Evaluation of Human Work, 3rd Edition

Description

Completely revised and updated, Evaluation of Human Work is a compendium of ergonomics methods and techniques that is both broad and deep. The editors have once again brought together a team of world-renowned experts and created a forum for them to introduce their most valued techniques and methods. Almost every chapter has been revised and several new chapters have been added.

See what’s new in the Third Edition:

• Sociotechnical design of work systems
• Team design and evaluation
• Learning from failures through a joint cognitive systems perspective
• The Analysis of organizational processes
• Techniques in user-centered design
• Increased understanding of the nature of knowledge and knowledge management in contemporary systems
• Environment surveys
• Systems for near miss reporting and analysis

The one thing that has remained unchanged from the first and second editions is that this text is produced NOT as a cookbook of ergonomics methods. The editor places ergonomics methodology in context, and each chapter carefully describes the background to method development in that area and the application of methods and tools. Exploring the topic of ergonomics/human factors from a ‘doing it’ perspective, the book serves as a guide to what ergonomics can offer industry, business, or human service professionals and a reference for practicing ergonomists.

Contents

Methods in the Understanding of Human Factors, J.R. Wilson

General approaches and methods

Designing Ergonomics Studies, C.G. Drury

Applications of Archival and Observational Data, A.B. Bisantz and C.G. Drury

Participative Assessment, M.A. Sinclair

Qualitative Methodology, S. Hignett

Task Analysis, A. Shepherd and R.B. Stammers

Verbal Protocol Analysis, L. Bainbridge and P. Sanderson

Eliciting Expertise, N. Shadbolt

Simulation and Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Human Performance, R. Laughery

Techniques in Design

Systems Analysis, J. Wilson and G. Morrisroe

Involving People in Design, I. McClelland and J. Fulton Suri

Is This Chapter Any use? Methods for Evaluating Text, J. Hartley

Evaluation in Human –Computer Interaction, C. Baber

Control Facilities Design, J.A. Rajan, J.R. Wilson, and J. Wood

Consequences of work activities

Dynamic Work Assessment, V. Louhevaara and A. Kilbom

Static Muscle Loading and the Evaluation of Posture, E.N. Corlett

Biomechanical Methods for Task Analysis, P. Dempsey and M. Munro

The Definition and Measurement of Mental Workload, T. Megaw

The Nature and Measurement of Work-Related Stress: Theory and Practice, T. Cox and A. Griffiths

Vision and Visual Work, P.A. Howarth and M. Bullimore

Practical Measurement of Psychophysiological Functions for Determining Workloads, M. Kumashiro

Assessment and design of the physical workplace

The Environmental Ergonomics Survey, K. Parsons

Ergonomics Assessment of Thermal Environments, K. Parsons

Assessment of the Visual Environment, P.A. Howarth

Auditory Environment and Noise Assessment, C.M. Haselgrave

Anthropometry and the Design of Workspaces, S.T. Pheasant and L.P.A.(Bea)St