Author: Richard F. Gabriel ISBN: 0768009758 / 9780768009750 Year: 2003 Availability: 45-60 days
This book provides an introduction to the role, value, scope and the unique contributions the field of human factors can bring to the design process for all products. Aimed at the engineer and manag...
Author: Catherine Harvey, Mark S. Young, Neville A. Stanton ISBN: 1466591854 / 9781466591851 Year: 2014 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
The second edition of a bestseller, this book examines a select but widely utilized group of psychological ergonomics methods. Completely revised and updated, it provides practitioners with valuable...
Author: Thomas D Schneid ISBN: 1439874107 / 9781439874103 Year: 2014 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Are the tried and true safety practices still effective in the changing workplace? Is there a better way of safeguarding employees from accidents and injuries? In short, why do you perform the safet...
Author: Anitawati Mohd Lokman, Mitsuo Nagamachi ISBN: 1498706827 / 9781498706827 Year: 2015 Availability: In Stock
Thanks to Apple and smart phone phenomenon, almost everyone has realized the emerging trend of user experience in design. Kansei engineering is the method to achieve that. This book defines Kansei a...
Author: Patrick Graupp, Robert J. Wrona ISBN: 1498703968 / 9781498703963 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
Since the publication of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessor, TWI programs have seen steady growth in usage. As a true understanding of Standard Work has developed, the need for the TWI skills as f...
Author: Anthony Matthew Hopper ISBN: 148222397X / 9781482223972 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
Healthcare organizations with sound human resources (HR) infrastructures are better able to hire, develop, promote, and retain employees who match up well with their specific needs. Using Data Manag...
Author: Martyn F. Rademakers ISBN: 0415737702 / 9780415737708 Year: 2014 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Organizations constantly need to adapt themselves to stay aligned with an ever-changing and increasingly complex environment. Corporate Universities puts "smart learning" at the forefront, with stra...
Author: Andrew Inkpen, Michael H. Moffett, Steve Werner ISBN: 1593703627 / 9781593703622 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
Many factors set oil and gas apart from other industries and make unique demands on its human resource management, including its global nature, the importance of safety, the involvement of governmen...
Author: Daniel Bloom ISBN: 1498715672 / 9781498715676 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
In an environment where many organizations think of human capital assets as little more than expense items that impact the bottom line, this book will help human resource (HR) professionals initiate...
Author: Chris A. Ortiz, Murry Park ISBN: 1138626953 / 9781138626959 Year: 2017 Availability: In Stock
An effective visual communication system can help manufacturing employees eliminate significant waste from daily tasks. From work-zone color coding to posted metrics, visual controls clarify and sim...
Author: Daniela Colombini, Enrico Occhipinti ISBN: 1498736629 / 9781498736626 Year: 2016 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
This book covers the application of the OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Actions) method. The methods make up a system dedicated to the analysis and management of the risk of biomechanical overload of ...
Author: David S. Anderson, Richard E. Miller ISBN: 1138647446 / 9781138647442 Year: 2017 Availability: In Stock
Health and Safety Communication: A Practical Guide Forward is an easy introduction to the principles and practice of health and safety communications, providing all you need to know to design and im...
Author: Aphra Kerr ISBN: 0415858879 / 9780415858878 Year: 2017 Availability: In Stock
In the last decade our mobile phones have been infiltrated by angry birds, our computers by leagues of legends and our social networks by pleas for help down on the farm. As digital games have becom...
Author: James Reason ISBN: 1472418417 / 9781472418418 Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
This succinct but absorbing book covers the main way stations on James Reason’s 40-year journey in pursuit of the nature and varieties of human error. In it he presents an engrossing and very ...
Author: Linda Holbeche ISBN: 0415740096 / 9780415740098 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
In this book Linda Holbeche offers an historical narrative on the changing landscape of work since the 1980s and considers how definitions of organizational effectiveness have changed over time. She...
Author: Maureen Connelly Jones, William J Rothwell ISBN: 1138196452 / 9781138196452 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Evaluating organization development (OD) and change is critical for any executive team, project manager, or consultant who wants to see the change effort sustain and successfully evolve. Evaluation ...
Author: F. Allen Davis ISBN: 1138745154 / 9781138745155 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Although many businesses, organizations, and institutions have currently implemented continuous improvement initiatives that address wants, needs, and challenges at the process and systems level, ve...
Author: Mitchell Kusy ISBN: 1138303267 / 9781138303263 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
You have likely heard stories from friends, family members, and colleagues who quit a job because of a toxic person—an individual who belittles, shames, humiliates, shames, or bullies. You may...
Author: Robert W. Proctor, Trisha Van Zandt ISBN: 1482229560 / 9781482229561 Year: 2018 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Recently, there have been a number of advances in technology, including in mobile devices, globalization of companies, display technologies and healthcare, all of which require significant input and...
Author: Andrew R. Dattel, Haydee M. Cuevas, Jonathan Velazquez ISBN: 1472475151 / 9781472475152 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Human Factors in Practice: Concepts and Applications is written for the practitioner who wishes to learn about human factors (HF) but is more interested in application (applied research) than theory...
Author: Guy H. Walker, Neville A. Stanton ISBN: 1138747254 / 9781138747258 Year: 2017 Availability: Out of Stock
Offering a unique perspective on vehicle design and on new developments in vehicle technology, this book seeks to bridge the gap between engineers, who design and build cars, and human factors, as a...
Author: Kelly Graves ISBN: 1138216208 / 9781138216204 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
New, and experienced managers alike, typically repeat behaviors they observed or were subjected to when they were employees, which perpetuates unhealthy and unproductive management methods.
The M...
Author: Maria-Teresa Lepeley ISBN: 1783537906 / 9781783537907 Year: 2017 Availability: 45-60 days
We have never had more freedom to acquire information to make decisions, and organizations have never been so pressed to demonstrate accountability as they communicate with better informed customers...
Author: Tony Muschara ISBN: 113830249X / 9781138302495 Year: 2018 Availability: 45-60 days
Society at large tends to misunderstand what safety is all about. It is not just the absence of harm. When nothing bad happens over a period of time, how do you know you are safe? In reality, safety...
Author: Lisa J. Steiner, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Tim Horberry ISBN: 1138095206 / 9781138095205 Year: 2018 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
This book introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of the approach for mining equipment and new technology. It is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usabl...
