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.
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
