Community Ergonomics and Quality Work Design in the 21st Century

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-776-2-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Work Design ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face ◽  
Life Improvement

Community ergonomics (CE) was first described as a process to implement useful solutions for very poor inner city communities in the US. Its central feature is the creation of implemented solutions to meet target purposes and aspirations of participants in an effort to improve something. The CE process is based upon notions of industrial engineering, human factors and ergonomics, behavioural cybernetics, and Breakthrough Thinking™. Naturally, it is a process well-suited for the work environment and can help to discern both the need for better work design and the opportunity for quality of life improvement through stage-dependant, purpose driven solutions. Design solutions vary across and within industries depending upon unique circumstances of individuals, technology, task demands, work environment, and organizational structure. It is the process of people and resources interacting in a structured manner over a period of time that leads to logical target solutions and purposeful achievement. The CE process can be effectively applied to the work setting where manual labour tasks can exact a high physical toll on employees, especially in the face of decreasing resources. The purpose of the application is to demonstrate that CE can redesign tasks and use of tools and technology to improve efficiency while enhancing the safety and health of employees.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Current Problems and Prospects for Enterprise Development in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (525) ◽  
pp. 247-252
Author(s):  
I. V. Nosach ◽  
◽  
N. V. Vodolazska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
World Market ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government

The article is aimed at studying the analysis of modern problems and prospects for the development of enterprises in Ukraine. Analyzing the latest researches and publications of scientists, the general theoretical bases of problems and prospects for the development of domestic enterprises were considered. The article covers and theoretically substantiates modern problems of entrepreneurship development, which periodically require their study and research, taking into account constant changes in the economy. In general, enterprises play a significant role, because their effective activities is a source of economic growth, which ensures employment in the country and directly affects the improvement of the quality of life of the population, solving social problems and overcoming poverty. However, Ukrainian economy continues to situate «on the swings» in a constantly changing tendency. It is especially influenced by such factors as raising the US dollar exchange rate, reducing attractiveness in the world market, and recently the introduction of quarantine restrictions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, which has had a significant impact on its development both in Ukraine and around the world. At the same time, precisely the small enterprises play a leading role in creating an effective economy of Ukraine, despite the fact that their development is uneven and they have not taken a proper place in the structure of the national economy. Thus, for the government of the country should become priority directions for stimulating the innovative activity of the entrepreneurial sector, introducing European approaches to the development of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the formation of a favorable regulatory environment, innovation and investment climate. Moreover, the implementation of this policy should be carried out purposefully, consistently and systematically, as part of the complex of the national innovation system.

scholarly journals Studying the Effective Factors on Quality of Human Sources Training Plans (Case study: Employees of Iran's Saderat Bank- Tehran's West Superintendence)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Mina Jamshidi Avanaki ◽  
Kolsoom Najafifar
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Service Training

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">The purpose of this paper is to study the effective factors on quality of human sources training plans. Current research in terms of purpose is applicable and in terms of nature, it is descriptive and correlation kind and in terms of method, it is a survey research. The statistical population includes all employees who work in Saderat Bank of Tehran<sup>'</sup>s west superintendence that the total number was 200 persons. The sample size was selected 131 persons according to Cochran<sup>'</sup>s formula and the sampling method was simple random. In order to collect the data, the researcher-made questionnaire with 37 items in the form of 5-degree Likert spectrum from too high to too low was used. The face and content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by some of the experts and knowledgeable persons. Since Cronbach<sup>'</sup>s Alpha coefficient for the variables of curriculums (0.875), training environment (0.942), work environment (0.759), personality characteristics of trainees (0.901), quality of in-service training plans (0.867) was obtained higher than 0.7, therefore the reliability of the questionnaire is confirmed. In order to analyze the data, one-sample t-test and two-variable linear Regression with spss software were used. The results indicated the variables of curriculums with β coefficient of 0.068 percent, training environment with β coefficient of 0.379 percent, work environment with β coefficient of 0.762 percent and personality characteristics of trainees with β coefficient of 0.241 percent have the power of predicting the dependent variable changes of in-service training plans quality. The adjusted explanation coefficient was 0.980 that indicated 4 independent variables of the research have been able to predict 98 percent of dependent variable changes.</span>

scholarly journals Studying the Effective Factors on Quality of Human Sources Training Plans (Case study: Employees of Iran's Saderat Bank- Tehran's West Superintendence)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Mina Jamshidi Avanaki ◽  
Kolsoom Najafifar
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Spss Software

The purpose of this paper is to study the effective factors on quality of human sources training plans. Current research in terms of purpose is applicable and in terms of nature, it is descriptive and correlation kind and in terms of method, it is a survey research. The statistical population includes all employees who work in Saderat Bank of Tehran's west superintendence that the total number was 200 persons. The sample size was selected 131 persons according to Cochran's formula and the sampling method was simple random. In order to collect the data, the researcher-made questionnaire with 37 items in the form of 5-degree Likert spectrum from too high to too low was used. The face and content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by some of the experts and knowledgeable persons. Since Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for the variables of curriculums (0.875), training environment (0.942), work environment (0.759), personality characteristics of trainees (0.901), quality of in-service training plans (0.867) was obtained higher than 0.7, therefore the reliability of the questionnaire is confirmed. In order to analyze the data, one-sample t-test and two-variable linear Regression with spss software were used. The results indicated the variables of curriculums with β coefficient of 0.068 percent, training environment with β coefficient of 0.379 percent, work environment with β coefficient of 0.762 percent and personality characteristics of trainees with β coefficient of 0.241 percent have the power of predicting the dependent variable changes of in-service training plans quality. The adjusted explanation coefficient was 0.980 that indicated 4 independent variables of the research have been able to predict 98 percent of dependent variable changes.

