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‘Human Factors’ and ‘Human Performance’: What’s the difference?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 24/04/201913/01/2022

The term ‘Human Performance’ (and ‘Human and Organisational Performance’ (or HOP) has become increasingly common…

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Human Factors at The Fringe

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201604/08/2018

There have been many debates in human factors about its status as science or art…

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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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