PROJECTS .
. INDEPENDENT HUMAN FACTORS LABORATORIES
THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLOSE COOPERATION OF EUROPEAN HUMAN FACTORS LABORATORIES , WHERE RESEARCH CAN BE FRUITFULLY AND ECONOMICALLY CONDUCTED , GUIDELINES BE DEVELOPED , R AND D PERSONNEL TRAINED AND ADVICE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES .
THE PROJECT AIMS AT THE CREATION OF MANAGERIAL , ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL STRUCTURES TO FORMALIZE THE COOPERATION , AND THE ELABORATION OF A WELL-SELECTED SET OF RESEARCH TOPICS BY THE LABORATORIES COOPERATING .
PROGRAMME
YEAR 1 :
- ELABORATION OF MANAGERIAL , ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL STRUCTURES THAT CONSOLIDATE THE COOPERATION ;
- START OF COOPERATION WORK IN SELECTED RESEARCH AREAS .
YEARS 2 TO 5 :
- ELABORATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES , SETTING UP AND ( RE ) ALLOCATION OF SPECIFIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AMONG THE PARTNERS , THE ELABORATION OF PROCEDURES FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONSULTATION , THE EXECUTION OF SELECTED RESEARCH .
INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES
12TH MONTH
- ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGERIAL , ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL STRUCTURES ;
24TH MONTH
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST TRAINING PROGRAMME IN HUMAN FACTORS ;
48TH MONTH
- RESULTS OF SPECIFIC HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH AVAILABLE .
TYPE B PROJECTS
ALL THE ABOVE TOPICS ARE SUITABLE FOR TYPE B PROJECTS . THOSE DESCRIBED BELOW ARE PLANNED TO BE STARTED IN 1984/85 .
OFFICE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF OFFICE REQUIREMENTS
THE STANDARD FUNCTIONS IN AN OFFICE ARE IDENTIFIED TO REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CUSTOMIZATION . INVESTIGATION OF THE BENEFITS OF COMPUTER-BASED OFFICE SYSTEMS TO ORGANIZATION AND OFFICE WORKER . A GLOSSARY OF AGREED TERMINOLOGY WILL BE INCLUDED .
. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
TRADITIONAL PROFITABILITY STUDIES HAVE LIMITED BOUNDARIES AND NEGLECT IMPORTANT INFLUENCES SUCH AS FLEXIBILITY , VALUE OF INFORMATION , ETC . THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THESE NON-QUANTIFIABLE FACTORS BESIDES THE QUANTIFIABLE FACTORS .
OFFICE SYSTEMS DESIGN
. OFFICE SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGY
OVERALL DESIGN METHODOLOGIES OF COMPUTER-BASED OFFICE SYSTEMS WILL BE STUDIED , IMPLEMENTED AND THE RESULTS VALIDATED IN TRIAL SYSTEMS . THE EFFECT OF HUMAN FACTORS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT .
. A LANGUAGE FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF OFFICES
A LANGUAGE FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF OFFICES WILL BE DEVELOPED FROM FUNCTIONAL MODELS .
HUMAN FACTORS
. INDEPENDENT HUMAN FACTORS LABORATORIES
TO CATALYZE THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT , THE USE AND THE COOPERATION OF HUMAN FACTORS LABORATORIES TO ACT AS EUROPEAN CENTRES FOR GUIDELINE GENERATION , PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT , HUMAN FACTORS PRODUCT EVALUATION , AND IN GENERAL TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE HUMAN FACTORS IN DESIGN .
THE LABORATORIES MAY PROVIDE POST-GRADUATE TRAINING FACILITIES . PROJECTS IN THIS AREA WILL HAVE CONCRETE FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVES , THAT CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF A NUMBER OF INDUSTRY-ORIENTED LABORATORIES .
. HUMAN-MACHINE COGNITIVE COMPATIBILITY
TO DEVELOP AND FORMALIZE DESCRIPTION METHODS FOR COGNITIVE TASK REPRESENTATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS .
. QUALIFICATION AND WORK
STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF OFFICE WORK DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF OFFICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER FACTORS . DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SYSTEM-BASED TRAINING