Work design

Work design (formerly also work system design or system design) comprises the design of all elements of a work system as well as its relevant environmental factors.

Work design is essentially the creation of conditions for the interaction of people , technology , information and organization in the work system. The aim is to fulfill the task taking into account human characteristics and needs and economic efficiency . It includes not only the organizational but also the technical design of the system and thus forms the generic term for work system , work organization and work structuring .

literature

Alfred Oppolzer : Handbook of work design. Guide to humane work organization , Hamburg 1989

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↑ REFA - Association for Work Studies and Business Organization e. V. (Ed.): Methodology of work studies: Part 1 - Basics. 7th edition, Munich: Hanser, 1984 ( ISBN 3-446-14234-7 ). Page 14
↑ Grap, Rolf: New forms of work organization for the steel industry. Aachen: Augustinus, 1992 ( ISBN 978-3860730102 ). Page 38.
↑ REFA - Association for Work Studies and Business Organization e. V. (Ed.): Basics of work design. Munich: Hanser, 1991 (methodology of business organization). Page 11.

[REFA1-1] REFA - Association for Work Studies and Business Organization e. V. (Ed.): Methodology of work studies: Part 1 - Basics. 7th edition, Munich: Hanser, 1984 ( ISBN 3-446-14234-7 ). Page 14

[Grap1-2] Grap, Rolf: New forms of work organization for the steel industry. Aachen: Augustinus, 1992 ( ISBN 978-3860730102 ). Page 38.

[REFA2-3] REFA - Association for Work Studies and Business Organization e. V. (Ed.): Basics of work design. Munich: Hanser, 1991 (methodology of business organization). Page 11.