Human Factors And Ergonomics For The Gulf Cooperation Council

Author : Shatha N. Samman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429892301

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Human Factors and Ergonomics for the Gulf Cooperation Council by Shatha N. Samman Pdf

Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) is introduced to students, academics, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). A holistic approach is taken to emphasize the breadth and depth of HFE by providing both theory and applications in the field. Providing HFE perspectives from expert academics from multidisciplinary and culturally diverse backgrounds, it contains case studies written by industry professionals highlighting their work from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Features The first HFE book for the GCC region with case studies showcasing the economics of ergonomics Presents easy to read chapters covering principles, methodologies, applications, future trends, and key terms Encompasses both the theory and application of HFE fields discussing processes, technologies, and practices Written for readers with no prior background of HFE

Author : Waldemar Karwowski,Anna Szopa,Marcelo M. Soares
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466594531

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Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics by Waldemar Karwowski,Anna Szopa,Marcelo M. Soares Pdf

With an updated edition including new material in additional chapters, this one-of-a-kind handbook covers not only current standardization efforts, but also anthropometry and optimal working postures, ergonomic human computer interactions, legal protection, occupational health and safety, and military human factor principles. While delineating the crucial role that standards and guidelines play in facilitating the design of advantageous working conditions to enhance individual performance, the handbook suggests ways to expand opportunities for global economic and ergonomic development. This book features: Guidance on the design of work systems including tasks, equipment, and workspaces as well as the work environment in relation to human capacities and limitations Emphasis on important human factors and ergonomic standards that can be utilized to improve product and process to ensure efficiency and safety A focus on quality control to ensure that standards are met throughout the worldwide market

Author : Veland Ramadani,Wassim J. Aloulou,Mohammad Zainal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031172625

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Family Business in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries by Veland Ramadani,Wassim J. Aloulou,Mohammad Zainal Pdf

This volume represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of family business and entrepreneurship issues in countries belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council. It provides major theoretical and empirical evidence which depicts the current processes in each GCC country including problems, faced by family business owners and entrepreneurs, such as succession, financial constraints, and conflicts. The chapters offer recommendations to policy makers on how to improve the general business environment and encourage potential investors, researchers, academicians, and professionals to be more involved in the region. The book is an outcome of a long-lasting endeavor and includes contributions from highly reputed authors and experts from the region and abroad.

Author : Waldemar Karwowski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482289671

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Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Ergonomics and Human Factors by Waldemar Karwowski Pdf

A comprehensive review of international and national standards and guidelines, this handbook consists of 32 chapters divided into nine sections that cover standardization efforts, anthropometry and working postures, designing manual material, human-computer interaction, occupational health and safety, legal protection, military human factor standar

Author : Sameh El-Saharty,Igor Kheyfets,Christopher Herbst,Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464815829

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Fostering Human Capital in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries by Sameh El-Saharty,Igor Kheyfets,Christopher Herbst,Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad Pdf

The formation of human capital--the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lifetimes--is critical for the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Human capital contributes not only to human development and employment but also to the long-term sustainability of a diversified economic growth model that is knowledge based and private sector driven. This approach is critical, given that income from oil and gas will eventually decline and that the nature of work is evolving in response to rapid technological changes, in turn demanding new skill sets. The GCC governments have demonstrated their strong political will for this shift: four of them are among the first countries to join the World Bank’s Human Capital Project—a global effort to improve investments in people as measured by the Human Capital Index. The GCC countries face four main challenges: • Low levels of basic proficiency among schoolchildren • A mismatch between education and the labor market • A relatively high rate of adult mortality and morbidity • A unique labor market , in which wages in the public sector are more generous than in the private sector and government employment of nationals is virtually guaranteed To address these challenges, this report outlines four strategies in a“whole-of-government†? approach: • Investing in high-quality early childhood development • Preparing healthier, better educated, and skilled youth for the future • Enabling greater adult labor force participation • Creating an enabling environment for human capital formation These strategies are based on best practices in other countries and feature some of the GCC countries’ plans, including their national “Visions,†? to take their economies and societies further into the twenty-first century. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the GCC countries face additional challenges that may worsen some preexisting vulnerabilities and erode human capital. In response, the GCC governments have taken multiple measures to protect their populations’ health and their economies. Any country’s decision to reopen its economy needs to closely consider public health consequences to avoid a resurgence of infections and any further erosion of its human capital. The COVID-19 crisis underscores that the need to accelerate and improve investment in human capital has never been greater. Once the GCC countries return to a “new normal,†? they will be in a position to achieve diversified and sustainable growth by adopting, and then tailoring, the strategies presented in this report.

Author : Waldemar Karwowski,Tareq Ahram
Publisher : Springer
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319738888

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Intelligent Human Systems Integration by Waldemar Karwowski,Tareq Ahram Pdf

This book reports on research on innovative human systems integration and human-machine interaction, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and automation, as well as computational modeling and simulation. It covers a wide range of applications in the area of design, construction and operation of products, systems and services, including lifecycle development and human-technology interaction. The book describes advanced methodologies and tools for evaluating and improving interface usability, new models, as well as case studies and best practices in virtual, augmented and mixed reality systems, with a special focus on dynamic environments. It also discusses different factors concerning the human, hardware, and artificial intelligence software. Based on the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2018), held on January 7-9, 2018, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the book also examines the forces that are currently shaping the nature of computing and cognitive systems, such as the need for decreasing hardware costs; the importance of infusing intelligence and automation, and the related trend toward hardware miniaturization and power reduction; the necessity for a better assimilation of computation in the environment; and the social concerns regarding access to computers and systems for people with special needs. It offers a timely survey and a practice-oriented reference guide to policy- and decision-makers, human factors engineers, systems developers and users alike.

