Work-Human-Technology 7,5 Credits
Course Contents
To give students a deeper understanding of the human at work and the interaction with the surrounding technology and organization in an industrial context. The course further aims at providing insights into the strengths and limitations of the human at work and how products and industrial systems can be designed to result in high efficiency and sustainable production.The course includes the following topics:
- The preconditions of the human at work and work design: physical workload, physical work environment, cognition, stress and shift work.
- Sociotechnical systems: theoretical base, system models and applications.
- The Swedish work environment act and the structure of the work environment regulation.
- Work place design and the influence of complexity.
- Design of the human – technology system interface.
Prerequisites
According to the eligibility rules of the corresponding programme.Knowledge corresponding to the course Systems and Process Analysis 7,5 credits
Level of Education: Undergraduate G1F
Course code/Ladok code: TAMB17
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering
