Week

Monday

Wed

Chapt.

Additional Materials

1   

9/7
Labor Day Holiday

9/9
Introduction, history of human factors and work analysis

1, 2

2

9/14
Methods Engineering, Problem-solving tools
In class exercise: optimizing a process.

9/16
Problem Solving tools

2

3  

9/21
Problem-solving tools, line balancing, etc.

9/23
Operation Analysis

2, 3

4  

9/28
Operation Analysis

9/30
Quiz

3

5  

10/5
Manual Work Design

10/7
Manual Work Design

4

6  

10/12
Workplace, Equipment and Tool Design
Project Assignment 1 Due

10/14
Workplace, Equipment and Tool Design,

5

7 

10/19
Work Environment Design

10/21
Exam 1

6

8  

10/26
Work Environment Design

10/28
Design of Cognitive Work

6, 7

9  

11/2
Design of Cognitive Work
Project Assignment 2 Due

11/4
Making Decisions, strategies.

7

Ch. 7, 8 from “The Complete Problem Solver”

10

11/9
Cost-Benefit Analysis

11/11
Exam 2

9

Ch. 8 from “The Complete Problem Solver”

11 

11/16
Decision making.

11/18
Decision Making.

9

Ch. 9 from “The Complete Problem Solver”

12 

11/23
Project Assignment 3 Due

11/25
No class to let you focus on your final projects

9, 10

13 

11/30
Time studies

12/2
Work Sampling, Standards. Hand in projects by 5:00 PM.
Final project report due

14

14

12/7
Pulling it all together:
Human Factors in product and process design.

12/9
Final project presentations by teams

14

15

12/14
Final project presentations by teams

12/16
Final review

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Final Exam: 8:00am-10:00am Tuesday, December 22 in our regular classroom.

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