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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"office work"”.
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ADAPTING THE OFFICE WORK CHAIR TO ACCOMMODATE PRODUCTIVE NAPPING
The following thesis offers a unique concept of office furniture design - an office work chair that accommodates the human need for taking short naps. The purpose is to search for opportunities to increase productivity among white-collar workers. The process of design development has been developed …
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Techno-Territories : the spatial, technological and social reorganization of office work
… thesis, I examine the current reorganization of office or information work in its technological, spatial, social and cultural aspects. Based on ethnographic and historical methods, I explore how information and communication technologies, and spatial designs combined with specific organizational …
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Women, office work and computerisation : case studies in user-involvement during systems development.
… in the development of computerised office information systems, with particular reference to gender relations and to initiatives in 'Human-Centred' systems design. it is based on a review of literature in computer science and in social science, and on case-study research. The thesis …
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User-Driven Occupant Satisfaction and Space Utilization Tool for the New Hybrid Office Work Paradigm
Hybrid-style work has become the default model of office operation in many industries. Estimates of up to 74% of US companies are switching to or practicing an at-home and in-person hybrid work style (Kugler et.al., 2022). Hybrid work provides organizations and workers with considerable savings on …
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An investigation of physical and subjective metrics for assessment of work chairs and tasks for seated operators
A large segment of the office work force in the United States spends a majority of their work day seated in stationary chairs. Problems with postural fatigue and related maladies are commonly associated with the neck, arms, shoulders, as well as with different positions of the back. This study was …
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When home is work : grounding the virtual worker in an actual world
… wired society, the numbers of people who work from their homes is rapidly growing. However, few have the luxury of living in a space designed for office work and as such suffer from a number of problems, including feelings of isolation, lack of boundaries between home and work, and …
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Selected Major Issues in the Philosophy, Design, and Operation of a Simulated Model Office
… schools were unable to secure job-entry office positions due to their lack of business experience. Concern over this problem caused many business educators to seek improved methods of training for practical office work experience.</p> <p>Today, much attention is being focused on the …
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The role of Counselling Services in Stress Management among Head Teachers in Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
… inadequate time for resting because of too much office work, in some cases it was due to not having managerial knowledge and skills of managing schools with over 3000 pupils and 70 staff and lack of orientation on the duties and responsibilities of an administrator. However, most head teachers …
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Gendered work: Women's paid labor in Barre, Vermont and Trinidad, Colorado, 1880--1918
… Colorado entered the paid labor force. They worked as boardinghouse keepers, domestic servants, waitresses, laundresses, prostitutes, office workers, saleswomen, telephone operators, business owners, teachers, nurses, doctors, lawyers, artists, musicians, and midwives. By compiling and …
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Investigating Office Workers’ Performance and Physiological Responses in Virtual Reality Work Environments.
… have reshaped people's perception of the office, transforming it from a fixed physical location into a dynamic concept where employees can work from virtually anywhere. As businesses expand, a growing number of workers now spend substantial portions of their work hours outside physical …
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Smooth operators: architectural Deleuzism in societies of control
… Deleuze and Guattari themselves, as well as the work of Michel Foucault, the Frankfurt School and more contemporary critical perspectives, I contest its claims to the progressive in any sense other than that in which it serves the advancement of the marketisation of everyday life, its conditions …
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A computing task ergonomic risk assessment tool for assessing risk factors of work related musculoskeletal disorders
… method in assessing exposure to risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) related to office works because it is inexpensive and applicable to wide range of office jobs. However, the existing research that applied this method was mainly focused to a limited range of office …
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The politics of the office: space, power, and photography
… space, and photography, in relation to the office. It aims to investigate working conditions in service-based society, by addressing its dominant form of work: office work. Based on the hypothesis that office space has an effect on how office workers are made to work and feel, that it has …
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A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of the Approval Process for a Complex Public Works Proposal
… modified sociotechnical systems conceptual framework that was developed by Pava (1983) for application to non-traditional work settings. Pava applied the conceptual framework to what he termed non-routine office work which is characterized by non-linear conversion flow, multiple, concurrent …
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User perceptions of technology and the office
… into user perceptions of technology and the office. Five studies of user perceptions of technology and the office were completed using questionnaires devised by the author (Studies 1-3), evaluation of videos produced by manufacturers (Study 4), and content analysis of media articles about …
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The living workplace : a conscious work environment for a small publishing company
This thesis is about the oneness of working and living, and about the making of workplaces that support and encourage the idea that one's work can be an integral part of one's life. The opening position is that there is a "paradigm shift" occurring in our society which influences the way that we …
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A study of industrial relations in the insurance industry
… thesis examines the links between the changes in office work (in the insurance industry) caused by computerisotion and rationalisation, and their impact on white-collar employees' work expectations. It is hypothesised that such employees have been turning to unions as a way of retrieving their …
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Subjective Image Quality of CRT Displays under Ambient Glare: Assessing the ISO 9241-7 Ergonomic Technical Standard
… the ISO 9241 Part 7, Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 7: Requirements for display with reflections. The thesis involved two phases of effort that evaluated the photometric measurements required in the ISO standard in terms of subjective image …
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Display Technology and Ambient Illumination Influences on Visual Fatigue at VDT Workstations
… fatigue has been established. This research worked to solve some of those problems. This research first set out to develop an index of visual fatigue that could be used effectively in quantifying the subjective experience of visual fatigue. Then it sought to create a set of measurable tasks, …
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Characterising Space Use and Electricity Consumption in Non-domestic Buildings
… of appliance activity descriptions (e.g. sales, office work, process) These characteristics were mapped onto subdivisions of space use, within premises, listed in property taxation data for a test urban area (City of Leicester). Using only 115 descriptions of space use, appliance consumption …
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