Why Ergonomics?
In: Occupational Psychology, Jg. 41 (1967), Heft 1, S. 17-24
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The article presents information on the historical reasons for the emergence of Ergonomics in Great Britain. When the drive for a higher output of arms in 1915 led to a number of unforeseen complications, the Health of Munitions Workers Committee was established which had among its investigators some individuals trained in physiology and psychology. When the First World War was over the Committee was reconstituted as the Industrial Fatigue Research Board (IFRB), which later was renamed the Industrial Health Research Board (IHRB). During World War II the need of the forces for increased human efficiency, particularly in relation to the more sophisticated and demanding equipment which was being produced, led to a new generation of researchers entering the field. At the War's end, some of these researchers returned to their previous activities but others did not. They had, perhaps, had a glimpse of a wide and largely unexplored field and were determined to enter it. Great progress had been made in the actual research but, in a sense, the situation had deteriorated since there was no longer the interdisciplinary exchange which had been possible in the IHRB. It was to meet this need that twelve people met in the summer of 1949 and decided to form the Ergonomics Research Society.
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Why Ergonomics?
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Murrell, K.F.H. |
Zeitschrift: | Occupational Psychology, Jg. 41 (1967), Heft 1, S. 17-24 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1967 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0029-7976 (print) |
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