Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research

This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades. It is forward-looking, problem oriented, and selectively focused on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and disabilities, health care, and environmental change; technology issues, including communications technology and telenetworking, information access and usability, emerging technologies, automation, and flexible manufacturing, and advanced transportation systems; and human performance, including cognitive performance under stress and aiding intellectual work.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive SummaryPart I: Summary ReportPart II: Background Papers1 Productivity in Organizations2 Training and Education3 Employment and Disabilities4 Health Care5 Environmental Change6 Communication Technology and Telenetworking7 Information Access and Usability8 Emerging Technologies in Work Design9 Transportation10 Cognitive Performance Under Stress11 Aiding Intellectual Work