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Berglund, M., Harlin, U., Elg, M. & Wallo, A. (2024). Scaling up and scaling down: Improvisational handling of critical work practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Management Learning, 55(2), 305-328
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2024 (English)In: Management Learning, ISSN 1350-5076, E-ISSN 1461-7307, Vol. 55, no 2, p. 305-328Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this article is to explore improvisational handling of critical work practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and interpret these practices from a learning perspective. Based on an interview study with representatives of private, public and intermediary organisations, the study identified three different types of improvisational handling as responses to the pandemic crisis involving ‘scaling up’ and ‘scaling down’ critical work practices. By ‘scaling up’ and ‘scaling down’, we refer to practices for which, due to the pandemic, it has been imperative to urgently scale up an existing operational process or develop a new process, and alternatively extensively scale down or cease an existing process. The types of improvisational handling differed depending on the discretion of involved actors in terms of the extent to which the tasks, methods and/or results were given beforehand. These types of improvisational handling resulted in temporary solutions that may become permanent after the pandemic. The framework and model proposed in the article can be used as a tool to analyse and learn from the changes in work practices that have been set in motion during the pandemic. Such learning may improve the ability to cope with future extensive crises and other rapid change situations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
Keywords
Adaptive learning, developmental learning, organisational change, organisational learning, qualitative, responsiveness
National Category
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190534 (URN)10.1177/13505076221137980 (DOI)000895511400001 ()
Note

Funding agencies: AFA Insurance (Grant number 200149)

Available from: 2022-12-13 Created: 2022-12-13 Last updated: 2025-02-20
Harlin, U., Williamsson, A., Eklund, J. & Berglund, M. (2022). Dialogverktyget Work Balance i praktiken: En lärande utvärdering för hållbart arbete. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press
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2022 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

För att svara upp mot utmaningarna inom det organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljöområdet och främja ett hållbart arbetsliv har Scania utvecklat dialogverktyget Work Balance. Det är forskningsbaserat och avser ge stöd och struktur åt chefer att föra djupare och regelbunden dialog med medarbetare kring upplevelser av arbetssituationer. Dialogen är strukturerad inom de fyra ämnesområdena Hanterbarhet, Begriplighet, Meningsfullhet och Återhämtning, och avses användas på frivillig basis i grupp eller individuellt. HELIX har i samarbete med Scania genomfört en lärande utvärdering av Work Balance. Syftet med denna utvärdering var att identifiera möjliggörare och hinder för användningen av Work Balance samt att ta fram förbättringsförslag som underlag för Scanias vidareutveckling av dialogverktyget. HELIX-forskare intervjuade 44 medarbetare, första och andra linjens chefer ur produktions- och kontorsmiljö, från sex produktionsenheter i fyra länder. Dessa använde eller hade valt att inte använda dialogverktyget. Resultaten visar en över lag positiv syn på Work Balance, på frivilligheten i användningen, relevansen, anpassningsbarheten, flexibiliteten och det varierade användningssättet. Men vid en produktionsenhet där verktyget inte fungerat som önskat har användningen avbrutits. Implementeringen varierade avseende tydlighet i information och träning i verktyget. Användningsförutsättningarna varierade kraftigt beroende på tidigare erfarenheter, kultur och mognad hos team och chefer att vara öppna och sätta ord på känslor. Användningen varierade även mellan produktionsenheter. Vid regelbunden användning var man mycket nöjd, men andra som inte sett nyttan hade slutat använda Work Balance. I produktion var teamen större, tiden mer begränsad, språk och frågor kändes mer abstrakta och användningen upplevdes svårare än i kontor. Högre chefers efterfrågan av användning tenderade ge en mer uthållig användning. Upplevda effekter var; öppnare klimat, bättre kommunikation, ökat samförstånd och tidigare identifiering av problem. Många trodde på en indirekt positiv koppling mellan Work Balance och nyckeltal. En enklare version av Work Balance efterfrågades, men också bättre hantering av identifierade problem, där mer stöd och utbildning till chefer och team behövs. En väl utvecklad förbättringskultur torde vara en bra grund för en utvecklad dialog där Work Balance kopplas till andra verktyg eller metoder som används i teamets kärnprocesser.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2022. p. 42
Series
HELIX working papers, ISSN 1654-8213 ; 22:004
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190048 (URN)
Funder
Vinnova
Available from: 2022-11-23 Created: 2022-11-23 Last updated: 2023-04-04Bibliographically approved
Harlin, U., Berglund, M., Skagert, K., Wallo, A. & Elg, M. (2022). Samverkans betydelse vid kris och radikal förändring: Strategisk, taktisk och operativ samverkan i arbetet under covid-19 pandemin. In: Book of abstracts: . Paper presented at FALF 2022 - Framtidens arbete – arbetets framtid, 13–15 juni, Kiruna.
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2022 (Swedish)In: Book of abstracts, 2022Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Under de senaste åren har samhället, företag och organisationer i de flesta sektorer och individerpåverkats och tvingats agera för att snabbt mobilisera och hantera den stora oförutsedda krissituationsom uppstått p.g.a. Covid-19 pandemin. Tidigare studier under allvarliga ekonomiska kriser visar attorganisationer har större förutsättningar att lyckas om de kan hantera sin dagliga verksamhet ochsamtidigt anpassa sig till stora förändringar (Wallo, Kock och Nilsson, 2012)1. Verksamheter behöversåledes en förmåga att samverka i det strategiskt arbete och mobilisering, men också att kunnaförebygga risker och realisera beslut, vilket kräver utformning av stöd och arbetssätt på en taktisknivå. Stora förändringar har också stor påverkan på en operativ nivå där förståelse behövs kringarbetsuppgifter från ett individ- och teamperspektiv, hur hela arbetssituationen påverkas och effekterom till exempel nya arbetssätt, ändrade roller och nya risker.

