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Author : Robert Tannenbaum,Newton Margulies,Fred Massarik
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4355632
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Human Factors,Committee on Human-System Design Support for Changing Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309134057
In April 1991 BusinessWeek ran a cover story entitled, "I Can't Work This ?#!!@ Thing," about the difficulties many people have with consumer products, such as cell phones and VCRs. More than 15 years later, the situation is much the same-but at a very different level of scale. The disconnect between people and technology has had society-wide consequences in the large-scale system accidents from major human error, such as those at Three Mile Island and in Chernobyl. To prevent both the individually annoying and nationally significant consequences, human capabilities and needs must be considered early and throughout system design and development. One challenge for such consideration has been providing the background and data needed for the seamless integration of humans into the design process from various perspectives: human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, training, safety and health, and, in the military, habitability and survivability. This collection of development activities has come to be called human-system integration (HSI). Human-System Integration in the System Development Process reviews in detail more than 20 categories of HSI methods to provide invaluable guidance and information for system designers and developers.
Author : Steve Hickey,Holly Matthies,Enid Mumford
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781411638174
Enid Mumford (1924-2006) was a pioneer in the sociotechnical design of computer systems. Prof Mumford's work successfully investigated the introduction and implementation of computer systems by large corporations and governments. Mumford's ETHICS approach to software development emphasizes user participation, thus avoiding many of the problems of introducing new systems. It takes a holistic view of organizations, unifying both social and technological solutions. This updated edition of Mumford's book, Designing Human Systems, describes how modern agile programming techniques complement the ETHICS method. Together, the two methods cover both user and developer issues. This integrated approach offers an improved methodology for successful software development projects.
Author : Milan Zeleny
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814488846
Human Systems Management is an important work that integrates knowledge, management and systems into a unified world of thinking and action in business, decision-making and economics. It presents a modern synthesis of the fields of knowledge management, systems science and human organization. A biological rather than mechanistic perspective pervades the text. New and original ideas and approaches are presented with the simplicity and clarity typical of the well-known author. Contents:Production of Knowledge: Moving from Data and Information to Knowledge and WisdomManagement of Systems: Global Management ParadigmProducing Networks: Management and Self-Production in NetworksProducing Decisions: Multiple Criteria, Tradeoffs and ConflictsAttaining Wisdom: Wisdom of Management Systems Readership: Business managers, management scientists, business & management students, and business & management consultants. Keywords:Reviews:“Only an accomplished author like Dr Zeleny would dare reconcile business with art that is an art which recognizes the momentous changes which the organization has suffered in modern times … Professor Zeleny must be congratulated for his effort which extends common efforts to make the subjects of his text more meaningful and understandable.”John P van Gigch Professor Emeritus of Management and Systems California State University “Milan Zeleny is now the most cited Czech economist. Zeleny's long awaited book, 'HSM', is a vital leading indicator for 21st century management action, just as his work over 40 years ago still remains an inspiration to researchers in multi-criteria decision making.”Associate Professor Alan E Singer University of Canterbury “Professor Zeleny's emphasis on the importance of human coordination is highly illuminative, especially when it comes to the re-integration of knowledge, experiences and morality into wisdom, implying cultural enrichment and comprehensive human development, both of which are essential for sustainable development.”Professor Kensei Hiwaki Tokyo International University “It is well written and structured, with a minimum of mathematics, thus making it appealing to a broad audience. It provides numerous examples and anecdotes throughout … Overall, the book is easy to read, gives a good overview of the topic treated and encourages the reader to think outside the box.”Zentralblatt MATH
Author : William Gellermann,Mark S. Frankel,Robert F. Ladenson
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106009643211
Presents an annotated statement of values and ethics for the OD-HRD profession the culmination of a collaborative effort among five hundred OD-HSD professionals from twenty countries. Offers a systematic approach for assessing real-life dilemmas and prepares professionals to choose the proper course of action. This book is currently available only from the author. Please contact him for details on purchasing.
Author : James Conklin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487540296
Balancing Acts offers consultants and managers a simple, powerful way to think about change, and ascribes a four-phase iterative process for implementing change. Reviewing change initiatives from different types of organizations, Balancing Acts confronts the problems and pitfalls head-on that often arise during workplace transitions. Conklin explains why organizational change can be so difficult, and shows that by balancing a set of competing psychological and systemic challenges, interveners will increase their chance of success. Conklin shows that human groups function as complex systems, and that a change initiative is not a linear progression toward a predefined result. Instead, change is an iterative process that involves a search for feasible and useful solutions. The book’s central argument is that while leading or supporting this search, consultants and leaders must balance four critical concerns: confrontation and compassion, participation and observation, assertion and inquiry, and planfulness and emergence.
