Human-Centred Systems in the Global Economy: Proceedings from the International Workshop on Industrial Cultures and Human-Centred Systems held by Tokyo Keizai University in Tokyo 1990

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Use of New Technologies in the Development of Social Citizenship and of the Welfare State....Pages 3-10
Working Women in Japan — After Enforcement of the Equal Opportunity in Employment Law....Pages 11-20
Adjustment in Foreign Assignment: A Comparative Study of Japanese and American Expatriates in Australia....Pages 21-42
Intercorporate Relations in Japan....Pages 43-49
Social Structure under the New Information Technology....Pages 51-57
Can the Family Survive the New Communications Media? ‘Human Centredness’ and the Challenge of Consumer Technologies....Pages 59-69
Anthropocentric Production Systems in the Context of European Integration....Pages 71-81
The Beginning of the Third Industrial Revolution and Changes in Industrial Sociology: Towards a Better Environment for Man....Pages 83-87
Industry, Culture and Technology Transfer: Contemplation on Recent Changes in China’s Consumption Culture....Pages 89-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
The New Shape of Industrial Culture and Technological Development....Pages 101-107
The Coming New Age of Politico-Economic Interdependence in the Global Economy....Pages 109-112
High-Tech Development, Competition, and Industrial Culture in the Age of the Global Economy....Pages 113-121
New Trends in the Producer-Consumer Relationship: A Vital Aspect of Industrial Cultures....Pages 123-130
Impacts of Information Technology on Japanese Industrial Culture....Pages 131-139
Japanese Human Resource Management in the Cross-Cultural Interface: A Case Study of US-Sited Japanese Subsidiaries....Pages 141-151
Industrial Cultures in the Age of the Global Economy....Pages 153-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Theoretical Reflections from Experiences with Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing....Pages 165-178
Human Centredness: A 21st Century Paradigm for Industrial Cultures....Pages 179-198
The Evolution of Information in Human and Artefactual Systems....Pages 199-212
A Conceptual Framework for the Concept of the Artificial....Pages 213-216
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Dialogue and Design of Computer-Based Technology....Pages 217-228
Applying Human Centred Concepts to the Development of Expert Systems in Manufacturing....Pages 229-247
Anthropocentric Principles - Tools and Organisation of Industrial Design....Pages 249-260
Skill in Software Production - The Deskiller is Deskilled....Pages 261-271