Author : P. Vink,E.A.P. Koningsveld,S. Dhondt
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080434398

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Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-VI by P. Vink,E.A.P. Koningsveld,S. Dhondt Pdf

This book contains a series of papers that were presented during the Sixth IEA International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management (ODAM '98). The Symposium was sponsored jointly by the International Ergonomics Society, the Dutch Ergonomics Society, NIA TNO and The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. These experiences include new ideas, research results, tools, and applications of human-organization interface technology to improving work systems. New technology, changing work force demographics, changing attitudes and values about work and what constitutes real quality of work life, have heightened the need for a true systems approach to optimizing the interfaces between humans, technology and organizational structures and processes. Growing world competition, and the related need to make organizations more productive and efficient, have further intensified this need to improve work systems. This need is reflected in the rapid development of macroergonomics methods and applications since the first of these ODAM Symposia in 1984. What then was recognized by only a few researchers and practitioners has now become a widely accepted part of the human factors/ergonomics discipline. As demonstrated by the papers contained herein, application of macroergonomics is having a very real positive impact on sociotechnical systems internationally. Included in this volume are a broad selection of papers on theory, methodology, tools, research findings, and case studies from leading professionals throughout the world. This volume thus provides the reader with some of the latest developments in human-organization interface technology. Collectively, these papers should provide the reader with a good conceptual understanding of the ergonomic approach to work system design, and of its tremendous potential for improving work systems and the human condition in all cultures.

Author : Neville Stanton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030205034

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Advances in Human Factors of Transportation by Neville Stanton Pdf

This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. Further, it covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to next-generation transportation systems, model-based design methods, simulation and training techniques, and many more. A special emphasis is placed on smart technologies and automation in transport, and on the user-centered, ergonomic and sustainable design of transport systems. The book, which is based on the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, held on July 24-28, 2019, in Washington D.C., USA, mainly addresses the needs of transportation system designers, industrial designers, human–computer interaction researchers, civil and control engineers, as well as vehicle system engineers. Moreover, it represents a timely source of information for transportation policy-makers and social scientists whose work involves traffic safety, management, and sustainability issues in transport.

Author : The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Publisher : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789948142485

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Human Resources and Development in the Arabian Gulf by The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research Pdf

The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have achieved substantial development progress in recent decades, as is evidenced by their high rankings within the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index (HDI). Despite these achievements, however, the process of development in the GCC states still faces numerous challenges, the most significant of which relate to national human resources. Indeed, it is fair to say that the success of ongoing development efforts in the GCC states will largely be decided by how they manage, employ and develop their human capital. This book comprises a valuable collection of the papers presented at the ECSSR 14th Annual Conference, “Human Resources and Development in the Arabian Gulf,” held in Abu Dhabi on February 2–4, 2009. The papers contained herein represent a contemporary examination of: the different development strategies available to the GCC states; the challenges facing human resource development in the GCC countries; the problems facing GCC labor markets; opportunities and potential for investment in human capital; the many obstacles to sustainable development in the Gulf; and other relevant topics.

Author : Steven Shorrock,Claire Williams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317120346

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice by Steven Shorrock,Claire Williams Pdf

This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts. The book blends literature on the nature of practice with diverse and eclectic reflections from experience in a range of contexts, from healthcare to agriculture. It explores what helps and what hinders the achievement of the core goals of HF/E: improved system performance and human wellbeing. The book should be of interest to current HF/E practitioners, future HF/E practitioners, allied practitioners, HF/E advocates and ambassadors, researchers, policy makers and regulators, and clients of HF/E services and products.

Author : Edmund T. Klemmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Computer software
ISBN : UOM:39015016935242

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Ergonomics by Edmund T. Klemmer Pdf

Author : Committee on Human Factors
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015031836003

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Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research by Committee on Human Factors Pdf

A report identifying 11 potential areas of research in human factors, in the three areas of national and global problems, technology issues, and human performance. After a summary of the findings of the Committee on Human Factors, papers discuss the need for research on human factors in training and education; health care; environmental change; communication technology; emerging technologies in work design; cognitive performance under stress; and aiding intellectual work. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9948142500

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Human Resources and Development in the Arabian Gulf by Anonim Pdf

The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have in recent decades experienced substantial and rapid development progress, as evidence by their high rankings in the United Nation's Development Programme's Human Development Index (HDI). But despite these achievements, the process of development in the GCC still faces numerous challenges, the most significant of which relate to national human resources. This volume therefore offers an extensive examination of the different development strategies available to the GCC states in the face of the challenges of human resource development, the problems facing GCC labour markets, the opportunities and potential for investment in human capital and the many obstacles to sustainable development in the Gulf. This book will be an essential resource for those involved in the most important issues and debates for the future of human resources and development in the Gulf, the Middle East and wider developing world. -- Product Description.

Author : Human Factors Society
Publisher : North Holland
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Human engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038172941

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Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-II by Human Factors Society Pdf

Concentrating on a macroergonomic systems approach to the design of organizational and managerial systems, this book also considers organizational design elements and managerial processes in the application of human factors/ergonomics to the design of specific subsystems, jobs and workstations. Included here is a selection of papers on theory, methodology, research findings, reviews and case studies from leading professionals throughout the world. The symposium was sponsored by the International Ergonomics Association and the Human Factors/Ergonomics Associations of the U.S.A., Canada and Japan.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1532 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : International agencies
ISBN : UIUC:30112106449652

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Yearbook of International Organizations by Anonim Pdf