Overview
- Reports on cutting-edge research in social and occupational ergonomics
- Discusses different types of organizational structures, including virtual ones
- Gives a special emphasis to lifelong learning, personalized learning, and work-life balance in enterprises
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 487)
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Table of contents (42 papers)
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Front Matter
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Macroergonomic Systems
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Social and Occupational Innovation
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Modeling and Systems in Occupational Ergonomics
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Keywords
- Occupational Risk Factors
- Social Factors
- Urban Infrastructures
- Urban Space
- Optimization of Sociotechnical Systems
- Emotional Ergonomics
- Work-related Injuries
- Work Environment
- Axiomatic Design
- Participatory Design
- Occupational Ergonomics
- Machine-Man-Task System
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Macroergonomics
- Manual Material Handling
- Industrial Safety
- Cooperative Work
- Physical User Interface
- Hazard Risk
- AHFE 2016 Proceedings
About this book
This book reports on cutting-edge research related to social and occupational factors. It presents innovative contributions to the optimization of sociotechnical management systems, which consider organizational, policy, and logistical issues. It discusses timely topics related to communication, crew resource management, work design, participatory design, as well as teamwork, community ergonomics, cooperative work, and warning systems. Moreover, it reports on new work paradigms, organizational cultures, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management. The book reports on cutting-edge infrastructures implemented for different purposes such as urban, health, and enterprise. It discusses the growing role of automated systems and presents innovative solutions addressing the needs of special populations. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, held on July 27-31 in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book provides readers with a comprehensive view of the current challenges in both organizational and occupational ergonomics, highlighting key connections between them and underlining the importance of emotional factors in influencing human performance.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Editors: Richard H.M. Goossens
Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41688-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41687-8Published: 27 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41688-5Published: 26 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2194-5357
Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 466
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology