Modeling and simulating practices, a work method for work systems design

This panel will focus upon work systems design from a macroergonomic perspective. The panel will investigate the future of work systems from the viewpoint of: (1) an activity performed by; (2) humans with particular characteristics; (3) in a context. The researchers and practitioners on the panel have focused on one or more of these dimensions of work design/redesign, product design or organizational design. The design of 21st Century systems must take this broader perspective. In the same way, this panel mirrors the diversity of backgrounds, cultures and contexts for future work systems.

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Work Design in the 21st Century - Panel Summary

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193120004401286 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 44 (12) ◽

pp. 2-753-2-756

Author(s):

Thomas J. Smith

Keyword(s):

Production Systems ◽

Extreme Environments ◽

Systems Design ◽

Work Design ◽

Work Systems ◽

Future Of Work ◽

Symposium Series ◽

The Future ◽

Panel Summary ◽

Internet Design

This summary outlines major themes introduced during a multiple-session symposium series devoted to the topic of work design in the 21st century. The 6 sessions in the series address the future of work design in relation to: (1) macroergonomic analysis of work systems design; (2) production systems design and automation of work; (3) human factors research needs in internet design; (4) design of education and training; (5) work design and community design; and (6) work in extreme environments. Session chairs participated in a 7th panel session to offer perspectives on the future of work design in relation to session topics. These perspectives are summarized here. The panel co-chair, Michael Wade, also provides a perspective on future trends in the integration of work and recreation. Collectively, the session and panel participants provide a rich body of judgment and opinion regarding the trajectory and evolution of work design in the coming decades, as well as likely reciprocal interactions between changes in work design and transformations in performance of human sociotechnical, organizational and socioeconomic systems.

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Macroergonomic Work Systems' Design Factors and Elements

Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0130-5.ch007 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 116-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Arturo Realyvásquez ◽

Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías ◽

Jaime Romero-González

Keyword(s):

Systems Design ◽

Literature Survey ◽

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Sociotechnical Systems ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Work Systems ◽

Manual Search ◽

Environment Factor ◽

Design Factors

Currently there is no a literature survey which evaluates and classifies the papers according to the macroergonomic factors and elements that authors consider needed to work systems' design. For that reason, this chapter offers a review to identify the most frequent macroergonomic work systems' design factors and elements enounced in literature and propose a classification for them. A manual search was performed in seven databases by using keywords such as sociotechnical systems, macroergonomics, and work systems design. Bibliographical sources were classified into five main groups, corresponding to the factors of work systems' design, named Peron factor, Organization factor, factor of Tools and Technology, Tasks factor, and Environment factor, and their corresponding subgroups (elements). The macroergonomic Organization factor presented the highest frequency, while the macroergonomic factor of Tools and Technology presented the lowest frequency. Regarding the elements, Teamwork was the most frequent, while Advanced Manufacturing technology and Work Schedules were the less frequent.

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