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2º Semestre

Psicologia e Comportamento Motor

3.0

José Domingos de Jesus Carvalhais

- To understand the components of a complex sociotechnical system.
- To understand the need of interaction and integration of sociotechnical system components.
- To understand ergonomics/human factors role in the design of complex sociotechnical systems.

1. Ergonomics and systems. Human-Machine systems.
2. System design process – Traditional model and alternative approaches.
3. Incorporating Ergonomics in the design of complex systems.
4. Dimensions of complex systems – Safety, efficiency and comfort.
5. Comparison of complex systems – Recommendations.
6. High Reliability Organizations.
7. Safety models.
8. Safety culture in complex systems.
9. Control and deviance theory.
10. Fatigue and complex systems.
11. Case studies.

There are two options:
- Continuous evaluation – Written test.
- Final evaluation – Final exam.

Main Bibliography:
Boy, G. (2013) Orchestrating Human-Centered Design. Springer. Carayon, P. (2006) Human factors of complex sociotechnical systems. Applied Ergonomics, 37, 525-535.
Czaja, S.; Nair, S. (2006) Human factors engineering and systems design. In Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, G. Salvendy editor, Wiley & Sons.
Hendrick, H.; Kleiner, B. (2002) Macroergonomics – Theory, Methods and Applications. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Wezel, Jorna & Meystel, editors (2006) Planning in Intelligent Systems Willey and Sons.