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This paper decribes the theoretical and methodological issues involved in the social shaping of technology and work, with particular reference to human centred computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) systems. Conventional approaches to the understanding and shaping of the relationship between technology, work and human development are criticised, and an alternative, human centred approach is outlined. The methods and processes whereby the design of human centred CIM systems may be shaped and evaluated are then described and appraised.
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Rauner, F., Rasmussen, L. & Corbett, J.M. The social shaping of technology and work: Human centred CIM systems. AI & Soc 2, 47–61 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01891442
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