Human performance principles

This factor refers to the spatial organization of the information displays. In general, instruments displaying process parameters that are functionally related should also be physically close. In this way, it is likely that a given fault will lead to a symptom pattern that is easier to interpret than a random distribution of information. Although violation of this principle may not induce errors in a direct manner, it may hinder human performance. The following example illustrates this point. 

Gary W. Kunsman, Human Performance Toxicology, Chapter 2 in Principles of Forensic Toxicology, 13-30 and David Sandler, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Chapter 16 in Medical-Legal Aspects of Drugs, 399-437. 

Gary W. Kunsman, Human Performance Toxicology, Chapter 2 in Principles of Forensic Toxicology, 13-30. 

Figure 3 An Example of the Concept of First-Principle Models of Human Performance.

The first-principles models of human performance are based on the mechanisms that underlie and cause human behavior. First-principles models integrate human perceptual and cognitive systems and human motor systems, thus incorporating the higher-level behaviors that are characteristic of human performance. This incorporation supports emergent human behavior based on elementary model function. The representational models and the research upon which these models have been based can be seen in Table 1. 

Human performance modeling, 2410-2441 Distributed Operator Model Architecture (DOMAR), 2440-2441 evolution of, 2410 first-principle models, 2413-2414 Man-Machine Integrated Design and... 

This chapter is intended to illustrate the application of some principles and practices of human performance engineering, especially quantification of human performance in the field of occupational medicine. I have selected the problem of low back pain to illustrate a series of concepts that are essential to evaluation of both the worker and the workplace, while reahzing the importance of the disorders of the neck and upper extremities. By inference and generalization, most of these concepts can be extended to these situations. 

Human Factors Engineering means the application of knowledge about human performance capabilities and behavioral principles to the design, operation, and maintenance of human-machine systems so that personnel can function at their optimum... 

Inq)rovement (HPI) have heai advocated for use in safety programs for a numher of years. Human performance is defined as a saies of behaviors carried out to accomplish specific task objectives. HPI enqthasizes principles and activities designed to reduce the potential for human oror. Many of these have been used in some form in many safety programs. But it is the underlying research and stmcture that differentiates an HPI approach from traditional safety. 

The U.S. Department of Energy s Human Performance Handbook lists the following five HPI principles ... 

FMS s 2-day intensive medical TRM program introduces team members to the basic concepts of human performance, as used by the aviation industry in its attempts to understand and prevent crew errors, incidents and accidents. Using a variety of actual airline accident and medical incident case studies, program participants will learn about crew resomce management principles, and how CRM training has achieved positive safety results within the international airhne industry. 

Dr Edgar Schein, perhaps the leading expert on the study of organizational culture, provides a definition (as cited in the US Department of Energy, Volume 1 Concepts and principles, human performance improvement handbook, 2009) ... 

Volume 1 Concepts and principles, human performance improvement... 

Source Adapted from Schein as cited in Volume 1 Concepts and principles, human performance improvement handbook (2009). 

Lack of Self-Criticism—The audit or oversight of the organization is limited, with a lack of an unbiased outside views. The oversight system is not formal and any results are not part of the leadership team s internal review. These observations can detect disconnects between operational conditions and the existing self-assessment. Problems remain unidentified, unreported, or not addressed. Adapted from US Department of Energy, Human Performance Handbook (Volume 1 Concepts and principles, human performance improvement handbook, 2009)... 

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