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From Training to Performance in the 21st Century is a seriessponsored by the National Society for Performance and Instruction(NSPI) which provides valuable how-to resources to help trainers,human resource professionals, and human performance technologistsimprove performance in the workplace. This book is part of thefirst three-volume set, Designing the Work Environment for OptimumPerformance,
which shows how to fix the workplace, not the worker.
The set provides hands-on tools to help create work environmentsthat support human performance.

Draws on numerous scientific studies and the author's professionalexperience in assessing real-life ergonomic problems in diverseworkplaces nationwide to provide a systematic approach includingreproducible checklists and worksheets--for performing ergonomicassessments to identify and correct health hazards at work.

He presents a variety of practical, cost-effective solutions fromadjusting chairs, lowering computer keyboards, taking frequentmicrobreaks, and finding new ways of performing repetitivetasks--for preventing work-related health problems.

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• Part 1 How the Physical Work Environment Affects Performance
• 1 What Are the Benefits of Ergonomic Workplace Design?
• Part 2 Techniques for Creating the Ergonomically-Sound Workplace
• 2 Assessing Workplace Ergonomics
• 3 Posture: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Body Alignment
• 4 Work Activities: Eliminating the Risk of Injury
• 5 Environment: Ensuring Proper Lighting and Visibility
• 6 Making Follow-Up Adjustments
• Part 3 Techniques in Action
• 7 Restoring Lost Productivity: The Case Study of the Springfield Loan Office
• Part 4 Resources
• A Accident Statistics Review Sheet
• B Interview Worksheets
• C Worksheet for Organizing the Ergonomic Assessment
• D Assessment and Evaluation Worksheets
• E Furniture and Equipment Selection Worksheets
• F Glossary

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LEE T. OSTROM is a Certified Professional Ergonomist who has assessed workplace safety and ergonomics for a wide range of private businesses and government agencies. His comprehensive ergonomic checklist for workplaces has been adapted and used by Department of Energy laboratories and in private industry.