Sentence:  And the mechanization of a task is done by segmentation of each part of an action in a series of uniform, repeatable, and moveable parts. The exact opposite characterizes <WSD>cybernation</WSD> (or automation), which has been described as a way of thinking, as much as a way of doing. Instead of being concerned with separate machines, <WSD>cybernation</WSD> looks at the production problem as an integrated system of information handling. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer.