First Published Two Decades Ago, The First Edition Of Handbook Of Control Room Design And Ergonomics: A Perspective For The Future Became A Benchmark For The Field. Current-day Process Control Encompasses A New Generation Of Computer Systems With Enormous Capabilities, Including New Display Technologies. These New And Emerging Technologies Integrated With Human Factors Create An Interconnectivity That Enhances Organizational Development. This New Edition Of The Handbook Addresses Developments In The Concept Of Control Rooms. It Includes Modern Approaches That Emphasize The Role Of People In Learning For Self-development And In Shaping Their Work Environments. New In The Second Edition: Extensive Coverage Of The Use Of The Control Room And Its Related Computer System Outside The Work Of Monitoring And Supervising The Processes Discussion And Explanation Of How The Control Room Can Also Be Used For The Purposes Of Education And Simulation Training Discussion Of The Use Of The Control System For Optimizing And Developing The Existing Systems And Processes A Section On New Ideas And Philosophies About Organizational Design And Job Design As These Are Applied To Control Room Related Work Proposed Organizational Designs Of The Future Theoretical Background About Learning, Learning In The Workplace, And Lifelong Learning Creativity And Learning Are Rapidly Becoming Integral Parts Of The Design Of Work Environments And Work Processes And Utilize The Ict Potential Of Modern Control Systems. Using Original Case Studies, The Authors Describe And Illustrate Some Creative And Exciting Organizational Designs Of The Future, Including New Perspectives Learning, Learning In The Workplace, And Lifelong Learning. Taking A Holistic View, They Make A Strong Argument For Integrating In The Workplace Of The New Control Centers In The Context Of Society As A Whole, Including Global Concerns Such As Environmental Protection, Energy Conservation, And Sustainability.

Ivergård, Toni; Hunt, Brian; Ivergård, Toni. Handbook of control room design and ergonomics

editors, Toni Ivergård [and] Brian Hunt

Donald W. Sparling

CRC Press

Technomic Publishing Co., Inc.

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press

Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Ltd

CRC Press LLC

United States, United States of America

2nd ed., Boca Raton, Florida, 2009

2 edition, November 30, 2008

2nd ed, Hoboken, 2008

2, 20081001

2, PS, 2008

Prev. ed. cataloged under author Toni Ivergård.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) :
First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including new display technologies. These new and emerging technologies integrated with human factors create an interconnectivity that enhances organizational development. This new edition of the handbook addresses developments in the concept of ""Control Rooms"". It includes modern approaches that emphasize
Prev. ed. cataloged under author Toni Ivergård
Includes bibliographical references and index
Print version record
Front cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Part I: Intrroduction: Work in Control Rooms and Models of Control Room Work; Chapter 1. Work in Control Rooms; Chapter 2. Models in Process Control; Part II: Design of Information and Control Devices; Chapter 3. Design of Conventional Information Devices; Chapter 4. Design of Large and Complex Display Systems; Chapter 5. Design of Controls; Part III: Design of Control Rooms and Their Environment; Chapter 6. Control Room Layout and Design
Chapter 7. Environmental Factors in the Control RoomPart IV: Case Studies and Applications; Chapter 8. Industrial Applications and Case Studies; Chapter 9. Maritime Application of Control Systems; Part V: The Human Dimension in the Control Room; Chapter 10. The Operator's Abilities and Limitations; Chapter 11. Learning and Creativity at Work; Chapter 12. Modelling and Simulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry; Current State and Future Perspectives; Chapter 13. System Design: An Overview; Part VI: Conclusions; Chapter 14. Conclusions and Recommendations in Summary; Index; Back cover

"First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics : A Perspective of the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including innovative display technologies. These new and emerging technologies integrated with human factors create and interconnectivity that enchances organizational development. This latest edition of the handbook addresses developments in the concept of control rooms. It includes modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments."--Résumé de l'éditeur

"First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective of the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including innovative display technologies. These new and emerging technologies integrated with human factors create and interconnectivity that enchances organizational development. This latest edition of the handbook addresses developments in the concept of control rooms. It includes modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments."--Jacket

Addressing developments in the concept of 'Control Rooms', this handbook includes modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments. Taking a holistic view, it makes an argument for integrating the work of various control centers in the context of society as a whole

Traditionally, man's work was of the handicraft type and only the very simplest of tools were available to help the workers.

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