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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice: A Forthcoming Practitioner-Focused Book

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/02/201509/11/2015

Ten years ago, I found myself caught between two worlds. I had spent several years…

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Paramedics under pressure: A case study for systems thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/12/201412/06/2018

Learning systems thinking is best done by doing. Case studies are useful ways to understand…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The whole picture

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/12/201412/12/2014

During my teenage years, I was primarily interested in the arts, not the sciences. I…

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‘Human error’: Still undefined after all these years

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/12/201417/01/2018

Despite the pervasive and controversial nature of the notion of ‘human error’ in academia, industry…

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What I learned from Velocity Barcelona 2014: Reflections on Human Factors, Safety and WebOps

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/11/201412/12/2014

I went to Velocity EU 2014 in Barcelona this week – the conference for web operations/WebOps…

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Life After ‘Human Error’ – Velocity Europe 2014

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/11/201419/11/2014

This is a keynote address from Velocity Europe 2014 in Barcelona on 17 November. I…

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Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV)

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/11/201419/11/2014

Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV) is a condition involving the overuse of the…

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‘Human error’: The handicap of human factors, safety and justice

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/09/201315/01/2018

“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one…

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Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/10/201213/10/2014

Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…

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Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline? No.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/06/201213/10/2014

This is taken from the article “Head to head: Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline?”, published…

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Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) & Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF)

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Human Factors & Ergonomics in Practice

'Human Factors & Ergonomics in Practice' concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts. Buy direct from Routledge.

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