(Human Activity) 1st Edition
by Gregory Z. Bedny (Author), Inna S. Bedny (Author)
Systemic-structural activity theory (SSAT), founded by Gregory Bedny,
is a relatively new unified framework for the study of efficiency of
human performance, equipment, and software design. This book presents
new recently obtained data in the field of SSAT that can be used in the
study of efficiency and complexity of human performance. With increased
cognitive demands to task performance, psychological methods of study of
human activity play an important role. New principles and revised
methods for the study of human work are supplemented by practical
examples in manufacturing, construction industry, aviation, and
human-computer interaction.
Features:
- Presents new SSAT data
- Offers,
for the first time, comparative analysis of studying efficiency and
productivity from the perspective of ergonomics, psychology, and
economics
- Includes examples of evaluation of economic efficiency of ergonomic innovations
- Provides advanced self-regulative models of activity and of all cognitive processes that describe strategies of task performance
- Introduces a new efficient method of morphological and analytical quantitative analysis
- Discusses new methods of evaluation of complexity and reliability of highly variable computerized and computer-based tasks
Work Activity Studies Within the Framework of Ergonomics, Psychology, and Economics
presents a comprehensive unified psychological theory that can be
utilized as a general approach to the study of human activity not only
for ergonomists and psychologists, but also for economists that study
the efficiency of human performance.
