Overview
The goal for ergonomics has always been to adapt work, work environments, and machines to humans. But is this goal still sufficient? Does it satisfy the needs of the individual or of societies and organizations as they operate now? Constructive Ergonomics provides an answer to these questions. Rooted both in the academic world and in the world of practitioners of the domain, it details a constructive, developmental view where ergonomics seeks to eliminate the factors and conditions that impede performance and development. This book advocates that ergonomics cannot remain content with a limited and static view of adaptation, a view that would restrict its goal to designing systems that are suited to work as it is defined at a certain point in time, to workers as they are at a particular moment, and to organizations as they operate here and now. Author Pierre Falzon argues that the objective of ergonomics must be the development of individuals, based on setting up situations of action that lead to increased success and to the acquisition or construction of know-how, knowledge, and skills. The global framework presented in this book revises profoundly the goals of the discipline, elucidating a novel approach to work, health, and performance shored up by integration models from economics and management theory. An exploration of an innovative, developmental view of ergonomics, the book redefines the ambition of the discipline and describes the elements of its scope. It provides a solid and new conceptual background and methodological tools for intervening in real-life contexts.
Full Product Details
Author: Pierre Falzon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.566kg
ISBN: 9781482235623
ISBN 10: 1482235625
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 26 September 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... many outstanding ergonomists in this book described the potential possibility and novel direction of developing ergonomics using these two key words, namely Constructive and Development , which differ their view points from the traditional scopes of ergonomics. It could be expected that this book would have a strong impact and throw new lights upon the future of ergonomics, for not only experts but also students in the field of ergonomics and design. -Satoshi Muraki, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
