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ARE019 Systems Ergonomics and Work Environment Planning 4.5 ECTS credits | |
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TIMEPERIOD: LANGUAGE:English EXAMINER R Feeney, Loughborough Univ. UK Utl prof PREREQUISITES Posses a bachelor´s degree in science or 120 university points in the field of science or equivalent and have profiency in English. COURSE AIM To give a knowledge on the working environment as a total system including man, to make the student familiar with the planning processes which are used to develop and design such systems and to give knowledge on methods to describe and analyse human work as a basic pre-requisite of system design. CONTENTS The concept of systems ergonomics; Industrial and othe production systems; The role of humans in systems; Man-machine-(computer)-organisation interaction: Methods of system evaluation; Socio-technical systems; The process of change; Theory of planning; Methods of industrial and environmental planning. TEACHING The teaching will be mainly in the form of lectures and compulsory seminars. EXAMINATION Written trests and mini project presentation. COURSE GRADE SCALE: ITEMS/CREDITS | |
| Mini-project | 1.50ECTS |
| Written exam | 3.00ECTS |
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COURSE LITERATURE * Course text book *1. Bailey, R. W., 1982. Human Performance Engineering: A Guide for System Designers, London, Prentice-Hall 2. Buchanan D.A. & Huczyinski A.A., 1985. Organisational Behaviour. (London: Prentice Hall) 3. Ruth, W., 1991. Methods of Systems Design and Work Environment Planning. Luleå University 4. Wilson J. R., and Corlett E.N., 1990. Evaluation of Human Work. Taylor and Francis |
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