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- Akselsson, Roland, et al.
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Computer Aided Participatory Planning
- 1990
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In: Ergonomics of Hybrid Automated Systems II. ; , s. 69-76
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A computer aided action research method for design of work places is presented. A project group of researchers, managers, union representatives, supervisors, shop-floor workers and representatives from the health-and-safety department analyse different aspects of the physical and organizational work environment. Factory layouts and the flow of raw materials and goods, truck routes and overhead crane movements are shown on a computer screen by means of simulation and animation techniques. Field studies at four companies strongly suggest that the animation helps the members in the project group to develop a common language and to better comprehend what a future factory design and work organization would look like.
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- Akselsson, Roland, et al.
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Computer Aided Planning of Production and Working Environment
- 1994
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In: Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management -IV. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. ; , s. 499-504, s. 499-504
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Success of design projects depends on their quality from a technical and economic point of view and on the quality of their implementation and use. This paper discusses a computer aided planning (CAP) technique and its applicability and quality in both these respects. One version of the CAP-technique is developed for planning of industrial working environments and another version for planning of residential and working environments for physically handicapped.
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- Johansson, Curt R, et al.
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Dynamic Description with Computer Supported Pictures
- 1994
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Reports (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- A methodology was developed and tested in six case studies at four medium-sized manufacturing companies within the machine engineering industry. Existing and planned work environments and production processes were described with the aid of computer-generated pictures. The pictures were used within the framework of an action research methodology in which managers and those employees affected, together with trade unions and company health care representatives, cooperated to establish the preconditions for improved planning from the point of view of both productivity and work environment. The picture methodology using animated pictures, developed to create and present two- and three-dimensional views of a computer model with manipulable objects, was tested both in a workshop with 20 participants from manufacturing companies and corporate health care and in an experimental study with 30 psychology students as experimental subjects. At a Community College with an artistic bet, the way in which different groups within the college described its organization with the aid of pictures and symbols was studied.
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- Johansson, Curt R, et al.
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Dynamisk beskrivning med datorstödd bild
- 1992
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Reports (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- I sex fallstudier vid fyra medelstora verkstadsföretag inom mekanisk industri utvecklades en metodik för att analysera och beskriva existerande och planerad arbetsmiljö och produktion med hjälp av datorgenererade bilder. Användningen av bilder skedde inom ramen för en aktionsforskningsmetodik, där chefer och berörda anställda tillsammans med fack och representanter för företagshälsovården samverkade för att skapa förutsättningar för bättre planering ur både produktivitets- och arbetsmiljösynpunkt. Bildmetodiken med rörliga bilder, som utarbetades för att skapa och presentera två- och tredimensionella vyer av en datormodell med manipulerbara objekt, testades dels i en workshop med ett 20-tal deltagare från verkstadsföretag och företagshälsovård, dels i en experimentell studie med 30 psykologistuderande som försökspersoner. Vid en folkhögskola med konstnärlig inriktning studerades hur olika grupper inom den beskrev skolans organisation med hjälp av bilder och symboler.
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- Weikert, Clemens, et al.
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Computerization of the Control Function in a Process Industry: A Case Study
- 1993
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In: Interacting with Computers: Preparing for he Nineties. ; , s. 251-257
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Computerization of control room functions changes the work for the operators to a great extent. Their mental picture of the process, their possibilities to control the process for productivity and quality, the work content, the physical and the social working environment are examples of conditions which are changed one way or another. In order to be able to control the computerization process in an optimal way it is important to perform and to learn from case studies. In a Swedish paper pulp industry, where computerized control and information systems have been implemented and where operators have been involved in the computerization process, we have pursued an interview investigation. Twenty-eight operators and ten employees in other key positions have been asked e.g. about the control room design, the control system, the information system the effects of computerization on the work load and on the physical, mental and social working environment. Results from the interviews are presented and discussed. The control room design and the human-computer interfaces have been evaluated against guidelines and some of the results are discussed.
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