Author : Philippe Palanque,Jean Vanderdonckt,Marco Winckler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642117503
th HESSD 2009 was the 7 IFIP WG 13.5 Working Conference in the series on Human Error, Safety and Systems Development which looks at integration of usability, human factors and human–computer interaction within system - th velopment. This edition was jointly organized with the 8 TAMODIA event on Tasks, Models and Diagrams for User Interface Development. There is an obvious synergy between the two previously separated events, as a rigorous, - gineering approach to user interface development can help in the prevention of human error and the maintenance of safety in critical interactive systems. Following the tradition of HESSD events, the papers in these proceedings address the problem of developing systems that support human interaction with complex, safety-critical applications. The last 30 years have seen a signi?cant reduction in the accident rates across many di?erent industries. Given these achievements, why do we need further research in this area? Recent accidents in a range of industries have increased concern over the design, management and control of safety-critical systems. Therefore, any system that involves human lives in its functioning is subject to safety-criticalaspects. Contributions such as the one by Holloway and Johnson (2004) report that over 80% of accidents in aeronautics are attributed to human error.
Author : Harold R. Booher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Human engineering
ISBN : 0471721166
Over the past decade the military (both US and foreign) has developed a wide range of tools, techniques, and technologies for integrating human factors into systems engineering. Many of these methodologies have been providing a number of cost and performance benefits that otherwise would not have been accomplished. Updating and replacing the author's previous book, Manprint: An Approach to Systems Integration, which was developed specifically for military programs and has been the standard reference in the field, this new work covers both public and commercial processes, especially as the interface with systems engineering processes.
Author : Holly A. H. Handley,Andreas Tolk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119698753
Explores the breadth and versatility of Human Systems Engineering (HSE) practices and illustrates its value in system development A Framework of Human Systems Engineering: Applications and Case Studies offers a guide to identifying and improving methods to integrate human concerns into the conceptualization and design of systems. With contributions from a panel of noted experts on the topic, the book presents a series of Human Systems Engineering (HSE) applications on a wide range of topics: interface design, training requirements, personnel capabilities and limitations, and human task allocation. Each of the book's chapters present a case study of the application of HSE from different dimensions of socio-technical systems. The examples are organized using a socio-technical system framework to reference the applications across multiple system types and domains. These case studies are based in real-world examples and highlight the value of applying HSE to the broader engineering community. This important book: Includes a proven framework with case studies to different dimensions of practice, including domain, system type, and system maturity Contains the needed tools and methods in order to integrate human concerns within systems Encourages the use of Human Systems Engineering throughout the design process Provides examples that cross traditional system engineering sectors and identifies a diverse set of human engineering practices Written for systems engineers, human factors engineers, and HSI practitioners, A Framework of Human Systems Engineering: Applications and Case Studies provides the information needed for the better integration of human and systems and early resolution of issues based on human constraints and limitations.
Author : Guy André Boy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000028362
Human–Systems Integration: From Virtual to Tangible Subject Guide: Ergonomics and Human Factors This book is an attempt to better formalize a systemic approach to human–systems integration (HSI). Good HSI is a matter of maturity... it takes time to mature. It takes time for a human being to become autonomous, and then mature! HSI is a matter of human–machine teaming, where human–machine cooperation and coordination are crucial. We cannot think engineering design without considering people and organizations that go with it. We also cannot think new technology, new organizations, and new jobs without considering change management. More specifically, this book is a follow-up of previous contributions in human-centered design and practice in the development of virtual prototypes that requires progressive operational tangibility toward HSI. The book discusses flexibility in design and operations, tangibility of software-intensive systems, virtual human-centered design, increasingly autonomous complex systems, human factors and ergonomics of sociotechnical systems, systems integration, and changed management in digital organizations. The book will be of interest to industry, academia, those involved with systems engineering, human factors, and the broader public.