scholarly journals Nurses' sleep quality, work environment and quality of care in the Spanish National Health System: observational study among different shifts

BMJ Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e012073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Gómez-García ◽  
María Ruzafa-Martínez ◽  
Carmen Fuentelsaz-Gallego ◽  
Juan Antonio Madrid ◽  
Maria Angeles Rol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health System ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Spanish National Health System

scholarly journals Il ruolo delle relazioni tra pari nella costruzione della qualità di vita nei ragazzi con diagnosi di tumore

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 159-165
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
The Us ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
The Face

Introduction - The optimization of cancer care in adolescent or young adult patients (AYA) requires the contribution of the patients themselves, as they are builders and custodians of the experience that concerns them. A more multidimensional listening to these patients guarantees a better quality of life, in response to their specific needs. The present article describes how a congress between doctors, psychologists, nurses and AYA patients can be the context of exploration and collection of this important contribution. By offering these patients the opportunity to express thoughts, emotions and needs in terms of quality of life verbally and freely, such a congress becomes a privileged place for observation and analysis even of macro-group dynamics that otherwise would not have the possibility of making themselves visible. Methods - Through a qualitative research design, 35 Italian cancer patients (in active treatment or follow-up) aged between 18 and 24 years were involved in a plenary discussion during a congress (Rome, 11 November 2019). The structured interview asked them to express themselves on the issue of quality of life connected to the relationship dynamics with peers. The 55 responses collected were then subjected to thematic analysis. Results - The young people who attended expressed precise and extensive considerations regarding friendships and the value of interactions with patients of the same age. What emerged enabled to highlight the need of these patients to keep active the social group of reference and in particular the identity of each within it. This is significantly connected to the self-perceived quality of life, both during active treatments and afterwards (a phase described as complex and tiring). Discussion - The described experience underlines the importance for AYA cancer patients to express their reflections on health and quality of life issues. The relational dimension, especially regarding peers, is significantly connected to this, to one’s perception of identity and to the configuration of the “disease” reality, so health personnel are required to protect and attend to this aspect as one of the priorities of the treatment path. The setting offered by the congress also allowed personal expression even in the face of a group recognition that moves the subject from the Ego to the Us.

scholarly journals NURSING VERSUS ABSENTEEISM IN THE LIGHT OF LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Habitual Pattern ◽  
Absence From Work ◽  
Nursing Professional

Absenteeism is an important indicator, not only of illness profile, but also of the situation and organization of work and of the motivation and satisfaction of workers. The increasing rate of absenteeism in the world, can generate overload for other employees. Thus, in view of the increase in this pattern of absence from work, the nursing professional at work can contribute to reducing absenteeism, focusing on the quality of life of the worker. In this sense, this research aimed to highlight the importance of the nurse's performance in the face of absenteeism, considering the identification of the factors that trigger this habitual pattern of absence from the work environment that can cause losses, both for the employer and the employee. To this end, the method used was a bibliographic review so that one could reflect on absences at work versus nursing. It was possible to observe that absenteeism has a managerial, complex and costly nature. However, it can be solved with the nurse's work in the workplace.

Russian Banking System under Conditions of Global Crisis

2009 ◽  
pp. 4-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Gref ◽  
K. Yudaeva
Keyword(s):  
Banking System ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Banking Crises ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Risk Appetite ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face

Problems in the financial sector were at the core of the current economic crisis. Therefore, economic recovery will only become sustainable after taking care of the major weaknesses in the financial sector. This conclusion is relevant both for the US and UK - the two countries where crisis has started, and for other economies which financial institutions turned out to be fragile in the face of the swings in the risk appetite. Russia is one of the countries where the crisis has revealed serious deficiency in the financial sector. Our study of 11 banking crises during the last 25-30 years shows that sustainable economic recovery and decrease in the dependence on commodity prices will be virtually impossible without cleaning of balance sheets and capitalization of the financial sector.

Feasibility and Clinical Implications of Remotely Guided Ultrasound Examinations

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 592-596
Author(s):  
Quinn Dufurrena ◽  
Kazi Imran Ullah ◽  
Erin Taub ◽  
Connor Leszczuk ◽  
Sahar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Regional Wall Motion ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Objective Quality ◽  
The Us ◽  
Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities ◽  
Wall Motion Abnormalities

BACKGROUND: Remotely guided ultrasound (US) examinations carried out by nonmedical personnel (novices) have been shown to produce clinically useful examinations, at least in small pilot studies. Comparison of the quality of such exams to those carried out by trained medical professionals is lacking in the literature. This study compared the objective quality and clinical utility of cardiac and pulmonary US examinations carried out by novices and trained physicians.METHODS: Cardiac and pulmonary US examinations were carried out by novices under remote guidance by an US expert and independently by US trained physicians. Exams were blindly evaluated by US experts for both a task-based objective score as well as a subjective assessment of clinical utility.RESULTS: Participating in the study were 16 novices and 9 physicians. Novices took longer to complete the US exams (median 641.5 s vs. 256 s). For the objective component, novices scored higher in exams evaluating for pneumothorax (100% vs. 87.5%). For the subjective component, novices more often obtained clinically useful exams in the assessment of cardiac regional wall motion abnormalities (56.3% vs. 11.1%). No other comparisons yielded statistically significant differences between the two groups. Both groups had generally higher scores for pulmonary examinations compared to cardiac. There was variability in the quality of exams carried out by novices depending on their expert guide.CONCLUSION: Remotely guided novices are able to carry out cardiac and pulmonary US examinations with similar, if not better, technical proficiency and clinical utility as US trained physicians, though they take longer to do so.Dufurrena Q, Ullah KI, Taub E, Leszczuk C, Ahmad S. Feasibility and clinical implications of remotely guided ultrasound examinations. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020; 91(7):592–596.

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