Contemporary Ergonomics 1996

This is a composition of papers presented at the Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society. Featured is a broad spectrum of research from many of the leading specialists in fields including consumer ergonomics and organization ergonomics.

What is this thing called "ergonomics"? For ten years this question has been answered by the books which make up the contemporary ergonomics series. The series embraces all that is the world of ergonomics, and the individual papers provide insights into current practice, present new research findings, thus providing an invaluable source of reference. In addition to mainstream ergonomists and human factors specialists, Contemporary Ergonomics will appeal to all those who have an interest in peoples interaction with their working and leisure environment including, designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, organisational, applied and engineering psychologists.

This is a volume in the international "Contemporary Ergonomics" series, which forms a record of the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society, held at Warwick in 1994.; The refereed contributions cover the full spectrum of current experience and practice in ergonomics, and its relevance to the workplace, industry, transport, the home and leisure pursuits. The keynote address is entitled "Function Allocation in Manufacturing" by Colin G. Drury of the State University of New York, USA.

This series provides a fast track for publication of suitable papers from international contributors. The papers are chosen on the basis of abstracts submitted to a selection pannel in the autumn prior to the conference. IN addition to mainstream ergonomists and human factor specialists, contemporary ergonomicswill appeal to all those who have an interest in peoples interaction with their working and leisure environment including: designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, organisational, applied and engineering psychologists.

This book is based on the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's 1992 Annual Conference Birmingham, England, 7-10 April 1992. It contains papers, covering environmental studies, musculoskeletal studies, working postures and anthropometry, safety, and military ergonomics.

The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people's interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated over the past 15 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series. Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's annual conference, the series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. Individual papers provide insight into current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source. The volumes provide a fast track for the publication of suitable papers from international contributors. These are chosen on the basis of abstracts submitted to a selection panel in the autumn prior to the Ergonomics Society's annual conference held in the spring.

The broad and developing scope of ergonomics, the application of scientific knowledge to improve people's interaction with products, systems and environments, has been illustrated over the past fifteen years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series. Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's Annual Conference, the series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. Chapters provide an insight into the current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source. Contemporary Ergonomics will appeal to all those who have an interest in people's interactions with their working and leisure environment, including designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, occupational, applied and industrial psychologists, and applied physiologists.