Date of Award
1990
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Education Honours
School
School of Education
Faculty
Western Australian College of Advanced Education
First Supervisor
Mr Steven Simpson
Second Supervisor
Mr. Norm Hyde
Third Supervisor
Mr. Sybe Jongeling
Abstract
In this study, the incorporation of computers in industry is compared with the industrial revolution. It is envisaged that computers in industry will bring about similar sweeping changes to the workforce as those that took place during the eighteenth century. However, it is noted that, thus far, Australian industry leaders in general remain ignorant of these changes (Eckersley 1988,p.3) and the Western Australian furniture industry is no exception. If Australian industry in general and the Western Australian furniture industry in particular, are to avoid a similar decline in economic competitiveness to that experienced by European countries {Marcum 1986,p.28 ), there must be a change of attitude toward the implementation of computer technology. In an attempt to determine and discuss some of the reasons for this attitude within the furniture industry in Western Australia, this study isolates the Western Australian furniture industry from other industries and collects information based on the beliefs of its employers. These beliefs, in turn, lead to attitudes which may affect the implementation of C.A.M. and it is these attitudes that were tested with the use of a questionnaire designed specifically for this purpose.
Recommended Citation
Ferguson, B. (1990). The effect of employers' attitudes on the implementation of computer aided manufacturing techniques in the furniture industry in Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/214