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An operational level system is looked at from the viewpoint of three aspects of control - understanding the system, monitoring the variables and manipulating the inputs. A coal cutter system and th...e U.K. economy are taken as examples.
An operational level system is looked at from the viewpoint of three aspects of control - understanding the system, monitoring the variables and manipulating the inputs. A coal cutter system and th...e U.K. economy are taken as examples.
| Module code and title: | T242, Systems management |
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| Item code: | T242; 09 |
| First transmission date: | 19-08-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:22:55 |
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| Producer: | David Nelson |
| Contributors: | Dennis Hartley; Brian Henry; Lyn Jones; John Naughton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Coal cutter steerage system; Control; National Coal Board; Operational level system |
| Footage description: | Lyn Jones introducing the programme draws a basic system feedback diagram. He points out some of the difficulties of putting this theoretical picture into practice. Jones points out three aspects of systems control: understanding, monitoring and manipulating. Jones applies these aspects of the system to the problem of coal cutter steerage in coal mines. Shots of a coal cutter model in operation. Jones uses the model to explain how the cutter works at the coal face and points out the method by which the cutter is steered. Jones uses some animated diagrams to illustrate the steerage problem in detail. Film shots show a coal cutter at work. Commentary explains how the Machine's nucleonic sensor monitors its position on the coal face. Film shots show a cutting machine at a Coal Board test bed. The problems of steerage control are discussed in the commentary by Jones. Jones sums up the steerage problem with reference to the three aspects of control mentioned above. Jones interviews Dennis Hartley, a Coal Board senior engineer, who discusses some of the real problems of the system and how they were tackled. Lyn Jones introduces John Naughton who will examine the problem of manipulating a human activity system, the U.K. economy. Naughton briefly describes the system. He then goes on the apply the systems aspects of understanding, monitoring and manipulating to the U.K. economy. Brian Henry, a former head of a Treasury statistical department discusses the problem of understanding the U.K. economy. He gives an example to illustrate his points. Naughton and Henry next discuss the problem of monitoring the U.K. economy. Henry gives an example. Naughton and Henry next examine the problem of manipulating the U.K. economy. Henry gives an example. Lyn Jones sums up with a discussion of some problems of working with human activity systems. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71436 |
| Production number: | 00525_5136 |
| Videofinder number: | 791 |
| Available to public: | no |
