Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Best-Practice Approach for a Solution-Oriented Technology Assessment: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Context of Human-Robot Collaboration

   • Jochen Nelles, Susanne Kohns, Julia Spies, Christina Bröhl, Christopher Brandl, Alexander Mertens et al.

   Pages 1-14

3. Human-Oriented Productivity Management as a Key Criterion for Success in the Digitalised Working World

   • Patricia Stock, Sascha Stowasser

   Pages 15-30

4. Recource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem: Investigation of the Quality of Project Plans

   • Sven Tackenberg, Sönke Duckwitz, Christina Schmalz, Christopher Marc Schlick

   Pages 31-59

5. Fields of Action for Work Design in Industrie 4.0

   • Tim Jeske, Frank Lennings

   Pages 61-72

6. Skilled Workers: Are They the Losers of “Industry 4.0”?

   • Georg Spöttl

   Pages 73-87

7. Work Requirements and Qualifications in Maintenance 4.0

   • Lars Windelband

   Pages 89-102

8. Development of a Business Game for Teaching the Kanban Method

   • David Brown, Sven Hinrichsen, Melissa Paris

   Pages 103-114

9. Training Interventions to Increase Innovation and Productivity in Age-Diverse Teams

   • K. Küper, W. Rivkin, K.-H. Schmidt

   Pages 115-124

10. Change into an Ergonomic 3 Shift Model with a Reduction of the Night Shifts for All Workers

    • Corinna Jaeger

    Pages 125-133

11. Vocational Competency Management Through the Use of Serious Games: Opportunities and Risks Using the Example of the Harbour Industry

    • Daniela Ahrens, Sven Schulte

    Pages 135-148

12. Retirement Research Requires a Broad View and Interdiciplinarity

    • Hans Martin Hasselhorn, Melanie Ebener, Wenke Apt

    Pages 149-158

13. Age-Differentiated Analysis of the Influence of Task Descriptions on Learning Sensorimotor Tasks

    • Francoise Kuhlenbäumer, Philipp Przybysz, Susanne Mütze-Niewöhner, Christopher Marc Schlick

    Pages 159-175

14. The Potential of Virtual Interactive Learning Environments for Individual and Organizational Learning: An Example for the Maintenance of Electrical Equipment

    • Michael Dick, Tina Haase, Wilhelm Termath

    Pages 177-190

15. Designing Rooms for Virtual, Informal Communication: Reciprocal Awareness as a Central Criterion

    • Corsin Flepp, Michael Imhof, Gregory Meier, Thomas Ryser, Roger Burkhard, Hartmut Schulze et al.

    Pages 191-208

16. Analysis of the Stress and Strain of Repetitive Assembly Tasks

    • Markus Jürgen Heidl, Alexandre Boespflug

    Pages 209-218

17. Analysis and Evaluation of Physical Workload During Long-Cyclic Tasks as a Prerequisite for Ergonomic Work Design

    • Dorothee Müglich, Karlheinz Schaub, Bastian Kaiser, Steffen Rast, Lukas Bier, Katharina Rönick et al.

    Pages 219-232

18. Walking “Normally” vs. “Sideways” in Simulated, Simple Assembly Operations: Analysis of Muscular Strain in the Legs

    • Jurij Wakula, Dorothee Müglich, Ralph Bruder

    Pages 233-245

19. Analysis of a Multimodal Human-Robot-Interface in Terms of Mental Workload

    • Marc Schneider, Barbara Deml

    Pages 247-260

20. How to Evaluate the Usability of Smart Devices as Conceivable Work Assistance: A Systematic Review

    • Jan Terhoeven, Sascha Wischniewski

    Pages 261-274

These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research field represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (GfA) in the German-speaking area, held at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics of RWTH Aachen University from March 2–4. The meeting featured more than 200 presentations and 36 posters reflecting the diversity of subject matter in the field of human and industrial engineering. This volume addresses human factors and safety specialists, industrial engineers, work and organizational psychologists, occupational medicines as well as production planners and design engineers.

• Ergonomics
• Human factors
• Occupational science
• Ergonomic analysis
• Work science
• Occupational health and safety

• RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

  Christopher Marc Schlick, Sönke Duckwitz, Frank Flemisch, Martin Frenz, Sinem Kuz, Alexander Mertens, Susanne Mütze-Niewöhner

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