ABSTRACT
Present discussion in management literature concerning new technology focusses the necessity to take into account human factors in planning new technology as early as possible. This discussion confirms the recommendations made ever since by industrial psychologists to consider person- related aspects as early as the planning of technical systems starts. Industrial psychology speaks of a “human- centreed way of technique-implementation” (Corbett 1985), which leads to “complete working tasks” (Hacker 1986a).