Syfte

Syftet är att lyfta fram olika perspektiv på betydelsen av samverkan inom och mellan strategiska,taktiska och operativa nivåer i organisationer under den inledande fasen av Covid-19 pandemin.

Metod

Resultaten baserar sig huvudsakligen på det pågående forskningsprojektet ”Förnyelseförmåga ochhållbar arbetsmiljö vid snabba svängningar, Spin-off” kompletterat med illustrativa exempel från detavslutade projektet ”Skyddsutrustning vid Covid-19: Metodik för produktion och instruktioner”, bådafinansierade av AFA Försäkring.

Metodik i Spin-off projektet: Data samlades in i en intervjustudie med utvalda respondenter medstrategisk funktion och intermediärer inom offentliga och privata organisationer. Totalt innefattadestudien semi-strukturerade intervjuer med 65 respondenter, samtliga ljudinspelade och transkriberade.Frågorna innefattade bland annat Covid-19-pandemins effekter i organisationer och arbetsplatser medfokus på upp- respektive nedskalning, effekter på verksamheten, arbetsuppgifter, samarbeten,arbetsmiljöarbetet och arbetsmiljön. Med upp- respektive nedskalning avses här arbetsprocesser sompå grund av pandemin har varit absolut nödvändigt att initiera/utveckla alternativt upphöra ellerdrastiskt dra ner på. I studien ingick även frågor kring möjliga långsiktiga effekter ”efter pandemin”,och lärdomar att ta tillvara inför framtiden för att stå bättre rustade i en allt snabbare förändringstakt.

Metodik i Skyddsutrustningsprojektet: Datainsamling gjordes genom produktionsprocesskartläggningoch dokumentation av metoder för tillverkning av skyddsvisir och långärmade skyddsrockar vid ettpar av de tillfälliga produktionsstationer som byggdes upp under pandemins första år. Underlag förriskbedömning och skriftliga rutiner för basal hygien och användning av skyddsutrustning samlades insom data från en kommun och för utveckling av visuella instruktioner. I digitala workshops med tvåhemtjänstenheter (totalt 42 medarbetare) samlades data in om hur och när de lärt sig användaskyddsutrustning och förutsättningar att följa instruktioner i det operativa arbetet.

