Human Resource Specialists and Ergonomics Archives - Ergonomics Advance https://ergonomicsadvance.com/category/human-resource-specialists-and-ergonomics/ Ergonomic Specialists for the Advanced Workplace Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:59:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://ergonomicsadvance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-logo-for-header_1-32x32.png Human Resource Specialists and Ergonomics Archives - Ergonomics Advance https://ergonomicsadvance.com/category/human-resource-specialists-and-ergonomics/ 32 32 How can you Manage Employees to Improve Ergonomics? https://ergonomicsadvance.com/2019/06/18/how-can-you-manage-employees-to-improve-ergonomics/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:07:24 +0000 https://ergonomicsadvance.com/?p=1034 Using research in the fields of ergonomics and psychology as well as my own personal experience learned as an occupational therapist and ergonomist, I will explore how administrators can practically structure employee routines and create a culture of wellness without hampering productivity. Human resource specialists usually instruct employees about ergonomics when they first start working. They […]

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]]> Ergonomic Consultants and a Philosophy of Comfort, PART II https://ergonomicsadvance.com/2018/10/29/ergonomic-consultants-and-a-philosophy-of-comfort-part-ii/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:56:00 +0000 https://www.ergonomicsadvance.com/?p=1008 Ergonomic Consultants and a Philosophy of Comfort, Part II Introduction In my previous article, I discussed the deeply practical question about how we view ergonomics in the workplace. What is the nature of office ergonomics? I asked. Is good ergonomics part of our essential nature, an instinct if you will, that requires us to work with […]

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]]> Ergonomic Consultants and a Philosophy of Comfort, PART I https://ergonomicsadvance.com/2018/05/10/ergonomic-consultants-and-a-philosophy-of-comfort-part-i/ Thu, 10 May 2018 16:49:38 +0000 https://www.ergonomicsadvance.com/?p=902 As an ergonomic consultant specializing in office ergonomics, I sometime wonder why we have such a desire to work in a comfortable, ergonomically sound environment. Is it part of our essential nature, an instinct if you will, that requires us to work with ease? Or, is our desire for comfort in the workplace a higher-level […]

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]]> Quantifying ergonomics? https://ergonomicsadvance.com/2017/11/14/quantifying-ergonomics/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:19:53 +0000 https://www.ergonomicsadvance.com/?p=816 Reason is our best tool when making decisions. When we are talking about business decisions, especially, managers and owners will try to find logical ways to solve problems.   Analytics, statistics, surveys, as well as good old experience will be used. However, what about those decisions that are by their very nature hard to quantify? When […]

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]]> HR Department = Prevention Specialists? https://ergonomicsadvance.com/2017/02/14/hr-department-prevention-specialists/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:58:33 +0000 https://www.ergonomicsadvance.com/?p=429 The most upsetting news a human resource specialist can hear is an employee complaining of pain or reporting an injury. When something like this happens, human resource specialists are often bombarded with paperwork and must spend company funds to solve the problem. Yet what if this can be prevented? There is a great saying by hall […]

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