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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820844003321

Titolo

Person-centred ergonomics : a Brantonian view of human factors / / edited by David J. Oborne ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, DC, : Taylor & Francis, c1993

ISBN

0-429-15336-8

1-4822-9520-2

1-280-06752-7

9786610067527

0-203-22123-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OborneDavid J

Disciplina

620.8/2

Soggetti

Human engineering

Human-machine systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; The Brantonian View; Person-centred ergonomics; Human values; Unselfconscious behaviour; Measuring behaviour; Summary; The Brantonian Contribution; Paul Branton as a philosopher; Thinking is very far from knowing; From person-centred ergonomics to person-centred ergonomic standards.; Significant Brantonian Publications; Behaviour, body mechanics and discomfort Ergonomics, 1969, 12, 316  327.

Train drivers' attentional states and the design of driving cabins Paper presented to 13th Congress, Union Internationale des Services Medicaux des Chemins de Fer, Ergonomics Section, Brussels, OctobErgonomic research contributions to design of the passenger environment  In Passenger Environment, Proceedings of a conference organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1972, 64  69.; On the process of abstraction. Unpublished paper. 1977.; Investigations into the skills of train driving Ergonomics, 1979, 22, 155  64.; The use of critique in meta-psychology Ratio. 1981.24. 1  11.

On being reasonable (Vernnftig sein)  In Vernunft, Ethik, Politik: Gustav Heckmann zum 85. Geburtstag. (Eds Horster, D. and Krohn, D.), 1983,



Hannover: SOAK Verlag.Process control operators as responsible persons  Invited paper to symposium on Human Reliability in the Process Control Centre. Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester. April, 1983.; Critique and explanation in psychology; or how to overcome philosophobia. Unpublished paper, 1983.

Transport operators as responsible persons in stressful situations  In Breakdown in human adaptation to stress: Towards a disciplinary approach. Vol I. (Ed Wegmann, H.M.), 1984, Boston: Martinus NijhoVDU Stress: Is 'Houston Man' addicted, bored or mystic?  (With P. Shipley). Paper presented to International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units, Stockholm. May, 1986.; In praise of ergonomics; a personal perspective International Reviews of Ergonomics, 1987, 1, 1  20.; An annotated bibliography of Brantonian publications; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the writings of the late, eminent ergonomist Paul Branton, this book explains the nature of the `person-centred' approach to ergonomics and human factors. It has become increasingly apparent that mechanistic, information-centred views of people in work is no longer tenable, and the emphasis has begun to shift towards considering the emotional, psychological and philosophical make-up of the individual in the work environment.The Brantonian approach to ergonomics argues that, far from being sources of error in a system, people at work bring a unique characteristic to that system which no