Industrial engineering and ergonomics : visions, concepts, methods and tools ; Festschrift in Honor of Professor Holger Luczak

Human work is one of the main forces driving the development of our society, economy and quality of life. Statistics from the International Labour Organization indicate that there are currently 1.1 billion "economically active individuals" on five continents who on average spend more than half of their waking hours at work. This number entails an enormous potential impact for concepts, methods and tools of industrial engineering and ergonomics in the design of human work. This book focuses on the analysis, design and evaluation of complex work systems and work processes in engineering design, manufacturing and service. Its 46 scientific articles, contributed by internationally recognized researchers from 12 countries, provide unique insights into the latest developments and trends in these areas. The book is clearly organized and distinguishes seven levels of abstraction that emerge when human work is studied using different analytical approaches and different time scales. Front Matter....Pages i-l Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Innovation Through New Technologies....Pages 3-11 Production Technology in High-Wage Countries – From Ideas of Today to Products of Tomorrow....Pages 13-30 Innovation Champions – Or How to Achieve (Global) Competitiveness!....Pages 31-42 The Convergence Theory and the Good ICT Society – Trends and Visions....Pages 43-55 Community Ergonomics and Globalization: A Conceptual Model of Social Awareness....Pages 57-66 “Car Mechatronic”– An Open Approach for Designing a New European Core Occupational Profile....Pages 67-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Performance Measurement from a Macroergonomics Perspective....Pages 91-103 Technology Management....Pages 105-115 Success with Customer Inspiring Products – Monitoring, Assessment and Design of Perceived Product Quality....Pages 117-129 Pattern Languages to Create a Holistic Methodology for Product Development and to Derive Enterprise-Specific Engineering Guidelines....Pages 131-141 Reference Models – A Basis for Designing Efficient Technical Services....Pages 143-150 Service Modelling and Engineering in the Telematics Industry – The View from the Perspective of a Toll Service Provider....Pages 151-163 MedicoErgonomics – A Human Factors Engineering Approach for the Healthcare Sector....Pages 165-176 The Impact of Ergonomics....Pages 177-195 Effect Chains – A Method for Analysing Qualitative Effects in Occupational Health and Safety at Work....Pages 197-209 Multi-Perspective IT Evaluation Tool for Shift Schedules....Pages 211-219 Organizational Change and Occupational Health – Towards a Resource-Based Change Management....Pages 221-232 Designing Organizational Oblivion....Pages 233-242 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Goal Setting: Basic Findings and New Developments at the Team Level....Pages 245-254 Simulation of Collaborative Product Development Processes Using Agent-Based Modeling....Pages 255-264 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Integrated Modeling of Work Processes and Decisions in Chemical Engineering Design....Pages 265-279 Serious Gaming: The Impact of Pervasive Gaming in Business and Engineering....Pages 281-292 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Use of Design Equations for Analyzing User Requirements in Process Control....Pages 295-309 Action Regulation Theory: Are the Characteristics of Well Designed Tasks Valid for Interactive Jobs as Well? – The Concept of Two-dimensional Task Identity in Interactive Work....Pages 311-319 Evaluation of the Quality of Job Design with the Action-Oriented Software Tool REBA – Recent Developments and Applications....Pages 321-333 How Can Creativity Be Promoted Within the Framework of Vocational Training and Further Education?....Pages 335-344 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Complexity in Ergonomics....Pages 347-361 Principles, Methods and Examples of Ergonomics Research and Work Design....Pages 363-381 Modular Concepts for Integrating Ergonomics into Production Processes....Pages 383-394 Methods for Measuring Mental Stress and Strain....Pages 395-411 Ergonomics and Human Factors: Methodological Considerations About Evidence Based Design of Work Systems....Pages 413-425 Comparison of Ergonomic Risk Assessment Methodology with an Example of a Repetitive Sawmill Board Edger Occupation....Pages 427-440 Work Science and Aviation Safety....Pages 441-454 Development of Theory and Practice in Ergonomics....Pages 455-468 Accessibility in Information Technology....Pages 469-480 Ergonomics and Design....Pages 481-497 Design of Visual and Auditory Human-Machine Interfaces with User Participation and Knowledge Support....Pages 499-509 Human-Computer Interaction in Aerial Surveillance Tasks....Pages 511-521 Implicit Interaction in Multimodal Human-Machine Systems....Pages 523-536 Front Matter....Pages 537-537 Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Vision System for Self-Optimizing Assembly Cells....Pages 539-560 Front Matter....Pages 537-537 Visual Ergonomic Issues of LCD Displays – An Insight into Working Conditions and User Characteristics....Pages 561-573 Forty Years of Research on System Response Times – What Did We Learn from It?....Pages 575-593 Productivity Improvement with Snap-Fit Systems....Pages 595-608 Developing Seating Designs that Support Traditional Japanese Sitting Postures....Pages 609-620 Finger Fatigue: Blockings and Approximate Kinematic Invariances....Pages 621-629 Front Matter....Pages 631-631 Neurobehavioral Tests as Evaluation of Neurotoxically Induced Impairments of Health....Pages 633-642 Back Matter....Pages 1-66 The 60th birthday of Prof. Luczak is the reason for this book. He will be honoured for his research work during the "GfA-confernece" in March 2009. This book is the correspondig "Festschrift" for him.