Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research

This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades. It is forward-looking, problem oriented, and selectively focused on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and disabilities, health care, and environmental change; technology issues, including communications technology and telenetworking, information access and usability, emerging technologies, automation, and flexible manufacturing, and advanced transportation systems; and human performance, including cognitive performance under stress and aiding intellectual work.

Summary

Identifies areas that represent various opportunities for human factors research. This book focuses on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and disabilities, health care, and environmental change.

Product details

• Authors: National Research Council, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Committee on Human Factors, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
• Assisted by: Raymond S. Nickerson (Editor), Raymond S Nickerson (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.10.1995
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks
• EAN: 9780309052764
• ISBN: 978-0-309-05276-4
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions (packing): 15.4 x 23 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 549 g
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Mental Health; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture; Business / Economics / Finance