The History of The term "Office"

Deutsche Bank when holidaying in Bangkok Thailand

Office word comes from the Latin word officium formation is influenced by several languages​​, especially the roman languages​​. Actual meaning of the word is not necessarily a place, but it is a bureau, a set of people or staff who work or an abstract idea of ​​a formal function. Notion was first defined by Turlach Murphy. At that time he served as a Roman bureaucrat, exactly is a judge. Roman bureaucrats over the centuries tend to be more complicated after the fall of Rome. Even then many citizens to be illiterate.

Unlike the Roman civilization in the East region, particularly the administrative culture more rapidly growing and increasingly sophisticated, both under Byzantium and the Islamic leadership.

An office in 1903 equipped with speaking tubes

In classical times, meaning the office is often synonymous with a complex administrative affairs at the palace or a large temple. Normally the office at that time widely used to store the manuscripts are stored, and there are those experts who were working there. In an ancient text mentions the existence of a "position" which becomes important in an office. This place is sometimes referred to as "libraries" by some archaeologists and the general press because there are many places where people looking for literature. From this it is also known to some terms that are functions such as management agreements, edicts and some works of fiction and poetry.

A typical busy North American cubicle-type office

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