Problems of Increase in Social Effectiveness of Complex Flexible Automation 1988

Introduction of flexible production systems in industrial companies
and their effects on working and living conditions.
Topics: Goals of introduction of new technologies; effects of
technology on the life of the people; activity, occupation, place of
work and company before working on automated facilities; reasons for
taking up the activity on the new facility; expectations regarding
occupation characteristics: independence, opportunities to use
technical ability, work organization, physical and nervous burden,
stress, income and qualification possibilities, shift work, work
demands, full utilization of work time, innovator activity,
management activity, achievement-based pay, assessment of changes of
selected occupation characteristics; renewed decision for taking up
work on new technology; inclusion of persons affected in
implementation of the automation plan; point in time and object of
inclusion; concrete activity on the facility; work functions
exercised; shift work; duration of shift work; personal prerequisites
for the job; comparison of occupation characteristics of current and
previous activity; passive phases during work processes; rhythm of
breaks; satisfaction with number of breaks, commuter traffic,
hygienic conditions at work, work environment, shopping
opportunities, housing conditions; opportunity and frequency of
taking over work of colleagues; relations of colleagues among one
another (scale); cooperation with other departments; communication
opportunities with colleagues; achievement figures; reasons for
non-fulfillment of tasks; consideration of personal problems in
acceptance of the activity in the automation plan; readiness to once
again change jobs; necessity of qualification; type of qualification;
degree of mastery of work on the facility; reasons for problems with
the new work demands; opportunities to use existing knowledge; degree
of exploitation of capacity to achieve; influence of new activity on
the course of the day, leisure time, hobbies, contacts with friends
and acquaintances, commuting times; support of partner in decision
for this activity; time duration to master the activity; honorary
function in and outside of the company; condition of health; length
of previous employment on the automated facility; number of children
in household; supplemental form Work 2.