Work activity studies within the framework of ergonomics, psychology, and economics

Content: PART 1Section I. The role of ergonomics, psychology and economics in studying efficiency of human performance 1.1. Brief history of human performance analysis 1.2. Study of human performance in ergonomics, psychology and economics 1.3. Examples of evaluation of economic efficiency of innovationsSection II. Concept of task in systemic-structural activity theory 2.1. Overview of systemic-structural activity theory2.2. Analysis of the basic components of the tasks2.3. Cognitive and behavioral actions as basic element of task 2.4. Task classification and design2.5. Study of production process in the construction industry by using technological units of analysisSection III. Concept of activity as self-regulative system and its role in study pilot's performance3.1. Concepts of orienting activity and situation awareness: comparative analysis.3.2. Self-regulation model of orienting activity in systemic-structural activity theory3.3. Examples of studies pilot's activity in emergency situations from the functional analysis perspective3. 4. Analysis of pilot strategies when engines can fail 3.5. Example of eye movement analysis in pilots' performanceSection IV. Concept of self-regulation of cognitive processes in systemic-structural activity theory 4.1. Self-regulative models of perceptual process 4.2. Self-regulation model of memory4.3. Applying experimental methods to study of attention4.4. Self-regulation model of attention4.5. The role of thinking in the study of human performance4.6. Self-regulation model of thinking Section V. Tasks with complex logical and probabilistic structure and assessment of the probability of decision making outcomes 5.1. Problem solving and decision-making tasks5.2. Decision-making in rule-based or instruction based tasks5.3. New method of assessing probability of decision making outcomes in task analysisPART IIDesign of computerized and computer based tasks with variable structure VI. Morphological analysis of activity6.1. Introduction to morphological analysis of task performance6.2. Description of individual members of an algorithm6.3. Algorithmic description of activity as basis of analysis of variable tasks6.4. Development of the activity time structure6.5. Pace of task performance and the process of its formationSection VII. Design of Computerized Tasks with Complex Logical and Probabilistic Structure7.1. Qualitative analysis of a computerized task7.2. Morphological analysis of computerized task with complex probabilistic structure7.2.1. Morphological analysis of subtask 0 7.2.2. Morphological analysis of Version 1 of Inventory Receiving task performance 7.2.3. Morphological analysis of Version 2 of task performance7.2.4. Morpphological analysis of Version 3 of task performance Section VIII. Quantitative assessment of complexity of computerized tasks.8.1. Basic principles of measuring the task complexity8.2. Quantitative assessment of task complexity8.3. Evaluation of the computerized task complexity before and after innovation 8.3.1.. Evaluation of the first version of tasks complexity before and after innovation8.3.2.. Evaluation of the second version of tasks complexity before and after innovation8.3.3. Evaluation of the third version of tasks complexity before and after innovationSection IX. Assessment of complexity and reliability of computer based task with complex logical and probabilistic structure9.1. Assessment of reliability of computer based task before innovation9.2. Assessment of reliability of computer based task after innovation 9.3. Complexity evaluation of computer based task before innovation9.4. Complexity evaluation of computer based task after innovation9.5. Economic effects of implemented innovationsConclusionBibliographyIndex