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Culture Documents
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Proponents
Horley shaiken argues that computers
deskill workers and thus degrades the
quality of working life, he argues that
managers do not like skilled workers
because they are semi autonomous
managers therefore seek to remove skill
from workers and transfer it to machines .
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Opponents
New technologies introduce new modes of
machine failure, new flows in the control
system and new challenges to the design
of jobs.
Instead of deskilling the work force,
computer technology demands that
employers of the future constantly improve
staff quantity through learning and
retraining.
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What is Ergonomics?
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Cont`d
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These are:
Positioning of the person and equipment
Arranging a safe learning environment
Taking regular breaks
Positioning
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Recommended Positioning
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Inadvisable Positioning
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Regular Breaks
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