Ergonomics in organizational design and management

The historical development of ergonomics in organizational design and management is reviewed. Basic concepts of organizational design and of sociotechnical systems are discussed. The emergence of an organizational-machine interface technology and related concepts of macroergonomics are presented, including sociotechnical system considerations in organizational and work systems design. Macroergonomics methods and applications are summarized.

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