Resultat

Spin-off-studien visade att organisationer och arbetsplatser påverkades drastiskt av yttre händelser därdet uppstod nya situationer som triggade initiativ till nya former av samverkan för att lösa problem.Studien visade att pandemin ”luckrade upp” tidigare fasta strukturer vilket accelererade innovativasamarbeten över traditionella gränser med potential för förnyelse på lång sikt. Resultat från bådastudierna belyste exempel på samverkan såväl inom som mellan olika nivåer (strategiskt, taktiskt, ochoperativt).

Exempel på samverkan på strategisk nivå var mobilisering och krishantering i många verksamhetergenom tvärfunktionellt och tvärorganisatoriskt samarbete. Nya strategier och arbetssätt utvecklades föraffärsverksamheten, men också för att säkra effektiv kommunikation, information och godaarbetsförhållanden under krisen. Exempel på samverkan på taktisk nivå var sektorsövergripandesamarbete mellan vård- och omsorgssektorn och svensk industri med syfte att säkra personligskyddsutrustning genom tillfällig beredskapsproduktion. Utmaningar var att snabbt ställa ombefintliga produktionsprocesser till nya typer av produkter, skala upp produktionsvolymer och säkrakvaliteten med relativt otränad personal. Samarbetet under produktionsstart av skyddsutrustning varberoende av ett tvärfunktionellt och tvärorganisatoriskt kunskapsutbyte relaterat till råmaterialkrav,standardiserade instruktioner, produktionsprocesser och produktinformation. Exempel på samverkanpå operativ nivå var tvärfunktionella samarbeten över organisationsgränser kring riskanalyser somsamordnats, såsom kombinerade patientssäkerhetsronder och arbetsmiljöronder som medförthelhetsförståelse och samordningsvinster.

Gap i samverkan mellan strategiska, taktiska och operativa nivåer synliggjordes iskyddsutrusningsprojektet där riskbedömning och rutiner för användning av skyddsutrustning iäldreomsorgen som tagits fram på strategisk samverkansnivå saknade anpassning till de faktiskaoperativa förutsättningarna att följa rutiner och instruktioner. Andra utmaningar var relaterade tillpartsgemensamt arbetsmiljöarbete där t.ex. en skyddskommitté utvecklade förslag och beslut omåtgärder (strategisk samverkansnivå) som sedan skulle genomföras i praktiken på arbetsplatser(operativ samverkansnivå). I den höga förändringstakten som pandemin krävde så synliggjordesutvecklingsbehov i Spin-off studien där strukturer ständigt behövde utvecklas och omstruktureras itakt med förändringar, och kontinuerlig samverkan behövdes mellan lokala arbetsplatser ochorganisationens verksamhetsutvecklingsprocesser. En styrka i verksamheter var den samladeuppslutning som uppstod under krisen och förmåga till snabb omställning för samverkan övertraditionella gränser. Främjande faktorer för samverkan både inom och mellan nivåer var uppbyggdasamarbeten och förtroendefulla relationer som fanns innan pandemin. Ytterligare en framgångsfaktorvar förmågan att nyttja digitala lösningar där arbetsuppgifter och samverkan behövde ske på distans.Den digitala tekniken var en central möjliggörare men resultat från Spin-off studien pekar påpotentiella risker för t.ex. segregering mellan yrkesgrupper/nyanställda och utmaningar för ledarskappå distans.

Vid större förändringar eller kriser pekar studierna på att det finns stora utmaningar i att få samverkanatt flöda mellan operativa, strategiska och taktiska nivåer, där fördjupade studier rekommenderas.

