The Mind at Work

By W.T. Singleton

Book Overview

Ergonomics is a multi-disciplinary activity concerned mainly with people at work, but also with other human purposeful activities such as war, sport, games and leisure. The objective of ergonomics is to make these activities more effective and safer by applying established principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology. Together with the earlier volume, The Body at Work, this book forms a comprehensive textbook of ergonomics for all students of the subject, whether they be undergraduates or postgraduates on specialist ergonomics courses or those concerned with ergonomics as part of courses in psychology, physiology, management, industrial engineering and industrial design. This volume covers the psychological aspects of people at work; practices over the past twenty years stimulated by high technology systems and computerisation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521017505
• ISBN13: 9780521017503
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Non-Bias Outlook of applied Ergonomics.

The author talks about the philosophy of work. He successfully explains the differences between what or who is benefiting from ergonomics or from the ergonomist. Employer or employee? Does the state have the right to come forth & make guidelines on ergonomics,ethics, or how they're applied? Karl Marx or Frierdrich Engels knew nothing of ergonomics when they wrote the "Communist Manifesto" 1848. Is ergonomics for a Capitalist society or communist society. W.T.Singleton answered the question in true non-bias form so the reader can form their own opinion on the topics. Most authors claim to be bias on issues but make their views look politically correct. This book allows the reader to form their own opinion. Knowledge is what you believe to be true. If you don't believe something to be true you have no knowledge of it. Allowing the reader or people to form their own opinion is truly the way to educate the society. Well done "Singleton"