scholarly journals P101 Survey on the health indicies and life style related to work systems in manufacturing companies : (1) Effects of changed work system on health indicies

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (Special) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
K. Kitahara
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System

scholarly journals Usability Flaws in Medication Alerting Systems: Impact on Usage and Work System

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ammenwerth ◽  
E. Roehrer ◽  
S. Pelayo ◽  
F. Vasseur ◽  
M.-C. Beuscart-Zéphir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Previous Attempt ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
Alerting Systems

Summary Objectives: Previous research has shown that medication alerting systems face usability issues. There has been no previous attempt to systematically explore the consequences of usability flaws in such systems on users (i.e. usage problems) and work systems (i.e. negative outcomes). This paper aims at exploring and synthesizing the consequences of usability flaws in terms of usage problems and negative outcomes on the work system. Methods: A secondary analysis of 26 papers included in a prior systematic review of the usability flaws in medication alerting was performed. Usage problems and negative outcomes were extracted and sorted. Links between usability flaws, usage problems, and negative outcomes were also analyzed. Results: Poor usability generates a large variety of consequences. It impacts the user from a cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and attitudinal perspective. Ultimately, usability flaws have negative consequences on the workflow, the effectiveness of the technology, the medication management process, and, more importantly, patient safety. Only few complete pathways leading from usability flaws to negative outcomes were identified.Conclusion: Usability flaws in medication alerting systems impede users, and ultimately their work system, and negatively impact patient safety. Therefore, the usability dimension may act as a hidden explanatory variable that could explain, at least partly, the (absence of) intended outcomes of new technology.

High Commitment Work Systems in Chinese Organizations: A Preliminary Measure

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixing Xiao ◽  
Ingmar Björkman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
It Industry ◽  
The West ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of a high commitment work system (HCWS) has mostly been used in the West to study the relationship between a firm's work systems and organizational performance. In this paper, we introduce a preliminary measure of HCWS in China based on the definition of Baron and Kreps (1999). In study 1, we tested the measure by surveying 442 employees in China's information technology (IT) industry. In study 2, we re-tested the same measure from the perspective of human resource (HR) executives in 126 foreign-invested companies. The analyses not only provided some evidence for the construct validity of this preliminary measure of a high commitment work system, but also produced some interesting results that can only be understood with regards to the history and institutional backgrounds of Chinese organizations.

The effect of management and employee perspectives of high-performance work systems on employees’ discretionary behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unai Elorza ◽  
Christopher Harris ◽  
Aitor Aritzeta ◽  
Nekane Balluerka
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how management and employee perspectives of high-performance work systems (HPWS) relate to employee discretionary behaviour. In addition, the paper examines to what extent the relationship between employees’ perception of the HPWS and discretionary behaviour varies among different organizations/groups. Design/methodology/approach – Two samples were used in the study. The first sample included data from 51 managers and 1,023 employees from 26 manufacturing companies. The second sample included 52 managers and 6,382 employees from 42 manufacturing companies. Findings – The study shows that employee rated HPWS mediates the relationship between management rated HPWS and individual-level discretionary behaviour. Moreover, results showed that the effect of employee rated HPWS on discretionary behaviour varies among different organizations/groups. Practical implications – Results show that employee perceptions of the HPWS more strongly predict employees’ discretionary behaviour than management rated HPWS. Moreover, it shows that employees’ perceptions of the same HPWS, but operating in different organizational contexts exhibit different levels of discretionary behaviour. Originality/value – The study differentiates between management and employee perspectives of the HPWS. It also examines the variability of the relationship between HPWS and discretionary behaviour. Multilevel structural equation modelling is used to test the hypotheses.

scholarly journals INDENTIFIKASI HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK SYSTEM

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
I Nengah Aristana ◽  
I Wayan Arta Artana
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Business World ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Task Delegation ◽  
Work System ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
High Performance Work System ◽  
And Performance

The development of the business world now requires all forms of business including cooperatives to do various ways to increase productivity and performance. One of the efforts in increasing productivity and performance is by building a high-performance work system. The purpose of this research is to find out the high performance work system in cooperatives. The number of respondents was 132 respondents with factor analysis analysis techniques. From the results of the analysis conducted found three factors as determinants of high performance work systems, namely the method of task delegation, internal planning and motivation.

