Work of the social effects of automation committee from bad boll to enschede

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Abstract

The paper summarises the activities of the IFAC Committee on Social Effects of Automation during the period 1974-1977.

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    A Workshop was held about “Productivity and Man” at Bad Boll (FRG) in January 1974;

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    A number of Newsletters were published

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    Factory visits were made to a Steel Rolling Mill, an Automobile Plant, an Electro-Mechanical and an Electronic Assembly plant

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    Contributions were made to the IFAC Congress at Boston (August 1975), and will be offered to the Congress at Helsinki (June 1978)

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    Preparations are being made for a Workshop on Case Studies in Automation, related to Humanization of Work, to be held at Enschede Netherlands in November 1977.

Keywords

Social and behavioural science
Man-machine systems
Robots
Manufacturing Processes
Job design
Group technology

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