A review and exploration of sociotechnical ergonomics

Abstract

A holistic review of ergonomic history shows that science remains important for general occupational health and safety (OSH), the broad society, culture, politics and the design of everyday things. Science provides an unconventional and multifaceted viewpoint exploring ergonomics from a social, corporate and OSH perspective. Ergonomic solutions from this mindset may redefine the science, and it will change with companies that change within this socially hyper-connected world. Authentic corporate social responsibility will counter 'misleadership' by not approaching ergonomics with an afterthought. The review concludes that ergonomics will be stronger with social respect and ergonomic thinking based on the optimisation of anthropometric data, digital human models, computer-aided tools, self-empowerment, job enrichment, work enlargement, physiology, industrial psychology, cybernetic ergonomics, operations design, ergonomic-friendly process technologies, ergonomic empowerment, behaviour-based safety, outcome-based employee wellness and fatigue risk management solutions, to mention a few.

Ergonomic design of display systems in control rooms of complex systems in Serbia

“…The importance of applying ergonomic rules in the workplace is emphasized in a number of studies. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Very important aspects of that analysis are the control room organization, presentation of obtained information, and analysis of the operator's activities. 7,8 During the development of control rooms, human factors are considered and work analysis is applied during the development of different display elements.…”

“…The importance of applying ergonomic rules in the workplace is emphasized in a number of studies 1‐6 . Very important aspects of that analysis are the control room organization, presentation of obtained information, and analysis of the operator's activities 7,8 .…”