Ergonomics Is A Scientific Discipline That Deals With...

Ergonomics is a scientific discipline that deals with the research and understanding between the interaction of humans and other elements of a socio-technical system. It involves conducting research into human: social, psychological, physical and biological characteristics, and using this information to optimize human performance, safety, habitability and health with regard to the design and evaluation of tasks, products, environments and jobs in a performance system (James H. and Stramler, 1993) to make them compatible with humans abilities, needs and limitations. The ergonomics discipline promotes a human-centered and holistic approach to system design, which considers physical, cognitive, social, organizational, environmental, and other†¦show more content†¦According to Carroll (cognitive view), there are two aspects of system design (Carroll, 1991). The first is â€Å"the process† of the design. Ergonomists want to determine how it is that people devise new system s, and what individual/group factors were involved in making all the decisions involved in the construct of a system (Paul R. Martin, 2011). Secondly, design requires innovation, and requires ergonomists to â€Å"proactively† supply empirical data for the future design of systems, thus improving the levels of human performance and acceptance of new artefacts (Paul R. Martin, 2011). User-centred design in technological innovation The concept of user-centred design was developed during the 1980 ÃŒ s in the design of technologies (The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Engineering, 2013). The aim of user-centred design is to describe how a human will interact with a system from a cognitive science view. These characteristics will then be shared between the cognitive ergonomists and engineers in the design process of new systems. Six important aspects of technological system design (ticket machine): (1) Visibility This system is usually placed in an area, which is crowded, and â€Å"busy†, thus it must be easily seen. People in crowded placed are usually placed under stress. If the system isn’t seen on first glance, the user will rather go to the ticket desk. (2) Physical Design The look and shape