Design of Work and Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing

Salvendy, Gavriel (EDT); Karwowski, Waldemar (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0471594474 / ISBN 13: 9780471594475

Published by Wiley-Interscience, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design of Work and Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471594474
• ISBN 13: 9780471594475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Presents a framework of worldwide problems, issues and solutions relevant to the design of work and development of personnel in advanced manufacturing systems. Focuses on people and their central roles in automated production resulting from rapid computer-based integration. Addresses social, technical, organizational, managerial and ecological design issues relating to manufacturing success and the business objectives of a firm. Provides solutions to problems of integrating the human element into the production process.

About the Author

Gavriel Salvendy is a professor emeritus at Purdue University and the Chair Professor and head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He also has written and edited thirty books, including Handbook of Industrial Engineering and Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, both published by Wiley.

Waldemar Karwowski is a professor and the Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. He is the editor of over forty books, including Organization and Management of Advanced Manufacturing and Design of Work and Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing, both published by Wiley.