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1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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data file rda |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"The current global economic downturn and considerable shifting in industrial and manufacturing activities have disturbed the industrial order. However, human work productivity is still one of the most important components of the industrial economy and a determining factor in global competiveness and influence as well as the potential for technological innovation and advancement. Human Work Productivity: A Global Perspective covers how human productivity affects the industrial economy and competitiveness across the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Many approaches that have worked historically must now be reexamined and new approaches must be developed. Integrating recent concepts related to human work productivity for modern production systems/organizations, this book examines how ergonomic improvements for the human operator and/or redesign and rearrangement of the workplace can boost individual productivity. It also covers the impact of the aging workforce, reports on an investigation of total productive maintenance, and considers the efficacy of workplace design from a maintenance perspective. Discussions of work hours and their effect on productivity, the impact of technology, and productivity in a health care organization complete the coverage. In any organization, all components must be considered as an integrated whole for sustained productivity. This book explores these components as independent factors and examines their impact on productivity. It then discusses models integrating these factors, creating a clear understanding of the whole, and details schemes of optimization for putting that understanding into practice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Ergonomics improvements for human operators : cost effectiveness approach / Issachar Gilad and Moran Elnekave -- chapter 2. Workstation redesign, workplace improvement, and productivity / Reem Al Kadeem -- chapter 3. Productivity and worker age / Kurt Landau, Margit Weissert-Horn, Angelika Presl, and Regina Brauchler -- ch. 4. Human factors related to success of total productive maintenance / Jorge Luis Garca̕ Alcaraz, Alejandro Alvarado Iniesta, and Aid ̌Aracely Maldonado Maca̕s -- chapter 5. Design simplification and innovation through adoption of a time-based design for maintenance methodology / Anoop Desai and Anil Mital -- chapter 6. Changes in manufacturing worker productivity and working hours in the United States / Vignesh Ravindran, Aashi Mital, and Anil Mital -- chapter 7. Comparison of productivities of manufacturing workers in U.S. and selected developed and fast developing economies / Vignesh Ravindran, Aashi Mital, and Anil Mital -- chapter 8. Benefits of advanced manufacturing technologies / Jorge Luis Garca̕ Alcaraz, Sergio Gutiřrez Martn̕ez, and Salvador Noriega Morales -- chapter 9. Productivity and technology : techniques for industrial energy savings / Alina Adriana Minea -- chapter 10. Productivity in healthcare organizations / Priyadarshini Pennathur, Arunkumar Pennathur, Paulina Cano, Natalia Espino, and Jacqueline Loweree. |
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English. |
| Subject |
Labor productivity.
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Industrial management.
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Human engineering.
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Industrial productivity.
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Performance technology.
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Productivité. |
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Gestion d'entreprise. |
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Ergonomie. |
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ergonomics. |
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Performance technology |
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Industrial productivity |
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Human engineering |
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Industrial management |
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Labor productivity |
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Produktivitet. |
| Added Author |
Kumar, Shrawan.
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Mital, Anil.
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Pennathur, Arunkumar.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Human work productivity. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2014 9781439874141 (DLC) 2013026058 (OCoLC)856579474 |
| ISBN |
9781439874158 (e-book) |
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1439874158 (e-book) |
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(hardback) |
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(hardback) |
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9780429110009 (electronic bk.) |
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0429110006 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/b15340 doi |
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40022690549 |
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