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Opening of the Workshop.- From Fragmentation to Integration. Summary of an Introduction to a Workshop on Cultural Aspects of Automation.- Background and Interfaces of Automation in Finland.- Prospective Autonomy of Automation.- A Rational Basis for Determining an Appropriate Level of Automation Technology.- The Impact of Information Technology on the Culture of Counselling.- Historical and Present Situation of Automation in Czechoslovakia from the Cultural and Sociological Points of View.- “East-West” Approaches of Automation: a Case-Study.- Automation Success Factors as Seen from a Developing Country.- Anthropocentric (or Human-centred) Technologies in Europe — Experiences and Perspectives.- Productivity and Culture: Some Elements for the Design of a Nation’s Project in the Face of the World Economic Restructuration at the End of the Twentieth Century.- Training of Human Resources for Automation Design in Developing Countries.- Socio-Economic Validation of a Modular Combinative and Non-Hierarchical Approach of Integrated Production Systems.- Computer Aided Creative Process in Fine Arts.- A Tutorial on Computers in Visual Arts.- Cultural Barriers for Work Automation in Developing Countries.- A Professionally-Disillusioned Generation — Can There Be Found Any Remedies?.- Comparative Study of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.- Development Trends of a Culture of Safety in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Process Industries.- A Few Contradictory Aspects of Automation in Manufacturing Processes in the Post-Revolutionary Era in Czechoslovakia.- Philosophical Impacts on Technology.- Automation Might Mean Search for Freedom.