...and now for another Human Factors Minute!
Macroergonomics addresses the need to consider not just the details of particular devices or preocess but the need to conisder the overall work system.
Macroergonomics takes a broad systems perspective and considers the design of teams and organizations.
A typical methods used in marcoergonomics is the Macroergonomic analysis and design or (MEAD).
Mead is a method that assesses work-system processes by using a ten-step process.
This method can guide institutional data collection and analysis to determine the risks and causal factors leading to experiments that will help with new design and intervention strategies.
This has been another Human Factors Minute!