Participatory ergonomics

Wilson, John R.; Haines, Helen; Morris, Wendy

doi:10.1201/9781420055948.ch36

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“…The evaluation can be regarded as a part of the design process, letting the users participate and affect the design of the new system of ergonomic guidelines. Besides suitable solutions, the participatory approach resulted in positive attitudes towards the interactive multimedia system, which corresponds to findings about participatory ergonomics (Wilson and Haines, 1997). The other explanation could be that the design itself of the interactive multimedia system encouraged users to explore the guidelines by interactive colorful drawings with hyperlinks and animations providing instant feedback, compared to the conventional system's more monotonous approach.…”

Section: Attitudes Towards the Two Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Wilson and Haines (1997) define participation in the context of ergonomics management programs at work as, ''The involvement of people in planning and controlling a significant amount of their own work activities, with sufficient knowledge and power to influence both processes and outcomes in order to achieve desirable goals.'' Thus, different visual presentation techniques are recommended depending on the type of information and users of that information.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Visualization of ergonomic guidelines — A comparison of two computer aided systems to support vehicle design

Blomé

Johansson

Odenrick

2006

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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Guidelines are used in information and quality management systems to ensure high quality by supporting design, production and communication processes. These guidelines can be presented as a conventional system on an intranet suitable for printouts, visualized as a traditional text-based report with a list of headings accompanied by tables and pictures or presented as paper documents in manuals or binders. Such approaches do not always correspond to some companys' requirements for usability. However, multimedia techniques can be used to visualize and let users interact with the information through hyperlinked text, pictures, and animations. The aim of this study was to design a computer aided system of ergonomic guidelines visualized by means of interactive multimedia technology based on cognitive theories and practical examples. Furthermore, the efficiency in and attitudes towards using the interactive multimedia system were evaluated and compared with a conventional system which visualized ergonomic guidelines in the form of a traditional report on scrollable web pages. The interactive multimedia system was the result of a participatory design process with experts and potential users in collaboration with Saab Automobile. The system was, in general, faster to use with lower dispersion in performance speed and number of incorrect answers compared to the conventional system. No statistically significant differences were found between males and females or between the five groups of potential users. In addition, the interactive multimedia system was experienced as more enjoyable to use, which is likely to promote interest and learning about ergonomic issues. Relevance to industryThe results from this study can be used to design and improve visualization of ergonomic guidelines on an intranet, increase efficiency, and engender a positive attitude towards using ergonomic information. r

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Section: Attitudes Towards the Two Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualization of ergonomic guidelines — A comparison of two computer aided systems to support vehicle design

Blomé

Johansson

Odenrick

2006

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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“…One way of preventing the ergonomics problems already during the design process is to include the future workers in participatory ergonomics (PE) (Wilson et al, 2005). PE has been defined as "the involvement of people in planning and controlling a significant amount of their own work activities, with sufficient knowledge and power to influence both processes and outcomes in order to achieve desirable goals" (Wilson, 1995).…”

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Participatory ergonomics simulation of hospital work systems: The influence of simulation media on simulation outcome

Andersen

Broberg

2015

Applied Ergonomics

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Current application of work system simulation in participatory ergonomics (PE) design includes a variety of different simulation media. However, the actual influence of the media attributes on the simulation outcome has received less attention. This study investigates two simulation media: full-scale mock-ups and table-top models. The aim is to compare, how the media attributes of fidelity and affordance influence the ergonomics identification and evaluation in PE design of hospital work systems. The results illustrate, how the full-scale mock-ups' high fidelity of room layout and affordance of tool operation supports ergonomics identification and evaluation related to the work system entities space and technologies & tools. The table-top models' high fidelity of function relations and affordance of a helicopter view supports ergonomics identification and evaluation related to the entity organization. Furthermore, the study addresses the form of the identified and evaluated conditions, being ether identified challenges or tangible design criteria.

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“…Central to Macroergonomics is the expectation that analysis and design of work system will be participatory in nature [18,19]. The use of participatory ergonomics interventions methods in the workplace by firms in both Industrialized Countries (ICs) and Industrial Developing Countries (IDCs) have found increasing applications [6,[20][21][22][23][24][25]. For this reason, participatory ergonomics can be regarded as a philosophy, an approach or strategy, a program, or a set of techniques and tools [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The use of participatory ergonomics interventions methods in the workplace by firms in both Industrialized Countries (ICs) and Industrial Developing Countries (IDCs) have found increasing applications [6,[20][21][22][23][24][25]. For this reason, participatory ergonomics can be regarded as a philosophy, an approach or strategy, a program, or a set of techniques and tools [24]. Wilson and Haines define participatory ergonomics as the involvement of people in planning and controlling a significant amount of their own work activities, with sufficient knowledge and power to influence both process and outcomes to achieve desirable goals [24,26].…”

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confidence: 99%

Implementing "Job Enrichment" with using Ergonomic Checkpoints in an 'Appreciative Way' at a Manufacturing Company in an Industrially Developing Country and its Meta-reflection

Dastranj¹,

Helali²

2016

J Ergonomics

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The aim of this study was to create ergonomics and human factors awareness and wakefulness in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company with emphasis on understanding the importance of improving safety, health, and work condition. The study sought to develop and implement one kind of "Job enrichment" with the purpose of improving employees' competence and also to motivate participation at the workplaces in an 'appreciative way'. The survey approach was used. Data was collected from 60 selected individuals from different organizational levels using the participatory ergonomics process that entailed the use of an actionchecklist and ergonomic checkpoints, as well as the review of organizational documents. Eighty seven percent of these study participants were male while the remaining 13% were female. The participants had an average age of 38 years with the standard deviation of 9.74. They had 11.81 years of service in average with the standard deviation of 9.76. In the data collection procedure, technical sessions, based on action learning, which lasted for 30, 25 h, or 1657 man h, was also held for the participants. In the data collection, the participants were made to study the action-checklist before and after completing the ergonomic checkpoints. This resulted in a 0.3 percent improvement in the technical capabilities of the participants and improved their social skills and their interest in participation in the company during this study. Based on the analysis of participants' feedbacks on the implementation of different work evaluation approaches and their reflection from learning, key findings were made through intentional learning, based on a systemic pre-intervention ergonomics work process on how the participants could be empowered in technical and social skills.

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Participatory ergonomics

Cited by 30 publications

References 52 publications

Visualization of ergonomic guidelines — A comparison of two computer aided systems to support vehicle design

Visualization of ergonomic guidelines — A comparison of two computer aided systems to support vehicle design

Participatory ergonomics simulation of hospital work systems: The influence of simulation media on simulation outcome

Implementing "Job Enrichment" with using Ergonomic Checkpoints in an 'Appreciative Way' at a Manufacturing Company in an Industrially Developing Country and its Meta-reflection

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