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Designing Human-centred Technology : a Cross-disciplinary Project in Computer-aided Manufacturing /

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The development of new technology is usually carried out by engineers, computer scientists and the like, having a background in the "hard sciences". When the resulting systems are found to be unsatisfactory for those who work with them, social scientists may be called upon to redesign jobs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenbrock, H. H.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 1989.
Series:Springer series on artificial intelligence and society.
Subjects:
Computer science.
Artificial intelligence.
Computer-aided design.
Engineering economy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Background to the Project
  • The Technical Problem
  • Towards a Design Methodology: A Psychologist's View
  • The Social and Engineering Design of CNC Technology
  • A Computer Science View
  • On the Collaboration Between Social Scientists and Engineers
  • (How) Can Technology be Redirected? A Scandinavian Perspective
  • A Works Director's View
  • The Coordinator's View
  • Human-centered Systems
  • The ESPRIT Project
  • Postscript
  • Appendices.