The Shape of Future Technology

The Anthropocentric Alternative
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-3-540-19576-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 267 g

Reihe: Human-centred Systems

A critical sociological study and economic analysis of modern production methods leads to a series of convincing technological proposals. An English translation of Fabrik 2000.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brödner, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Factory of the Future.- 1.1 Prophecies by the Dozen.- 1.2 Banish the False Prophets!.- 1.3 The Workshop, not the Production Line.- 2. The Origins and Nature of the Factory.- 2.1 The Heroic Phase.- 2.2 The Computer and the Automation of “One-offs”.- 2.3 Today’s Factory: Unresolved Problems.- 3. The Technocentric Route: Fossilized Taylorism.- 3.1 “The Ghost Shift”: Forerunner of the Workerless Factory?.- 3.2 White-Collar Automation.- 3.3 The Failure of Isolated Systems.- 3.4 The Second “Heroic Phase”: CIM and Expert Systems.- 4. The Anthropocentric Route: The Return of the Human Being.- 4.1 The Workerless Factory: Signs of Return.- 4.2 Human or Machine: Who Controls?.- 4.3 Group Technology: A Non-Taylorist Route.- 4.4 Forces of Inertia.- 5. Horizons New: Farewell to Necessary Work?.- 5.1 Investment Decision Making: Pastures New.- 5.2 Work Planning is Available in Every Case.- 5.3 The Dangers of Segmentation.- 5.4 Conclusion: For and Against the Anthropocentric Production Concept.