TY - BOOK ED - British Management Data Foundation TI - The Management of automation: proceedings of the British Management Data Foundation conferences on 2nd, 3rd December 1980 and 14th April 1981 with addenda U1 - 658.5 PY - 1981/// CY - London PB - The Foundation KW - Automation N1 - Contents: The management of automation / Sir Henry Chilver -- Robots / David West -- Justifying robots and automation / Peter Foyer -- Computer aided design and manufacture / John Deane -- Automation in engineering manufacturing / Pat McKeown -- Automation in BL, a case study / Roger Butler -- Developments in robotic applications, a film presentation -- The human aspects of automation / Sir Monty Finniston -- Introducing automation, the manager's role / John Collins -- Employee involvement / James Rooney -- Technological choice and society / Howard Rosenbrock -- Ways of exercising choice / Lisl Klein ER -