Tools and means of implementing participatory ergonomics

Kuorinka, Ilkka

doi:10.1016/s0169-8141(96)00035-2

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“…Defined in this way participatory ergonomics is more an umbrella term under which different approaches are found. Kuorinka (1997) describes 'participatory ergonomics' as 'practical ergonomics with necessary actors in problem solving', which is close the previous definition. Wilson (1995) puts it into another perspective: 'It is 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'.…”

Section: Participation In the Process Towards Better Comfort And Prodsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Others stress the consultation of end-users in a design process (e.g. Bronkhorst et al, 2005;Kuorinka, 1997). Simplified, we could state that one process is guided by the employees (they decide what will change) and the alternative approach is that the ergonomists or management leads the project and decides on the changes to be implemented.…”

Section: Participation In the Process Towards Better Comfort And Prodmentioning

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Positive outcomes of participatory ergonomics in terms of greater comfort and higher productivity

2006

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Ergonomics sometimes has a negative connotation as it is seen to be connected to illness or guidelines that limit innovations. This paper is focused on the positive aspects of ergonomics in improvement of the working environment. It consists of a part that studies the literature on success factors in the process towards higher productivity and greater comfort, the formulation of a model and a hypothesis, which is illustrated by four cases.The model distinguishes the success factors in 'goal', 'involvement' and 'process'. Goals: evidence is found in the literature that a positive approach has benefits in terms of shareholder value and productivity, and for comfort. Involvement: the literature shows that participation of end-users and management contributes to success. Process: in the process it is essential to have a good inventory of the problems, a structured approach, a steering group responsible for the guidance, and end-users involvement in testing of ideas and prototypes.It is hypothesized that the chance of success increases by empowerment (making the end-user responsible for deciding on the next step in the process) and positive experiences of end-users with the potential improvement (end-users feel or see the benefits). The four cases illustrate that the hypothesis can be used in evaluating cases.

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Section: Participation In the Process Towards Better Comfort And Prodsupporting

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Section: Participation In the Process Towards Better Comfort And Prodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive outcomes of participatory ergonomics in terms of greater comfort and higher productivity

2006

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“…[16,20,26] Participatory ergonomics has been defined as ''practical ergonomics with the participation of the necessary actors in problem solving''. [27] Participatory ergonomics empowers workers to design and change their own work, and consequently in decreasing risk factors at work. [28,29] The aim of the workplace intervention was to discuss obstacles at the workplace for work functioning and achieve consensus between patient and supervisor regarding feasible solutions for these obstacles.…”

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Effectiveness of an integrated care intervention on supervisor support and work functioning of workers with rheumatoid arthritis

Vilsteren¹,

Boot²,

Twisk³

et al. 2016

Disability and Rehabilitation

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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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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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Tools and means of implementing participatory ergonomics

Cited by 89 publications

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Positive outcomes of participatory ergonomics in terms of greater comfort and higher productivity

Positive outcomes of participatory ergonomics in terms of greater comfort and higher productivity

Effectiveness of an integrated care intervention on supervisor support and work functioning of workers with rheumatoid arthritis

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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