National Category
Work Sciences Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190031 (URN)
Conference
FALF 2022 - Framtidens arbete – arbetets framtid, 13–15 juni, Kiruna
Available from: 2022-11-17 Created: 2022-11-17 Last updated: 2022-11-24Bibliographically approved
Harlin, U., Berglund, M., Skagert, K., Wallo, A. & Elg, M. (2022). Towards competitive sustainable work and green industrial transformation. In: Kenneth Abrahamsson, Richard Ennals (Ed.), Sustainable Work in Europe: Concepts, Conditions, Challenges (pp. 189-212). Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing Group
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2022 (English)In: Sustainable Work in Europe: Concepts, Conditions, Challenges / [ed] Kenneth Abrahamsson, Richard Ennals, Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2022, p. 189-212Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2022
National Category
Work Sciences Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-187827 (URN)10.3726/b19658 (DOI)9783631873502 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-08-26 Created: 2022-08-26 Last updated: 2024-07-01Bibliographically approved
Harlin, U., Berglund, M., Skagert, K. & Elg, M. (2021). Stakeholder collaboration inspired by the Nordic model: Towards sustainable work and competitiveness during an industrial startup. European Journal of Workplace Innovation, 6(2), 198-219
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2021 (English)In: European Journal of Workplace Innovation, ISSN 2387-4570, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 198-219Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

External stakeholder collaboration is vital for new industrial projects and establishments. The aim of this paper is to contribute to knowledge of how relations and stakeholder collaboration with trade unions can be created during industrial startups, so as to foster sustainable work and competitive advantages. A case study was carried out in the early phases of a major greenfield project aimed at establishing a new industrial domain in a Nordic context. The results show that cooperation between a new firm and trade unions has the potential to proactively address prerequisites for sustainable work in design phases of new factories, but also to strengthen the attention to other dimensions of social sustainability that are crucial for industrial startup´s long term success possibilities. However, specifically in a high—growth firm, there needs to be a systematic approach that incorporates continuous anchoring activities both within and between the stakeholders’ different levels. Serendipity in the findings were cooperation processes related to competence acquisition and societal development needed to meet both an emerging firm´s and future employee´s individual prerequisites and needs. Hence, building a stakeholder chain inspired by the Nordic model in change processes such as startups, enables attention to dimensions of social sustainability needed in work processes in early development phases, which is also beneficial from a competitive and societal perspective.

