A Methodology for Human Factors Utility Analysis in Quality Inspiction Workstation Design.(Dept.M)

This panel addresses the extent to which students should be exposed to both human factors psychology and industrial/organizational psychology. Should a combined curriculum be developed called work psychology that would have a core set of courses including both industrial/organizational and human factors while still permitting students to specialize? Should courses should be taught in a holistic fashion? For example, when covering the topic of workplace design, should such topics as workstation design, ergonomics, and shift work be augmented with organizational topics as fatigue, boredom, morale, teamwork, job enrichment, and safety? Conversely, is there, perhaps, strong justification for continuing to maintain two distinct disciplines? The panel members straddle the continuum from advocating continued separation of the two disciplines to re-integrating the two disciplines.

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Human Factors in the Space and Naval Warfare Command: Display System Standardization

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193128803201621 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 32 (16) ◽

pp. 1090-1094

Author(s):

Phillip J. Andrews ◽

Kathryn E. Permenter ◽

David R. Eike ◽

Thomas B. Malone

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

The State ◽

Design Concept ◽

Display System ◽

Naval Warfare ◽

Workstation Design

This paper describes the state and status of human factors within the Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR) by focusing on a major effort currently being pursued within SPAWAR, that of developing a standard workstation design concept for Navy applications. Human factors concerns were paramount in the assessment of requirements for a standardized workstation applicable to Navy-wide requirements. The major human factors concern was display usability.

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Human factors in workstation design

Data Processing ◽

10.1016/0011-684x(85)90129-7 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 13-15

Author(s):

Fergus Hampton

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Workstation Design

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Critique of Methods Employed in Human Factors Research on VDTs

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193128202600404 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 295-299

Author(s):

Jayne M. Schurick ◽

Martin G. Helander ◽

Patricia A. Billingsley

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Work Organization ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Control Group ◽

Design Work ◽

Subject Selection ◽

Selection Strategies ◽

Workstation Design ◽

Areas Of Interest ◽

Human Factors Research

This report summarizes a review of human factors research on VDTs. The main areas of interest included workstation design, character and display design, work organization, lighting and reflectance, and visual discomfort. Experimental studies were critically reviewed for the soundness of their methodologies and conclusions. In many of the studies, there were problems of interpreting the results due to careless oversights on the part of the researcher(s), for example, the inappropriate selection of subjects or lack of a control group. Due to different subject selection strategies and different VDT parameters, the integration and generalization of research results is difficult.

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