Ergonomic criteria in large-scale engineering design - I: Management by documentation only? Formal organization vs. designers' perceptions

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-205

  Wulff, Ingrid Anette ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^a   Rasmussen, Bente ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Ergonomic criteria; Human factors management

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; ERGONOMICS CRITERIA; HUMAN FACTORS MANAGEMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033151795     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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