ABSTRACT

Just like the previous edition, this new edition aims to provide practical advice on how to create, develop, or improve office environments so that those individuals who work within them can do so comfortably and contently. Those environments include traditional purpose-built offices, home offices, vehicle interiors, or transient environments like train stations, hotels, and airports. Technology has changed radically since the first edition published in 2007. The new edition has been completely updated and offers simple, practical and effective advice that can be employed easily in any office environment, whether typical or atypical.

Features

  • Provides up-to-date advice on working with handheld devices and computers
  • Outlines what can be done in non-office environments to make the worker more comfortable
  • Offers updated case studies, which are more relevant to today's work, made possible by ever-advancing technology
  • Includes an expanded section on accommodating workers with disabilities and covers new options available to assist the disabled so they can work effectively and comfortably
  • Deals with the hidden area of work-related manual handling inside and outside the office

chapter 1|17 pages

Working Posture

chapter 2|24 pages

The Design of Workstation Furniture

chapter 3|21 pages

Workstation Trials

chapter 4|28 pages

Computer Use

chapter 5|10 pages

‘Atypical Offices’

chapter 6|23 pages

Input Devices

chapter 7|20 pages

Organisational Issues

chapter 8|23 pages

Training

chapter 9|22 pages

The Environment

chapter 10|27 pages

Manual Handling

chapter 11|27 pages

Work-Related Ill Health

chapter 12|15 pages

Disability

chapter 13|32 pages

Risk Assessment

chapter 14|17 pages

Case Studies