"De Mens is de Maat van Alle Dingen"; Over Mensgericht Ontwerpen van Producten en Processen

Jan Dul

ERIM Inaugural Address Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Abstract: "Man is the measure of all things". On human-centered design of products and processes. The discipline of ergonomics studies the interaction between man and the designed technical and organizational environment. In product ergonomics, this knowledge is used to develop user-friendly products and in production ergonomics to design human-friendly (production) processes. Beside social goals, ergonomics can contribute to economic goals of an organization. With user-friendly products, a company can deliver benefits to its customers, which exceed those of competing products. With human-friendly production processes, a company can increase labor productivity and consequently can reach important cost-reductions. The growing consciousness of the importance of humans (customers and workers) for the success of organizations, implies that ergonomics can have a strategic value for the management of organizations. The chair of Ergonomics Management addresses the questions how ergonomics knowledge and methods can be used in the decision-making and design processes of organizations, and what can be the resulting business benefits.

Keywords: human performance; product ergonomics; production ergonomics; productivity; usability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D29 J24 M M11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-05-23
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