scholarly journals Short rest application reduce workload and musculoskeletal complaints public transportation driver

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
I Ketut Sutapa
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Musculoskeletal Complaints ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
System Improvement

It was needed an ergonomic work system to increase productivity for the vehicle driver work systems involves a lot of physical activity. Regarding preliminary observations, it showed the work system that was implemented still has shortcomings, unlike the work organization. Therefore, it needs to be prioritized to be improved. It becomes healthier, safer, more comfortable, and more productive. The driver’s work system improvement was carried out with an ergonomics approach. The study design used was the same subject design with ten people sample for each group. The study focused on the application of short rest with indicators of workload and musculoskeletal excitability before and after the short rest application. Based on the results of research and discussion can be concluded. The short rest application reduced the workload of vehicle drivers 28% from the category of moderate workloads to being moderate and reducing musculoskeletal complaints 42.21%.

scholarly journals Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Xiao ◽  
Ephrem Abebe ◽  
Ayse P Gurses
Keyword(s):  
Medication Safety ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Care Transitions ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Engineer Work

There are major gaps and barriers for patients and caregivers after hospital discharge to achieve safe medication use. Patients and caregivers are often not ready to take on the responsibility for medication management when transitioned from inpatient care. Current approaches tend to focus on adding isolated strategies. A system thinking can enable a fundamental transformation to redesign professionals’ interactions with patients and caregivers with an explicit goal to develop patients and caregivers into true partners, with targeted roles, skills, attitude, knowledge, and tool support. We must recognize the fact that medication safety during care transition and, more so, at patient homes is the property of a “work system”, in which the patient and caregivers are at the center, with collaboration with health professionals. Innovative ideas are needed to engineer work system components by systematically examining professionals’ interactions with patients and caregivers, such as those during hospital stays and transitions (e.g. follow-up phone calls, community pharmacist consults, and home visits). Based on human factors principles, we describe a set of recommendations on engineering partnership with patients and their caregivers at different stages of a care episode, to enable productive interactions among work systems that are distributed and are often limited in their ability to exchange information and co-align their interests.

The effect of high performance work system strength on organizational effectiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-95
Author(s):  
Dushar Kamini Dayarathna ◽  
Peter John Dowling ◽  
Timothy Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
High Performance Work System ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the implications of high performance work system (HPWS) strength from a managerial perspective and the impact of economic, cultural, political, legal and technological factors on the operationalization of HPWSs in the banking industry in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach The data for this study were collected from three licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka. This research used a case study approach for data collection with archival analysis of records and semi-structured interviews with the CEO, head of HR, two board members and three focus groups (top, middle and lower level managers across various functional areas) in each bank which altogether covers 66 key informants. Findings The findings supported the research proposition that to gain positive outcomes on organizational effectiveness, there should be a strong HPWS, resulting in a positive attitudinal climate among employees. Further, the findings provide evidence of the global applicability of HPWSs, although more research is needed to clearly specify the contextual boundaries of HPWS effectiveness. Originality/value Contemporary research provides ample evidence to endorse the contribution of high performance work systems toward organizational effectiveness. However, there is a dearth of literature on how high performance work systems are operationalized across the management hierarchy and support the achievement of organizational effectiveness. Few studies have been conducted on high performance work system strength and organizational effectiveness in emerging economies.

Trends in Macroergonomics Applications for Improved Work Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 242-260
Author(s):  
Karina Cecilia Arredondo ◽  
Arturo Realyvásquez ◽  
Guadalupe Hernández-Escobedo
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Work System ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
A Company ◽  
General Work

Macroergonomics is the subdiscipline of ergonomics that is concerned with the analysis, design, and evaluation of work systems. It means, macroergonomics focuses on harmonizing the organizational structure of a company and not only one workstation or one task, as microergonomics does. Macroergonomics is a top-down, middle-out, and bottom-up approach. In the top-down approach, the overall general work system structure may be prescribed to match the organization's sociotechnical characteristics. On the other hand, the middle-out approach focuses on the analysis of subsystems and work processes, which can be assessed both up and down the organizational hierarchy from intermediate levels, and also, up and down some changes may be done to ensure the work system design is harmonized. Finally, the bottom-up approach comprises an extensive participation of employees in the identification of problems. Currently, macroergonomics is considered an emergent subdiscipline, and there is the need to promote current theories and methods and propose new ones.

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