Usability : turning technologies into tools /

As more and more equipment incorporates advanced technologies, usability - the ability of equipment to take advantage of users' skills and thereby to function effectively in the broad range of real work situations - is becoming an essential component of equipment design. This work collects six...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Adler, Paul S. (Editor), Winograd, Terry (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Human engineering. User-centered system design. Ergonomics Ergonomie. Conception participative (Conception de systèmes) ergonomics. Human engineering User-centered system design Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Contributors; 1. The Usability Challenge; 2. Design for Usability: Crafting a Strategy for the Design of a New Generation of Xerox Copiers; 3. Designing Effective Systems: A Tool Approach; 4. Skill-Based Design: Productivity, Learning, and Organizational Effectiveness; 5. Scandinavian Design: On Participation and Skill; 6. Work at the Interface: Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Job Design; 7. Enacting Design for the Workplace; Name Index; Subject Index