Experts offer strategies for managing people in technocentric times. In these technocentric times, it is more important than ever to manage people well. Companies-employees and managers-may feel ove
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Every new technology invites its own sets of hopes and fears, and raises as many questions as it answers revolving around the same theme: Will technology fundamentally alter the essence of what it mea
Every new technology invites its own sets of hopes and fears, and raises as many questions as it answers revolving around the same theme: Will technology fundamentally alter the essence of what it mea
This book explores recent research in intuitive interaction worldwide by a range of leading academics and practitioners in the field. It builds on past work as it ventures into new areas, such as how
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Human Factors in Practice: Concepts and Applications is written for the practitioner who wishes to learn about human factors (HF) but is more interested in application (applied research) than theory (
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Over the past decade, Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) has been one of the popular human factors approaches for complex systems evaluation and design applications. This is reflected by a diverse range of
This book is about the new concept of experience engineering and covers the experience and the methodology for understanding, designing, and evaluating the experience through the artifacts. Although t
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A Few First Words. Ergonomics Applied to Offices. Relating with People in the Office. Office Design. Chairs and other Furniture. Keyboarding and other Manual Tasks. Feeling Good at Work. Seeing and Li
