1. Job Design (298): t he act of specifying the contents and methods of jobs. Focus on what, who, how, and where the job is done. 2. Ergonomics ( 298): incorporation of human factors in the design of ...

While the value of HF/SE in improving patient safety has been demonstrated, the field remains significantly underused and not well understood. 9 In this article we describe HF/SE, its different facets ...

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Few schools of thought have had more impact on how I run a business than dynamic work design. The concept was pioneered by friends of mine at MIT, Donald Kieffer and Nelson Repenning. The two spent ...

Sometimes we lose sight of a simple truth about systems: They are made up of people. Despite all of the frameworks and tools at our disposal and all of our learning as a field of practice, purely ...

Carlo Caponecchia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Optical design has been a topic of considerable importance in advancing how humans explore the unknown world. In the past, optical design was tedious ‘manual’ work. Now, with the rapid development in ...