Work Design In Practice

Part 1 Ergonomics practice in industry: experience from ergonomics planning of industrial plants, J.A.E.Eklund; how can the ergonomist address problems identified in the workplace, C.Haslegrave; load-related muscula-skeletal illness - is ergonomic workplace design a sufficient remedy?, A.Aaras. Part 2 Physical and mental components of work: powered screwdrivers, psychophsical studies, and control of cumulative trauma disorders of the upper limb, T.J.Armstrong et al; influence of cordless rechargeable screwdrivers on upper extremity work load in electrical installation work, T.Cederqvist et al; arm suspension balancers in different VDU work conditions, M.A.Tuvesson et al; evaluating and choosing pneumatic screwdrivers and nut runners, M.Vuori et al; evaluation of hand intensive tasks using biomechanical internal load factors, R.Wells et al; the difference in processing of psychomotor and mental tasks, I.Manenica, et al; health endangerment factors at workplaces, R.Plette and G.Kainai. Part 3 Evaluating the workplace: ergonomic CAD systems in work design - an investigation of requirements and limitations in practical application, R.Ortengren et al; limitations in the application of materials handling guidelines, I.P.M.Randle et al; computer aided ergonomic design - current status, A.Kuusisto; job evaluation procedures to identify ergonomic stress, W.M.Keysering and T.J.Armstrong; development of ergoCAD/CAA, L.Weide; ergonomic design of workplaces with the two-dimensional Micro-CAD system, M.Launis and J.Lenteld; applications of the SAMMIE CAD system in workplace design, K.Case et al. Part 4 Case studies - ergonomic improvements through workplace design: redesign of bridge layout and equipment for fishing vessels, J.Stoop; effects of changes in delivery of dairy products on physical strain of truck drivers, C-H Nygarc and J.Ilmarinen; survey of the ergonomic situation in the Hungarian mining industry, I. Bereczki; application of ergonomic principles to press shop operations in light engineering industry, H.V.Bhasin et al; ergonomic guidelines for adjustment and redesign of sewing machine workplaces, N.J.Delleman and J.Dui; precision manual assembly jobs - biomechanical considerations in workplace design, K.P.Kothiyal et al. Part 5 Work organisation and job design: job design in practice - what the literature shows, E.D.Megaw; job redesign on the assembly line - some effects on job satisfaction and work behaviour, J.Saric et al; stress and health in self-paced repetitive work, M.Rahman; the ergonomic improvements have two sides - the good one and the bad one, M.Skof. Part 6 Participative approaches to work design: taking future activity into account at the design stage - participative design in the printing industry, F.Daniellou (part contents)