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Acting within the boundaries of work systems development

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
142 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
1090-8471

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Abstract

This article proposes a model for analyzing and acting on the relationship between design and ergonomics. In applying their knowledge and methods in design processes, ergonomists encounter constraints that frame, orient, and limit their professional practices. It is argued that these constraints stem from the organizational boundaries of the design process. One of the challenges of ergonomics is to act on these boundaries to define constraints that contribute to or facilitate the promotion of workers' health and productive efficiency. This analytical model is applied to work systems development. Three types of organizational boundary (namely, “goal‐oriented boundaries,” “time boundaries,” and “collective boundaries”) and their constraints are identified, and proposals to act on those boundaries are discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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