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.