Ergonomics contributions to company strategies

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Dul, Jan ^a   Neumann, W Patrick ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Paradigm shift; System performance

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PLANNING AND CONTROL; STRATEGY FORMULATIONS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROL STRATEGY; ECONOMICS; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 64049100800     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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