Human Performance Laboratory Improvement for Enhanced Pro- ductivity Management Instruction

本项目旨在提高本科工业工程师在生产力有效管理方面的教育水平。生产力管理包括经典的工业工程（IE）活动，包括工作测量、运动研究、方法改进和工作简化，以及对人为因素的考虑。与大多数技术领域一样，这些IE基础实践的改进可以通过所使用设备的技术进步来实现。用纸、铅笔和秒表武装IE已经不够了。这个项目为IE学生提供了一个机会，让他们有机会获得一系列当今复杂工具的经验，包括自动数据收集和分析系统、计算机接口和录像带技术。这些工具提高了IE自身的生产力。这种经验与生产力管理的基本理论相结合，更好地为学生在工作场所有效地管理生产力做好准备。该奖金将由首席研究员所在机构提供等额的奖金。

This project seeks to improve the education of undergraduate industrial engineers in the effective management of productivity. Productivity management encompasses the classical industrial engineering (IE) activities of work measurement, motion study, methods improvement and work simplification, coupled with the consideration of human factors. As with most technical fields, improvement in the practice of these IE basics can result from technological advances in the equipment used. No longer is it sufficient to arm an IE with paper, pencil, and a stopwatch. This project offers the IE student an opportunity to gain experience with an array of today's sophisticated tools, including automated data collection and analysis systems, computer interfaces, and videotape technology. These tools enhance the IE's own productivity. This experience combined with the underlying theory of productivity management better prepares the student to effectively manage productivity in the workplace. The award is being matched by an equal amount from the principal investigator's institution.