The Work Compatibility Improvement Framework: Theory and application of improvement action and intervention strategies

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 524-559

  Genaidy, Ash M ^a,b   Rinder, Magda M ^b   Sequeira, Reynold ^a   A Rehim, Amal D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WorldTek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Business sustainability; Human performance; Incremental and discontinuous improvement; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHASE INTERFACES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT MODELS; BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; DESIGN CONCEPT; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; GENERAL MANAGER; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; IMPROVEMENT PLANS; INCREMENTAL AND DISCONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; INTERVENTION; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; MULTIPLE STRATEGY; PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; WORK COMPATIBILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK TASK;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERGONOMICS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MANAGER; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MATERIALS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OHIO; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 68349158697     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802395638     Document Type: Article

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