The factory of the future : Socio-technical investment management : European methods
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The factory of the future : Socio-technical investment management : European methods
(The Information booklet series, booklet no. 17)
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1992
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 126-129
"Final report of the working party established by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1990"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the context of heightened international competition, the optimization of investment has become a condition for survival. There is no longer any margin for error, which means that social and technical issues must be considered simultaneously. Right from the very beginning of an investment project, it is essential that careful thought be given to organizational choices, occpuational skills, ergonomics and plant management. This report outlines a possible methodology and draws on examples from the approaches taken by a number of enterprises in the European Community.
Table of Contents
- Joint design or socio-technical design
- from social system to socio-organizational system - the enrichment of technical projects
- time management - the key factor in a socio-technical project
- the design team - the various roles in the management of a project
- user participation
- the role of workers' representatives and trade-union organizations
- studies of existing situations as "reference situations"
- socio-technical specifications
- identifying alternatives
- the organization at the design stage
- the integration of forward management of work and training in the design process
- the financial viability of a socio-technical approach to investment
- project evaluation.
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