Author : William B. Rouse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118058237
Fundamental Economic Principles, Methods, and Tools for Addressing Human Systems Integration Issues and Tradeoffs Human Systems Integration (HSI) is a new and fundamental integrating discipline designed to help move business and engineering cultures toward more human-centered systems. Integrating consideration of human abilities, limitations, and preferences into engineering systems yields important cost and performance benefits that otherwise would not have been accomplished. In order for this new discipline to be effective, however, a cultural change—starting with organizational leadership—is often necessary. The Economics of Human Systems Integration explains the difficulties underlying valuation of investments in people's training and education, safety and health, and work productivity. It provides an overview of how the field of economics addresses these difficulties, focusing on human issues associated with design, development, production, operations, maintenance, and sustainment of complex systems. The set of thought leaders recruited as contributors to this volume collectively provides a compelling set of data and principles for assessing the economic value of investing in people, not just in general but in specific investment situations. The early chapters provide the contexts for HSI and investment analysis, illustrating the enormous difference context makes in how issues are best framed and analyzed. A host of practical methods and tools for investment valuation are then presented. Provided are: A variety of real-world applications of economic analysis ranging from military acquisition and automotive investment to healthcare and high-tech investments in general, in both the U.S. and abroad A range of economics-based methods and tools for cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and investment analysis, as well as sources of data for performing such analyses Differing perspectives on economic decision-making, including a range of private sector points of view, as well as government and regulatory perspectives In addition, five real-world case studies illustrate how such valuations have been done and their major impacts on investment decisions. HSI professionals, systems engineers, and finance professionals who address investment analysis will appreciate the wide range of methods and real-life applications; senior undergraduates and masters-level graduate students will find this to be an excellent textbook that provides theory and supports practice.
Author : Tareq Ahram,Waldemar Karwowski,Dario Russo,Giuseppe Di Bucchianico
Publisher : AHFE Conference
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781958651957
Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2024 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration: Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, February 22- 24, 2024
Author : Glenda H. Eoyang,Royce J. Holladay
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804785402
Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action. This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The third ignites effective action. Together, these questions and the tools that support them produce a dynamic and creative dance with uncertainty. The road-tested steps of adaptive action can be used to devise solutions and improve performance across multiple challenges, and they have proven to be scalable from individuals to work groups, from organizations to communities. In addition to laying out the adaptive action framework and clear protocols to support it, Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay introduce best practices from exemplary professionals who have used adaptive action to meet personal, professional, and political challenges in leadership, consulting, Alzheimer's treatment, evaluation, education reform, political advocacy, and cultural engagement—readying readers to employ this new toolkit to meet their own goals with a sense of ingenuity and flexibility.
Author : Waldemar Karwowski,Tareq Ahram
Publisher : Springer
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319738888
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 : Pier Luigi Gentili,Konrad Szaciłowski,Andrew Adamatzky
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832539941
Although human intelligence is deeply investigated by neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and AI researchers, we still lack of a widely accepted definition of what it is. If we exploit the emergence theory from Complexity Science to give a definition, we might state that human intelligence is the emergent property of the human nervous system. Such fascinating emergent property allows us to handle both accurate and vague information by computing with numbers and words. Moreover, it allows us to reason, speak and take rational decisions in an environment of uncertainty, partiality and relativity of truth, when the “Incompatibility Principle” holds: “As the complexity of a system increases, accuracy and significance become almost mutually exclusive characteristics of our statements”. Finally, our intelligence allows us recognizing quite easily variable patterns. Therefore, it is worthwhile investigating human intelligence and trying to mimic it by developing Artificial Intelligence. Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence is in vogue: it is applied in both basic and applied science. Traditionally, there are two strategies to develop Artificial Intelligence. A strategy consists in writing human-like intelligent software running in von Neumann computers or special-purpose hardware. The other strategy consists in neuromorphic engineering. Neuromorphic engineering implements surrogates of neurons through non-biological systems, either for neuro-prosthesis or to design brain-like computing machines. A third strategy is now blooming and it consists in using molecular, supramolecular, materials, and systems chemistry to mimic some basic functions of human intelligence such as Boolean, multi-valued logic gates, and Fuzzy logic. This third strategy is originating Chemical Artificial Intelligence (CAI). A relevant purpose of CAI is to design modules for Chemical Robots. A Chemical Robot is thought of as a molecular assembly that reacts autonomously to its environment by probing it with molecular sensors, making decisions by its intrinsic Artificial Neural Networks or logic gates, and performing actions upon its environment through molecular effectors. The intelligent activities of any Chemical Robot should be sustained energetically by a metabolic unit. Chemical Robots should be easily miniaturized and implanted in living beings to interplay with cells or organelles for biomedical applications. They should become auxiliary elements of the natural immune system.
