The Quality of Working Life, Robotics and the Professional Engineer

Abstract

The discussion on quality of working life begins with job design. This is clearly a field where engineers must be involved: to design the workplace according to the best ergonomic principles and keep the technical options open to facilitate the humanisation of work. Ergonomics and social science are essential in training professional engineers to enable them to contribute to the quality of working life.

Citation

Kirkman, F. (1984), "The Quality of Working Life, Robotics and the Professional Engineer", Management Research News, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027836