Keywords
Entrepreneurship, High-growth, Social sustainability, Trade union co-operation, Production system development
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-205725 (URN)10.46364/ejwi.v6i2.799 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-07-01 Created: 2024-07-01 Last updated: 2025-04-09Bibliographically approved
Berglund, M., Karltun, A., Eklund, J. & Karltun, J. (2020). HTO - a concept of humans, technology and organisation in interaction. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press
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2020 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Working life of today faces challenges. There is a fast pace in technical and organisational development and continual demands for increased performance. In order to manage the increasing complexity in work systems, there is a need to take a holistic view on operations. One such view is the systems concept of Humans, Technology and Organisation (HTO). The aim of this report is to describe the HTO concept, how it was developed, and how it can be used to develop work and work systems, understand humans at work, and understand contributing factors to organisational performance and individual well-being. The core of the HTO model is human work activity and how it is carried out within a work system consisting of humans, technology and the organisation. Focussing on human work activity generates knowledge about work conditions, needed competences and collective interaction, but also understanding about outcomes of the activities – the systems performance. H, the Humans in the work system, can be understood from different perspectives, for example as biological systems, information processing systems, individuals with unique personal traits and experiences, or as members of social groups. The H can thus in itself be regarded as a sub-system within HTO. In a similar way, T, Technology, includes several facets, such as tangible tools and machinery, intangible IT systems and software, and environmental characteristics that are technologically designed. The same applies for O, Organisation, consisting of both formal aspects (e.g. written work instructions and follow-up systems) and informal aspects (e.g. organisational culture and informal work practice). Applying HTO in practice generates several types of outcomes: 1) HTO to design products shows that it can be beneficial for productivity, quality and individual safety; 2) HTO to analyse and understand complex work may shed light on complex work in practice, the influences between the individual and the work system, and gaps between prescribed, standard work and how it is carried out in practice; 3) HTO to understand safety shows that it is achieved through systems thinking, thus technology needs to be designed to match human capabilities, and HTO barriers should be in place to prevent accidents; and 4) HTO to improve health and productivity may result in workplace redesign, increased individual well-being and business productivity. HTO has several uses, such as a theoretical framework, an analytical tool, and a method for a holistic view on human work, but also as a tool for visualisation and design. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2020. p. 33
Series
HELIX working papers, ISSN 1654-8213 ; 20:002
Keywords
Personaladiminstration
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-171512 (URN)
Available from: 2020-12-18 Created: 2020-11-20 Last updated: 2023-08-09Bibliographically approved
Onufrey, K., Berglund, M., Bienkowska, D., Magnusson, T. & Norrman, C. (2019). Digital tools for self-study and examination. In: : . Paper presented at The 15th International CDIO Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 25-27 June, 2019.
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2019 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Digitalization and increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) are major change processes taking place in engineering education today. Self-study and examination are areas with high potential for beneficial use of digital ICT tools. Some advantages with such tools are that students' can continuously assess their own learning in relation to the course objectives while they also can provide an opportunity to meet the teachers' needs to control how the students absorb the course material. Moreover, automatic provision of quick or instant feedback through digital tools can stimulate students’ commitment and active learning and allow students greater flexibility in their learning process, with tests that can be conducted online regardless of time and space and can be repeated as needed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different types of ICT-based self-study and examination practices can be implemented in courses on topics such as project management, product development, and entrepreneurship, and build a knowledge base necessary for future systematic implementation of digital examinations. Our study is based on an educational development project at Linköping University, where we tested and evaluated different models and approaches for digital knowledge testing in a number of selected courses.We discuss both positive and potentially problematic aspects of the use of digital tools and conclude that successful implementation is dependent on well-planned integration of such tools into the overall course where different types of activities enhance each other. Thus, this study connects the areas of digital self- study and examination and provides examples of first steps on the way towards implementation of ICT-based examination practices.

Keywords
Digital tools, ICT-based self-study, self-assessment, CDIO Standards: 8, 11
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160681 (URN)
Conference
The 15th International CDIO Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 25-27 June, 2019
Available from: 2019-10-01 Created: 2019-10-01 Last updated: 2025-02-18Bibliographically approved
Berglund, M., Smeds, M., Wangwacharakul, P. & Martin, J. (2019). Quality and equality?: A gender perspective on quality management research. In: Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park, Jens J. Dahlgaard (Ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd QMOD-ICQSS Conference 2019: Leadership Strategies for Quality, Sustainability and Innovation in the 4th Industrial Revolution: . Paper presented at 22nd QMOD-ICQSS Conference, Quality Management and Organisational Development Krakow, Poland, 2019.
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2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the 22nd QMOD-ICQSS Conference 2019: Leadership Strategies for Quality, Sustainability and Innovation in the 4th Industrial Revolution / [ed] Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park, Jens J. Dahlgaard, 2019Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The aim of this paper is twofold, to investigate the representatio n of female researchers in QMOD publications and to describe in what way a gender perspective has beenapplied within QMOD publications.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper is based on a literature review an d analysis ofthe papers in the QMOD proceedings for ever y other year from 2012 to 2018. After excluding papers where gender could not be identified for the first or second author, the final sampleincluded 555 papers. The papers were analysed with respect to gender in authorship, nationality, type of paper, QM research area, domain and gender perspective. Analysis of quantitative data was made with SPSS and Chi square testing. The papers with a gender perspective were further categorized through qualitativ e content analysis.

Findings: The quantitative analysis showed that gender representation of first authors were 43.2% female and 56.8% male. Males accounted for most of the single authored papers (61%). The most common research areas and domains differed between genders. Female studied lean and research on employee and student related areas and the domains education and health care to a greater extent than males. Males, to a greater extent studied quality management in general and reliability and safety related topics and the domain manufacturing. Eighteen papers with a gender perspective were identified. These originated from 13 different countries and there were equal number of female and male first authors . A major topic was customer or user focus in pr oduct or service development with a dominance of papers focusing on the service sector.

