Adding a strategic edge to human factors/ergonomics: Principles for the management of uncertainty as cornerstones for system design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Grote, Gudela ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

System design; Technology organization interaction; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS SECTOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS; MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY; RAILWAY COMPANY; SYSTEM DESIGNERS; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION INTERACTION; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTOR; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; RAILWAY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

SYSTEM DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION INTERACTION; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; RAILROADS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84885187877     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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