Creating the Ergonomically Sound Workplace (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)

Lee T. Ostrom

ISBN 10: 1555426212 / ISBN 13: 9781555426217

Published by Pfeiffer, 1994

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196 pages. 11.00x8.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1555426212

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating the Ergonomically Sound Workplace (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555426212
• ISBN 13: 9781555426217
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

From Training to Performance in the 21st Century is a seriessponsored by the National Society for Performance and Instruction(NSPI) which provides valuable how-to resources to help trainers,human resource professionals, and human performance technologistsimprove performance in the workplace. This book is part of thefirst three-volume set, Designing the Work Environment for OptimumPerformance,
which shows how to fix the workplace, not the worker.
The set provides hands-on tools to help create work environmentsthat support human performance.

Draws on numerous scientific studies and the author's professionalexperience in assessing real-life ergonomic problems in diverseworkplaces nationwide to provide a systematic approach includingreproducible checklists and worksheets--for performing ergonomicassessments to identify and correct health hazards at work.

He presents a variety of practical, cost-effective solutions fromadjusting chairs, lowering computer keyboards, taking frequentmicrobreaks, and finding new ways of performing repetitivetasks--for preventing work-related health problems.

About the Author

LEE T. OSTROM is a Certified Professional Ergonomist who has assessed workplace safety and ergonomics for a wide range of private businesses and government agencies. His comprehensive ergonomic checklist for workplaces has been adapted and used by Department of Energy laboratories and in private industry.