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The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute
(ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach
to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about
after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University,
which described the funding of ASls. The 'embryonic' director of
the ASI brought this opportunity to the attention of the group of
people, (some at BruneI and some from outside), who were together
responsible for the teaching and management of the course in
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in BruneI's Department of
Manufacturing and Engineering Systems. This course had been
conceived in 1986 and was envisaged as a vehicle for teaching
manufacturing engineering students the technology of information
integration through project work. While the original idea of the
course had also included the organisational aspects of CIM, the
human factors questions were not considered. This shortcoming was
recognised and the trial run of the course in 1988 contained some
lectures on 'people' issues. The course team were therefore well
prepared and keen to explore the People, Organisation and
Technology (POT) aspects of computer integration, as applied to
industrial production. A context was proposed which would allow the
inclusion of people from many different backgrounds and which would
open up time and space for reflection. The proposal to organise a
NATO ASI was therefore welcomed by all concerned.
The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute
(ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach
to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about
after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University,
which described the funding of ASls. The 'embryonic' director of
the ASI brought this opportunity to the attention of the group of
people, (some at BruneI and some from outside), who were together
responsible for the teaching and management of the course in
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in BruneI's Department of
Manufacturing and Engineering Systems. This course had been
conceived in 1986 and was envisaged as a vehicle for teaching
manufacturing engineering students the technology of information
integration through project work. While the original idea of the
course had also included the organisational aspects of CIM, the
human factors questions were not considered. This shortcoming was
recognised and the trial run of the course in 1988 contained some
lectures on 'people' issues. The course team were therefore well
prepared and keen to explore the People, Organisation and
Technology (POT) aspects of computer integration, as applied to
industrial production. A context was proposed which would allow the
inclusion of people from many different backgrounds and which would
open up time and space for reflection. The proposal to organise a
NATO ASI was therefore welcomed by all concerned.
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