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The Meaning of Technological Culture in Manufacturing

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The understanding of technological culture has been shown in this text based on the author’s research. Manufacturing which is very important in contemporary economy needs some new solutions to give correct answer to customers’ requirements. The reaction of people in manufacturing system should be very fast and typical in human behavior. Culture as a result of the human race adapting to its natural environment is connected with collective programming of the human mind. Technological culture is a system of permanent attitudes and efficiency of the human and it enables the proper use of existing products or technology, in order to change the pattern of quality of co-operation and supporting making changes. A comparative analysis of interpretation of the term ‘technological culture’ based on sex and activity of a person is the main topic of this paper. The results of the author’s research present the most quoted descriptions for technological culture.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Magdalena K. Wyrwicka

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  1. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Adam Hamrol

  2. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Marta Grabowska

  3. University of Maribor, Kranj, Slovenia

    Damjan Maletic

  4. Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Ralf Woll

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Wyrwicka, M.K. (2019). The Meaning of Technological Culture in Manufacturing. In: Hamrol, A., Grabowska, M., Maletic, D., Woll, R. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing II. MANUFACTURING 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17269-5_6

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