Midterms Flashcards
Scientific study and body of knowledge of human abilities, limitations, and characteristics for the appropriate design of the living
Ergonomics
Study of problems of people to their environment
Science that seeks to adapt work or working conditions to suit the worker
Ergonomics
Focuses on safety and comfort of workers
Ergonomics
Concentrates on human performance
Human factors
Emerged from a military background
Human factors
Aspect of ergonomics to ensure safe working environments
Safety
Aspect of ergonomics that focuses on the human body’s physical structure
Anatomical factors
Study on human body movement
Anthropometry
Study on exertion of forces by the body
Biomechanics
Study on the body’s ability to produce energy and use it for performance of work
Physiology of effort
Study on the influence of work environment on the body
Industrial physiology
Uses techniques like method study and work measurement to understand human work potential
Work study
Scientific process to better job design
Method study
Born in Fairfield Maine on 1868
Frank Bunker Gilbreth
Studied fastest workers to teach maximum efficiency
Frank Gilbreth
Technique which involved attaching flashing lights to a workers fingers
Cylograph technique
Book written by the Gilbreth children
Cheaper by the dozen
Father of scientific management
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Made sure that employees were putting in fair days work
Frederick Taylor