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Crossing the Border

The Social and Engineering Design of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems

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  1. J. Martin Corbett

    1. Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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  2. Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen

    1. Institute of Social Science, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

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  3. Felix Rauner

    1. Department of Vocational Education, Institute of Technology and Education, University of Bremen, Bremen 33, Germany

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Part of the book series: Human-centred Systems (HCS)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • J. Martin Corbett, Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen, Felix Rauner
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Work-Oriented Shaping Perspective: The Problem Setting and Perspectives

    • J. Martin Corbett, Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen, Felix Rauner
    Pages 5-19

  5. Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Second Half of ESPRIT Project 1217 (1199)

    • J. Martin Corbett, Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen, Felix Rauner
    Pages 83-97

  6. Crossing the Border

    • J. Martin Corbett, Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen, Felix Rauner
    Pages 99-131

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 133-135
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About this book

Crossing the Border examines the emergence of a new philosophy based on the idea of "human-centred technology" and, through the use of a case study, illustrates the ways in which users, social scientists, managers and engineers can participate in the design and development of human-centred computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) system. The book offers a unique insight into a large European project (ESPRIT project 1217) aimed at the design and development of a human-centred CIM system. The book examines the problems inherent in developing interdisciplinary design methods and of "crossing the border" between the social and engineering sciences. The authors offer proposals and guidelines for overcoming such problems based on their experience within this project. Crossing the Border will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners in the area of factory automation, to students and researchers in AI, and to all those interested in the human and organisational issues surrounding the computerised factory of the future.
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  • Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    J. Martin Corbett

  • Institute of Social Science, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

    Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen

  • Department of Vocational Education, Institute of Technology and Education, University of Bremen, Bremen 33, Germany

    Felix Rauner

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