems, and I |
| From the year 2000 to 2003, there are various | | | | think you know what the answer is, a miss, mash |
| reports, indicating that paper as a product, is | | | | of ideas that are not fully expectable, if we really |
| booming, and the business system and paper | | | | want to take this system to the next level. |
| systems have increased ten fold, within its | | | | It is also interesting to view, that in all the social |
| requirements and requested for demand. | | | | media, there is no mention, of a positive quote or |
| Reporting that the printing industry is booming, | | | | acknowledgments of any green party or |
| although, reading the various article and reports, | | | | organisation, taking this matter, with the possible |
| this mainly due to the economic up turn as the | | | | concerns, that it desires. Yes, there are |
| country is in the middle of a boom. | | | | environmental concerns and acknowledgments, |
| As you can appreciate, if the boom has is taken | | | | but no real milestone, in its history, what this could |
| off, at such a rate, the system will be trying to | | | | be saying, is that , is the green aspect of this |
| keep up, and the last thing the software | | | | paperless system, sitting on the back burning, and |
| developers, will want to be doing, is to design | | | | is this just a second thought after the event. |
| and initiate a software programme, that is going | | | | An other dates in the history of the paperless |
| against the grain, at a time of economic boom. | | | | office, is in 2008, where it is reported that one of |
| The economic boom, will be relating to the | | | | the largest insurance companies in India, are going |
| 1990’s, this will be towards the end of the | | | | to introduce internet payments to all its |
| conservative’s period, with the city, having | | | | customers, could this be the bit of the web and |
| such a good time. | | | | the internet , still in the washing machine. If this is |
| So, could you say, that this may be one of the | | | | all that has happen, from 1975 to the present |
| reasons why, there has been a gap for thirteen | | | | date, with regards to the large acknowledgment |
| years, where quite true fully the system, to a | | | | form a major corporation, when I believe that we |
| certain degree, did not have the time or found | | | | must be looking at this system form the wrong |
| that this was not a problem or concern regarding | | | | angle. |
| the idea of a paperless office. | | | | |