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Digital Teaching
The lecture will take place in presence this winter semester 2024/2025, starting 22.10.2024.

Human Factors & Ergonomics is concerned with the interplay between human and other factors of a work system. Over the course of the lecture, students get to know work systems analysis and the basic principles of work design. Starting 20.11.2024, exercises on the different main topics will be offered accompanying the lectures.

Teaching materials for the lecture and the exercises as well as all further information will be provided via moodle. Important dates and changes (e.g. room information and times) will be announced in time via moodle.

Course Contents
Part I: Job analysis

Introduction
The discipline ergonomics
The importance of ergonomics in industry and administration
Ergonomic knowledge
Ergonomic models

Elements of a work system and the interrelationships
Tasks and requirements
Stress
Human performance
Strain
Fatigue and recovery

Work environment
Climate
Noise
Vibrations
Illumination
Pollutants

Part II: Ergonomic job design

Reasons and verifications of ergonomic job design
Ergonomic job design can be economical
The strategy \064job design\064 versus KAIZEN
Advances of the verification
Laws and guidelines in ergonomic job design

Anthropometrical job design
Introduction in the design of ergonomic models
Body posture
Body mass
Introduction in somatography
Computer-Anthropometry

Physiological job design
Introduction
Methods and guidelines

Kinematic job design
Introduction and historic background
Motion sequence analysis and time classification
Critical aspects in kinemativ job design
Design of input devices

Informational job design
Basics and of data processing
Influencing factors on data processing
Optimization of information rate
Design of displays

Safety aspects in job design
Safety in Man-Machine-Interfaces
Technical aspects in job safety
Human aspects in job safety
Accident prevention

Organisational job design
Organisational structure
Work process principles (shift work)

Literature
BOKRANZ, R.; LANDAU, K.: Einführung in die Arbeitswissenschaft. Stuttgart: Ulmer 1991.
LANDAU, K.; STÜBLER, E.: Die Arbeit im Dienstleistungsbetrieb. Stuttgart, Ulmer 1992.
ROHMERT, W.; RUTENFRANZ, J.: Arbeitswissenschaftliche Beurteilung der Belastung
und Beanspruchung an unterschiedlichen industriellen Arbeitsplätzen.
Der Bundesminister für Arbeit und Sozialordnung (Hrsg.). Bonn: 1975.
LUCZAK, H.: Arbeitswissenschaft. Berlin usw.: Springer 1993.
SCHMIDTKE, H. (hrsg.): Ergonomie. München, Wien: Hanser 1993.

Expected Number of Participants
200

Online Offerings
moodle