Cultural Factors in Systems Design
Decision Making and Action
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2011
344 pages
978-1-4398-4647-6 (ISBN)
Description
Cultural factors, in both the narrow sense of different national, racial, and ethnic groups, and in the broader sense of different groups of any type, play major roles in individual and group decisions. Written by an international, interdisciplinary group of experts, Cultural Factors in Systems Design: Decision Making and Action explores innovation
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Industrial engineers, system engineers, usability engineers, product engineers, manufacturing engineers, healthcare system engineers, human factors and ergonomics professionals, psychologists and organizational psychologsists, cognitive psychologists, and cognitive engineers.
Illustrations
40 s/w Abbildungen, 20 s/w Tabellen
40 b/w images, 20 tables and 8
File size
4,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-4647-6 (9781439846476)
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Robert W. Proctor | Shimon Y. Nof | Yuehwern Yih
Cultural Factors in Systems Design
Decision Making and Action
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10/2011
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Persons
Robert W. Proctor is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. Dr. Proctor has a courtesy appointment in the School of Industrial Engineering and is co-coordinator of the interdisciplinary Human Factors program. Dr. Proctor teaches courses in human factors in engineering, human information processing, attention, and perception and action. He is faculty advisor of the Purdue Student Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Dr. Proctor's research focuses on basic and applied aspects of human performance. He has published over 200 articles on human performance and is author of numerous books and book chapters. His books include Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems (1st and 2nd editions, co-authored with Trisha Van Zandt), Skill Acquisition and Human Performance (co-authored with Addie Dutta), and Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design (1st and 2nd editions, co-edited with Kim-Phuong L. Vu). Dr. Proctor is currently editor of the American Journal of Psychology. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science and an honorary fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Shimon Y. Nof is Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, and held visiting positions at MIT and at universities in Chile, EU, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, and Mexico. He is the Director of the NSF-industry supported PRISM Center (Production, Robotics and Integration Software for Manufacturing & Management), recent Chair of the IFAC Coordinating Committee "Manufacturing & Logistics Systems", recent President of IFPR (International Federation of Production Research), Fellow of the IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers), and inaugural member of Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. He is the author, co-author and editor of 10 books, including the Handbook of Industria
Shimon Y. Nof is Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, and held visiting positions at MIT and at universities in Chile, EU, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, and Mexico. He is the Director of the NSF-industry supported PRISM Center (Production, Robotics and Integration Software for Manufacturing & Management), recent Chair of the IFAC Coordinating Committee "Manufacturing & Logistics Systems", recent President of IFPR (International Federation of Production Research), Fellow of the IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers), and inaugural member of Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. He is the author, co-author and editor of 10 books, including the Handbook of Industria
Content
Introduction to Cultural Factors in Decision Making and Action. Managerial Decision Making. How Decision Making in Companies Has Changed with Technology and Global/Cultural Diversity. Cultural Factors, Technology and Operations in Developing Countries: Two Case Studies. Cross Cultural Decision Making- Impact of Values and Beliefs on Decision Choices. Cultures, Situations, & Behaviors: Understanding Why People Do Not Behave As You Expect. Contemporary Perspectives on Decision Making and Culture. A Review of Decision Field Theory and Its Implications for Cross Cultural Decision Making. Cultural Identification and Conflict Resolution. Why do People Think Culturally When Making Decisions? Theory and Evidence. Population Stereotypes in Decision and Action. Cross-Cultural Decision-Making and Collaboration. The Impact of Collaboration Support Systems on Decision Quality. Effects of Group Orientation and Communication Style on Making Decisions and Interacting with Robots. Decision Making in Healthcare. Personality and Health Care Decision-Making Style. Decision Making in Healthcare System Design. Design of Performance Evaluation and Management Systems for Territorial Healthcare Networks of Services. Decision Making in Energy Use, Development, and Conservation. Energy, Society, and Policy Decisions. Energy and Energy Use: Emerging Challenges and Solutions. Research in Cultural Aspects of Environmental Decision Making. Future Directions. Current Issues and Future Research Directions Concerning Cultural Factors in Decision Making and Action.
