ABSTRACT
Ergonomics is the designing of the entire office-building environment to suit the workers within it. It encompasses not only the design of a workstation, but the total environment, which is temperature, air quality, humidity, color, lighting, noise, information transfer, adequacy of the amount of work area, workstations, and the ambiance in the workplace. The purpose of ergonomics is to provide a total workplace that can be as productive as possible and yet address all the potential hazards that could affect the safety, health, and well-being of an office worker. Ergonomics usually conjures up visions of computer workstations that are designed to be ergonomically correct. This is not the total factor to be considered in today’s office environment.
