Office ergonomics [electronic resource] / Karl H.E. Kroemer and Anne D. Kroemer.
By: Kroemer, K. H. E [author.]
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Contributor(s): Kroemer, Anne D [author.].
Publisher: London : Taylor & Francis, 2001Description: x, 258p. : ill.ISBN: 9780203485002 (e-book).Subject(s): Office layout | Human engineering | Technology | Office management | Ergonomics | Business & Management | Public relations | Industrial relations, health & safety | Technical design | Industrial / commercial art & designGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780748409532Summary: Designed for general office workers, this book addresses how to set up the office; how to select and arrange equipment and furniture; and how to organize and pace work. The aim of the book is to help people perform at ease and efficiently. Office workers form a large and growing proportion of the workforce, especially with the growth of the service sector. Almost all of us work in computerised offices, and have become strongly attached to these machines. We wish to be productive and successful, satisfied with our work, get along with our fellow workers; we do not want to suffer aches in wrists, shoulders or back, or any headaches. This is a practical book, but it is based on sound theory and research. It is written for the practitioner: the office manager, the equipment purchaser, the designer and architect and especially for the individual office worker, for you and me who operate keyboards, check and make files, phone and fax, sit and stand, write and read, who discuss and evaluate, and prepare for decisions. We need to know how to set up the office, how to select and arrange our equipment and furniture, how to organise and pace our work. We need to perform 'at ease and efficiently', which is the motto of ergonomics
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Designed for general office workers, this book addresses how to set up the office; how to select and arrange equipment and furniture; and how to organize and pace work. The aim of the book is to help people perform at ease and efficiently. Office workers form a large and growing proportion of the workforce, especially with the growth of the service sector. Almost all of us work in computerised offices, and have become strongly attached to these machines. We wish to be productive and successful, satisfied with our work, get along with our fellow workers; we do not want to suffer aches in wrists, shoulders or back, or any headaches. This is a practical book, but it is based on sound theory and research. It is written for the practitioner: the office manager, the equipment purchaser, the designer and architect and especially for the individual office worker, for you and me who operate keyboards, check and make files, phone and fax, sit and stand, write and read, who discuss and evaluate, and prepare for decisions. We need to know how to set up the office, how to select and arrange our equipment and furniture, how to organise and pace our work. We need to perform 'at ease and efficiently', which is the motto of ergonomics
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780748409532
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
