Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business: Strategic Orientation, Corporate Success and Innovation

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Contemporary Business highlights the symbiotic relationship between human-centric approaches and organizational success in 21st century business and corporate culture. It delivers a comprehensive exploration of how integrating human factors and ergonomics strategically can fuel innovation, enhance performance, and deliver a competitive advantage. By promoting employee wellbeing to implementing ergonomic interventions for heightened productivity, the chapters offer invaluable insights into the role of human factors across differing business sectors. Edited and authored by distinguished experts in the field, this handbook presents theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and real-world case studies. Across these chapters split into various sections on perspectives, digitalization and wellbeing, it provides interdisciplinary perspectives and practical applications to equip readers with the tools needed to encourage thriving workplace environments, nurture employee welfare, and foster innovation and creativity. International case studies from diverse businesses and topics on Industry 5.0, logistics, strategy, UX, productivity, green issues and much more result in a thorough overview of the topic. It will help any reader optimize organizational performance and understand the key connections between human factors and business success. This title is an essential read for researchers and professionals in ergonomics and human factors, business and management, leadership, engineering design and human resources.