Task analysis for behavioral factors evaluation in work system design

Abstract

This paper deals with the application and development of a systematic methodology called Task Analysis which is based on the analytical investigation of the task allocation processes and bottlenecks in terms of work system goals, in order to evaluate synergy between worker's essential motions and mental activities of different functional levels which contributes to conduct worker's adaptive behavioral performances during the execution of production operation. A comprehensive consideration of adopting this approach to analyze some key behavioral factors in work system design is expanded to acquire consecutive work performance feedback, determine the instructional work goals, describe the detailed work flowchart, structure the clear interaction assessment, improve the standard procedures, and supply the useful criteria. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.