Human Factors in Office Automation


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Humanizing Office Automation


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Study of people's ability to adjust to technological change; provides guidelines for the design of user-friendly office systems. Examines visual, postural, psychosocial, & health concerns related to automation.




Human Aspects in Office Automation


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Collection of studies on mental stress among office workers, caused by office automation, in the USA - covers occupational health in relation to the work environment, work organization factors, ergonomics, physiological and psychological aspects of office work, work attitudes and behaviour, and strategies for coping with stress; deals, in particular, with work on visual display units, sexual harassment, and the woman worker. Graphs, illustrations, photographs and references.







Office Automation


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Human Factors in Office Automation


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Study of quality of working life issues of office automation - explores the interaction of job design, human relations and work environment, and their role in determining job satisfaction and efficiency of office workers; suggests systems design guidelines based on findings from ergonomics research. Bibliography and illustrations.







Managing Organizational Change (RLE: Organizations)


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The United States Internal Revenue Service introduced a multi-million dollar program to automate its operations in the early 1980s. This book describes a multidisciplinary study of the experiences of several thousand users in this program, based primarily on questionnaires, observation and interviews. The case study gives valuable guidance to managers and their consultants involved in planning introduction of new office technology, as well as providing more academic insights into aspects of human behaviour under changing working conditions.







Humanizing Office Automation


Book Description

Study of people's ability to adjust to technological change; provides guidelines for the design of user-friendly office systems. Examines visual, postural, psychosocial, & health concerns related to automation.