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Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2015

  • Provides a good overview of the current research landscape in human and industrial engineering

  • Provides insight into outstanding research as a "best-of-book" from an annual meeting

  • Points out how different disciplines (with their distinct research methodologies) contribute to work science

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
  2. Design of Work Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Assessment of the Individual Work Organization During a Service Provision

      • Sven Tackenberg, Sönke Duckwitz, Julia Seibold, Christopher M. Schlick
      Pages 3-25
    3. Assessing and Increasing Innovativeness of SMEs in the Context of Their Demographic Development

      • Stefan Wassmann, Claudia Kramer, Sonja Schmicker, Barbara Deml, Sarina Töpperwien, Marcel Förster
      Pages 27-41
    4. The Quality Culture Inventory (QCI): An Instrument Assessing Quality-Related Aspects of Work

      • Christine Sattler, Karlheinz Sonntag, Katja Götzen
      Pages 43-56
    5. Team Work and Leadership in an Aging Workforce: Results of an Intervention Project

      • Franziska Jungmann, Frank Hilgenberg, Susanne Porzelt, Michael Fischbach, Jürgen Wegge
      Pages 57-70
    6. Analyzing Motivation-Enhancing Features in Work Orders

      • Ralf Kassirra, Herbert Rausch
      Pages 123-136
    7. Disability for Service in Public Transport Operations: Risk Factors and Interventions

      • Martina Bockelmann, Anna Arlinghaus, Friedhelm Nachreiner
      Pages 137-147
    8. Effects of an Exercise Intervention on Metabolism and Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

      • Andree Hillebrecht, Pascal Bauer, Torsten Frech, Rüdiger Walscheid, Silvia Linnenweber, Deborah Wyss et al.
      Pages 177-187

About this book

These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft, held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from February 26-28. The meeting featured more than 160 presentations and 30 posters reflecting the diversity of subject matter in the field of human and industrial engineering.

Editors and Affiliations

  • ifab-Institute of Human and Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Barbara Deml

  • REFA-Institut e.V., Dortmund, Germany

    Patricia Stock

  • Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Ralph Bruder

  • Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Christopher Marc Schlick

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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