Practical implications: For researchers the results of the study demonstrate that there is stilla general need to increase the awareness of gender issues in QM research, both in terms of ensuring that ge nder issues are integrated in research projects and that any gender is not underrepresented in specific research roles. In product development there may also be a nuntapped potential in further quality development of products and services by focusing more on gender.

Originality/Value of paper: There are no similar studies within the QM field. Gender is an area receiving increased interest within academia in terms of reques ts from research funding and increased awareness in higher education. The study shows that t here is a need for increased attention on gender issues within QM research.

Keywords
Authorship, female, conference review, QMOD, academia
National Category
Reliability and Maintenance
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-162261 (URN)978-91-7623-086-2 (ISBN)
Conference
22nd QMOD-ICQSS Conference, Quality Management and Organisational Development Krakow, Poland, 2019
Available from: 2019-11-26 Created: 2019-11-26 Last updated: 2022-03-04
Elg, M., Berglund, M., Ellström, P.-E., Kock, H., Tillmar, M. & Wallo, A. (2018). Sustainable Working Life development through interactive research. In: : . Paper presented at The 5th Participatory Innovation Conference, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 11-13th January, 2018.
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2018 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Interactive research has emerged as a new approach to collaborative research in working life research, and it is characterized by a continuous joint learning process between the researchers and the practitioners. In this paper we argue that interactive research is a way to advance scientific knowledge about the development of new types of work arrangements and development of sustainable working life. We present the basic ideas and benefits of the interactive research approach, illustrated through a practical case, the HELIX Competence Centre and discuss potential limitation and challenges associated with this form of collaborative research.

Keywords
Interactive research, HELIX
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-144296 (URN)
Conference
The 5th Participatory Innovation Conference, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 11-13th January, 2018
Available from: 2018-01-14 Created: 2018-01-14 Last updated: 2018-01-26Bibliographically approved
Berglund, M., Andersson, T., Hedbrant, J., Pavlasevic, V. & Stålhand, J. (2015). Understanding the user beyond ‘common sense’ – teaching Product Ergonomics to design engineering students. In: Proceedings 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA: . Paper presented at 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA, Melbourne 9-14 August 2015. International Ergonomics Association
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2015 (English)In: Proceedings 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA, International Ergonomics Association , 2015Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Multidisciplinary frameworks are needed to develop products that fit the human. Ergonomics is a multifaceted field that encompasses physical, cognitive and organizational aspects, and it is therefore a suitable subject to be taught to design engineering students.

The objective of this paper was to describe and reflect upon how a systems perspective on Ergonomics is developed and conveyed in a course in Product Ergonomics to engineering students at the Design and Product Development (DPD) programme at Linköping University, Sweden. The paper is based on the authors’ experiences from teaching the course in Product Ergonomicsas well ason 52 students’ written reflections about their view on Ergonomics before and after taking the course.

Means and ideas for teaching Ergonomics with a systems perspective included organizing a theoretical introduction into weekly themes and thereafter integrating and applying these themes in a product concept project under supervision of a multidisciplinary teacher team.

The paper also reflects on how the systems perspective of Ergonomics is planned for and realized in the intended, implemented and attained curriculum.

Abstract [en]

Practitioner Summary: Ergonomics is a multidisciplinary field which is suitable for product development but also may be difficult to grasp. This paper describes and reflects upon how Ergonomics was taught to facilitate the development of a systems view on Ergonomics for engineering students at Linköping University, Sweden.

Means for achieving this were to: organize the course in weekly themes in which different knowledge areas within Ergonomics were elaborated, integrate these knowledge areas in a product concept project, and have a multidisciplinary teacher team.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Ergonomics Association, 2015
Keywords
systems perspective, university education, product design
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-123858 (URN)
Conference
19th Triennial Congress of the IEA, Melbourne 9-14 August 2015
Available from: 2016-01-11 Created: 2016-01-11 Last updated: 2018-01-03Bibliographically approved
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