Ergonomics contributions to company strategies
Ergonomics contributions to company strategies
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apergo.2008.07.001
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发表时间：
2009-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Neumann, W. Patrick
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作者：
Dul, Jan;Neumann, W. Patrick
管理者通常将人体工程学与职业健康和安全以及相关立法联系起来，而不是与业务绩效联系起来。在许多公司中，这些决策者似乎并没有积极主动地出于改善健康和安全的原因而应用人体工程学。为了加强人体工程学和人体工程学专家在商业和管理领域的地位，我们讨论人体工程学可以做出贡献的公司战略和业务目标。提出概念模型并举例说明： (I) 目前，人体工程学并未成为组织中确保业务绩效的定期规划和控制周期的一部分； (2) 人体工程学成为战略制定和实施的一个组成部分的理想情况。为了实现理想的情况，人体工程学研究、教育和实践界必须发生相当大的变化，从健康人体工程学范式转向商业人体工程学范式，同时不失去健康和安全目标。 (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Managers usually associate ergonomics with Occupational health and safety and related legislation, not with business performance. In many companies, these decision makers seem not to be positively motivated to apply ergonomics for reasons of improving health and safety. In order to strengthen the position of ergonomics and ergonomists in the business and management world, we discuss company strategies and business goals to which ergonomics could contribute. Conceptual models are presented and examples are given to illustrate: ( I) the present situation in which ergonomics is not part of regular planning and control cycles in organizations to ensure business performance; and (2) the desired situation in which ergonomics is an integrated part of strategy formulation and implementation. in order to realize the desired situation, considerable changes must take place within the ergonomics research, education and practice community by moving from a health ergonomics paradigm to a business ergonomics paradigm, without losing the health and safety goals. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.