Search for dissertations about: "Human Work Science and Ergonomics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 918 swedish dissertations containing the words Human Work Science and Ergonomics.
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1. Using Tentacles in Planning and Scheduling Work : Activities, Roles and Contributions
Abstract : Handling production scheduling is increasingly difficult for manyenterprises, and human involvement is necessary. The overall objective ofthis research was to gain further understanding of planners’ and schedulers’work within the manufacturing industry, to elucidate how their worksituation is formed, and to explain their significance to other employees’work and company activities. READ MORE
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2. Prerequisites and Possibilities for Manufacturing Companies to Prioritize and Manage Occupational Health and Safety
Abstract : Legislation demands that health and safety of humans at work must be secured. Today, far from every company has a functioning systematic management of occupational health and safety (OHS) in place to fulfill its legal obligations. Instead, other day-to-day tasks appear to have greater priority. READ MORE
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3. Developing a Value Proposition of Maritime Ergonomics
Abstract : There is a large body of knowledge available on the importance of ergonomics for successful(and unsuccessful) systems. Domain specific handbooks, guidelines and standards can befound also for the maritime industry. READ MORE
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4. Representing human-automation challenges
Abstract : Automation technology is widely implemented in process control domains due to its benefits of improving efficiency and enhancing control. However, use of automation also introduces an often complex intermediary between the human and the controlled domain, which can obscure from the operator how system functioning is achieved. READ MORE
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5. Ergonomics Infrastructure - An Organizational Roadmap to Improved Production Ergonomics
Abstract : Improving production ergonomics is a pursuit common to many companies in different industrial sectors. At the core is an aspiration to eliminate risks for work-related musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs), but modern views on ergonomics have evolved the discipline from a purely physiological, instrumental concern to an organizational, holistic systems-performance discipline (macroergonomics). READ MORE